期刊
NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS
卷 673, 期 -, 页码 44-50出版社
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2018.02.061
关键词
Huntington's disease; MID1; Cerebellar granule cell culture
资金
- GlaxoSmithKline
Expression of mutant Huntingtin (HTT) protein is central to the pathophysiology of Huntington's Disease (HD). The E3 ubiquitin ligase MIDI. appears to have a key role in facilitating translation of the mutant HTT mRNA suggesting that interference with the function of this complex could be an attractive therapeutic approach. Here we describe a peptide that is able to disrupt the interaction between MID1 and the alpha 4 protein, a regulatory subunit of protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A). By fusing this peptide to a sequence from the HIV-TAT protein we demonstrate that the peptide can disrupt the interaction within cells and show that this results in a decrease in levels of ribosomal S6 phosphorylation and HTT expression in cultures of cerebellar granule neurones derived from Hdh(Q111/Q7) mice. This data serves to validate this pathway and paves the way for the discovery of small molecule inhibitors of this interaction as potential therapies for HD.
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