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ArticleFrontiers in neuroanatomy2015

Localization of mutant ubiquitin in the brain of a transgenic mouse line with proteasomal inhibition and its validation at specific sites in Alzheimer's disease.

Romina J G Gentier, Bert M Verheijen, Margherita Zamboni, Maartje M A Stroeken, Denise J H P Hermes, Benno Küsters, Harry W M Steinbusch, David A Hopkins, Fred W Van Leeuwen

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Article in Frontiers in neuroanatomy, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Molecular mechanisms underlying p62-dependent secretion of the Alzheimer-associated ubiquitin variant UBBProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  2. Pathology-specific patterns of cerebellar atrophy in neurodegenerative disorders.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2024
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9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Romina J G GentierDepartment of Neuroscience, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University Maastricht, Netherlands.
Bert M VerheijenDepartment of Neuroscience, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University Maastricht, Netherlands.
Margherita ZamboniDepartment of Neuroscience, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University Maastricht, Netherlands.
Maartje M A StroekenDepartment of Neuroscience, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University Maastricht, Netherlands.
Denise J H P HermesDepartment of Neuroscience, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University Maastricht, Netherlands.
Benno KüstersDepartment of Pathology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center Nijmegen, Netherlands ; Department of Pathology, Maastricht University Medical Center Maastricht, Netherlands.
Harry W M SteinbuschDepartment of Neuroscience, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University Maastricht, Netherlands.
David A HopkinsDepartment of Neuroscience, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University Maastricht, Netherlands ; Department of Medical Neuroscience, Dalhousie University Halifax, NS, Canada.
Fred W Van LeeuwenDepartment of Neuroscience, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University Maastricht, Netherlands.
Dalhousie University · CAMaastricht University · NL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Loss of protein quality control by the ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS) during aging is one of the processes putatively contributing to cellular stress and Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathogenesis. Recently, pooled Genome Wide Association Studies (GWAS), pathway analysis and proteomics identified protein ubiquitination as one of the key modulators of AD. Mutations in ubiquitin B mRNA that result in UBB(+1) dose-dependently cause an impaired UPS, subsequent accumulation of UBB(+1) and most probably depositions of other aberrant proteins present in plaques and neurofibrillary tangles. We used specific immunohistochemical probes for a comprehensive topographic mapping of the UBB(+1) distribution in the brains of transgenic mouse line 3413 overexpressing UBB(+1). We also mapped the expression of UBB(+1) in brain areas of AD patients selected based upon the distribution of UBB(+1) in line 3413. Therefore, we focused on the olfactory bulb, basal ganglia, nucleus basalis of Meynert, inferior colliculus and raphe nuclei. UBB(+1) distribution was compared with established probes for pre-tangles and tangles and Aβ plaques. UBB(+1) distribution found in line 3413 is partly mirrored in the AD brain. Specifically, nuclei with substantial accumulations of tangle-bearing neurons, such as the nucleus basalis of Meynert and raphe nuclei also present high densities of UBB(+1) positive tangles. Line 3413 is useful for studying the contribution of proteasomal dysfunction in AD. The findings are consistent with evidence that areas outside the forebrain are also affected in AD. Line 3413 may also be predictive for other conformational diseases, including related tauopathies and polyglutamine diseases, in which UBB(+1) accumulates in their cellular hallmarks.

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basal gangliaframeshift mutationinferior colliculusnucleus basalis of Meynertolfactory bulbraphe nucleiRNAubiquitin B+1

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PMCPMC4362318
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