SarkoSpin: A Technique for Biochemical Isolation and Characterization of Pathological TDP-43 Aggregates

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TDP-43 is the main aggregating protein in neurodegenerative diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD). Aggregated TDP-43 is resistant to diverse detergent solubilization, yet physiological TDP-43 and other abundant proteins commonly co-purify with pathological TDP-43. This mixed isolation has precluded the elucidation of the biochemical and structural features of the pathological TDP-43 and its role in disease. Here we describe SarkoSpin, a method for the isolation of pure pathological TDP-43 from patient autopsy brain by sample solubilization with Sarkosyl after nuclease treatment. This purification, which is also applicable to cell culture material, permits the study of biochemical properties of exclusively pathological TDP-43, allowing for the first time the determination of their link to the clinical presentation of FTLD. This method opens up a path for the study of pathological TDP-43 at the molecular and structural level in the heterogeneous spectrum of ALS and FTLD cases.

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Pérez-Berlanga, M., Laferrière, F., & Polymenidou, M. (2019). SarkoSpin: A Technique for Biochemical Isolation and Characterization of Pathological TDP-43 Aggregates. Bio-Protocol, 9(22). https://doi.org/10.21769/BioProtoc.3424

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