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ArticleBiochimica et biophysica acta. Molecular basis of disease2020

TDP-43 inhibitory peptide alleviates neurodegeneration and memory loss in an APP transgenic mouse model for Alzheimer's disease.

Ju Gao, Luwen Wang, Chao Gao, Hiroyuki Arakawa, George Perry, Xinglong Wang

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Article in Biochimica et biophysica acta. Molecular basis of disease, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23 citing papers in PubMed, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ju GaoDepartment of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Luwen WangDepartment of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Chao GaoDepartment of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Hiroyuki ArakawaDepartment of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
George PerryCollege of Sciences, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA.
Xinglong WangDepartment of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA; Center for Mitochondrial Diseases, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA. Electronic address: xinglong.wang@case.edu.
Case Western Reserve University · USThe University of Texas at San Antonio · USUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore · US

Funding

Mitochondrial TDP-43 in Alzheimer's DiseaseRF1AG056320 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI WANG, XINGLONG · 2019 to 2019
$2.0M
NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG056320
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the leading cause of dementia in the elderly, characterized clinically by progressive decline in cognitive function and neuropathologically by the presence of senile plaques and neuronal loss in the brain. While current drugs for AD are always employed as symptomatic therapies with variable benefits, there is no treatment to delay its progression or halt neurodegeneration. TAR DNA-binding protein 43 (TDP-43) proteinopathy has increasingly been implicated as a prominent histopathological feature of AD and related dementias. Our recent studies have implicated mitochondria as critical targets of TDP-43 neurotoxicity. Here, we demonstrate that the suppression of mitochondrial-associated TDP-43 protects against neuronal loss and behavioral deficits in 5XFAD transgenic mice recapitulating AD-related phenotypes. In AD patients and 5XFAD mice, the level of TDP-43 is increased in mitochondria, and TDP-43 highly co-localizes with mitochondria in brain neurons exhibiting TDP-43 proteinopathy. Chronic administration of a TDP-43 mitochondrial localization inhibitory peptide, PM1, significantly alleviates TDP-43 proteinopathy, mitochondrial abnormalities, microgliosis and even neuronal loss without effect on amyloid plaque load in 12-month-old 5XFAD mice well after the onset of symptoms. Additionally, PM1 also improves the cognitive and motor function in 12-month-old 5XFAD mice and completely prevents the onset of mild cognitive impairment in 6-month-old 5XFAD mice. These data indicate that mitochondria-associated TDP-43 is likely involved in AD pathogenesis and that the inhibitor of mitochondria-associated TDP-43 may be a valuable drug to treat underlying AD.

Indexed as

Alzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-PeptidesAmyloid beta-Protein PrecursorAnimalsBrainCognitive DysfunctionDisease Models, AnimalDNA-Binding ProteinsMemory DisordersMiceMice, TransgenicMitochondriaNeurodegenerative DiseasesNeuronsPlaque, AmyloidAmyloid beta-PeptidesAmyloid beta-Protein PrecursorDNA-Binding ProteinsTardbp protein, mouseAlzheimer's diseaseAmyloid betaMemory lossMitochondrial dysfunctionNeurodegenerationTDP-43

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PMID31678156
PMCPMC6861700
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