Hasegawa-Ogawa Minami, Onda-Ohto Asako, Nakajo Takumasa, Funabashi Arisa, Ohya Ayane, Yazaki Ryota, Okano Hirotaka James
Division of Regenerative Medicine, Research Center for Medical Sciences, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Department of Neurology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
J Cell Biol. 2025 Oct 6;224(10). doi: 10.1083/jcb.202406097. Epub 2025 Aug 8.
TDP-43, an RNA-binding protein (RBP) encoded by the TARDBP gene, is crucial for understanding the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases like amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal lobar degeneration. Dysregulated TDP-43 causes motor neuron loss, highlighting the need for proper expression levels. Here, we identify a dominant-negative isoform among the multiple TARDBP splicing variants and validate its endogenous expression using a developed antibody against its translated product. Furthermore, we revealed that ALS-associated RBPs regulate its expression: hnRNP K promotes its splicing and expression, while hnRNP A1 and FUS suppress these processes through distinct mechanisms. hnRNP A1 inhibits hnRNP K-mediated splicing, and FUS represses the dominant-negative isoform through both its translational inhibition and hnRNP K suppression. Notably, ALS-mutant FUS weakens this regulatory mechanism, leading to impaired repression of hnRNP K and the dominant-negative isoform. Our findings suggest a regulatory network involving ALS-linked RBPs that govern TDP-43 isoform expression and provide new insights into how disruptions in this network contribute to ALS pathogenesis.
TDP-43是一种由TARDBP基因编码的RNA结合蛋白(RBP),对于理解肌萎缩侧索硬化症(ALS)和额颞叶痴呆等神经退行性疾病的发病机制至关重要。TDP-43表达失调会导致运动神经元丧失,这凸显了维持其适当表达水平的必要性。在此,我们在多个TARDBP剪接变体中鉴定出一种显性负性异构体,并使用针对其翻译产物开发的抗体验证了其内源表达。此外,我们发现与ALS相关的RBPs调节其表达:hnRNP K促进其剪接和表达,而hnRNP A1和FUS通过不同机制抑制这些过程。hnRNP A1抑制hnRNP K介导的剪接,FUS通过翻译抑制和hnRNP K抑制来抑制显性负性异构体。值得注意的是,ALS突变型FUS削弱了这种调节机制,导致对hnRNP K和显性负性异构体的抑制受损。我们的研究结果表明存在一个涉及与ALS相关的RBPs的调控网络,该网络控制TDP-43异构体的表达,并为该网络的破坏如何导致ALS发病机制提供了新的见解。
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