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Frequency of nuclear mutant huntingtin inclusion formation in neurons and glia is cell-type-specific.

Anne H P Jansen, Maurik van Hal, Ilse C Op den Kelder, Romy T Meier, Anna-Aster de Ruiter, Menno H Schut, Donna L Smith, Corien Grit, Nieske Brouwer, Willem Kamphuis and 6 more

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Article in Glia, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 68 papers.

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68 citing papers in PubMed, 115 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 7 institutions in 2 countries.

Anne H P JansenDepartment of Cell biology & Histology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Maurik van HalDepartment of Cell biology & Histology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Ilse C Op den KelderDepartment of Cell biology & Histology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Romy T MeierDepartment of Cell biology & Histology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Anna-Aster de RuiterDepartment of Cell biology & Histology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Menno H SchutCenter for Human and Clinical Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Donna L SmithDepartment of Medical and Molecular Genetics, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
Corien GritDepartment of Neuroscience, Section Medical Physiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, AV, 9713, The Netherlands.
Nieske BrouwerDepartment of Neuroscience, Section Medical Physiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, AV, 9713, The Netherlands.
Willem KamphuisNetherlands Institute for Neuroscience, an institute of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
H W G M BoddekeDepartment of Neuroscience, Section Medical Physiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, AV, 9713, The Netherlands.
Wilfred F A den DunnenDepartment of Neuroscience, Section Medical Physiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, AV, 9713, The Netherlands.
Willeke M C van RoonCenter for Human and Clinical Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Gillian P BatesDepartment of Medical and Molecular Genetics, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
Elly M HolNetherlands Institute for Neuroscience, an institute of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Eric A ReitsDepartment of Cell biology & Histology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Academic Medical Center · NLKing's College London · GBLeiden University Medical Center · NLUniversity Medical Center Groningen · NLUniversity of Groningen · NLRoyal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences · NLUniversity Medical Center Utrecht · NL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Huntington's disease (HD) is an autosomal dominant inherited neurodegenerative disorder that is caused by a CAG expansion in the Huntingtin (HTT) gene, leading to HTT inclusion formation in the brain. The mutant huntingtin protein (mHTT) is ubiquitously expressed and therefore nuclear inclusions could be present in all brain cells. The effects of nuclear inclusion formation have been mainly studied in neurons, while the effect on glia has been comparatively disregarded. Astrocytes, microglia, and oligodendrocytes are glial cells that are essential for normal brain function and are implicated in several neurological diseases. Here we examined the number of nuclear mHTT inclusions in both neurons and various types of glia in the two brain areas that are the most affected in HD, frontal cortex, and striatum. We compared nuclear mHTT inclusion body formation in three HD mouse models that express either full-length HTT or an N-terminal exon1 fragment of mHTT, and we observed nuclear inclusions in neurons, astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, and microglia. When studying the frequency of cells with nuclear inclusions in mice, we found that half of the population of neurons contained nuclear inclusions at the disease end stage, whereas the proportion of GFAP-positive astrocytes and oligodendrocytes having a nuclear inclusion was much lower, while microglia hardly showed any nuclear inclusions. Nuclear inclusions were also present in neurons and all studied glial cell types in human patient material. This is the first report to compare nuclear mHTT inclusions in glia and neurons in different HD mouse models and HD patient brains. GLIA 2016;65:50-61.

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AnimalsAstrocytesBrainDisease Models, AnimalFemaleHuntingtin ProteinHuntington DiseaseMaleMice, TransgenicNerve Tissue ProteinsNeurogliaNeuronsNuclear ProteinsHuntingtin ProteinNerve Tissue ProteinsNuclear ProteinsastrocytesHuntington's diseaseinclusionsmicroglianeuronsoligodendrocytes

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