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ArticleScientific reports2021

Spatiotemporal analysis of soluble aggregates and autophagy markers in the R6/2 mouse model.

M J Vijay Kumar, Devanshi Shah, Mridhula Giridharan, Niraj Yadav, Ravi Manjithaya, James P Clement

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

M J Vijay KumarNeuroscience Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur, Bangalore, India.
Devanshi Shah *Neuroscience Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur, Bangalore, India.
Mridhula Giridharan *Molecular Biology and Genetics Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur, Bangalore, India.
Niraj YadavMolecular Biology and Genetics Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur, Bangalore, India.
Ravi ManjithayaNeuroscience Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur, Bangalore, India. ravim@jncasr.ac.in.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0923-5485
James P ClementNeuroscience Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur, Bangalore, India. clement@jncasr.ac.in.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7625-6430
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research · IN

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Maintenance of cellular proteostasis is vital for post-mitotic cells like neurons to sustain normal physiological function and homeostasis, defects in which are established hallmarks of several age-related conditions like AD, PD, HD, and ALS. The Spatio-temporal accumulation of aggregated proteins in the form of inclusion bodies/plaques is one of the major characteristics of many neurodegenerative diseases, including Huntington's disease (HD). Toxic accumulation of HUNTINGTIN (HTT) aggregates in neurons bring about the aberrant phenotypes of HD, including severe motor dysfunction, dementia, and cognitive impairment at the organismal level, in an age-dependent manner. In several cellular and animal models, aggrephagy induction has been shown to clear aggregate-prone proteins like HTT and ameliorate disease pathology by conferring neuroprotection. In this study, we used the mouse model of HD, R6/2, to understand the pathogenicity of mHTT aggregates, primarily focusing on autophagy dysfunction. We report that basal autophagy is not altered in R6/2 mice, whilst being functional at a steady-state level in neurons. Moreover, we tested the efficacy of a known autophagy modulator, Nilotinib (Tasigna™), presently in clinical trials for PD, and HD, in curbing mHTT aggregate growth and their potential clearance, which was ineffective in both inducing autophagy and rescuing the pathological phenotypes in R6/2 mice.

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AutophagyAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalFemaleHumansHuntingtin ProteinHuntington DiseaseMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLNeuronsProtein AggregatesSpatio-Temporal AnalysisHtt protein, mouseHuntingtin ProteinProtein Aggregates

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PMID33420088
PMCPMC7794371
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