A high-throughput-compatible assay to measure the degradation of endogenous Huntingtin proteins.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

The accumulation of disease-causing proteins is a common hallmark of many neurodegenerative disorders. Measuring the degradation of such proteins using high-throughput-compatible assays is highly desired for the identification of genetic and chemical modulators of degradation. For example, Huntington's disease (HD) is an incurable hereditary neurodegenerative disorder caused by the cytotoxicity of mutant huntingtin protein (mHTT). The high-throughput measurement of mHTT degradation is important in HD drug discovery and research. Existing methods for such purposes have limitations due to their dependence on protein tags or pan protein synthesis inhibitors. Here, we report a high-throughput-compatible pulse-chase method (CH-chase) for the measurement of endogenous tag-free huntin

SUBMITTER: Wu P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5057231 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature