Alpha-synuclein overexpression promotes aggregation of mutant huntingtin
Alpha-synuclein overexpression promotes aggregation of mutant huntingtin
Protein aggregates are a neuropathological feature of Huntington's disease and Parkinson's disease. Mutant huntingtin exon 1 with 72 CAG repeats fused to enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) forms hyperfluorescent inclusions in PC12 cells. Inclusion formation is enhanced in cells co-transfected with EGFP-huntingtin-(CAG)(72) and alpha-synuclein, a major component of Parkinson's disease aggregates. However, alpha-synuclein does not form aggregates by itself, nor does it appear in huntingtin inclusions in vitro.
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Furlong, R.A.
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Narain, Y.
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Rankin, J.
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Wyttenbach, A.
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Rubinsztein, D.C.
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15 March 2000
Furlong, R.A.
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Narain, Y.
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Rankin, J.
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Wyttenbach, A.
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Rubinsztein, D.C.
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Furlong, R.A., Narain, Y., Rankin, J., Wyttenbach, A. and Rubinsztein, D.C.
(2000)
Alpha-synuclein overexpression promotes aggregation of mutant huntingtin.
Biochemical Journal, 346 (3), .
Abstract
Protein aggregates are a neuropathological feature of Huntington's disease and Parkinson's disease. Mutant huntingtin exon 1 with 72 CAG repeats fused to enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) forms hyperfluorescent inclusions in PC12 cells. Inclusion formation is enhanced in cells co-transfected with EGFP-huntingtin-(CAG)(72) and alpha-synuclein, a major component of Parkinson's disease aggregates. However, alpha-synuclein does not form aggregates by itself, nor does it appear in huntingtin inclusions in vitro.
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Published date: 15 March 2000
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