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ArticleCellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS2018

Dysregulation of a novel miR-1825/TBCB/TUBA4A pathway in sporadic and familial ALS.

Anika M Helferich, Sarah J Brockmann, Jörg Reinders, Dhruva Deshpande, Karlheinz Holzmann, David Brenner, Peter M Andersen, Susanne Petri, Dietmar R Thal, Jens Michaelis and 6 more

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Article in Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

32 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Exploring dysregulated miRNAs in ALS: implications for disease pathogenesis and early diagnosis.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2025
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  9. TUBA4A downregulation as observed in ALSFrontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

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16 authors.

Anika M HelferichDepartment of Neurology, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081, Ulm, Germany.
Sarah J BrockmannDepartment of Neurology, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081, Ulm, Germany.
Jörg ReindersInstitute of Functional Genomics, Regensburg University, 93053, Regensburg, Germany.
Dhruva DeshpandeInstitute of Biophysics, Ulm University, 89081, Ulm, Germany.
Karlheinz HolzmannGenomics-Core Facility, Center for Biomedical Research, Ulm University Hospital, 89081, Ulm, Germany.
David BrennerDepartment of Neurology, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081, Ulm, Germany.
Peter M AndersenDepartment of Neurology, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081, Ulm, Germany.
Susanne PetriDepartment of Neurology, Hannover Medical School, 30625, Hannover, Germany.
Dietmar R ThalLaboratory for Neuropathology, Institute of Pathology, Ulm University, 89081, Ulm, Germany.
Jens MichaelisInstitute of Biophysics, Ulm University, 89081, Ulm, Germany.
Markus OttoDepartment of Neurology, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081, Ulm, Germany.
Steffen JustMolecular Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine II, Ulm University, 89081, Ulm, Germany.
Albert C LudolphDepartment of Neurology, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081, Ulm, Germany.
Karin M DanzerDepartment of Neurology, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081, Ulm, Germany.
Axel FreischmidtDepartment of Neurology, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081, Ulm, Germany.
Jochen H WeishauptDepartment of Neurology, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081, Ulm, Germany. jochen.weishaupt@uni-ulm.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3399-9784

Funding

Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung 01GI0704Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft Swabian ALS registry
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Genetic and functional studies suggest diverse pathways being affected in the neurodegenerative disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), while knowledge about converging disease mechanisms is rare. We detected a downregulation of microRNA-1825 in CNS and extra-CNS system organs of both sporadic (sALS) and familial ALS (fALS) patients. Combined transcriptomic and proteomic analysis revealed that reduced levels of microRNA-1825 caused a translational upregulation of tubulin-folding cofactor b (TBCB). Moreover, we found that excess TBCB led to depolymerization and degradation of tubulin alpha-4A (TUBA4A), which is encoded by a known ALS gene. Importantly, the increase in TBCB and reduction of TUBA4A protein was confirmed in brain cortex tissue of fALS and sALS patients, and led to motor axon defects in an in vivo model. Our discovery of a microRNA-1825/TBCB/TUBA4A pathway reveals a putative pathogenic cascade in both fALS and sALS extending the relevance of TUBA4A to a large proportion of ALS cases.

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Gene Expression ProfilingAgedAmyotrophic Lateral SclerosisAnimalsBrainCells, CulturedFemaleGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHEK293 CellsHumansMaleMice, Inbred C57BLMicroRNAsMicrotubule-Associated ProteinsMiddle AgedTubulinMicroRNAsMicrotubule-Associated ProteinsMIRN1825 microRNA, humanTubulintubulin cofactor B, humanAmyotrophic lateral sclerosisFrontotemporal dementiaMicroRNAMicrotubulesTBCEZebrafish

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PMID30030593
PMCPMC11105367

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