NFL (protein)

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Neurofilament light polypeptide is a protein that in humans is encoded by the NEFL gene.[1][2]

It is associated with Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease 1F and 2E. The Neurofilament light subunit can be measured with immunoassays in cerebrospinal fluid and plasma and reflects axonal damage in neurological disorders.[3] It is a useful maker for disease monitoring in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis,[4] multiple sclerosis[5] and more recently Huntington's disease.[6]

## Contents

* 1 See also
* 2 Interactions
* 3 References
* 4 Further reading
* 5 External links

## See also

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* Neurofilament

## Interactions

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NEFL has been shown to interact with:

* MAP2,[7]
* Protein kinase N1,[8] and
* TSC1.[9]

## References

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1. ↑ Miltenberger-Miltenyi G, Janecke AR, Wanschitz JV, Timmerman V, Windpassinger C, Auer-Grumbach M, Löscher WN (Jul 2007). "Clinical and electrophysiological features in Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease with mutations in the NEFL gene". Arch Neurol. 64 (7): 966–70. doi:10.1001/archneur.64.7.966. PMID 17620486.
2. ↑ "Entrez Gene: NEFL neurofilament, light polypeptide 68kDa".
3. ↑ Jonsson, M.; Zetterberg, H.; Van Straaten, E.; Lind, K.; Syversen, S.; Edman, Å.; Blennow, K.; Rosengren, L.; Pantoni, L.; Inzitari, D.; Wallin, A. (March 2010). "Cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers of white matter lesions - cross-sectional results from the LADIS study". European Journal of Neurology. 17 (3): 377–382. doi:10.1111/j.1468-1331.2009.02808.x. PMID 19845747.
4. ↑ Rosengren, LE; Karlsson, JE; Karlsson, JO; Persson, LI; Wikkelsø, C (November 1996). "Patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and other neurodegenerative diseases have increased levels of neurofilament protein in CSF". Journal of Neurochemistry. 67 (5): 2013–8. doi:10.1046/j.1471-4159.1996.67052013.x. PMID 8863508.
5. ↑ Teunissen, CE; Iacobaeus, E; Khademi, M; Brundin, L; Norgren, N; Koel-Simmelink, MJ; Schepens, M; Bouwman, F; Twaalfhoven, HA; Blom, HJ; Jakobs, C; Dijkstra, CD (14 April 2009). "Combination of CSF N-acetylaspartate and neurofilaments in multiple sclerosis". Neurology. 72 (15): 1322–9. doi:10.1212/wnl.0b013e3181a0fe3f. PMID 19365053.
6. ↑ Niemelä, Valter; Landtblom, Anne-Marie; Blennow, Kaj; Sundblom, Jimmy; Blum, David (27 February 2017). "Tau or neurofilament light—Which is the more suitable biomarker for Huntington's disease?". PLOS ONE. 12 (2): e0172762. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0172762.
7. ↑ Frappier T, Stetzkowski-Marden F, Pradel LA (Apr 1991). "Interaction domains of neurofilament light chain and brain spectrin". Biochem. J. 275 (2): 521–7. doi:10.1042/bj2750521. PMC 1150082. PMID 1902666.
8. ↑ Mukai H, Toshimori M, Shibata H, Kitagawa M, Shimakawa M, Miyahara M, Sunakawa H, Ono Y (Apr 1996). "PKN associates and phosphorylates the head-rod domain of neurofilament protein". J. Biol. Chem. 271 (16): 9816–22. doi:10.1074/jbc.271.16.9816. PMID 8621664.
9. ↑ Haddad LA, Smith N, Bowser M, Niida Y, Murthy V, Gonzalez-Agosti C, Ramesh V (Nov 2002). "The TSC1 tumor suppressor hamartin interacts with neurofilament-L and possibly functions as a novel integrator of the neuronal cytoskeleton". J. Biol. Chem. 277 (46): 44180–6. doi:10.1074/jbc.M207211200. PMID 12226091.

