[PDF][PDF] TR-FRET-based duplex immunoassay reveals an inverse correlation of soluble and aggregated mutant huntingtin in huntington's disease

B Baldo, P Paganetti, S Grueninger, D Marcellin… - Chemistry & biology, 2012 - cell.com
B Baldo, P Paganetti, S Grueninger, D Marcellin, LS Kaltenbach, DC Lo, M Semmelroth…
Chemistry & biology, 2012cell.com
Huntington's disease (HD) is an inherited neurodegenerative disorder caused by the
amplification of a polyglutamine stretch at the N terminus of the huntingtin protein. N-terminal
fragments of the mutant huntingtin (mHtt) aggregate and form intracellular inclusions in brain
and peripheral tissues. Aggregates are an important hallmark of the disease, translating into
a high need to quantify them in vitro and in vivo. We developed a one-step TR-FRET-based
immunoassay to quantify soluble and aggregated mHtt in cell and tissue homogenates …
Summary
Huntington's disease (HD) is an inherited neurodegenerative disorder caused by the amplification of a polyglutamine stretch at the N terminus of the huntingtin protein. N-terminal fragments of the mutant huntingtin (mHtt) aggregate and form intracellular inclusions in brain and peripheral tissues. Aggregates are an important hallmark of the disease, translating into a high need to quantify them in vitro and in vivo. We developed a one-step TR-FRET-based immunoassay to quantify soluble and aggregated mHtt in cell and tissue homogenates. Strikingly, quantification revealed a decrease of soluble mHtt correlating with an increase of aggregated protein in primary neuronal cell cultures, transgenic R6/2, and HdhQ150 knock-in HD mice. These results emphasize the assay's efficiency for highly sensitive and quantitative detection of soluble and aggregated mHtt and its application in high-throughput screening and characterization of HD models.
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