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Common pathobiochemical hallmarks of progranulin-associated frontotemporal lobar degeneration and neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis.
Acta Neuropathol. 127, 845-860 (2014)
Heterozygous loss-of-function mutations in the progranulin (GRN) gene and the resulting reduction of GRN levels is a common genetic cause for frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) with accumulation of TAR DNA-binding protein (TDP)-43. Recently, it has been shown that a complete GRN deficiency due to a homozygous GRN loss-of-function mutation causes neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (NCL), a lysosomal storage disorder. These findings suggest that lysosomal dysfunction may also contribute to some extent to FTLD. Indeed, Grn(-/-) mice recapitulate not only pathobiochemical features of GRN-associated FTLD-TDP (FTLD-TDP/GRN), but also those which are characteristic for NCL and lysosomal impairment. In Grn(-/-) mice the lysosomal proteins cathepsin D (CTSD), LAMP (lysosomal-associated membrane protein) 1 and the NCL storage components saposin D and subunit c of mitochondrial ATP synthase (SCMAS) were all found to be elevated. Moreover, these mice display increased levels of transmembrane protein (TMEM) 106B, a lysosomal protein known as a risk factor for FTLD-TDP pathology. In line with a potential pathological overlap of FTLD and NCL, Ctsd(-/-) mice, a model for NCL, show elevated levels of the FTLD-associated proteins GRN and TMEM106B. In addition, pathologically phosphorylated TDP-43 occurs in Ctsd(-/-) mice to a similar extent as in Grn(-/-) mice. Consistent with these findings, some NCL patients accumulate pathologically phosphorylated TDP-43 within their brains. Based on these observations, we searched for pathological marker proteins, which are characteristic for NCL or lysosomal impairment in brains of FTLD-TDP/GRN patients. Strikingly, saposin D, SCMAS as well as the lysosomal proteins CTSD and LAMP1/2 are all elevated in patients with FTLD-TDP/GRN. Thus, our findings suggest that lysosomal storage disorders and GRN-associated FTLD may share common features.
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Publikationstyp
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Dokumenttyp
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Schlagwörter
Cathepsin D ; Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration (ftld) ; Lysosome ; Neurodegeneration ; Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis (ncl) ; Progranulin (grn) ; Tdp-43; Amyotrophic-lateral-sclerosis; Mitochondrial Atp Synthase; Protein-degradation Pathways; Traumatic Brain-injury; D-deficient Mice; Cathepsin-d; Mutation Carriers; Knockout Mice; Cell-death; Subunit-c
Sprache
englisch
Veröffentlichungsjahr
2014
HGF-Berichtsjahr
2014
ISSN (print) / ISBN
0001-6322
e-ISSN
1432-0533
Zeitschrift
Acta Neuropathologica
Quellenangaben
Band: 127,
Heft: 6,
Seiten: 845-860
Verlag
Springer
Verlagsort
New York
Begutachtungsstatus
Peer reviewed
Institut(e)
Institute of Molecular Immunology (IMI)
POF Topic(s)
30504 - Mechanisms of Genetic and Environmental Influences on Health and Disease
Forschungsfeld(er)
Immune Response and Infection
PSP-Element(e)
G-501793-001
PubMed ID
24619111
WOS ID
WOS:000336273100005
Scopus ID
84901653647
Erfassungsdatum
2014-03-25