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- Title
Dysregulation of a novel miR-1825/TBCB/TUBA4A pathway in sporadic and familial ALS.
- Authors
Helferich, Anika M.; Brockmann, Sarah J.; Reinders, Jörg; Deshpande, Dhruva; Holzmann, Karlheinz; Brenner, David; Andersen, Peter M.; Petri, Susanne; Thal, Dietmar R.; Michaelis, Jens; Otto, Markus; Just, Steffen; Ludolph, Albert C.; Danzer, Karin M.; Freischmidt, Axel; Weishaupt, Jochen H.
- Abstract
Genetic and functional studies suggest diverse pathways being affected in the neurodegenerative disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), while knowledge about converging disease mechanisms is rare. We detected a downregulation of microRNA-1825 in CNS and extra-CNS system organs of both sporadic (sALS) and familial ALS (fALS) patients. Combined transcriptomic and proteomic analysis revealed that reduced levels of microRNA-1825 caused a translational upregulation of tubulin-folding cofactor b (TBCB). Moreover, we found that excess TBCB led to depolymerization and degradation of tubulin alpha-4A (TUBA4A), which is encoded by a known ALS gene. Importantly, the increase in TBCB and reduction of TUBA4A protein was confirmed in brain cortex tissue of fALS and sALS patients, and led to motor axon defects in an in vivo model. Our discovery of a microRNA-1825/TBCB/TUBA4A pathway reveals a putative pathogenic cascade in both fALS and sALS extending the relevance of TUBA4A to a large proportion of ALS cases.
- Subjects
GENETICS of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; MICRORNA; CENTRAL nervous system; TUBULINS; PROTEIN folding; GENETIC regulation; GENETIC translation; PROTEIN expression
- Publication
Cellular & Molecular Life Sciences, 2018, Vol 75, Issue 23, p4301
- ISSN
1420-682X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00018-018-2873-1