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Interactome Mapping Provides a Network of Neurodegenerative Disease Proteins and Uncovers Widespread Protein Aggregation in Affected Brains
Cell Rep. 2020 Aug 18;32(7):108050. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.108050.
Christian Haenig 1, Nir Atias 2, Alexander K Taylor 3, Arnon Mazza 2, Martin H Schaefer 4, Jenny Russ 1, Sean-Patrick Riechers 1, Shushant Jain 5, Maura Coughlin 3, Jean-Fred Fontaine 6, Brian D Freibaum 3, Lydia Brusendorf 1, Martina Zenkner 1, Pablo Porras 7, Martin Stroedicke 1, Sigrid Schnoegl 1, Kristin Arnsburg 8, Annett Boeddrich 1, Lucia Pigazzini 8, Peter Heutink 5, J Paul Taylor 9, Janine Kirstein 8, Miguel A Andrade-Navarro 6, Roded Sharan 10, Erich E Wanker 11
Abstract:
Interactome maps are valuable resources to elucidate protein function and disease mechanisms. Here, we report on an interactome map that focuses on neurodegenerative disease (ND), connects ∼5,000 human proteins via ∼30,000 candidate interactions and is generated by systematic yeast two-hybrid interaction screening of ∼500 ND-related proteins and integration of literature interactions. This network reveals interconnectivity across diseases and links many known ND-causing proteins, such as α-synuclein, TDP-43, and ATXN1, to a host of proteins previously unrelated to NDs. It facilitates the identification of interacting proteins that significantly influence mutant TDP-43 and HTT toxicity in transgenic flies, as well as of ARF-GEP100 that controls misfolding and aggregation of multiple ND-causing proteins in experimental model systems. Furthermore, it enables the prediction of ND-specific subnetworks and the identification of proteins, such as ATXN1 and MKL1, that are abnormally aggregated in postmortem brains of Alzheimer's disease patients, suggesting widespread protein aggregation in NDs.
PMID: 32814053
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