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Nature ; 488(7412): 499-503, 2012 Aug 23.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22801503

RESUMEN

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a late-onset neurodegenerative disorder resulting from motor neuron death. Approximately 10% of cases are familial (FALS), typically with a dominant inheritance mode. Despite numerous advances in recent years, nearly 50% of FALS cases have unknown genetic aetiology. Here we show that mutations within the profilin 1 (PFN1) gene can cause FALS. PFN1 is crucial for the conversion of monomeric (G)-actin to filamentous (F)-actin. Exome sequencing of two large ALS families showed different mutations within the PFN1 gene. Further sequence analysis identified 4 mutations in 7 out of 274 FALS cases. Cells expressing PFN1 mutants contain ubiquitinated, insoluble aggregates that in many cases contain the ALS-associated protein TDP-43. PFN1 mutants also display decreased bound actin levels and can inhibit axon outgrowth. Furthermore, primary motor neurons expressing mutant PFN1 display smaller growth cones with a reduced F/G-actin ratio. These observations further document that cytoskeletal pathway alterations contribute to ALS pathogenesis.


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Esclerosis Amiotrófica Lateral/genética , Esclerosis Amiotrófica Lateral/patología , Predisposición Genética a la Enfermedad/genética , Proteínas Mutantes/metabolismo , Mutación/genética , Profilinas/genética , Profilinas/metabolismo , Actinas/metabolismo , Secuencia de Aminoácidos , Esclerosis Amiotrófica Lateral/diagnóstico , Esclerosis Amiotrófica Lateral/metabolismo , Animales , Axones/metabolismo , Axones/patología , Células Cultivadas , Exoma/genética , Femenino , Conos de Crecimiento/metabolismo , Secuenciación de Nucleótidos de Alto Rendimiento , Humanos , Judíos/genética , Masculino , Ratones , Modelos Moleculares , Datos de Secuencia Molecular , Neuronas Motoras/citología , Neuronas Motoras/metabolismo , Proteínas Mutantes/genética , Linaje , Conformación Proteica , Ubiquitinación , Población Blanca/genética
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Phys Rev Lett ; 117(14): 141102, 2016 Sep 30.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27740805

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Cosmological inflation generates primordial density perturbations on all scales, including those far too small to contribute to the cosmic microwave background. At these scales, isolated ultracompact minihalos of dark matter can form well before standard structure formation, if the perturbations have sufficient amplitude. Minihalos affect pulsar timing data and are potentially bright sources of gamma rays. The resulting constraints significantly extend the observable window of inflation in the presence of cold dark matter, coupling two of the key problems in modern cosmology.

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Genetics ; 204(1): 327-36, 2016 09.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27356610

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Host variation in Toll-like receptors and other innate immune signaling molecules alters infection susceptibility. However, only a portion of the variability observed in the innate immune response is accounted for by known genes in these pathways. Thus, the identification of additional genes that regulate the response to Gram positive bacteria is warranted. Bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMMs) from 43 inbred mouse strains were stimulated with lipotechoic acid (LTA), a major component of the Gram positive bacterial cell wall. Concentrations of the proinflammatory cytokines IL-6, IL-12, and TNF-α were measured. In silico whole genome association (WGA) mapping was performed using cytokine responses followed by network analysis to prioritize candidate genes. To determine which candidate genes could be responsible for regulating the LTA response, candidate genes were inhibited using RNA interference (RNAi) and were overexpressed in RAW264.7 macrophages. BMMs from Bdkrb1-deficient mice were used to assess the effect of Bdkrb1 gene deletion on the response to LTA, heat-killed Streptococcus pneumoniae, and heat-killed Staphylococcus aureus WGA mapping identified 117 loci: IL-6 analysis yielded 20 loci (average locus size = 0.133 Mb; 18 genes), IL-12 analysis produced 5 loci (0.201 Mb average; 7 genes), and TNF-α analysis yielded 92 loci (0.464 Mb average; 186 genes of which 46 were prioritized by network analysis). The follow-up small interfering RNA screen of 71 target genes identified four genes (Bdkrb1, Blnk, Fbxo17, and Nkx6-1) whose inhibition resulted in significantly reduced cytokine production following LTA stimulation. Overexpression of these four genes resulted in significantly increased cytokine production in response to LTA. Bdkrb1-deficient macrophages were less responsive to LTA and heat-killed S. aureus, validating the genetic and RNAi approach to identify novel regulators of the response to LTA. We have identified four innate immune response genes that may contribute to Gram positive bacterial susceptibility.


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Citocinas/inmunología , Bacterias Grampositivas/inmunología , Macrófagos/inmunología , Animales , Estudio de Asociación del Genoma Completo , Inmunidad Innata , Macrófagos/microbiología , Ratones , Ratones Endogámicos , Interferencia de ARN , Transducción de Señal , Infecciones Estafilocócicas/inmunología , Infecciones Estafilocócicas/microbiología , Staphylococcus aureus/inmunología
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