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ArticleJournal of clinical neurology (Seoul, Korea)2019

Impaired Nucleoporins Are Present in Sporadic Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Motor Neurons that Exhibit Mislocalization of the 43-kDa TAR DNA-Binding Protein.

Hitoshi Aizawa, Takenari Yamashita, Haruhisa Kato, Takashi Kimura, Shin Kwak

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Article in Journal of clinical neurology (Seoul, Korea), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Hitoshi AizawaDepartment of Neurology, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan. haizawa@tokyo-med.ac.jp.
Takenari YamashitaDivision of Clinical Biotechnology, Center for Disease Biology and Integrative Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Haruhisa KatoDepartment of Neurology, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
Takashi KimuraDepartment of Neurology, Asahikawa Medical Center, National Hospital Organization, Asahikawa, Japan.
Shin KwakDivision of Clinical Biotechnology, Center for Disease Biology and Integrative Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
The University of Tokyo · JPTokyo Medical University · JPNational Hospital Organization · JP

Funding

Japan ALS AssociationScientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology of Japan 22390173Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology of Japan 2546112690
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

background and purposeDisruption of nucleoporins has been reported in the motor neurons of patients with sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (sALS). However, the precise changes in the morphology of nucleoporins associated with the pathology of the 43-kDa TAR DNA-binding protein (TDP-43) in the disease process remain unknown. We investigated the expression of nucleoporins that constitute the nuclear pore complex (NPC) in spinal motor neurons that exhibit sALS in relation to TDP-43 pathology, which is a reliable neuropathological hallmark of sALS.

methodsParaffin-embedded sections of the lumbar spinal cord were obtained for immunofluorescence analysis from seven control subjects and six sALS patients. Anti-TDP-43 antibody, anti-nucleoporin p62 (NUP62) antibody, and anti-karyopherin beta 1 (KPNB1) antibody were applied as primary antibodies, and then visualized using appropriate secondary antibodies. The sections were then examined under a fluorescence microscope.

resultsNUP62 and KPNB1 immunoreactivity appeared as a smooth round rim bordering the nuclear margin in normal spinal motor neurons that exhibited nuclear TDP-43 immunoreactivity. sALS spinal motor neurons with apparent TDP-43 mislocalization demonstrated irregular, disrupted nuclear staining for NUP62 or KPNB1. Some atrophic sALS spinal motor neurons with TDP-43 mislocalization presented no NUP62 immunoreactivity.

conclusionsOur findings suggest a close relationship between NPC alterations and TDP-43 pathology in the degenerative process of the motor neurons of sALS patients.

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43-kDa TAR DNA-binding proteinnuclear pore complexnucleoporinsporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

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