TDP-43 proteinopathy alters the ribosome association of multiple mRNAs including the glypican Dally-like protein (Dlp)/GPC6

Erik M. Lehmkuhl, Suvithanandhini Loganathan, Eric Alsop, Alexander D. Blythe, Tina Kovalik, Nicholas P. Mortimore, Dianne Barrameda, Chuol Kueth, Randall J. Eck, Bhavani B. Siddegowda, Archi Joardar, Hannah Ball, Maria E. Macias, Robert Bowser, Kendall Van Keuren-Jensen, Daniela C. Zarnescu

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Abstract

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a genetically heterogeneous neurodegenerative disease in which 97% of patients exhibit cytoplasmic aggregates containing the RNA binding protein TDP-43. Using tagged ribosome affinity purifications in Drosophila models of TDP-43 proteinopathy, we identified TDP-43 dependent translational alterations in motor neurons impacting the spliceosome, pentose phosphate and oxidative phosphorylation pathways. A subset of the mRNAs with altered ribosome association are also enriched in TDP-43 complexes suggesting that they may be direct targets. Among these, dlp mRNA, which encodes the glypican Dally like protein (Dlp)/GPC6, a wingless (Wg/Wnt) signaling regulator is insolubilized both in flies and patient tissues with TDP-43 pathology. While Dlp/GPC6 forms puncta in the Drosophila neuropil and ALS spinal cords, it is reduced at the neuromuscular synapse in flies suggesting compartment specific effects of TDP-43 proteinopathy. These findings together with genetic interaction data show that Dlp/GPC6 is a novel, physiologically relevant target of TDP-43 proteinopathy.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number52
JournalActa neuropathologica communications
Volume9
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2021

Keywords

  • ALS
  • Drosophila
  • Glypican
  • Motor neuron
  • Neuromuscular junction
  • TDP-43
  • Translation
  • Wnt signaling

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Pathology and Forensic Medicine
  • Clinical Neurology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

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