[HTML][HTML] Aha1 binds to the middle domain of Hsp90, contributes to client protein activation, and stimulates the ATPase activity of the molecular chaperone

GP Lotz, H Lin, A Harst, WMJ Obermann - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2003 - ASBMB
The ATP-dependent molecular chaperone Hsp90 is an essential and abundant stress protein
in the eukaryotic cytosol that cooperates with a cohort of cofactors/cochaperones to fulfill …

Identifying polyglutamine protein species in situ that best predict neurodegeneration

…, S Mitra, K Widjaja, BA Shaby, GP Lotz… - Nature chemical …, 2011 - nature.com
Polyglutamine (polyQ) stretches exceeding a threshold length confer a toxic function to
proteins that contain them and cause at least nine neurological disorders. The basis for this …

[HTML][HTML] Mutant huntingtin fragments form oligomers in a polyglutamine length-dependent manner in vitro and in vivo

J Legleiter, E Mitchell, GP Lotz, E Sapp, C Ng… - Journal of Biological …, 2010 - ASBMB
Huntington disease (HD) is caused by an expansion of more than 35–40 polyglutamine (polyQ)
repeats in the huntingtin (htt) protein, resulting in accumulation of inclusion bodies …

Methylene blue modulates huntingtin aggregation intermediates and is protective in Huntington's disease models

EM Sontag, GP Lotz, N Agrawal, A Tran… - Journal of …, 2012 - Soc Neuroscience
Huntington's disease (HD) is a devastating neurodegenerative disorder with no disease-modifying
treatments available. The disease is caused by expansion of a CAG trinucleotide …

Loss of Hsp70 exacerbates pathogenesis but not levels of fibrillar aggregates in a mouse model of Huntington's disease

…, SY Huang, AD Steele, R Aron, GP Lotz… - Journal of …, 2009 - Soc Neuroscience
… However, a recent study indicated Hsp70 and Hsp40 can also partition onto SDS-soluble
mutant htt oligomers in an ATP-dependent manner (GP Lotz, J. Legleiter, E. Mitchell, S.-…

[HTML][HTML] Monoclonal antibodies recognize distinct conformational epitopes formed by polyglutamine in a mutant huntingtin fragment

J Legleiter, GP Lotz, J Miller, J Ko, C Ng… - Journal of Biological …, 2009 - ASBMB
Huntington disease (HD) is a neurodegenerative disorder caused by an expansion of a
polyglutamine (polyQ) domain in the N-terminal region of huntingtin (htt). PolyQ expansion …

The role of amyloidogenic protein oligomerization in neurodegenerative disease

GP Lotz, J Legleiter - Journal of Molecular Medicine, 2013 - Springer
A common pathological hallmark in many neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s
disease, Parkinson’s disease, and Huntington’s disease, is the formation of fibrillar protein …

[PDF][PDF] TR-FRET-based duplex immunoassay reveals an inverse correlation of soluble and aggregated mutant huntingtin in huntington's disease

…, D Abramowski, D Smith, GP Lotz, GP Bates… - Chemistry & biology, 2012 - cell.com
Huntington's disease (HD) is an inherited neurodegenerative disorder caused by the
amplification of a polyglutamine stretch at the N terminus of the huntingtin protein. N-terminal …

[HTML][HTML] Hsp70 and Hsp40 functionally interact with soluble mutant huntingtin oligomers in a classic ATP-dependent reaction cycle

GP Lotz, J Legleiter, R Aron, EJ Mitchell… - Journal of biological …, 2010 - ASBMB
Inclusion bodies of aggregated mutant huntingtin (htt) fragments are a neuropathological
hallmark of Huntington disease (HD). The molecular chaperones Hsp70 and Hsp40 colocalize …

2021 White paper on recent issues in bioanalysis: TAb/NAb, viral vector CDx, shedding assays; CRISPR/Cas9 & CAR-T immunogenicity; PCR & vaccine assay …

…, AH Millner, G Jordan, S Kar, R Kubiak, GP Lotz… - Bioanalysis, 2022 - Future Science
The 15th edition of the Workshop on Recent Issues in Bioanalysis (15th WRIB) was held on
27 September to 1 October 2021. Even with a last-minute move from in-person to virtual, an …