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ArticleJournal of cell science2018

Neurochondrin interacts with the SMN protein suggesting a novel mechanism for spinal muscular atrophy pathology.

Luke W Thompson, Kim D Morrison, Sally L Shirran, Ewout J N Groen, Thomas H Gillingwater, Catherine H Botting, Judith E Sleeman

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Article in Journal of cell science, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Functions and mechanisms of the GPCR adaptor protein Norbin.Biochemical Society transactions · 2023
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  10. Neurochondrin neurological autoimmunity.Neurology(R) neuroimmunology & neuroinflammation · 2019
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  11. The role of survival motor neuron protein (SMN) in protein homeostasis.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Luke W ThompsonSchool of Biology, University of St Andrews, BSRC Complex, North Haugh St Andrews, KY16 9ST, UK.
Kim D MorrisonSchool of Biology, University of St Andrews, BSRC Complex, North Haugh St Andrews, KY16 9ST, UK.
Sally L ShirranSchool of Biology, University of St Andrews, BSRC Complex, North Haugh St Andrews, KY16 9ST, UK.
Ewout J N GroenEdinburgh Medical School, Biomedical Sciences and Euan MacDonald Centre for Motor Neuron Disease Research, University of Edinburgh, Hugh Robson Building, George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9XD, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-2330-9444
Thomas H GillingwaterEdinburgh Medical School, Biomedical Sciences and Euan MacDonald Centre for Motor Neuron Disease Research, University of Edinburgh, Hugh Robson Building, George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9XD, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-0306-5577
Catherine H BottingSchool of Biology, University of St Andrews, BSRC Complex, North Haugh St Andrews, KY16 9ST, UK.
Judith E SleemanSchool of Biology, University of St Andrews, BSRC Complex, North Haugh St Andrews, KY16 9ST, UK jes14@st-andrews.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0003-0345-6508
University of St Andrews · GBUniversity of Edinburgh · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/K016997/1Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 106098/Z/14/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an inherited neurodegenerative condition caused by a reduction in the amount of functional survival motor neuron (SMN) protein. SMN has been implicated in transport of mRNA in neural cells for local translation. We previously identified microtubule-dependent mobile vesicles rich in SMN and SNRPB, a member of the Sm family of small nuclear ribonucleoprotein (snRNP)-associated proteins, in neural cells. By comparing the interactomes of SNRPB and SNRPN, a neural-specific Sm protein, we now show that the essential neural protein neurochondrin (NCDN) interacts with Sm proteins and SMN in the context of mobile vesicles in neurites. NCDN has roles in protein localisation in neural cells and in maintenance of cell polarity. NCDN is required for the correct localisation of SMN, suggesting they may both be required for formation and transport of trafficking vesicles. NCDN may have potential as a therapeutic target for SMA together with, or in place of the targeting of SMN expression.This article has an associated First Person interview with the first author of the paper.

Indexed as

Cells, CulturedHumansMuscular Atrophy, SpinalNerve Tissue ProteinsSMN Complex ProteinsNerve Tissue ProteinsneurochondrinSMN Complex ProteinsNeurochondrinSmBSmNSMN1SMN2Sm proteinsnRNPSpinal muscular atrophy

Identifiers

PMID29507115
PMCPMC5963842
OpenAlexW2949862897

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