The University of Queensland

A transient protein folding response targets aggregation in the early phase of TDP-43-mediated neurodegeneration

San Gil, Rebecca, Pascovici, Dana, Venturato, Juliana, Brown-Wright, Heledd, Mehta, Prachi, Madrid San Martin, Lidia, Wu, Jemma, Luan, Wei, Chui, Yi Kit, Bademosi, Adekunle T., Swaminathan, Shilpa, Naidoo, Serey, Berning, Britt A., Wright, Amanda L., Keating, Sean S., Curtis, Maurice A., Faull, Richard L. M., Lee, John D., Ngo, Shyuan T., Lee, Albert, Morsch, Marco, Chung, Roger S., Scotter, Emma, Lisowski, Leszek, Mirzaei, Mehdi and Walker, Adam K. (2024). A transient protein folding response targets aggregation in the early phase of TDP-43-mediated neurodegeneration. Nature Communications, 15 (1) 1508, 1508. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-45646-9

UndERACting ion channels in neurodegeneration

Jacobs, Matisse T., San Gil, Rebecca and Walker, Adam K. (2023). UndERACting ion channels in neurodegeneration. Trends in Neurosciences, 47 (2), 87-89. doi: 10.1016/j.tins.2023.11.002

Early activation of cellular stress and death pathways caused by cytoplasmic TDP-43 in the rNLS8 mouse model of ALS and FTD

Luan, Wei, Wright, Amanda L., Brown-Wright, Heledd, Le, Sheng, San Gil, Rebecca, Madrid San Martin, Lidia, Ling, Karen, Jafar-Nejad, Paymaan, Rigo, Frank and Walker, Adam K. (2023). Early activation of cellular stress and death pathways caused by cytoplasmic TDP-43 in the rNLS8 mouse model of ALS and FTD. Molecular Psychiatry, 28 (6), 2445-2461. doi: 10.1038/s41380-023-02036-9

Aggregation-prone TDP-43 sequesters and drives pathological transitions of free nuclear TDP-43

Keating, Sean S., Bademosi, Adekunle T., San Gil, Rebecca and Walker, Adam K. (2023). Aggregation-prone TDP-43 sequesters and drives pathological transitions of free nuclear TDP-43. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 80 (4) 95, 1-23. doi: 10.1007/s00018-023-04739-2

TDP-43 pathology: from noxious assembly to therapeutic removal

Keating, Sean S., San Gil, Rebecca, Swanson, Molly E.V., Scotter, Emma L. and Walker, Adam K. (2022). TDP-43 pathology: from noxious assembly to therapeutic removal. Progress in Neurobiology, 211 102229, 102229. doi: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2022.102229

Riluzole does not ameliorate disease caused by cytoplasmic TDP‐43 in a mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Wright, Amanda L., Della Gatta, Paul A., Le, Sheng, Berning, Britt A., Mehta, Prachi, Jacobs, Kelly R., Gul, Hossai, San Gil, Rebecca, Hedl, Thomas J., Riddell, Winonah R., Watson, Owen, Keating, Sean S., Venturato, Juliana, Chung, Roger S., Atkin, Julie D., Lee, Albert, Shi, Bingyang, Blizzard, Catherine A., Morsch, Marco and Walker, Adam K. (2021). Riluzole does not ameliorate disease caused by cytoplasmic TDP‐43 in a mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. European Journal of Neuroscience, 54 (6) ejn.15422, 6237-6255. doi: 10.1111/ejn.15422

Regional differences in heat shock protein 25 expression in brain and spinal cord astrocytes of wild-type and SOD1 G93A mice

San Gil, Rebecca, Clarke, Benjamin E., Ecroyd, Heath, Kalmar, Bernadett and Greensmith, Linda (2021). Regional differences in heat shock protein 25 expression in brain and spinal cord astrocytes of wild-type and SOD1 G93A mice. Cells, 10 (5) 1257, 1-18. doi: 10.3390/cells10051257

First person - Rebecca San Gil

San Gil, Rebecca (2020). First person - Rebecca San Gil. Journal of Cell Science, 133 (15) jcs251918, 1-2. doi: 10.1242/jcs.251918

Neurodegenerative disease-associated protein aggregates are poor inducers of the heat shock response in neuronal cells

Gil, R. San, Cox, D., McAlary, L., Berg, T., Walker, A. K., Yerbury, J. J., Ooi, L. and Ecroyd, H. (2020). Neurodegenerative disease-associated protein aggregates are poor inducers of the heat shock response in neuronal cells. Journal of Cell Science, 133 (15), 1-15. doi: 10.1242/jcs.243709

Proteomics approaches for biomarker and drug target discovery in ALS and FTD

Hedl, Thomas J., San Gil, Rebecca, Cheng, Flora, Rayner, Stephanie L., Davidson, Jennilee M., De Luca, Alana, Villalva, Maria D., Ecroyd, Heath, Walker, Adam K. and Lee, Albert (2019). Proteomics approaches for biomarker and drug target discovery in ALS and FTD. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 13 (JUN) 548, 548. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2019.00548

Regional differences in the inflammatory and heat shock response in glia: implications for ALS

Clarke, Benjamin E., Gil, Rebecca San, Yip, Jing, Kalmar, Bernadett and Greensmith, Linda (2019). Regional differences in the inflammatory and heat shock response in glia: implications for ALS. Cell Stress and Chaperones, 24 (5), 857-870. doi: 10.1007/s12192-019-01005-y

The small heat shock protein Hsp27 binds α-synuclein fibrils, preventing elongation and cytotoxicity

Cox, Dezerae, Whiten, Daniel R., Brown, James W. P., Horrocks, Mathew H., San Gil, Rebecca, Dobson, Christopher M., Klenerman, David, van Oijen, Antoine M. and Ecroyd, Heath (2018). The small heat shock protein Hsp27 binds α-synuclein fibrils, preventing elongation and cytotoxicity. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 293 (12), 4486-4497. doi: 10.1074/jbc.m117.813865

The heat shock response in neurons and astroglia and its role in neurodegenerative diseases

San Gil, Rebecca, Ooi, Lezanne, Yerbury, Justin J. and Ecroyd, Heath (2017). The heat shock response in neurons and astroglia and its role in neurodegenerative diseases. Molecular Neurodegeneration, 12 (1) 65. doi: 10.1186/s13024-017-0208-6

Using bicistronic constructs to evaluate the chaperone activities of heat shock proteins in cells

San Gil, Rebecca, Berg, Tracey and Ecroyd, Heath (2017). Using bicistronic constructs to evaluate the chaperone activities of heat shock proteins in cells. Scientific Reports, 7 (1) 2387. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-02459-9

Rapid flow cytometric measurement of protein inclusions and nuclear trafficking

Whiten, D. R., San Gil, R., McAlary, L., Yerbury, J. J., Ecroyd, H. and Wilson, M. R. (2016). Rapid flow cytometric measurement of protein inclusions and nuclear trafficking. Scientific Reports, 6 (1) 31138. doi: 10.1038/srep31138