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ArticleACS chemical neuroscience2026

Anisosmotic Modulation of Mutant Huntingtin Aggregation vis-a-vis HSP70 Induction─Implications for Aging, Hypo-Hydration, and Neurodegeneration.

Alice Y C Liu, Kelvin Y Kwan, Clarissa Kwan, Kuang Yu Chen

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Article in ACS chemical neuroscience, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Alice Y C LiuDepartment of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Rutgers State University of New Jersey, Nelson Biology Laboratory, 604 Allison Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-6984-1671
Kelvin Y KwanDepartment of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Rutgers State University of New Jersey, Nelson Biology Laboratory, 604 Allison Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, United States.
Clarissa KwanDepartment of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Rutgers State University of New Jersey, Nelson Biology Laboratory, 604 Allison Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, United States.
Kuang Yu ChenDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers State University of New Jersey, Nelson Biology Laboratory, 604 Allison Road, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, United States.

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Abstract

Suboptimal cell hydration is a significant risk factor for age-related deterioration and disease vulnerability. Herein, we use a Huntington disease cell model to evaluate osmolarity-dependent modulation of (1) aggregation of polyQ-expanded mutant Huntingtin-EGFP reporter protein as a readout for structurally dynamic disease proteins versus (2) induction of HSP70 chaperone to report on stress-induced lability of folded proteins. Cell impermeant alkali-metal salts and polyethylene glycols were added to cell media to osmotically dehydrate cells for crowding, whereas water was added to swell cells for macromolecular dispersion. Cell image and biochemical analyses show that addition of sodium chloride and other alkali-metal salts to cell media promoted aggregation of mHTT

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AgingHSP70 Heat-Shock ProteinsHuntingtin ProteinHuntington DiseaseAnimalsGreen Fluorescent ProteinsHumansMutationOsmolar ConcentrationOsmotic PressurePeptidesProtein AggregatesProtein Aggregation, PathologicalProteotoxic Stressenhanced green fluorescent proteinGreen Fluorescent ProteinsHSP70 Heat-Shock ProteinsHTT protein, humanHuntingtin ProteinPeptidespolyglutamineProtein AggregatesagingHSP chaperonehypo-hydrationneurodegenerationpolyQ-Huntingtin reporter protein

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