RhoGAPp190: A potential player in tbph-mediated neurodegeneration in Drosophila.
TDP-43 is an ubiquitous and highly conserved ribonucleoprotein involved in several cellular processes including pre-mRNA splicing, transcription, mRNA stability and transport. Notwithstanding the evidence of TDP-43 involvement in the pathogenesis of different neurodegenerative disorders (i.e. ALS an...
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| author | Simona Langellotti Giulia Romano Fabian Feiguin Francisco Ernesto Baralle Maurizio Romano |
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| description | TDP-43 is an ubiquitous and highly conserved ribonucleoprotein involved in several cellular processes including pre-mRNA splicing, transcription, mRNA stability and transport. Notwithstanding the evidence of TDP-43 involvement in the pathogenesis of different neurodegenerative disorders (i.e. ALS and FTLD), the underlying mechanisms are still unclear. Given the high degree of functional similarity between the human and fly orthologs of TDP-43, Drosophila melanogaster is a simple and useful model to study the pathophysiological role of this protein in vivo. It has been demonstrated that the depletion of the TDP-43 fly ortholog (tbph) induces deficient locomotive behaviors and reduces life span and anatomical defects at the neuromuscular junction. In this study, using the known binding specificity of TDP-43/tbph for (UG) repeated sequences, we performed a bioinformatic screening for fly genes with at least 6 (TG) repeats in a row within the 3'-UTR regions in order to identify the genes that might be regulated by this factor. Among these genes, we were able to identify RhoGAPp190 as a potential target of the tbph-mediated neurodegeneration. RhoGAPp190 is a negative regulator of Drosophila RhoA, a GTPase protein implicated in the fine modulation of critical cellular processes including axon branch stability and motor axon defasciculation at muscle level and cognitive processes. We were able to demonstrate that the RhoGAPp190 expression is upregulated in a tbph-null fly model, providing evidence that this deregulation is associated to tbph silencing. Our results introduce RhoGAPp190 as a novel potential mediator in the complex scenario of events resulting from in vivo tbph loss-of-function. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b6000828783c4c188ed2f874e98218b22022-12-21T18:39:58ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032018-01-01134e019584510.1371/journal.pone.0195845RhoGAPp190: A potential player in tbph-mediated neurodegeneration in Drosophila.Simona LangellottiGiulia RomanoFabian FeiguinFrancisco Ernesto BaralleMaurizio RomanoTDP-43 is an ubiquitous and highly conserved ribonucleoprotein involved in several cellular processes including pre-mRNA splicing, transcription, mRNA stability and transport. Notwithstanding the evidence of TDP-43 involvement in the pathogenesis of different neurodegenerative disorders (i.e. ALS and FTLD), the underlying mechanisms are still unclear. Given the high degree of functional similarity between the human and fly orthologs of TDP-43, Drosophila melanogaster is a simple and useful model to study the pathophysiological role of this protein in vivo. It has been demonstrated that the depletion of the TDP-43 fly ortholog (tbph) induces deficient locomotive behaviors and reduces life span and anatomical defects at the neuromuscular junction. In this study, using the known binding specificity of TDP-43/tbph for (UG) repeated sequences, we performed a bioinformatic screening for fly genes with at least 6 (TG) repeats in a row within the 3'-UTR regions in order to identify the genes that might be regulated by this factor. Among these genes, we were able to identify RhoGAPp190 as a potential target of the tbph-mediated neurodegeneration. RhoGAPp190 is a negative regulator of Drosophila RhoA, a GTPase protein implicated in the fine modulation of critical cellular processes including axon branch stability and motor axon defasciculation at muscle level and cognitive processes. We were able to demonstrate that the RhoGAPp190 expression is upregulated in a tbph-null fly model, providing evidence that this deregulation is associated to tbph silencing. Our results introduce RhoGAPp190 as a novel potential mediator in the complex scenario of events resulting from in vivo tbph loss-of-function.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5898758?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Simona Langellotti Giulia Romano Fabian Feiguin Francisco Ernesto Baralle Maurizio Romano RhoGAPp190: A potential player in tbph-mediated neurodegeneration in Drosophila. PLoS ONE |
| title | RhoGAPp190: A potential player in tbph-mediated neurodegeneration in Drosophila. |
| title_full | RhoGAPp190: A potential player in tbph-mediated neurodegeneration in Drosophila. |
| title_fullStr | RhoGAPp190: A potential player in tbph-mediated neurodegeneration in Drosophila. |
| title_full_unstemmed | RhoGAPp190: A potential player in tbph-mediated neurodegeneration in Drosophila. |
| title_short | RhoGAPp190: A potential player in tbph-mediated neurodegeneration in Drosophila. |
| title_sort | rhogapp190 a potential player in tbph mediated neurodegeneration in drosophila |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5898758?pdf=render |
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