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ArticleBiochemistry and biophysics reports2024

The effect of pH alterations on TDP-43 in a cellular model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Yara Al Ojaimi, Charlotte Slek, Samira Osman, Hugo Alarcan, Sylviane Marouillat, Philippe Corcia, Patrick Vourc'h, Débora Lanznaster, Hélène Blasco

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Article in Biochemistry and biophysics reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. TDP-43 Aggregation: The Healthy-Toxic Balance of the Prion-Like Domain.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  5. Molecular Visualization of Neuronal TDP43 PathologybioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yara Al OjaimiUMR 1253, iBrain, Université de Tours, INSERM, Tours, France.
Charlotte SlekUMR 1253, iBrain, Université de Tours, INSERM, Tours, France.
Samira OsmanUMR 1253, iBrain, Université de Tours, INSERM, Tours, France.
Hugo AlarcanUMR 1253, iBrain, Université de Tours, INSERM, Tours, France.
Sylviane MarouillatUMR 1253, iBrain, Université de Tours, INSERM, Tours, France.
Philippe CorciaService de Biochimie et Biologie Moléculaire, CHRU de Tours, France.
Patrick Vourc'hUMR 1253, iBrain, Université de Tours, INSERM, Tours, France.
Débora LanznasterUMR 1253, iBrain, Université de Tours, INSERM, Tours, France.
Hélène BlascoUMR 1253, iBrain, Université de Tours, INSERM, Tours, France.
Université de Tours · FRCentre Hospitalier Universitaire de Tours · FR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is the most common neurodegenerative disease affecting motor neurons. The pathophysiology of ALS is not well understood but TDP-43 proteinopathy (aggregation and mislocalization) is one of the major phenomena described. Several factors can influence TDP-43 behavior such as mild pH alterations that can induce conformational changes in recombinant TDP-43, increasing its propensity to aggregate. However to our knowledge, no studies have been conducted yet in a cellular setting, in the context of ALS. We therefore tested the effect of cellular pH alterations on the localization, aggregation, and phosphorylation of TDP-43. HEK293T cells overexpressing wildtype TDP-43 were incubated for 1 h with solutions of different pH (6.4, 7.2, and 8). Incubation of cells for 1 h in solutions of pH 6.4 and 8 led to an increase in TDP-43-positive puncta. This was accompanied by the mislocalization of TDP-43 from the nucleus to the cytoplasm. Our results suggest that small alterations in cellular pH affect TDP-43 and increase its mislocalization into cytoplasmic TDP-43-positive puncta, which might suggest a role of TDP-43 in the response of cells to pH alterations.

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AggregatesAmyotrophic lateral sclerosisMislocalizationpHTDP-43

Identifiers

PMID38389507
PMCPMC10882110
OpenAlexW4391873936

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