Insight into the Autosomal-Dominant Inheritance Pattern of SOD1-Associated ALS from Native Mass Spectrometry

Jelena Cveticanin, Tridib Mondal, Elizabeth M. Meiering, Michal Sharon, Amnon Horovitz

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Abstract

About 20% of all familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) cases are associated with mutations in superoxide dismutase (SOD1), a homodimeric protein. The disease has an autosomal-dominant inheritance pattern. It is, therefore, important to determine whether wild-type and mutant SOD1 subunits self-associate randomly or preferentially. A measure for the extent of bias in subunit association is the coupling constant determined in a double-mutant cycle type analysis. Here, cell lysates containing co-expressed wild-type and mutant SOD1 subunits were analyzed by native mass spectrometry to determine these coupling constants. Strikingly, we find a linear positive correlation between the coupling constant and the reported average duration of the disease. Our results indicate that inter-subunit communication and a preference for heterodimerization greatly increase the disease severity.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5995-6002
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Molecular Biology
Volume432
Issue number23
Early online date13 Oct 2020
DOIs
StatePublished - 20 Nov 2020

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Structural Biology
  • Molecular Biology

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