Processing of progranulin into granulins involves multiple lysosomal proteases and is affected in frontotemporal lobar degeneration

S Mohan, PJ Sampognaro, AR Argouarch… - Molecular …, 2021 - Springer
Background Progranulin loss-of-function mutations are linked to frontotemporal lobar
degeneration with TDP-43 positive inclusions (FTLD-TDP-Pgrn). Progranulin (PGRN) is an …

Lysosomal processing of progranulin

X Zhou, DH Paushter, T Feng, L Sun… - Molecular …, 2017 - Springer
Background Mutations resulting in progranulin (PGRN) haploinsufficiency cause
frontotemporal lobar degeneration with TDP-43-positive inclusions (FTLD-TDP), a …

Progranulin: a proteolytically processed protein at the crossroads of inflammation and neurodegeneration

B Cenik, CF Sephton, BK Cenik, J Herz, G Yu - Journal of Biological …, 2012 - ASBMB
GRN mutations cause frontotemporal lobar degeneration with TDP-43-positive inclusions.
The mechanism of pathogenesis is haploinsufficiency. Recently, homozygous GRN …

Progranulin: functions and neurologic correlations

RA Townley, BF Boeve, EE Benarroch - Neurology, 2018 - AAN Enterprises
Progranulin is a highly conserved secreted protein that is expressed in multiple cell types,
both in the CNS and in peripheral tissues. Both directly and via its conversion to granulins …

Lysosomal dysfunction and other pathomechanisms in FTLD: evidence from progranulin genetics and biology

X Zhou, T Kukar, R Rademakers - … Emerging Milestones of the 21st Century, 2021 - Springer
It has been more than a decade since heterozygous loss-of-function mutations in the
progranulin gene (GRN) were first identified as an important genetic cause of frontotemporal …

Progranulin regulates lysosomal function and biogenesis through acidification of lysosomes

Y Tanaka, G Suzuki, T Matsuwaki… - Human molecular …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Progranulin (PGRN) haploinsufficiency resulting from loss-of-function mutations in the
PGRN gene causes frontotemporal lobar degeneration accompanied by TDP-43 …

Intracellular proteolysis of progranulin generates stable, lysosomal granulins that are haploinsufficient in patients with frontotemporal dementia caused by GRN …

CJ Holler, G Taylor, Q Deng, T Kukar - Eneuro, 2017 - eneuro.org
Homozygous or heterozygous mutations in the GRN gene, encoding progranulin (PGRN),
cause neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis (NCL) or frontotemporal dementia (FTD), respectively …

Overexpression of progranulin increases pathological protein accumulation by suppressing autophagic flux

Y Tanaka, S Kusumoto, Y Honma, K Takeya… - … and Biophysical Research …, 2022 - Elsevier
Progranulin (PGRN) haploinsufficiency from autosomal dominant mutations in the PGRN
gene causes frontotemporal lobar degeneration, which is characterized by cytoplasmic …

Network analysis of the progranulin-deficient mouse brain proteome reveals pathogenic mechanisms shared in human frontotemporal dementia caused by GRN …

M Huang, E Modeste, E Dammer, P Merino… - Acta neuropathologica …, 2020 - Springer
Heterozygous, loss-of-function mutations in the granulin gene (GRN) encoding progranulin
(PGRN) are a common cause of frontotemporal dementia (FTD). Homozygous GRN …

The progranulin cleavage products, granulins, exacerbate TDP-43 toxicity and increase TDP-43 levels

DA Salazar, VJ Butler, AR Argouarch… - Journal of …, 2015 - Soc Neuroscience
Mutations in the human progranulin gene resulting in protein haploinsufficiency cause
frontotemporal lobar degeneration with TDP-43 inclusions. Although progress has been …