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ArticleBrain sciences2018

Multi-Study Proteomic and Bioinformatic Identification of Molecular Overlap between Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA).

Darija Šoltić, Melissa Bowerman, Joanne Stock, Hannah K Shorrock, Thomas H Gillingwater, Heidi R Fuller

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Article in Brain sciences, 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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11 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Darija ŠoltićSchool of Medicine, Keele University, Staffordshire ST5 5BG, UK. d.soltic@keele.ac.uk.
Melissa BowermanSchool of Medicine, Keele University, Staffordshire ST5 5BG, UK. m.bowerman@keele.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-3579-6403
Joanne StockSchool of Medicine, Keele University, Staffordshire ST5 5BG, UK.
Hannah K ShorrockBiomedical Sciences, Edinburgh Medical School, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9AG, UK. hannah.shorrock@ufl.edu.
Thomas H GillingwaterBiomedical Sciences, Edinburgh Medical School, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9AG, UK. t.gillingwater@ed.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-0306-5577
Heidi R FullerSchool of Medicine, Keele University, Staffordshire ST5 5BG, UK. h.r.fuller@keele.ac.uk.
Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital · GBMott MacDonald (United Kingdom) · GB

Funding

Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children SG/15-16/11
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Unravelling the complex molecular pathways responsible for motor neuron degeneration in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) remains a persistent challenge. Interest is growing in the potential molecular similarities between these two diseases, with the hope of better understanding disease pathology for the guidance of therapeutic development. The aim of this study was to conduct a comparative analysis of published proteomic studies of ALS and SMA, seeking commonly dysregulated molecules to be prioritized as future therapeutic targets. Fifteen proteins were found to be differentially expressed in two or more proteomic studies of both ALS and SMA, and bioinformatics analysis identified over-representation of proteins known to associate in vesicles and molecular pathways, including metabolism of proteins and vesicle-mediated transport-both of which converge on endoplasmic reticulum (ER)-Golgi trafficking processes. Calreticulin, a calcium-binding chaperone found in the ER, was associated with both pathways and we independently confirm that its expression was decreased in spinal cords from SMA and increased in spinal cords from ALS mice. Together, these findings offer significant insights into potential common targets that may help to guide the development of new therapies for both diseases.

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amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)bioinformaticscalciumcalreticulin (CALR)endoplasmic reticulumendoplasmic reticulum-Golgi traffickingER-Golgi traffickingproteomicsspinal muscular atrophy (SMA)

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PMID30518112
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