## Further reading

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* Hirokawa N, Takeda S (1998). "Gene Targeting Studies Begin to Reveal the Function of Neurofilament Proteins". J. Cell Biol. 143 (1): 1–4. doi:10.1083/jcb.143.1.1. PMC 2132816. PMID 9763415.
* Beaudet L, Charron G, Julien JP (1992). "Origin of the two mRNA species for the human neurofilament light gene". Biochem. Cell Biol. 70 (5): 279–84. doi:10.1139/o92-044. PMID 1497855.
* Frappier T, Stetzkowski-Marden F, Pradel LA (1991). "Interaction domains of neurofilament light chain and brain spectrin". Biochem. J. 275 (Pt 2): 521–7. doi:10.1042/bj2750521. PMC 1150082. PMID 1902666.
* Chin SS, Liem RK (1990). "Expression of rat neurofilament proteins NF-L and NF-M in transfected non-neuronal cells". Eur. J. Cell Biol. 50 (2): 475–90. PMID 2516804.
* Julien JP, Grosveld F, Yazdanbaksh K, Flavell D, Meijer D, Mushynski W (1987). "The structure of a human neurofilament gene (NF-L): a unique exon-intron organization in the intermediate filament gene family". Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 909 (1): 10–20. doi:10.1016/0167-4781(87)90041-8. PMID 3034332.
* Hurst J, Flavell D, Julien JP, Meijer D, Mushynski W, Grosveld F (1987). "The human neurofilament gene (NEFL) is located on the short arm of chromosome 8". Cytogenet. Cell Genet. 45 (1): 30–2. doi:10.1159/000132421. PMID 3036423.
* Frappier T, Regnouf F, Pradel LA (1988). "Binding of brain spectrin to the 70-kDa neurofilament subunit protein". Eur. J. Biochem. 169 (3): 651–7. doi:10.1111/j.1432-1033.1987.tb13657.x. PMID 3121319.
* Nomata Y, Watanabe T, Wada H (1983). "Highly acidic proteins from human brain: purification and properties of Glu-50 protein". J. Biochem. 93 (3): 825–31. doi:10.1093/jb/93.3.825. PMID 6135695.
* Maruyama K, Sugano S (1994). "Oligo-capping: a simple method to replace the cap structure of eukaryotic mRNAs with oligoribonucleotides". Gene. 138 (1–2): 171–4. doi:10.1016/0378-1119(94)90802-8. PMID 8125298.
* Pospelov VA, Pospelova TV, Julien JP (1994). "AP-1 and Krox-24 transcription factors activate the neurofilament light gene promoter in P19 embryonal carcinoma cells". Cell Growth Differ. 5 (2): 187–96. PMID 8180132.
* Dong DL, Xu ZS, Chevrier MR, Cotter RJ, Cleveland DW, Hart GW (1993). "Glycosylation of mammalian neurofilaments. Localization of multiple O-linked N-acetylglucosamine moieties on neurofilament polypeptides L and M". J. Biol. Chem. 268 (22): 16679–87. PMID 8344946.
* Charron G, Guy LG, Bazinet M, Julien JP (1996). "Multiple neuron-specific enhancers in the gene coding for the human neurofilament light chain". J. Biol. Chem. 270 (51): 30604–10. doi:10.1074/jbc.270.51.30604. PMID 8530496.
* Mukai H, Toshimori M, Shibata H, Kitagawa M, Shimakawa M, Miyahara M, Sunakawa H, Ono Y (1996). "PKN associates and phosphorylates the head-rod domain of neurofilament protein". J. Biol. Chem. 271 (16): 9816–22. doi:10.1074/jbc.271.16.9816. PMID 8621664.
* Rosengren LE, Karlsson JE, Karlsson JO, Persson LI, Wikkelsø C (1996). "Patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and other neurodegenerative diseases have increased levels of neurofilament protein in CSF". J. Neurochem. 67 (5): 2013–8. doi:10.1046/j.1471-4159.1996.67052013.x. PMID 8863508.
* Suzuki Y, Yoshitomo-Nakagawa K, Maruyama K, Suyama A, Sugano S (1997). "Construction and characterization of a full length-enriched and a 5'-end-enriched cDNA library". Gene. 200 (1–2): 149–56. doi:10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00411-3. PMID 9373149.
* Athlan ES, Mushynski WE (1998). "Heterodimeric associations between neuronal intermediate filament proteins". J. Biol. Chem. 272 (49): 31073–8. doi:10.1074/jbc.272.49.31073. PMID 9388258.
* Ehlers MD, Fung ET, O'Brien RJ, Huganir RL (1998). "Splice variant-specific interaction of the NMDA receptor subunit NR1 with neuronal intermediate filaments". J. Neurosci. 18 (2): 720–30. PMID 9425014.
* Mersiyanova IV, Perepelov AV, Polyakov AV, Sitnikov VF, Dadali EL, Oparin RB, Petrin AN, Evgrafov OV (2000). "A New Variant of Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Type 2 Is Probably the Result of a Mutation in the Neurofilament-Light Gene". Am. J. Hum. Genet. 67 (1): 37–46. doi:10.1086/302962. PMC 1287099. PMID 10841809.
* De Jonghe P, Mersivanova I, Nelis E, Del Favero J, Martin JJ, Van Broeckhoven C, Evgrafov O, Timmerman V (2001). "Further evidence that neurofilament light chain gene mutations can cause Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2E". Ann. Neurol. 49 (2): 245–9. doi:10.1002/1531-8249(20010201)49:2<245::AID-ANA45>3.0.CO;2-A. PMID 11220745.

