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ArticleScientific reports2021

Protein disulphide isomerase (PDI) is protective against amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)-related mutant Fused in Sarcoma (FUS) in in vitro models.

S Parakh, E R Perri, M Vidal, J Sultana, S Shadfar, P Mehta, A Konopka, C J Thomas, D M Spencer, J D Atkin

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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 11 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

S ParakhMacquarie Centre for MND Research, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia.
E R PerriMacquarie Centre for MND Research, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia.
M VidalMacquarie Centre for MND Research, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia.
J SultanaMacquarie Centre for MND Research, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia.
S ShadfarMacquarie Centre for MND Research, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia.
P MehtaMacquarie Centre for MND Research, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia.
A KonopkaMacquarie Centre for MND Research, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia.
C J ThomasDepartment of Physiology, Anatomy and Microbiology, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, 3086, Australia.
D M SpencerDepartment of Biochemistry and Genetics, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University, Melbourne, VIC, 3086, Australia.
J D AtkinMacquarie Centre for MND Research, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, 2109, Australia. julie.atkin@mq.edu.au.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mutations in Fused in Sarcoma (FUS) are present in familial and sporadic cases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). FUS is localised in the nucleus where it has important functions in DNA repair. However, in ALS/FTD, mutant FUS mislocalises from the nucleus to the cytoplasm where it forms inclusions, a key pathological hallmark of neurodegeneration. Mutant FUS also inhibits protein import into the nucleus, resulting in defects in nucleocytoplasmic transport. Fragmentation of the neuronal Golgi apparatus, induction of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress, and inhibition of ER-Golgi trafficking are also associated with mutant FUS misfolding in ALS. Protein disulphide isomerase (PDI) is an ER chaperone previously shown to be protective against misfolding associated with mutant superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) and TAR DNA-binding protein-43 (TDP-43) in cellular and zebrafish models. However, a protective role against mutant FUS in ALS has not been previously described. In this study, we demonstrate that PDI is protective against mutant FUS. In neuronal cell line and primary cultures, PDI restores defects in nuclear import, prevents the formation of mutant FUS inclusions, inhibits Golgi fragmentation, ER stress, ER-Golgi transport defects, and apoptosis. These findings imply that PDI is a new therapeutic target in FUS-associated ALS.

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Endoplasmic Reticulum StressMutationAmyotrophic Lateral SclerosisAnimalsCell LineFrontotemporal DementiaHumansIn Vitro TechniquesModels, TheoreticalProcollagen-Proline DioxygenaseProtein Disulfide-IsomerasesProtein FoldingRNA-Binding Protein FUSFUS protein, humanP4HB protein, humanProcollagen-Proline DioxygenaseProtein Disulfide-IsomerasesRNA-Binding Protein FUS

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PMID34475430
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