title: Expression of human FUS protein in Drosophila leads to progressive neurodegeneration.
abstract: Mutations in the Fused in sarcoma/Translated in liposarcoma gene (FUS/TLS, FUS) have been identified among patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). FUS protein aggregation is a major pathological hallmark of FUS proteinopathy, a group of neurodegenerative diseases characterized by FUS-immunoreactive inclusion bodies. We prepared transgenic Drosophila expressing either the wild type (Wt) or ALS-mutant human FUS protein (hFUS) using the UAS-Gal4 system. When expressing Wt, R524S or P525L mutant FUS in photoreceptors, mushroom bodies (MBs) or motor neurons (MNs), transgenic flies show age-dependent progressive neural damages, including axonal loss in MB neurons, morphological changes and functional impairment in MNs. The transgenic flies expressing the hFUS gene recapitulate key features of FUS proteinopathy, representing the first stable animal model for this group of devastating diseases.
authors: National Laboratory of Medical Molecular Biology, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
authors: Yanbo
authors: Y
authors: Chen
authors: Mengxue
authors: M
authors: Yang
authors: Jianwen
authors: J
authors: Deng
authors: Xiaoping
authors: X
authors: Chen
authors: Ye
authors: Y
authors: Ye
authors: Li
authors: L
authors: Zhu
authors: Jianghong
authors: J
authors: Liu
authors: Haihong
authors: H
authors: Ye
authors: Yan
authors: Y
authors: Shen
authors: Yan
authors: Y
authors: Li
authors: Elizabeth J
authors: EJ
authors: Rao
authors: Kazuo
authors: K
authors: Fushimi
authors: Xiaohong
authors: X
authors: Zhou
authors: Eileen H
authors: EH
authors: Bigio
authors: Marsel
authors: M
authors: Mesulam
authors: Qi
authors: Q
authors: Xu
authors: Jane Y
authors: JY
authors: Wu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D000690:Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D000818:Animals; D030801:Animals, Genetically Modified; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015870:Gene Expression; D006801:Humans; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D024521:Mushroom Bodies / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D050505:Mutant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D009154:Mutation; D017956:Photoreceptor Cells, Invertebrate / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D010957:Plasmids; D034702:RNA-Binding Protein FUS / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012162:Retinal Degeneration / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D050505:Mutant Proteins; D034702:RNA-Binding Protein FUS; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins