期刊
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-CELL PHYSIOLOGY
卷 322, 期 2, 页码 C197-C204出版社
AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00372.2021
关键词
ALS; C9ORF72; dipeptide repeat proteins (DRPs); phase separation
资金
- Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science KAKENHI [20H03593, 20H02564, 21H02706]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [20H03593, 20H02564, 21H02706] Funding Source: KAKEN
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) overlap genetically and pathologically, with hexanucleotide expansions in the C9ORF72 gene being a leading cause. Arginine-rich dipeptide repeat proteins (DRPs) play a role in ALS pathogenesis through molecular interactions.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) have been thought as two distinct neurodegenerative diseases. However, recent genetic screening and careful investigations found the genetic and pathological overlap among these disorders. Hexanucleotide expansions in intron 1 of C9ORF72 are a leading cause of familial ALS and familial FTD. These expansions facilitate the repeat-associated non-ATG-initiated translation (RAN translation), producing five dipeptide repeat proteins (DRPs), including Argrich poly(PR: Pro-Arg) and poly(GR: Gly-Arg) peptides. Arg is a positively charged, highly polar amino acid that facilitates interactions with anionic molecules such as nucleic acids and acidic amino acids via electrostatic forces and aromatic amino acids via cation-it interaction, suggesting that Arg-rich DRPs underlie the pathophysiology of ALS via Arg-mediated molecular interactions. Arg-rich DRPs have also been reported to induce neurodegeneration in cellular and animal models via multiple mechanisms; however, it remains unclear why the Arg-rich DRPs exhibit such diverse toxic properties, because not all Arg-rich peptides are toxic. In this minireview, we discuss the current understanding of the pathophysiology of Arg-rich C9ORF72 DRPs and introduce recent findings on the role of Arg distribution as a determinant of the toxicity and its contribution to the pathogenesis of ALS.
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