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- Title
TDP43 interacts with MLH1 and MSH6 proteins in a DNA damage-inducible manner.
- Authors
Provasek, Vincent E.; Kodavati, Manohar; Kim, Brandon; Mitra, Joy; Hegde, Muralidhar L.
- Abstract
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease that affects the motor neuron. One aspect of the neuropathology involved in ALS includes increased genomic damage and impaired DNA repair capability. The TAR-DNA binding protein 43 (TDP43) has been associated with both sporadic and familial forms of ALS, and is typically observed as cytosolic mislocalization of protein aggregates, termed TDP43 proteinopathy. TDP43 is a ubiquitous RNA/DNA binding protein with functional implications in a wide range of disease processes, including the repair of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs). While TDP43 is widely known to regulate RNA metabolism, our lab has reported it also functions directly at the protein level to facilitate DNA repair. Here, we show that the TDP43 protein interacts with DNA mismatch repair (MMR) proteins MLH1 and MSH6 in a DNA damage-inducible manner. We utilized differentiated SH-SY5Y neuronal cultures to identify this inducible relationship using complementary approaches of proximity ligation assay (PLA) and co-immunoprecipitation (CoIP) assay. We observed that signals of TDP43 interaction with MLH1 and MSH6 increased significantly following a 2 h treatment of 10 μM methylmethanesulfonate (MMS), a DNA alkylating agent used to induce MMR repair. Likewise, we observed this effect was abolished in cell lines treated with siRNA directed against TDP43. Finally, we demonstrated these protein interactions were significantly increased in lumbar spinal cord samples of ALS-affected patients compared to age-matched controls. These results will inform our future studies to understand the mechanisms and consequences of this TDP43-MMR interaction in the context of ALS-affected neurons.
- Subjects
DNA mismatch repair; DNA-binding proteins; DNA repair; DOUBLE-strand DNA breaks; AMYOTROPHIC lateral sclerosis; RNA metabolism; ALKYLATING agents; NITRIC-oxide synthases
- Publication
Molecular Brain, 2024, Vol 17, p1
- ISSN
1756-6606
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s13041-024-01108-3