期刊
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
卷 371, 期 1, 页码 235-244出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.05.028
关键词
polyglutamine; expansion; structure; toxicity; threshold
资金
- Medical Research Council [MC_U117533887, MC_U117584256] Funding Source: Medline
- Medical Research Council [MC_U117533887, MC_U117584256] Funding Source: researchfish
- MRC [MC_U117584256, MC_U117533887] Funding Source: UKRI
Abnormally expanded polyglutamine (polyQ) tracts provide a gain of toxic functions to nine otherwise unrelated human proteins and induce progressive neurodegenerative diseases. Over the past ten years, it was suggested that only polyQ tracts longer than a specific threshold adopt a particular structure, which would be the cause of the apparent polyQ length-dependent toxicity threshold observed in polyQ diseases. We have used a combination of biochemical and biophysical approaches to compare the structural properties of polyQ of pathogenic and non-pathogenic lengths under various conditions. We observe that pathogenic and nonpathogenic polyQ, as soluble species and upon interaction with a partner, during aggregation, or as mature aggregates, display very similar structural properties. PolyQ length only influences the aggregation kinetics and, to a lesser extent, the stability of the aggregates. We thus propose that polyQ toxicity does not depend on a structural transition occurring above a specific threshold, but rather that polyQ tracts are inherently toxic sequences, whose deleterious effect gradually increases with their length. We discuss how polyQ properties and other cellular factors may explain the existence of an apparent polyQ length-dependent toxicity threshold. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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