Axonal TDP-43 condensates drive neuromuscular junction disruption through inhibition of local synthesis of nuclear encoded mitochondrial proteins

Altman, T; Ionescu, A; Ibraheem, A; Priesmann, D; Gradus-Pery, T; Farberov, L; Alexandra, G; Shelestovich, N; Dafinca, R; Shomron, N; Rage, F; Talbot, K; Ward, ME; Dori, A; Krüger, M; Perlson, E

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Axonal TDP-43 condensates drive neuromuscular junction disruption through inhibition of local synthesis of nuclear encoded mitochondrial proteins

Abstract:: Frontotemporal dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis are common forms of neurodegenerative disease that share overlapping genetics and pathologies. Crucially, no significantly disease-modifying treatments are available for either disease. Identifying the earliest changes that initiate neuronal dysfunction is important for designing effective intervention therapeutics. The genes mutated in genetic forms of frontotemporal dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis have diverse cellular functions, and multiple disease mechanisms have been proposed for both. Identification of a convergent disease mechanism in frontotemporal dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis would focus research for a targetable pathway, which could potentially effectively treat all forms of frontotemporal dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (both familial and sporadic).Synaptopathies are diseases resulting from physiological dysfunction of synapses, and define the earliest stages in multiple neuronal diseases, with synapse loss a key feature in dementia. At the presynapse, the process of synaptic vesicle recruitment, fusion and recycling is necessary for activity-dependent neurotransmitter release. The unique distal location of the presynaptic terminal means the tight spatio-temporal control of presynaptic homeostasis is dependent on efficient local protein translation and degradation.Recently, numerous publications have shown that mutations associated with frontotemporal dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis present with synaptopathy characterized by presynaptic dysfunction. This review will describe the complex local signalling and membrane trafficking events that occur at the presynapse to facilitate neurotransmission and will summarize recent publications linking frontotemporal dementia/amyotrophic lateral sclerosis genetic mutations to presynaptic function. This evidence indicates that presynaptic synaptopathy is an early and convergent event in frontotemporal dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and illustrates the need for further research in this area, to identify potential therapeutic targets with the ability to impact this convergent pathomechanism

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Altman, T., Ionescu, A., Ibraheem, A., Priesmann, D., Gradus-Pery, T., Farberov, L., Alexandra, G., Shelestovich, N., Dafinca, R., Shomron, N., Rage, F., Talbot, K., Ward, M. E., Dori, A., Krüger, M., & Perlson, E. (2021). Axonal TDP-43 condensates drive neuromuscular junction disruption through inhibition of local synthesis of nuclear encoded mitochondrial proteins. Nature Communications, 12(1), 6914–6914.

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Altman, T, et al. “Axonal TDP-43 Condensates Drive Neuromuscular Junction Disruption through Inhibition of Local Synthesis of Nuclear Encoded Mitochondrial Proteins.” Nature Communications, vol. 12, no. 1, 2021, pp. 6914–14.

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Altman, T, A Ionescu, A Ibraheem, et al. 2021. “Axonal TDP-43 Condensates Drive Neuromuscular Junction Disruption through Inhibition of Local Synthesis of Nuclear Encoded Mitochondrial Proteins.” Nature Communications 12 (1): 6914–14.
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