Nature Communications (Dec 2017)

Endocytosis regulates TDP-43 toxicity and turnover

  • Guangbo Liu,
  • Alyssa N. Coyne,
  • Fen Pei,
  • Spencer Vaughan,
  • Matthew Chaung,
  • Daniela C. Zarnescu,
  • J. Ross Buchan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02017-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Impaired turnover of TDP-43 by impaired autophagy or proteasomal function have been suggested to be the cause of TDP-43 accumulation, a hallmark of ALS. Here the authors demonstrate that endocytosis is also important for regulating TDP-43 turnover and toxicity.