聚氨酸是有毒的,并在小鼠中加剧病理
Meaghan Van Alstyne1,2, Vanessa L Nguyen1, Charles A Hoeffer3
1Department of Biochemistry, University of Colorado Boulder, CO, USA.
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology
|October 17, 2024
概括
大脑中的聚氨酸蛋白表达是有毒的,并恶化tau病理. 这表明,局部错误的含有聚氨酸的蛋白质可能导致阿尔茨海默氏症等类型病变.
科学领域:
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 遗传学 遗传学 是一个
背景情况:
- 聚氨酸域将核RNA结合蛋白与细胞质聚合物联系起来.
- 含有聚氨酸的蛋白质的细胞质错位可能会导致人类的病.
- 聚氨酸可以在CAG重复扩张疾病中由重复关联的非AUG翻译产生的.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究聚氨酸在哺乳动物大脑中的毒性.
- 为了确定聚氨酸是否会加剧病理.
主要方法:
- 在野生类型和tau转基因小鼠中,基因相关病毒血清型9 (AAV9) 传递以表达42重复的聚氨酸蛋白.
- 通过体重,行为和普尔金尼细胞计数来评估毒性.
- 评估tau病理标志物,包括酸化,不可溶性和播种能力.
主要成果:
- 在野生型小鼠中,聚氨酸表达诱导了毒性,由减肥,行为变化和显著的普尔金尼细胞损失证明.
- 在tau转基因小鼠中,聚氨酸恶化了tau病理,增加了酸化和不溶性tau水平.
- 聚氨酸增强了在有病原性tau的存在下,大脑提取物的播种能力.
结论:
- 聚氨酸域可以在小鼠模型中促进tau介导的病理.
- 这些发现支持了错位聚氨酸含有的蛋白质对人类病症的进展有所贡献的假设.
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