Disruption of dynein/dynactin inhibits axonal transport in motor neurons causing late-onset progressive degeneration |
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Authors: | LaMonte Bernadette H Wallace Karen E Holloway Beth A Shelly Spencer S Ascaño Jennifer Tokito Mariko Van Winkle Thomas Howland David S Holzbaur Erika L F |
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Affiliation: | Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 3700 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia 19104, USA. |
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Abstract: | To test the hypothesis that inhibition of axonal transport is sufficient to cause motor neuron degeneration such as that observed in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), we engineered a targeted disruption of the dynein-dynactin complex in postnatal motor neurons of transgenic mice. Dynamitin overexpression was found to disassemble dynactin, a required activator of cytoplasmic dynein, resulting in an inhibition of retrograde axonal transport. Mice overexpressing dynamitin demonstrate a late-onset progressive motor neuron degenerative disease characterized by decreased strength and endurance, motor neuron degeneration and loss, and denervation of muscle. Previous transgenic mouse models of ALS have shown abnormalities in microtubule-based axonal transport. In this report, we describe a mouse model that confirms the critical role of disrupted axonal transport in the pathogenesis of motor neuron degenerative disease. |
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