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Synapse dysfunction of layer V pyramidal neurons precedes neurodegeneration in a mouse model of TDP-43 proteinopathies
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Handley, EE and Pitman, KA and Dawkins, E and Young, KM and Clark, RM and Jiang, TC and Turner, BJ and Dickson, TC and Blizzard, CA, Synapse dysfunction of layer V pyramidal neurons precedes neurodegeneration in a mouse model of TDP-43 proteinopathies, Cerebral Cortex, 27, (7) pp. 3630-3647. ISSN 1047-3211 (2016) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2016 The Authors. Published by Oxford University Press
DOI: doi:10.1093/cercor/bhw185
Abstract
TDP-43 is a major protein component of pathological neuronal inclusions that are present in frontotemporal dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. We report that TDP-43 plays an important role in dendritic spine formation in the cortex. The density of spines on YFP+ pyramidal neurons in both the motor and somatosensory cortex of Thy1-YFP mice, increased significantly from postnatal day 30 (P30), to peak at P60, before being pruned by P90. By comparison, dendritic spine density was significantly reduced in the motor cortex of Thy1-YFP::TDP-43A315T transgenic mice prior to symptom onset (P60), and in the motor and somatosensory cortex at symptom onset (P90). Morphological spine-type analysis revealed that there was a significant impairment in the development of basal mushroom spines in the motor cortex of Thy1-YFP::TDP-43A315T mice compared to Thy1-YFP control. Furthermore, reductions in spine density corresponded to mislocalisation of TDP-43 immunoreactivity and lowered efficacy of synaptic transmission as determined by electrophysiology at P60. We conclude that mutated TDP-43 has a significant pathological effect at the dendritic spine that is associated with attenuated neural transmission.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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| Keywords: | amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, dendrite spine, frontotemporal dementia, synapse, Tar-DNA binding protein 43 |
| Research Division: | Biomedical and Clinical Sciences |
| Research Group: | Neurosciences |
| Research Field: | Central nervous system |
| Objective Division: | Health |
| Objective Group: | Clinical health |
| Objective Field: | Clinical health not elsewhere classified |
| UTAS Author: | Handley, EE (Miss Emily Handley) |
| UTAS Author: | Pitman, KA (Dr Kimberley Pitman) |
| UTAS Author: | Dawkins, E (Dr Edgar Dawkins) |
| UTAS Author: | Young, KM (Professor Kaylene Young) |
| UTAS Author: | Clark, RM (Dr Rosie Clark) |
| UTAS Author: | Jiang, TC (Miss Tongcui Jiang) |
| UTAS Author: | Dickson, TC (Professor Tracey Dickson) |
| UTAS Author: | Blizzard, CA (Dr Catherine Blizzard) |
| ID Code: | 110832 |
| Year Published: | 2016 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 42 |
| Deposited By: | Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre |
| Deposited On: | 2016-08-17 |
| Last Modified: | 2017-11-23 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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