Modulating biomolecular condensates: a novel approach to drug discovery

DM Mitrea, M Mittasch, BF Gomes, IA Klein… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2022 - nature.com
In the past decade, membraneless assemblies known as biomolecular condensates have
been reported to play key roles in many cellular functions by compartmentalizing specific …

Amyloid oligomers: A joint experimental/computational perspective on Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, type II diabetes, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

PH Nguyen, A Ramamoorthy, BR Sahoo… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Protein misfolding and aggregation is observed in many amyloidogenic diseases affecting
either the central nervous system or a variety of peripheral tissues. Structural and dynamic …

[HTML][HTML] Phase separation and neurodegenerative diseases: a disturbance in the force

A Zbinden, M Pérez-Berlanga, P De Rossi… - Developmental cell, 2020 - cell.com
Protein aggregation is the main hallmark of neurodegenerative diseases. Many proteins
found in pathological inclusions are known to undergo liquid-liquid phase separation, a …

HSP70 chaperones RNA-free TDP-43 into anisotropic intranuclear liquid spherical shells

H Yu, S Lu, K Gasior, D Singh, S Vazquez-Sanchez… - Science, 2021 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Aggregation of the RNA binding protein TDP-43 (TAR DNA-binding protein
43) is a common pathological hallmark shared by several age-related neurodegenerative …

Biomolecular phase separation: from molecular driving forces to macroscopic properties

GL Dignon, RB Best, J Mittal - Annual review of physical …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
Biological phase separation is known to be important for cellular organization, which has
recently been extended to a new class of biomolecules that form liquid-like droplets …

TDP-43 condensation properties specify its RNA-binding and regulatory repertoire

M Hallegger, AM Chakrabarti, FCY Lee, BL Lee… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Mutations causing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) often affect the condensation
properties of RNA-binding proteins (RBPs). However, the role of RBP condensation in the …

FUS and TDP-43 phases in health and disease

B Portz, BL Lee, J Shorter - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2021 - cell.com
The distinct prion-like domains (PrLDs) of FUS and TDP-43, modulate phase transitions that
result in condensates with a range of material states. These assemblies are implicated in …

A synergy between site-specific and transient interactions drives the phase separation of a disordered, low-complexity domain

P Mohanty, J Shenoy, A Rizuan… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
TAR DNA-binding protein 43 (TDP-43) is involved in key processes in RNA metabolism and
is frequently implicated in many neurodegenerative diseases, including amyotrophic lateral …

[HTML][HTML] Liquid-liquid phase separation: Orchestrating cell signaling through time and space

Q Su, S Mehta, J Zhang - Molecular cell, 2021 - cell.com
Cell signaling is a complex process. The faithful transduction of information into specific
cellular actions depends on the synergistic effects of many regulatory molecules, nurtured by …

Triad of TDP43 control in neurodegeneration: autoregulation, localization and aggregation

P Tziortzouda, L Van Den Bosch, F Hirth - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Cytoplasmic aggregation of TAR DNA-binding protein 43 (TDP43; also known as TARDBP
or TDP-43) is a key pathological feature of several neurodegenerative diseases, including …