Article
Ubiquitin-activating enzyme activity contributes to differential accumulation of mutant huntingtin in brain and peripheral tissues.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience - 18 Jun 2014
Wade Brandy E, Wang Chuan-En, Yan Sen, Bhat Kavita, Huang Brenda, Li Shihua, Li Xiao-Jiang
Abstract excerpt
Huntington's disease (HD) belongs to a family of neurodegenerative diseases caused by misfolded proteins and shares the pathological hallmark of selective accumulation of misfolded proteins in neuronal cells. Polyglutamine expansion in the HD protein, huntingtin (Htt), causes selective neurodegeneration that is more severe in the striatum and cortex than in other brain regions, but the mechanism behind this...
Topics
- Animals
- Brain Chemistry
- Enzyme Activation
- Female
- Gene Knock-In Techniques
- HEK293 Cells
- Humans
- Huntingtin Protein
- Male
- Mice
- Mutation
