Gomez-Paredes, C;
Mason, MA;
Taxy, BA;
Papadopoulou, AS;
Paganetti, P;
Bates, GP;
(2021)
The heat shock response, determined by QuantiGene multiplex, is impaired in HD mouse models and not caused by HSF1 reduction.
Scientific Reports
, 11
, Article 9117. 10.1038/s41598-021-88715-5.
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Abstract
Huntington's disease (HD) is a devastating neurodegenerative disorder, caused by a CAG/polyglutamine repeat expansion, that results in the aggregation of the huntingtin protein, culminating in the deposition of inclusion bodies in HD patient brains. We have previously shown that the heat shock response becomes impaired with disease progression in mouse models of HD. The disruption of this inducible arm of the proteostasis network is likely to exacerbate the pathogenesis of this protein-folding disease. To allow a rapid and more comprehensive analysis of the heat shock response, we have developed, and validated, a 16-plex QuantiGene assay that allows the expression of Hsf1 and nine heat shock genes, to be measured directly, and simultaneously, from mouse tissue. We used this QuantiGene assay to show that, following pharmacological activation in vivo, the heat shock response impairment in tibialis anterior, brain hemispheres and striatum was comparable between zQ175 and R6/2 mice. In contrast, although a heat shock impairment could be detected in R6/2 cortex, this was not apparent in the cortex from zQ175 mice. Whilst the mechanism underlying this impairment remains unknown, our data indicated that it is not caused by a reduction in HSF1 levels, as had been reported.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | The heat shock response, determined by QuantiGene multiplex, is impaired in HD mouse models and not caused by HSF1 reduction. |
| Location: | England |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41598-021-88715-5 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-88715-5 |
| Language: | English |
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| Keywords: | Chaperones, Diseases, Huntington's disease, Molecular biology, Protein folding |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology > Neurodegenerative Diseases |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10127209 |
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