GGGGCC microsatellite RNA is neuritically localized, induces branching defects, and perturbs transport granule function
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Burguete, Alondra SchweizerAlmeida, Sandra
Gao, Fen-Biao
Kalb, Robert
Akins, Michael R.
Bonini, Nancy M.
UMass Chan Affiliations
Department of NeurologyDocument Type
Journal ArticlePublication Date
2015-12-09Keywords
D. melanogastercell biology
Cell Biology
Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience
Nervous System Diseases
Neurology
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Microsatellite expansions are the leading cause of numerous neurodegenerative disorders. Here we demonstrate that GGGGCC and CAG microsatellite repeat RNAs associated with C9orf72 in ALS/FTD and with polyglutamine diseases, respectively, localize to neuritic granules that undergo active transport into distal neuritic segments. In cultured mammalian spinal cord neurons, the presence of neuritic GGGGCC repeat RNA correlates with neuronal branching defects and the repeat RNA localizes to granules that label with FMRP, a transport granule component. Using a Drosophila GGGGCC expansion disease model, we characterize dendritic branching defects that are modulated by FMRP and Orb2. The human orthologues of these modifiers are misregulated in induced pluripotent stem cell-differentiated neurons from GGGGCC expansion carriers. These data suggest that expanded repeat RNAs interact with the mRNA transport and translation machinery, causing transport granule dysfunction. This could be a novel mechanism contributing to the neuronal defects associated with C9orf72 and other microsatellite expansion diseases.Source
Elife. 2015 Dec 9;4. pii: e08881. doi: 10.7554/eLife.08881. Link to article on publisher's siteDOI
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/39847PubMed ID
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