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Neumann, M.* ; Kwong, L.K.* ; Lee, E.B.* ; Kremmer, E. ; Flatley, A. ; Xu, Y.* ; Forman, M.S.* ; Troost, D.* ; Kretzschmar, H.A.* ; Trojanowski, J.Q ; Lee, V.M.Y.*

Phosphorylation of S409/410 of TDP-43 is a consistent feature in all sporadic and familial forms of TDP-43 proteinopathies.

Acta Neuropathol. 117, 137-149 (2009)
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Accumulation of hyperphosphorylated, ubiquitinated and N-terminally truncated TAR DNA-binding protein (TDP-43) is the pathological hallmark lesion in most familial and sporadic forms of FTLD-U and ALS, which can be subsumed as TDP-43 proteinopathies. In order to get more insight into the role of abnormal phosphorylation in the disease process, the identification of specific phosphorylation sites and the generation of phosphorylation-specific antibodies are mandatory. Here, we developed and characterized novel rat monoclonal antibodies (1D3 and 7A9) raised against phosphorylated S409/410 of TDP-43. These antibodies were used to study the presence of S409/410 phosphorylation by immunohistochemistry and biochemical analysis in a large series of 64 FTLD-U cases with or without motor neuron disease including familial cases with mutations in progranulin (n = 5), valosin-containing protein (n = 4) and linkage to chromosome 9p (n = 4), 18 ALS cases as well as other neurodegenerative diseases with concomitant TDP-43 pathology (n = 5). Our data demonstrate that phosphorylation of S409/410 of TDP-43 is a highly consistent feature in pathologic inclusions in the whole spectrum of sporadic and familial forms of TDP-43 proteinopathies. Physiological nuclear TDP-43 was not detectable with these mAbs by immunohistochemistry and by immunoblot analyses. While the accumulation of phosphorylated C-terminal fragments was a robust finding in the cortical brain regions of FTLD-U and ALS, usually being much more abundant than the phosphorylated full-length TDP-43 band, spinal cord samples revealed a predominance of full-length TDP-43 over C-terminal fragments. This argues for a distinct TDP-43 species composition in inclusions in cortical versus spinal cord cells. Overall, these mAbs are powerful tools for the highly specific detection of disease-associated abnormal TDP-43 species and will be extremely useful for the neuropathological routine diagnostics of TDP-43 proteinopathies and for the investigation of emerging cellular and animal models for TDP-43 proteinopathies.
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Publication type Article: Journal article
Document type Scientific Article
Keywords frontotemporal lobar degeneration; amyotrophic-lateral-sclerosis; tar-dna-binding; ubiquitin-positive inclusions; parkinsonism-dementia complex; motor-neuron disease; pathological tdp-43; in-vivo; ftld-u; mutations
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Publication Year 2009
HGF-reported in Year 2009
ISSN (print) / ISBN 0001-6322
e-ISSN 1432-0533
Quellenangaben Volume: 117, Issue: 2, Pages: 137-149 Article Number: , Supplement: ,
Publisher Springer
Reviewing status Peer reviewed
PSP Element(s) G-501700-003
PubMed ID 19125255
Scopus ID 59249085091
Erfassungsdatum 2009-07-09