Title : Mutant Huntingtin Impairs BDNF Release from Astrocytes by Disrupting Conversion of Rab3a-GTP into Rab3a-GDP.

Pub. Date : 2016 Aug 24

PMID : 27559163






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1 We found that mutant huntingtin protein (mHtt) at the endogenous level decreases BDNF secretion from astrocytes by disrupting the conversion of GTP-Rab3a into GDP-Rab3a and that overexpressing Rab3a can rescue this deficient BDNF release and early neuropathology in HD knock-in mouse brain. Guanosine Triphosphate huntingtin Mus musculus