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Studying polyglutamine diseases in Drosophila [PDF]

Experimental Neurology, 2015
Polyglutamine (polyQ) diseases are a family of dominantly transmitted neurodegenerative disorders caused by an abnormal expansion of CAG trinucleotide repeats in the protein-coding regions of the respective disease-causing genes. Despite their simple genetic basis, the etiology of these diseases is far from clear.
Zhen Xu, Antonio Joel Tito, Yan-Ning Rui, Sheng Zhang   +3 more
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Interaction of FXTAS Family History and College Degree Attainment Predicts Trajectories of Cognitive and Motor Symptoms in FMR1 Premutation Carrier Women

American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The present longitudinal study focuses on FMR1 premutation carrier women during midlife and early old age (n = 115). Bringing together the genetic risk factor of a family history of FXTAS and the environmental protective factor of higher education, the goal of the study was to determine how these factors potentially interact to predict self ...
Jinkuk Hong, Leann Smith DaWalt, Jessica Klusek, Elizabeth M. Berry‐Kravis, Marsha Mailick   +4 more
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Establishing Sensory Neurons as Therapeutic Targets in Peripheral Neuropathy Driven by Polyglutamine Expanded Murine ATXN3

Annals of Neurology, EarlyView.
Repeat expansion disorders frequently involve peripheral neuropathy, yet mechanisms remain unclear. Using a spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (SCA3) Knock‐In Atxn3Q300/Q6, we identify progressive sensorimotor deficits, peripheral nerve pathology, and dorsal root ganglia RNA splicing dysregulation.
Juan P. Mato, John M. Hayes, Jacen Emerson, Maeha Sridharan, Toluwani Adelaja, Arsal Naeem, Alexandra F. Putka, Hayley S. McLoughlin   +7 more
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Altered retinal structure and function in Spinocerebellar ataxia type 3

Neurobiology of Disease, 2022
Spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (SCA3) is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disorder caused by expansion of a polyglutamine (polyQ)-encoding CAG repeat in the ATXN3 gene. Because the ATXN3 protein regulates photoreceptor ciliogenesis and phagocytosis,
Vasileios Toulis, Ricardo Casaroli-Marano, Anna Camós-Carreras, Marc Figueras-Roca, Bernardo Sánchez-Dalmau, Esteban Muñoz, Naila S. Ashraf, Ana F. Ferreira, Naheed Khan, Gemma Marfany, Maria do Carmo Costa   +10 more
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Expanded ATXN3 CAG Repeat is Stable in Human Purkinje Cells

Movement Disorders, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (SCA3) is a neurodegenerative disorder caused by an abnormally long polyglutamine‐encoding CAG repeat in the ATXN3 gene. Objectives We aimed to determine whether somatic expansion of the mutant ATXN3 (mATXN3) CAG repeat is present in the output cell of the cerebellar cortex, the Purkinje cell (PC), in ...
Hasnahana Chetia, Laura Kus, Erika Sipos, Nathaniel Heintz, Kert Mätlik   +4 more
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Limited Clinical Impact of Androgen Receptor Repeat Length (CAG and GGC) in Klinefelter Syndrome: A Multivariable Analysis

Andrology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Klinefelter syndrome (KS) is characterized by marked phenotypic heterogeneity that might be influenced by genetic modifiers, including androgen receptor (AR) repeat length (CAGn and GGCn). The clinical relevance of these repeat lengths in patients with KS before testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) remains unclear.
Andrea Graziani, Alberto Scala, Maria Santa Rocca, Cinzia Vinanzi, Giuseppe Grande, Andrea Di Nisio, Riccardo Selice, Antonella Di Mambro, Alberto Ferlin   +8 more
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Polyglutamine tracts regulate autophagy [PDF]

Autophagy, 2017
Expansions of polyglutamine (polyQ) tracts in different proteins cause 9 neurodegenerative conditions, such as Huntington disease and various ataxias. However, many normal mammalian proteins contain shorter polyQ tracts. As these are frequently conserved in multiple species, it is likely that some of these polyQ tracts have important but unknown ...
Rubinsztein, DC, Ashkenazi, A, Bento, CF, Ricketts, T, Vicinanza, M, Siddiqi, F, Pavel, M, Squitieri, F, Haardenberg, MC, Imarisio, S, Menzies, FM   +10 more
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miR-1 coordinately regulates lysosomal v-ATPase and biogenesis to impact proteotoxicity and muscle function during aging

eLife, 2021
Muscle function relies on the precise architecture of dynamic contractile elements, which must be fine-tuned to maintain motility throughout life. Muscle is also plastic, and remodeled in response to stress, growth, neural and metabolic inputs.
Isabelle Schiffer, Birgit Gerisch, Kazuto Kawamura, Raymond Laboy, Jennifer Hewitt, Martin Sebastian Denzel, Marcelo A Mori, Siva Vanapalli, Yidong Shen, Orsolya Symmons, Adam Antebi   +10 more
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Iloperidone treatment mitigates the Juvenile Huntington's Disease phenotype possibly via Sigma‐1 Receptor Modulation

The FEBS Journal, EarlyView.
We investigated the potential of iloperidone as an activator of Sigma‐1 receptor (S1R) neuroprotective function in juvenile Huntington's disease (jHD). We tested iloperidone on cortical neurons differentiated from patient‐derived iPSCs, demonstrating that it acts as a S1R agonist, decreasing apoptosis, huntingtin aggregation, and oxidative stress ...
Ersilia Fornetti, Gaia Galluzzi, Mario Frezzini, Cécile Exertier, Vittorio Brufani, Gianni Colotti, Giancarlo Ruocco, Jessica Rosati, Angelo Luigi Vescovi, Daniele Narzi, Ilaria Genovese, Andrea Ilari   +11 more
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PML as a neuroprotective guardian: Leveraging nuclear protein quality control to mitigate neurotoxicity of an ALS‐associated NEK1 variant

The FEBS Journal, EarlyView.
Insoluble protein aggregates are a hallmark of neurodegenerative diseases like amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The ubiquitin–proteasome system (UPS) serves as a neuroprotective quality control mechanism that clears aggregates. PML nuclear bodies (NBs) were proposed to serve as hubs for SUMO‐primed ubiquitylation and degradation of misfolded ...
Tabea Stark, Stefan Müller
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