## External links

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* Bird, Thomas D (2013-11-07). Charcot-Marie-Tooth Neuropathy Type 1. NBK1205. In Pagon RA, Bird TD, Dolan CR, et al., eds. (1993–). GeneReviews™ [Internet]. Seattle WA: University of Washington, Seattle. Check date values in: `|year=` (help)
* Bird, Thomas D (30 January 2014). Charcot-Marie-Tooth Neuropathy Type 2. PMID 20301462. NBK1285. In GeneReviews
* De Jonghe, Peter; Jordanova, Albena K (2011-10-27). Charcot-Marie-Tooth Neuropathy Type 2E/1F. NBK1187. In GeneReviews

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Proteins of the cytoskeleton

Human|

| Microfilaments
and ABPs|

| Myofilament|

| Actins|

* A1
* A2
* B
* C1
* G1
* G2

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Myosins|

* I
* MYO1A
* MYO1B
* MYO1C
* MYO1D
* MYO1E
* MYO1F
* MYO1G
* MYO1H)
* II
* MYH1
* MYH2
* MYH3
* MYH4
* MYH6
* MYH7
* MYH7B
* MYH8
* MYH9
* MYH10
* MYH11
* MYH13
* MYH14
* MYH15
* MYH16
* III
* MYO3A
* MYO3B
* V
* MYO5A
* MYO5B
* MYO5C
* VI
* MYO6
* VII
* MYO7A
* MYO7B
* IX
* MYO9A
* MYO9B
* X
* MYO10
* XV
* MYO15A
* XVIII
* MYO18A
* MYO18B
* LC
* MYL1
* MYL2
* MYL3
* MYL4
* MYL5
* MYL6
* MYL6B
* MYL7
* MYL9
* MYLIP
* MYLK
* MYLK2
* MYLL1

Other|

* Tropomodulin
* 1
* 2
* 3
* 4
* Troponin
* T 1 2 3
* C 1 2
* I 1 2 3
* Tropomyosin
* 1
* 2
* 3
* 4

* Actinin
* 1
* 2
* 3
* 4
* Arp2/3 complex
* actin depolymerizing factors
* Cofilin
* 1
* 2
* Destrin
* Gelsolin
* Profilin
* 1
* 2
* Titin

Other|

* Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein
* Fibrillin
* Filamin
* FLNA
* FLNB
* FLNC
* Espin
* TRIOBP

