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. 2011 Jul;47(3):167-80.
doi: 10.1016/j.mcn.2011.02.013. Epub 2011 Mar 21.

RNA targets of TDP-43 identified by UV-CLIP are deregulated in ALS

Shangxi Xiao  1 , Teresa Sanelli, Samar Dib, David Sheps, Joseph Findlater, Juan Bilbao, Julia Keith, Lorne Zinman, Ekaterina Rogaeva, Janice Robertson
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RNA targets of TDP-43 identified by UV-CLIP are deregulated in ALS

Shangxi Xiao et al. Mol Cell Neurosci. 2011 Jul.

Abstract

TDP-43 is a predominantly nuclear DNA/RNA binding protein involved in transcriptional regulation and RNA processing. TDP-43 is also a component of the cytoplasmic inclusion bodies characteristic of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and of frontotemporal lobar degeneration with ubiquitinated inclusions (FTLD-U). We have investigated the premise that abnormalities of TDP-43 in disease would be reflected by changes in processing of its target RNAs. To this end, we have firstly identified RNA targets of TDP-43 using UV-Cross-Linking and Immunoprecipitation (UV-CLIP) of SHSY5Y cells, a human neuroblastoma cell line. We used conventional cloning strategies to identify, after quality control steps, 127 targets. Results show that TDP-43 binds mainly to introns at UG/TG repeat motifs (49%) and polypyrimidine rich sequences (17.65%). To determine if the identified RNA targets of TDP-43 were abnormally processed in ALS versus control lumbar spinal cord RNA, we performed RT-PCR using primers designed according to the location of TDP-43 binding within the gene, and prior evidence of alternative splicing of exons adjacent to this site. Of eight genes meeting these criteria, five were differentially spliced in ALS versus control. This supports the premise that abnormalities of TDP-43 in ALS are reflected in changes of RNA processing.

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