Arginine methylation next to the PY‐NLS modulates Transportin binding and nuclear import of FUS

…, E Bentmann, S Tahirovic, C AbouAjram… - The EMBO …, 2012 - embopress.org
Fused in sarcoma (FUS) is a nuclear protein that carries a proline‐tyrosine nuclear localization
signal (PY‐NLS) and is imported into the nucleus via Transportin (TRN). Defects in …

[HTML][HTML] Nuclear egress of TDP-43 and FUS occurs independently of Exportin-1/CRM1

H Ederle, C Funk, C Abou-Ajram, S Hutten, EBE Funk… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
… To further address functionality of the predicted NESs, we fused them to the C-terminus of
EGFP, which is localized in both the nucleus and the cytoplasm, with a predominant nuclear …

Inhibition of amyloid-β plaque formation by α-synuclein

…, D Loreth, S Tahirovic, F Kamp, C Abou-Ajram… - Nature medicine, 2015 - nature.com
… (c) APPPS1 transgenic animals injected with APPPS1 transgenic brain homogenates mixed
… was centrifuged for 5 min (at 3000g, 4 C) and the supernatant was stored at −80 C until use. …

Monomethylated and unmethylated FUS exhibit increased binding to Transportin and distinguish FTLD-FUS from ALS-FUS

…, M Neumann, T Arzberger, C Abou-Ajram… - Acta …, 2016 - Springer
… One litre of M9 minimal medium was inoculated, cultures were grown for 2 days at 25 C,
diluted to OD 1.0 and induced with 0.5 mM IPTG for either 6 h at 25 C or 14 h at 19 C. Cells were …

[HTML][HTML] Congenital heart disease risk loci identified by genome-wide association study in European patients

…, JA Ziegelmüller, C Abou-Ajram… - The Journal of …, 2021 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Genetic factors undoubtedly affect the development of congenital heart disease (CHD) but
still remain ill defined. We sought to identify genetic risk factors associated with CHD and to …

Aβ oligomers trigger and accelerate Aβ seeding

…, N Scheffler, C Witt, C AbouAjram… - Brain …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
… was diminished and disappeared over time (Figure 2A,C). The same phenomenon was
observed in APP23 transgenic mice (Figure 2B,C). To account for the differences in the amount …

Sequential defects in cardiac lineage commitment and maturation cause hypoplastic left heart syndrome

…, S Doll, I Neb, T Brade, Z Zhang, C Abou-Ajram… - Circulation, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
… B and C, Representative plots (B) and statistical analysis (C) of contractile force in HLHS and
control patches over 24 days of culture. In (C), data are mean±SEM of serial measurements …

Nonclassical nuclear localization signals mediate nuclear import of CIRBP

…, J Sternat, C Abou-Ajram, C Göbl… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
… categories: n > C (more protein in the nucleus than the cytoplasm), n = C (equal distribution
of the reporter protein between nucleus and cytoplasm), and n < C (more reporter protein in …

[HTML][HTML] Transmembrane protein 147 (TMEM147) is a novel component of the Nicalin-NOMO protein complex

U Dettmer, PH Kuhn, C Abou-Ajram… - Journal of biological …, 2010 - ASBMB
… 2.5% of the cDNA were used for a SYBR Green real-time PCR reaction (40 cycles with 15 s
at 95 C and 60 s at 65 C) on a Bio-Rad IQ5 machine using described primers for Nicalin and …

[HTML][HTML] Clustering of plaques contributes to plaque growth in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

…, C Abou-Ajram, M Hübener, BT Hyman, C Haass… - Acta …, 2013 - Springer
Amyloid-β (Aβ) plaque deposition plays a central role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s
disease (AD). Post-mortem analysis of plaque development in mouse models of AD revealed …