Nature Communications (Nov 2017)

Developmental YAPdeltaC determines adult pathology in a model of spinocerebellar ataxia type 1

  • Kyota Fujita,
  • Ying Mao,
  • Shigenori Uchida,
  • Xigui Chen,
  • Hiroki Shiwaku,
  • Takuya Tamura,
  • Hikaru Ito,
  • Kei Watase,
  • Hidenori Homma,
  • Kazuhiko Tagawa,
  • Marius Sudol,
  • Hitoshi Okazawa

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01790-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Ataxin-1, linked to spinocerebellar ataxia type 1, is known to interact with the orphan nuclear receptor RORα. Here, Fujita and colleagues show that genetic supplementation of RORα-interacting protein YAPdeltaC during early development can rescue the adult pathologies of SCA1 mouse model.