Mutations in the <i>FUS/TLS</i> Gene on Chromosome 16 Cause Familial Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
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Abstract
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal degenerative motor neuron disorder. Ten percent of cases are inherited; most involve unidentified genes. We report here 13 mutations in the fused in sarcoma/translated in liposarcoma (FUS/TLS) gene on chromosome 16 that were specific for familial ALS. The FUS/TLS protein binds to RNA, functions in diverse processes, and is normally located predominantly in the nucleus. In contrast, the mutant forms of FUS/TLS accumulated in the cytoplasm of neurons, a pathology that is similar to that of the gene TAR DNA-binding protein 43 (TDP43), whose mutations also cause ALS. Neuronal cytoplasmic protein aggregation and defective RNA metabolism thus appear to be common pathogenic mechanisms involved in ALS and possibly in other neurodegenerative disorders.
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- Venue
- Science
- Topic
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
- Field
- Medicine
- Canadian institutions
- Université de Montréal
- Funders
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- Keywords
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosisBiologyGeneMutantCytoplasmGeneticsMutationRNAGene mutationMolecular biologyPathologyMedicineDisease
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