TDP-43 triggers mitochondrial DNA release via mPTP to activate cGAS/STING in ALS

CH Yu, S Davidson, CR Harapas, JB Hilton… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Cytoplasmic accumulation of TDP-43 is a disease hallmark for many cases of amyotrophic
lateral sclerosis (ALS), associated with a neuroinflammatory cytokine profile related to …

The ALS disease-associated mutant TDP-43 impairs mitochondrial dynamics and function in motor neurons

W Wang, L Li, WL Lin, DW Dickson… - Human molecular …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Mutations in TDP-43 lead to familial ALS. Expanding evidence suggests that impaired
mitochondrial dynamics likely contribute to the selective degeneration of motor neurons in …

Mitochondrial dysregulation occurs early in ALS motor cortex with TDP-43 pathology and suggests maintaining NAD+ balance as a therapeutic strategy

M Gautam, A Gunay, NS Chandel, PH Ozdinler - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Mitochondrial defects result in dysregulation of metabolomics and energy homeostasis that
are detected in upper motor neurons (UMNs) with TDP-43 pathology, a pathology that is …

TDP-43 induces mitochondrial damage and activates the mitochondrial unfolded protein response

P Wang, J Deng, J Dong, J Liu, EH Bigio… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Mutations in or dys-regulation of the TDP-43 gene have been associated with TDP-43
proteinopathy, a spectrum of neurodegenerative diseases including Frontotemporal Lobar …

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

T Altman, A Ionescu, A Ibraheem, D Priesmann… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Mislocalization of the predominantly nuclear RNA/DNA binding protein, TDP-43, occurs in
motor neurons of~ 95% of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients, but the contribution …

S-nitrosylated TDP-43 triggers aggregation, cell-to-cell spread, and neurotoxicity in hiPSCs and in vivo models of ALS/FTD

E Pirie, C Oh, X Zhang, X Han… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Rare genetic mutations result in aggregation and spreading of cognate proteins in
neurodegenerative disorders; however, in the absence of mutation (ie, in the vast majority of …

TDP-43 interacts with mitochondrial proteins critical for mitophagy and mitochondrial dynamics

SA Davis, S Itaman, CM Khalid-Janney, JA Sherard… - Neuroscience …, 2018 - Elsevier
Transactive response DNA-binding protein of 43 kDa (TDP-43) functions as a
heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein and is the major pathological protein in …

Full-length TDP-43 and its C-terminal fragments activate mitophagy in NSC34 cell line

K Hong, Y Li, W Duan, Y Guo, H Jiang, W Li, C Li - Neuroscience letters, 2012 - Elsevier
TAR DNA binding protein of 43kDa (TDP-43), which has been associated with amyotrophic
lateral sclerosis (ALS), plays an essential role in neurodegenerative disease pathogenesis …

Wild type human TDP-43 potentiates ALS-linked mutant TDP-43 driven progressive motor and cortical neuron degeneration with pathological features of ALS

JC Mitchell, R Constable, E So, C Vance… - Acta neuropathologica …, 2015 - Springer
Introduction Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a relentlessly progressive
neurodegenerative disorder, and cytoplasmic inclusions containing transactive response …

TDP-43 proteinopathy and mitochondrial abnormalities in neurodegeneration

J Gao, L Wang, T Yan, G Perry, X Wang - Molecular and Cellular …, 2019 - Elsevier
Genetic mutations in TAR DNA-binding protein 43 (TDP-43) cause amyotrophic lateral
sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD). Importantly, TDP-43 proteinopathy …