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ArticleThe Biochemical journal2019

Cysteine-rich granulin-3 rapidly promotes amyloid-β fibrils in both redox states.

Anukool A Bhopatkar, Gaurav Ghag, Lauren M Wolf, Dexter N Dean, Melissa A Moss, Vijayaraghavan Rangachari

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Article in The Biochemical journal, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Progranulin Regulates Inflammation and Tumor.Anti-inflammatory & anti-allergy agents in medicinal chemistry · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Anukool A BhopatkarDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS 39406, U.S.A.
Gaurav GhagDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS 39406, U.S.A.
Lauren M WolfBiomedical Engineering Program, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, U.S.A.
Dexter N DeanDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS 39406, U.S.A.
Melissa A MossBiomedical Engineering Program, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, U.S.A.
Vijayaraghavan RangachariDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS 39406, U.S.A. vijay.rangachari@usm.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-4087-5947
University of Southern Mississippi · USUniversity of South Carolina · US

Funding

Training and Mentoring Core P20GM103476 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI · PI MICHAEL R GARRETT · 2012 to 2026
$60.2M
Structural Transitions in Proteins and Protein AssembliesR01GM120634 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA · PI HANSMANN, ULRICH H.E. · 2017 to 2020
$1.2M
Role of Lipid-derived Oligomer Strains in AD PhenotypesR56AG062292 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI · PI RANGACHARI, VIJAY · 2018 to 2018
$671k
Determining the Mechanisms Governing Transmissibility Among Amyloid-beta OligomersR15AG046915 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI · PI MOSS, MELISSA ANN, RANGACHARI, VIJAY · 2015 to 2015
$368k
NIA NIH HHS R15 AG046915NIA NIH HHS R56 AG062292NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM103476NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM120634
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Granulins (GRNs 1-7) are cysteine-rich proteolytic products of progranulin (PGRN) that have recently been implicated in neurodegenerative diseases including frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and Alzheimer's disease (AD). Their precise mechanism in these pathologies remains uncertain, but both inflammatory and lysosomal roles have been observed for GRNs. Among the seven GRNs, GRN-3 is well characterized and is implicated within the context of FTD. However, the relationship between GRN-3 and amyloid-β (Aβ), a protein relevant in AD pathology, has not yet been explored. To gain insight into this mechanism, we investigated the effect of both oxidized and reduced GRN-3 on Aβ aggregation and found that both GRN-3 (oxidized) and rGRN-3 (reduced) bind to monomeric and oligomeric Aβ42 to promote rapid fibril formation with subtle rate differences. As low molecular weight oligomers of Aβ are well-established neurotoxins, rapid promotion of fibrils by GRN-3 mitigates Aβ42-induced cellular apoptosis. These data provide valuable insights in understanding GRN-3's ability to modulate Aβ-induced toxicity under redox control and presents a new perspective toward AD pathology. These results also prompt further investigation into the role(s) of other GRNs in AD pathogenesis.

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Alzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-PeptidesApoptosisGranulinsPeptide FragmentsProtein Aggregation, PathologicalCell Line, TumorHumansOxidation-ReductionAmyloid beta-Peptidesamyloid beta-protein (1-42)GranulinsPeptide FragmentsAlzheimer's diseaseamyloid-βcysteine-rich proteinsgranulinneurodegenerationprogranulin

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PMID30782973
PMCPMC6647844
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