Elaine A Liu1,2,3, Erika Mori4, Fuko Hamasaki4, Andrew P Lieberman1. 1. Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. 2. Cellular and Molecular Biology Graduate Program, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. 3. Medical Scientist Training Program, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. 4. Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Ube, Japan.
Abstract
AIMS: Neuronal cytoplasmic inclusions of TAR-DNA binding protein of 43 kDa (TDP-43) are a pathological hallmark of diverse neurodegenerative disorders, yet the processes that mediate their formation and their functional significance remain incompletely understood. Both dysfunction in autophagy and neuroinflammation have been linked to TDP-43 mislocalisation. Here, we investigate TDP-43 proteinopathy in Niemann-Pick type C disease (NPC), an autosomal recessive lysosomal storage disease (LSD) distinguished by the accumulation of unesterified cholesterol within late endosomes and lysosomes. NPC is characterised by neurodegeneration, neuroinflammation and multifocal disruption of the autophagy pathway. METHODS: We utilised immunohistochemistry, confocal microscopy, electron microscopy and biochemical and gene expression studies to characterise TDP-43 pathology and autophagic substrate accumulation in Npc1-deficient mice. RESULTS: In the NPC brain, cytoplasmic TDP-43 mislocalisation was independent of autophagic substrate accumulation. These pathologies occurred in distinct neuronal subtypes, as brainstem cholinergic neurons were more susceptible to TDP-43 mislocalisation, whereas glutamatergic neurons exhibited hallmarks of autophagic dysfunction. Furthermore, TDP-43 mislocalisation did not co-localise with markers of stress granules or progress to ubiquitinated aggregates over months in vivo, indicating a stable, early stage in the aggregation process. Neither microgliosis nor neuroinflammation were sufficient to drive TDP-43 proteinopathy in the NPC brain. Notably, cytoplasmic TDP-43 co-localised with the nuclear import factor importin α, and TDP-43 mislocalised neurons demonstrated nuclear membrane abnormalities and disruption of nucleocytoplasmic transport. CONCLUSION: Our findings highlight the relationship between LSDs and TDP-43 proteinopathy, define its functional importance in NPC by triggering nuclear dysfunction, and expand the spectrum of TDP-43 pathology in the diseased brain.
AIMS: Neuronal cytoplasmic inclusions of TAR-DNA binding protein of 43 kDa (TDP-43) are a pathological hallmark of diverse neurodegenerative disorders, yet the processes that mediate their formation and their functional significance remain incompletely understood. Both dysfunction in autophagy and neuroinflammation have been linked to TDP-43 mislocalisation. Here, we investigate TDP-43 proteinopathy in Niemann-Pick type C disease (NPC), an autosomal recessive lysosomal storage disease (LSD) distinguished by the accumulation of unesterified cholesterol within late endosomes and lysosomes. NPC is characterised by neurodegeneration, neuroinflammation and multifocal disruption of the autophagy pathway. METHODS: We utilised immunohistochemistry, confocal microscopy, electron microscopy and biochemical and gene expression studies to characterise TDP-43 pathology and autophagic substrate accumulation in Npc1-deficient mice. RESULTS: In the NPC brain, cytoplasmic TDP-43 mislocalisation was independent of autophagic substrate accumulation. These pathologies occurred in distinct neuronal subtypes, as brainstem cholinergic neurons were more susceptible to TDP-43 mislocalisation, whereas glutamatergic neurons exhibited hallmarks of autophagic dysfunction. Furthermore, TDP-43 mislocalisation did not co-localise with markers of stress granules or progress to ubiquitinated aggregates over months in vivo, indicating a stable, early stage in the aggregation process. Neither microgliosis nor neuroinflammation were sufficient to drive TDP-43 proteinopathy in the NPC brain. Notably, cytoplasmic TDP-43 co-localised with the nuclear import factor importin α, and TDP-43 mislocalised neurons demonstrated nuclear membrane abnormalities and disruption of nucleocytoplasmic transport. CONCLUSION: Our findings highlight the relationship between LSDs and TDP-43 proteinopathy, define its functional importance in NPC by triggering nuclear dysfunction, and expand the spectrum of TDP-43 pathology in the diseased brain.
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