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Transglutaminase 6 is colocalized and interacts with mutant Huntingtin in Huntington disease rodent animal models

Schulze-Krebs, Anja, Canneva, Fabio, Stemick, Judith, Plank, Anne-Christine, Harrer, Julia, Bates, Gillian P, Aeschlimann, Daniel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0930-7706, Steffan, Joan S and von Hörsten, Stephan 2021. Transglutaminase 6 is colocalized and interacts with mutant Huntingtin in Huntington disease rodent animal models. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 22 (16) , 8914. 10.3390/ijms22168914

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Abstract

Mammalian transglutaminases (TGs) catalyze calcium-dependent irreversible posttranslational modifications of proteins and their enzymatic activities contribute to the pathogenesis of several human neurodegenerative diseases. Although different transglutaminases are found in many different tissues, the TG6 isoform is mostly expressed in the CNS. The present study was embarked on/undertaken to investigate expression, distribution and activity of transglutaminases in Huntington disease transgenic rodent models, with a focus on analyzing the involvement of TG6 in the age- and genotype-specific pathological features relating to disease progression in HD transgenic mice and a tgHD transgenic rat model using biochemical, histological and functional assays. Our results demonstrate the physical interaction between TG6 and (mutant) huntingtin by co-immunoprecipitation analysis and the contribution of its enzymatic activity for the total aggregate load in SH-SY5Y cells. In addition, we identify that TG6 expression and activity are especially abundant in the olfactory tubercle and piriform cortex, the regions displaying the highest amount of mHTT aggregates in transgenic rodent models of HD. Furthermore, mHTT aggregates were colocalized within TG6-positive cells. These findings point towards a role of TG6 in disease pathogenesis via mHTT aggregate formation.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Dentistry
Publisher: MDPI
ISSN: 1661-6596
Date of First Compliant Deposit: 25 August 2021
Date of Acceptance: 11 August 2021
Last Modified: 04 Oct 2023 21:56
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/143649

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