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ArticleNature communications2017

Endocytosis regulates TDP-43 toxicity and turnover.

Guangbo Liu, Alyssa N Coyne, Fen Pei, Spencer Vaughan, Matthew Chaung, Daniela C Zarnescu, J Ross Buchan

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Article in Nature communications, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 65 papers.

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65citing papers in PubMed
5.8field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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65 citing papers in PubMed, 101 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Guangbo LiuDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA.
Alyssa N CoyneDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA.
Fen PeiDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA.
Spencer VaughanDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1662-2982
Matthew ChaungDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA.
Daniela C ZarnescuDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA.
J Ross BuchanDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721, USA. rbuchan@email.arizona.edu.
University of Arizona · US

Funding

Translation dysregulation in neurodegenerationR01NS091299 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI DANIELA C ZARNESCU · 2015 to 2026
$3.4M
Stress Granule clearance via Autophagy: Mechanism, Regulation and ConsequencesR01GM114564 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI BUCHAN, JOHN ROSS · 2016 to 2025
$3.0M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM114564NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS091299
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal motor neuron degenerative disease. ALS-affected motor neurons exhibit aberrant localization of a nuclear RNA binding protein, TDP-43, into cytoplasmic aggregates, which contributes to pathology via unclear mechanisms. Here, we demonstrate that TDP-43 turnover and toxicity depend in part upon the endocytosis pathway. TDP-43 inhibits endocytosis, and co-localizes strongly with endocytic proteins, including in ALS patient tissue. Impairing endocytosis increases TDP-43 toxicity, aggregation, and protein levels, whereas enhancing endocytosis reverses these phenotypes. Locomotor dysfunction in a TDP-43 ALS fly model is also exacerbated and suppressed by impairment and enhancement of endocytic function, respectively. Thus, endocytosis dysfunction may be an underlying cause of ALS pathology.

Indexed as

Amyotrophic Lateral SclerosisAnimalsCell NucleusDisease Models, AnimalDNA-Binding ProteinsDrosophilaEndocytosisFrontal LobeHEK293 CellsHumansLocomotionMotor NeuronsProtein Aggregation, PathologicalRNA-Binding ProteinsDNA-Binding ProteinsRNA-Binding ProteinsTARDBP protein, human

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PMID29233983
PMCPMC5727062
OpenAlexW2775661933

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