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- Title
The C9ORF72 GGGGCC expansion forms RNA G-quadruplex inclusions and sequesters hnRNP H to disrupt splicing in ALS brains.
- Authors
Conlon, Erin G.; Lei Lu; Sharma, Aarti; Takashi Yamazaki; Timothy Tang; Shneider, Neil A.; Manley, James L.
- Abstract
An expanded GGGGCC hexanucleotide in C9ORF72 (C9) is the most frequent known cause of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). It has been proposed that expanded transcripts adopt G-quadruplex (G-Q) structures and associate with proteins, but whether this occurs and contributes to disease is unknown. Here we show first that the protein that predominantly associates with GGGGCC repeat RNA in vitro is the splicing factor hnRNP H, and that this interaction is linked to G-Q formation. We then show that G-Q RNA foci are more abundant in C9 ALS patient fibroblasts and astrocytes compared to those without the expansion, and more frequently colocalize with hnRNP H. Importantly, we demonstrate dysregulated splicing of multiple known hnRNP H-target transcripts in C9 patient brains, which correlates with elevated insoluble hnRNP H/G-Q aggregates. Together, our data implicate C9 expansion-mediated sequestration of hnRNP H as a significant contributor to neurodegeneration in C9 ALS/FTD.
- Subjects
QUADRUPLEX nucleic acids; RNA splicing; AMYOTROPHIC lateral sclerosis; FRONTOTEMPORAL dementia; PROTEIN structure
- Publication
eLife, 2016, p1
- ISSN
2050-084X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7554/eLife.17820