2019
Hsp110 mitigates α-synuclein pathology in vivo
Taguchi YV, Gorenberg EL, Nagy M, Thrasher D, Fenton WA, Volpicelli-Daley L, Horwich AL, Chandra SS. Hsp110 mitigates α-synuclein pathology in vivo. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2019, 116: 24310-24316. PMID: 31685606, PMCID: PMC6883785, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1903268116.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsΑ-synuclein pathologyOverexpression of Hsp110Α-synuclein aggregationPresynaptic protein α-synucleinΑ-synuclein seedsΑ-synuclein oligomersLewy bodiesMouse modelParkinson's diseaseCell culture modelSynaptic proteomeΑ-synucleinProtein α-synucleinPathologyCulture modelDiseaseMammalian cell culture modelsProtein changesOverexpressionVivoHsp110Molecular facilitatorsMiceUnbiased analysisBrain
2016
Reduced high-frequency motor neuron firing, EMG fractionation, and gait variability in awake walking ALS mice
Hadzipasic M, Ni W, Nagy M, Steenrod N, McGinley MJ, Kaushal A, Thomas E, McCormick DA, Horwich AL. Reduced high-frequency motor neuron firing, EMG fractionation, and gait variability in awake walking ALS mice. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2016, 113: e7600-e7609. PMID: 27821773, PMCID: PMC5127366, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1616832113.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsALS miceAmyotrophic lateral sclerosisAcute spinal cord slicesSingle-unit extracellular recordingsWhole-cell patch-clamp recordingsLoss of neuronsMotor neuron lossMotor neuron firingSpinal cord slicesPatch-clamp recordingsHigh-frequency firingStep variabilityLethal neurodegenerative diseaseNeuron lossCord slicesSpinal cordLeg flexorsLateral sclerosisGait variabilityVivo effectsClamp recordingsExtracellular recordingsEMG patternsMutant miceNeuron firing