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ArticleNeuron2019

Cytoplasmic TDP-43 De-mixing Independent of Stress Granules Drives Inhibition of Nuclear Import, Loss of Nuclear TDP-43, and Cell Death.

Fatima Gasset-Rosa, Shan Lu, Haiyang Yu, Cong Chen, Ze'ev Melamed, Lin Guo, James Shorter, Sandrine Da Cruz, Don W Cleveland

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Article in Neuron, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 325 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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325citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
40.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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

325 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 508 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Fatima Gasset-RosaLudwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
Shan LuLudwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
Haiyang YuLudwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
Cong ChenLudwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
Ze'ev MelamedLudwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
Lin GuoDepartment of Biochemistry & Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6059, USA.
James ShorterDepartment of Biochemistry & Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6059, USA.
Sandrine Da CruzLudwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA. Electronic address: sdacruz@ucsd.edu.
Don W ClevelandLudwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA; Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA. Electronic address: dcleveland@ucsd.edu.
Ludwig Cancer Research · USUniversity of Pennsylvania · USUniversity of California, San Diego · US

Funding

NEURONAL FILAMENT SYNTHESIS, ASSEMBLY, AND FUNCTIONR01NS027036 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI Bogdan Bintu, Don W Cleveland · 1989 to 2026
$11.8M
U of Calif, San Diego Neuroscience Microscopy ImagingP30NS047101 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI GLEESON, JOSEPH G, ZHENG, BINHAI · 2003 to 2022
$9.0M
Defining the mechanistic basis of a prion disaggregaseR01GM099836 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI SHORTER, JAMES · 2013 to 2024
$3.9M
Determine how loss-of-function of the TBK1 kinase causes age-dependent degeneration in frontotemporal dementiaF32AG059358 · NIA · LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES LTD · PI YU, HAIYANG · 2018 to 2019
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NIA NIH HHS F32 AG059358NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM099836NINDS NIH HHS P30 NS047101NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS027036
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While cytoplasmic aggregation of TDP-43 is a pathological hallmark of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia, how aggregates form and what drives its nuclear clearance have not been determined. Here we show that TDP-43 at its endogenous level undergoes liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) within nuclei in multiple cell types. Increased concentration of TDP-43 in the cytoplasm or transient exposure to sonicated amyloid-like fibrils is shown to provoke long-lived liquid droplets of cytosolic TDP-43 whose assembly and maintenance are independent of conventional stress granules. Cytosolic liquid droplets of TDP-43 accumulate phosphorylated TDP-43 and rapidly convert into gels/solids in response to transient, arsenite-mediated stress. Cytoplasmic TDP-43 droplets slowly recruit importin-α and Nup62 and induce mislocalization of RanGap1, Ran, and Nup107, thereby provoking inhibition of nucleocytoplasmic transport, clearance of nuclear TDP-43, and cell death. These findings identify a neuronal cell death mechanism that can be initiated by transient-stress-induced cytosolic de-mixing of TDP-43.

Indexed as

Cell DeathPhase TransitionStress, PhysiologicalActive Transport, Cell Nucleusalpha KaryopherinsAmyotrophic Lateral SclerosisAnimalsCell Line, TumorCytoplasmic GranulesDNA-Binding ProteinsFrontotemporal DementiaGTPase-Activating ProteinsHEK293 CellsHumansMembrane GlycoproteinsMicealpha KaryopherinsDNA-Binding ProteinsGTPase-Activating ProteinsMembrane GlycoproteinsNuclear Pore Complex Proteinsnuclear pore protein p62NUP107 protein, humanNUP62 protein, mouseRANGAP1 protein, humanRangap1 protein, mouseran GTP-Binding ProteinTARDBP protein, humanTardbp protein, mouseALS/FTDiPSCsliquid-liquid phase separationlow complexity domainsmotor neuronsneurodegenerationnucleocytoplasmic transportRNA-binding proteinsstress granulesTDP-43TDP-43 de-mixing

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PMID30853299
PMCPMC6548321
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