The role of biomolecular condensates in protein aggregation

BS Visser, WP Lipiński, E Spruijt - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2024 - nature.com
There is an increasing amount of evidence that biomolecular condensates are linked to
neurodegenerative diseases associated with protein aggregation, such as Alzheimer's …

Biomolecular condensates: new opportunities for drug discovery and RNA therapeutics

BA Conti, M Oppikofer - Trends in Pharmacological Sciences, 2022 - cell.com
Biomolecular condensates organize cellular functions in the absence of membranes. These
membraneless organelles can form through liquid–liquid phase separation coalescing RNA …

Monomerization of TDP-43 is a key determinant for inducing TDP-43 pathology in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

K Oiwa, S Watanabe, K Onodera, Y Iguchi… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
The cytoplasmic aggregation of TAR DNA binding protein-43 (TDP-43), also known as TDP-
43 pathology, is the pathological hallmark of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). However …

Global structure of the intrinsically disordered protein tau emerges from its local structure

LS Stelzl, LM Pietrek, A Holla, J Oroz, M Sikora… - Jacs Au, 2022 - ACS Publications
The paradigmatic disordered protein tau plays an important role in neuronal function and
neurodegenerative diseases. To disentangle the factors controlling the balance between …

TDP-43 condensates and lipid droplets regulate the reactivity of microglia and regeneration after traumatic brain injury

A Zambusi, KT Novoselc, S Hutten, S Kalpazidou… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Decreasing the activation of pathology-activated microglia is crucial to prevent chronic
inflammation and tissue scarring. In this study, we used a stab wound injury model in …

Heterotypic electrostatic interactions control complex phase separation of tau and prion into multiphasic condensates and co-aggregates

SK Rai, R Khanna, A Avni… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Biomolecular condensates formed via phase separation of proteins and nucleic acids are
thought to perform a wide range of critical cellular functions by maintaining spatiotemporal …

Disrupting pathologic phase transitions in neurodegeneration

BT Hurtle, L Xie, CJ Donnelly - The Journal of clinical …, 2023 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Solid-like protein deposits found in aged and diseased human brains have revealed a
relationship between insoluble protein accumulations and the resulting deficits in neurologic …

Emerging roles of O-glycosylation in regulating protein aggregation, phase separation, and functions

X Li, Y Du, X Chen, C Liu - Current Opinion in Chemical Biology, 2023 - Elsevier
Protein O-glycosylation is widely identified in various proteins involved in diverse biological
processes. Recent studies have demonstrated that O-glycosylation plays crucial and …

TDP-43 pathology: from noxious assembly to therapeutic removal

SS Keating, R San Gil, MEV Swanson, EL Scotter… - Progress in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Our understanding of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia has
advanced dramatically since the discovery of cytoplasmic TAR DNA-binding protein 43 (TDP …

Molecular Dissection of TDP-43 as a Leading Cause of ALS/FTLD

Y Tamaki, M Urushitani - International journal of molecular sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
TAR DNA binding protein 43 (TDP-43) is a DNA/RNA binding protein involved in pivotal
cellular functions, especially in RNA metabolism. Hyperphosphorylated and ubiquitinated …