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Flow cytometric measurement of the cellular propagation of TDP-43 aggregation

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Authors

Zeineddine, R 
Whiten, DR 
Farrawell, NE 
McAlary, L 
Hanspal, MA 

Abstract

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a devastating neuromuscular degenerative disease characterized by a focal onset of motor neuron loss, followed by contiguous outward spreading of pathology including TAR DNA-binding protein of 43 kDa (TDP-43) aggregates. Previous work suggests that TDP-43 can move between cells. Here we used a novel flow cytometry technique (FloIT) to analyze TDP-43 inclusions and propagation. When cells were transfected to express either mutant G294A TDP-43 fused to GFP or wild type TDP-43fused to tomato red and then co-cultured, flow cytometry detected intact cells containing both fusion proteins and using FloIT detected an increase in the numbers of inclusions in lysates from cells expressing wild type TDP-43-tomato. Furthermore, in this same model, FloIT analyses detected inclusions containing both fusion proteins. These results imply the transfer of TDP-43 fusion proteins between cells and that this process can increase aggregation of wild-type TDP-43 by a mechanism involving co-aggregation with G294A TDP-43.

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Keywords

ALS, FloIT, Flow cytometry, Prion, propagation, protein aggregation, TDP-43

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Prion

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Journal ISSN

1933-6896
1933-690X

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11

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Taylor & Francis
Sponsorship
This work was supported by the NHMRC under Grant 1084144 and 1095215.