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ReviewNeurobiology of disease2017

Regulation of motor proteins, axonal transport deficits and adult-onset neurodegenerative diseases.

Scott T Brady, Gerardo A Morfini

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Review in Neurobiology of disease, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 86 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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86 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Scott T BradyDepartment of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA; Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA. Electronic address: stbrady@uic.edu.
Gerardo A MorfiniDepartment of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA; Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA. Electronic address: gmorfini@uic.edu.

Funding

Tau Conformation in Tauopathies and Neuronal FunctionR01NS082730 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI BRADY, SCOTT THOMAS, KANAAN, NICHOLAS M · 2014 to 2023
$7.0M
MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF AXONAL TRANSPORTR01NS023868 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SW MED CTR/DALLAS · PI BRADY, SCOTT THOMAS · 1986 to 2010
$3.7M
Axonal Transport Deficits during Hereditary Spastic ParaplegiaR01NS066942 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI MORFINI, GERARDO ANDRES · 2010 to 2014
$1.7M
REGULATION OF FAST AXONAL TRANSPORT DIABETIC NEUROPATHYR01NS041170 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SW MED CTR/DALLAS · PI BRADY, SCOTT THOMAS · 2000 to 2004
$1.6M
PROPERTIES OF AXONAL TUBULIN RELATED TO NEURONAL GROWTHR01NS023320 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SW MED CTR/DALLAS · PI BRADY, SCOTT THOMAS · 1985 to 2003
$1.0M
Addressing the contribution of JNK3 to axonal pathology in Huntington's diseaseR21NS096642 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI MORFINI, GERARDO ANDRES · 2016 to 2017
$430k
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS023320NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS023868NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS041170NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS066942NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS082730NINDS NIH HHS R21 NS096642
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neurons affected in a wide variety of unrelated adult-onset neurodegenerative diseases (AONDs) typically exhibit a "dying back" pattern of degeneration, which is characterized by early deficits in synaptic function and neuritic pathology long before neuronal cell death. Consistent with this observation, multiple unrelated AONDs including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, and several motor neuron diseases feature early alterations in kinase-based signaling pathways associated with deficits in axonal transport (AT), a complex cellular process involving multiple intracellular trafficking events powered by microtubule-based motor proteins. These pathogenic events have important therapeutic implications, suggesting that a focus on preservation of neuronal connections may be more effective to treat AONDs than addressing neuronal cell death. While the molecular mechanisms underlying AT abnormalities in AONDs are still being analyzed, evidence has accumulated linking those to a well-established pathological hallmark of multiple AONDs: altered patterns of neuronal protein phosphorylation. Here, we present a short overview on the biochemical heterogeneity of major motor proteins for AT, their regulation by protein kinases, and evidence revealing cell type-specific AT specializations. When considered together, these findings may help explain how independent pathogenic pathways can affect AT differentially in the context of each AOND.

Indexed as

Neurodegenerative DiseasesAnimalsAxonal TransportHumansMicrotubule-Associated ProteinsMolecular Motor ProteinsSignal TransductionMicrotubule-Associated ProteinsMolecular Motor ProteinsAlzheimer's diseaseAmyotrophic lateral sclerosisAxonal transportDynenHuntington's diseaseKinasesKinesinNeurodegenerationParkinson's diseaseSignaling

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PMID28411118
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