Intermediate
filaments|

| Type 1/2
(Keratin,
Cytokeratin)|

| Epithelial keratins
(soft alpha-keratins)|

* type I/chromosome 17
* 10
* 12
* 13
* 14
* 15
* 16
* 17
* 19
* 20
* chromosome 12
* 18
* none
* 21

* type II/chromosome 12
* 1
* 2A
* 3
* 4
* 5
* 6A
* 6B
* 7
* 8
* 9

|

Hair keratins
(hard alpha-keratins)|

* type I/chromosome 17
* 31
* 32
* 33A
* 33B
* 34
* 35
* 36
* 37
* 38

* type II/chromosome 12
* 81
* 82
* 83
* 84
* 85
* 86

Ungrouped alpha|

* chromosome 17
* 23
* 24
* 25
* 26
* 27
* 28
* 39
* 40

* chromosome 12
* 71
* 72
* 73
* 74
* 75
* 76
* 77
* 78
* 79
* 80

Not alpha|

* Beta-keratin

Type 3|

* Desmin
* GFAP
* Peripherin
* Vimentin

Type 4|

* Internexin
* Nestin
* Neurofilament
* NEFL
* NEFM
* NEFH
* Synemin
* Syncoilin

Type 5|

* Nuclear lamins: A/C
* B1
* B2

Microtubules
and MAPs|

| Tubulins|

* TUBA1A
* TUBA1B
* TUBA1C
* TUBA3C
* TUBA3D
* TUBA3E
* TUBA4A
* TUBA8

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Kinesins|

* KIF1A
* KIF1B
* KIF2A
* KIF2C
* KIF3B
* KIF3C
* KIF4A
* KIF4B
* KIF5A
* KIF5B
* KIF5C
* KIF6
* KIF7
* KIF9
* KIF11
* KIF12
* KIF13A
* KIF13B
* KIF14
* KIF15
* KIF16B
* KIF17
* KIF18A
* KIF18B
* KIF19
* KIF20A
* KIF20B
* KIF21A
* KIF21B
* KIF22
* KIF23
* KIF24
* KIF25
* KIF26A
* KIF26B
* KIF27
* KIFC1
* KIFC2
* KIFC3

Dyneins|

* axonemal: DNAH1
* DNAH2
* DNAH3
* DNAH5
* DNAH6
* DNAH7
* DNAH8
* DNAH9
* DNAH10
* DNAH11
* DNAH12
* DNAH13
* DNAH14
* DNAH17
* DNAI1
* DNAI2
* DNALI1
* DNAL1
* DNAL4

* cytoplasmic: DYNC1H1
* DYNC2H1
* DYNC1I1
* DYNC1I2
* DYNC1LI1
* DYNC1LI2
* DYNC2LI1
* DYNLL1
* DYNLL2
* DYNLRB1
* DYNLRB2
* DYNLT1
* DYNLT3

Other|

* Tau protein
* Dynactin
* DCTN1
* Stathmin
* Tektin
* TEKT1
* TEKT2
* TEKT3
* TEKT4
* TEKT5
* Dynamin
* DNM1
* DNM2
* DNM3

Catenins|

* Alpha catenin
* Beta catenin
* APC
* Plakoglobin (gamma catenin)
* Delta catenin
* GAN

Membrane|

* Dystrophin
* Dystroglycan
* Utrophin
* Ankyrin
* ANK1
* ANK2
* ANK3
* Spectrin
* SPTA1
* SPTAN1
* SPTB
* SPTBN1
* SPTBN2
* SPTBN4
* SPTBN5

Other|

* Plakins
* Corneodesmosin
* Desmoplakin
* Dystonin
* Envoplakin
* MACF1
* Periplakin
* Plectin
* Talin
* TLN1
* Vinculin
* Plakophilin
* PKP1
* PKP2

Nonhuman|

* Major sperm proteins
* Prokaryotic cytoskeleton
* Crescentin
* FtsZ
* MreB

See also: cytoskeletal defects
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