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The Journal of Neuroscience, October 1, 1998, 18(19):7674-7686
The Cellular and Subcellular Localization of
Huntingtin-Associated Protein 1 (HAP1): Comparison with Huntingtin in
Rat and Human
Claire-Anne
Gutekunst1,
Shi-Hua
Li2,
Hong
Yi1,
Robert J.
Ferrante3,
Xiao-Jiang
Li2, and
Steven M.
Hersch1
Departments of 1 Neurology and 2 Genetics,
Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia 30329, and
3 Geriatric Research Education Clinical Center, Bedford
Veterans Administration Medical Center, Bedford, Massachusetts 01730, and Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine,
Boston, Massachusetts 02118
The cellular and subcellular distribution of HAP1 was examined in
rat brain by light and electron microscopic immunocytochemistry and
subcellular fractionation. HAP1 localization was also determined in
human postmortem tissue from control and Huntington's disease (HD)
cases by light microscopic immunocytochemistry. At the cellular level,
the heterogeneity of HAP1 expression was similar to that of huntingtin;
however, HAP1 immunoreactivity was more widespread. The subcellular
distribution of HAP1 was examined using immunogold electron microscopy.
Like huntingtin, HAP1 is a cytoplasmic protein that associates with
microtubules and many types of membranous organelles, including
mitochondria, endoplasmic reticulum, tubulovesicles, endosomal and
lysosomal organelles, and synaptic vesicles. A quantitative comparison
of the organelle associations of HAP1 and huntingtin showed them to be
almost identical. Within HAP1-immunoreactive neurons in rat and human
brain, populations of large and small immunoreactive puncta were
visible by light microscopy. The large puncta, which were especially
evident in the ventral forebrain, were intensely HAP1 immunoreactive.
Electron microscopic analysis revealed them to be a type of
nucleolus-like body, which has been named a stigmoid body, that may
play a role in protein synthesis. The small puncta, less intensely
labeled, were primarily mitochondria. These results indicate that the
localization of HAP1 and huntingtin is more similar than previously
appreciated and provide further evidence that HAP1 and huntingtin have
localizations consistent with roles in intracellular transport. Our
data also suggest, however, that HAP1 is not present in the abnormal
intranuclear and neuritic aggregates containing the N-terminal fragment
of mutant huntingtin that are found in HD brains.
Key words:
Huntington's disease; electron microscopy; immunogold; nucleolus-like bodies; cytoplasmic inclusions; stigmoid bodies
Copyright © 1998 Society for Neuroscience 0270-6474/98/18197674-13$05.00/0
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