TDP-43 proteinopathies: a new wave of neurodegenerative diseases

EMJ De Boer, VK Orie, T Williams, MR Baker… - Journal of Neurology …, 2021 - jnnp.bmj.com
Inclusions of pathogenic deposits containing TAR DNA-binding protein 43 (TDP-43) are
evident in the brain and spinal cord of patients that present across a spectrum of …

Molecular mechanisms of TDP-43 misfolding and pathology in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

A Prasad, V Bharathi, V Sivalingam… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
TAR DNA binding protein 43 (TDP-43) is a versatile RNA/DNA binding protein involved in
RNA-related metabolism. Hyper-phosphorylated and ubiquitinated TDP-43 deposits act as …

Development of multifunctional molecules as potential therapeutic candidates for Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in the …

MG Savelieff, G Nam, J Kang, HJ Lee, M Lee… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Neurodegenerative diseases pose a substantial socioeconomic burden on society.
Unfortunately, the aging world population and lack of effective cures foreshadow a negative …

Poly (ADP-ribose) prevents pathological phase separation of TDP-43 by promoting liquid demixing and stress granule localization

L McGurk, E Gomes, L Guo, J Mojsilovic-Petrovic… - Molecular cell, 2018 - cell.com
In amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal degeneration (FTD), cytoplasmic
aggregates of hyperphosphorylated TDP-43 accumulate and colocalize with some stress …

ALS mutations disrupt phase separation mediated by α-helical structure in the TDP-43 low-complexity C-terminal domain

AE Conicella, GH Zerze, J Mittal, NL Fawzi - Structure, 2016 - cell.com
RNA-binding protein TDP-43 mediates essential RNA processing but forms cytoplasmic
neuronal inclusions via its C-terminal domain (CTD) in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). It …

TDP-43 α-helical structure tunes liquid–liquid phase separation and function

AE Conicella, GL Dignon, GH Zerze… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS) is involved in the formation of membraneless
organelles (MLOs) associated with RNA processing. The RNA-binding protein TDP-43 is …

The role of TDP-43 propagation in neurodegenerative diseases: integrating insights from clinical and experimental studies

M Jo, S Lee, YM Jeon, S Kim, Y Kwon… - Experimental & molecular …, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract TAR DNA-binding protein 43 (TDP-43) is a highly conserved nuclear RNA/DNA-
binding protein involved in the regulation of RNA processing. The accumulation of TDP-43 …

The role of liquid–liquid phase separation in aggregation of the TDP-43 low-complexity domain

WM Babinchak, R Haider, BK Dumm, P Sarkar… - Journal of Biological …, 2019 - ASBMB
Pathological aggregation of the transactive response DNA-binding protein of 43 kDa (TDP-
43) is associated with several neurodegenerative disorders, including ALS, frontotemporal …

Seeding the aggregation of TDP-43 requires post-fibrillization proteolytic cleavage

ST Kumar, S Nazarov, S Porta, N Maharjan… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Despite the strong evidence linking the transactive response DNA-binding protein 43 (TDP-
43) aggregation to the pathogenesis of frontotemporal lobar degeneration with TDP-43 …

A single N‐terminal phosphomimic disrupts TDP‐43 polymerization, phase separation, and RNA splicing

A Wang, AE Conicella, HB Schmidt, EW Martin… - The EMBO …, 2018 - embopress.org
TDP‐43 is an RNA‐binding protein active in splicing that concentrates into membraneless
ribonucleoprotein granules and forms aggregates in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and …