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Interactome of C9orf72 arginine-rich dipeptide proteins

ABSTRACT: A GGG GCC hexanucleotide repeat expansion within the C9orf72 gene is the most common genetic cause of both amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia. Sense and antisense repeat-containing transcripts undergo repeat associated non-AUG-initiated translation to produce five dipeptide proteins (DPRs). The polyGR and polyPR DPRs are extremely toxic when expressed in Drosophila neurons. To determine the mechanism that mediates this toxicity, we purified DPRs from the Drosophila brain and used mass spectrometry to identify the irst in vivo neuronal DPR interactome. PolyGR and polyPR interact with ribosomal proteins, and inhibit translation in both human iPSC-derived motor neurons, and adult Drosophila neurons.

INSTRUMENT(S): LTQ Orbitrap Velos

ORGANISM(S): Drosophila Melanogaster (fruit Fly)

TISSUE(S): Brain

SUBMITTER: James Wright

LAB HEAD: Jyoti Choudhary

PROVIDER: PXD012099 | Pride | 2019-01-07

REPOSITORIES: Pride

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C9orf72 arginine-rich dipeptide proteins interact with ribosomal proteins in vivo to induce a toxic translational arrest that is rescued by eIF1A.

Moens Thomas G TG Niccoli Teresa T Wilson Katherine M KM Atilano Magda L ML Birsa Nicol N Gittings Lauren M LM Holbling Benedikt V BV Dyson Miranda C MC Thoeng Annora A Neeves Jacob J Glaria Idoia I Yu Lu L Bussmann Julia J Storkebaum Erik E Pardo Mercedes M Choudhary Jyoti S JS Fratta Pietro P Partridge Linda L Isaacs Adrian M AM

Acta neuropathologica 20190102 3

A GGGGCC hexanucleotide repeat expansion within the C9orf72 gene is the most common genetic cause of both amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia. Sense and antisense repeat-containing transcripts undergo repeat-associated non-AUG-initiated translation to produce five dipeptide proteins (DPRs). The polyGR and polyPR DPRs are extremely toxic when expressed in Drosophila neurons. To determine the mechanism that mediates this toxicity, we purified DPRs from the Drosophila brain an ...[more]

PMID: 30604225

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Interactome of C9orf72 arginine-rich dipeptide proteins

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C9orf72 arginine-rich dipeptide proteins interact with ribosomal proteins in vivo to induce a toxic translational arrest that is rescued by eIF1A.

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