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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
33
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-8-16
pubmed:abstractText
Axonal degeneration represents one of the earliest pathological features in motor neuron diseases. We here studied the underlying molecular mechanisms in progressive motor neuronopathy (pmn) mice mutated in the tubulin-specific chaperone TBCE. We demonstrate that TBCE is a peripheral membrane-associated protein that accumulates at the Golgi apparatus. In pmn mice, TBCE is destabilized and disappears from the Golgi apparatus of motor neurons, and microtubules are lost in distal axons. The axonal microtubule loss proceeds retrogradely in parallel with the axonal dying back process. These degenerative changes are inhibited in a dose-dependent manner by transgenic TBCE complementation that restores TBCE expression at the Golgi apparatus. In cultured motor neurons, the pmn mutation, interference RNA-mediated TBCE depletion, and brefeldin A-mediated Golgi disruption all compromise axonal tubulin routing. We conclude that motor axons critically depend on axonal tubulin routing from the Golgi apparatus, a process that involves TBCE and possibly other tubulin chaperones.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1529-2401
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
27
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
8779-89
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17699660-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:17699660-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:17699660-Disease Progression, pubmed-meshheading:17699660-Embryo, Mammalian, pubmed-meshheading:17699660-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:17699660-Golgi Apparatus, pubmed-meshheading:17699660-Green Fluorescent Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:17699660-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:17699660-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:17699660-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:17699660-Microscopy, Electron, Transmission, pubmed-meshheading:17699660-Microtubules, pubmed-meshheading:17699660-Molecular Chaperones, pubmed-meshheading:17699660-Motor Neuron Disease, pubmed-meshheading:17699660-Motor Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:17699660-Nerve Degeneration, pubmed-meshheading:17699660-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:17699660-RNA, Small Interfering, pubmed-meshheading:17699660-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:17699660-Spinal Cord, pubmed-meshheading:17699660-Tubulin
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Progressive motor neuronopathy: a critical role of the tubulin chaperone TBCE in axonal tubulin routing from the Golgi apparatus.
pubmed:affiliation
Inserm, Unité 29, Equipe Avenir, Marseille, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't