title: PABP2 polyalanine tract expansion causes intranuclear inclusions in oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy.
abstract: Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy is caused by expansion of a (GCG)n trinucleotide repeat in the poly(A) binding protein 2 (PABP2) gene. The pathological hallmark of oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy is the accumulation of intranuclear inclusions in muscle fibers. To test whether the polyalanine expansion of PABP2 directly leads to the formation of the nuclear aggregates, both normal and expanded PABP2 cDNAs were expressed in COS-7 cells. We find that expression of mutated PABP2 protein is sufficient for its accumulation as intranuclear inclusions.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Research in Neuroscience, McGill University, and the Montreal General Hospital, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Shanmugam
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dion
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rochefort
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Laganière
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Brais
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Rouleau
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009136:Muscular Dystrophies / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D039102:Poly(A)-Binding Proteins; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D019680:Trinucleotide Repeat Expansion / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D039102:Poly(A)-Binding Proteins; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins