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ArticleJournal of molecular biology2020

Protofilament Structure and Supramolecular Polymorphism of Aggregated Mutant Huntingtin Exon 1.

Jennifer C Boatz, Talia Piretra, Alessia Lasorsa, Irina Matlahov, James F Conway, Patrick C A van der Wel

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Article in Journal of molecular biology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Jennifer C BoatzDepartment of Structural Biology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, 3501 5th Ave, Biomedical Science Tower 3, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. Electronic address: jcb122@pitt.edu.
Talia PiretraDepartment of Structural Biology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, 3501 5th Ave, Biomedical Science Tower 3, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. Electronic address: tap96@pitt.edu.
Alessia LasorsaZernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747, AG, Groningen, the Netherlands. Electronic address: a.lasorsa@rug.nl.
Irina MatlahovDepartment of Structural Biology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, 3501 5th Ave, Biomedical Science Tower 3, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA; Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747, AG, Groningen, the Netherlands. Electronic address: i.matlahov@rug.nl.
James F ConwayDepartment of Structural Biology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, 3501 5th Ave, Biomedical Science Tower 3, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. Electronic address: James.Conway@pitt.edu.
Patrick C A van der WelDepartment of Structural Biology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, 3501 5th Ave, Biomedical Science Tower 3, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA; Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747, AG, Groningen, the Netherlands. Electronic address: p.c.a.van.der.wel@rug.nl.

Funding

UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE INSTITUTE: BPCAUL1RR024153 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI REIS, STEVEN E · 2006 to 2011
$73.9M
Training in the Molecular Biophysics and Structural BiologyT32GM088119 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI HINCK, ANDREW P · 2011 to 2020
$1.6M
Structural polymorphism in the misfolding and aggregation of expanded polyglutamine proteinsR01GM112678 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI CONWAY, JAMES F. · 2015 to 2019
$1.4M
NCRR NIH HHS UL1 RR024153NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM112678NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM088119
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Huntington's disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disease caused by expansion of the polyglutamine domain in the first exon of huntingtin (HttEx1). The extent of expansion correlates with disease progression and formation of amyloid-like protein deposits within the brain. The latter display polymorphism at the microscopic level, both in cerebral tissue and in vitro. Such polymorphism can dramatically influence cytotoxicity, leading to much interest in the conditions and mechanisms that dictate the formation of polymorphs. We examine conditions that govern HttEx1 polymorphism in vitro, including concentration and the role of the non-polyglutamine flanking domains. Using electron microscopy, we observe polymorphs that differ in width and tendency for higher-order bundling. Strikingly, aggregation yields different polymorphs at low and high concentrations. Narrow filaments dominate at low concentrations that may be more relevant in vivo. We dissect the role of N- and C-terminal flanking domains using protein with the former (htt

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DNA Repeat ExpansionMutationExonsHumansHuntingtin ProteinMicroscopy, ElectronProtein AggregatesProtein DomainsHTT protein, humanHuntingtin ProteinProtein AggregatesamyloidHuntington's diseaseMAS ssNMRsupramolecular assemblyTEM

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