Granulins rescue inflammation, lysosome dysfunction, and neuropathology in a mouse model of progranulin deficiency.

ABSTRACT: Progranulin (PGRN) deficiency is linked to neurodegenerative diseases including frontotemporal dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis. Proper PGRN levels are critical to maintain brain health and neuronal survival, however the function of PGRN is not well understood. PGRN is composed of 7.5 tandem repeat domains, called granulins, and is proteolytically processed into individual granulins inside the lysosome. The neuroprotective effects of full-length PGRN are well-documented, but the role of granulins is still unclear. Here we report, for the first time, that expression of single granulins is sufficient to rescue the full spectrum of disease pathology in mice with complete PGRN deficiency (Grn^-/-). Specifically, rAAV delive

SUBMITTER: Root J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10153205 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature