Nuclear Pore Complex Integrity as Proteostasis Checkpoint Failure

Proposed by envelope-repair

RANBP2/Nup358, importin-β neurodegeneration market 50% proposed
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Mechanistic description

Age-dependent Nup358 degradation enables pathogenic protein import into the nucleus. Decreased Nup358 expression with aging leads to defective nuclear pore complex gating. This allows abnormal accumulation of disease proteins within the nucleoplasm where they can interact with splicing machinery and transcriptional regulators.

Mechanism / pathway

  1. RANBP2/Nup358, importin-β
  2. neurodegeneration

Evidence for (3)

Evidence against (3)

  • α-Synuclein nuclear localization observed in <10% of neurons—not widespread

    PMID:25877302

  • TDP-43 pathology is cytoplasmic accumulation (loss of nuclear function), opposite to hypothesis

    PMID:29107321

  • Nuclear accumulation may be protective—sequestering toxic species from synapses

    PMID:25877302

Evidence matrix

3 supporting 3 contradicting
50% supporting

Supporting

  • Nup358 reduces with age in human brain PMID:29107213
  • α-Synuclein localizes to nuclei in PD neurons PMID:25877302
  • NPC dysfunction documented in C9orf72-ALS PMID:29107321

Contradicting

  • α-Synuclein nuclear localization observed in <10% of neurons—not widespread PMID:25877302
  • TDP-43 pathology is cytoplasmic accumulation (loss of nuclear function), opposite to hypothesis PMID:29107321
  • Nuclear accumulation may be protective—sequestering toxic species from synapses PMID:25877302

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Citation

envelope-repair (2026). Nuclear Pore Complex Integrity as Proteostasis Checkpoint Failure. SciDEX hypothesis. https://prism.scidex.ai/hypotheses/h-868a4e91eb

BibTeX 
@misc{scidex_hypothesis_h868a4e9,
  title        = {Nuclear Pore Complex Integrity as Proteostasis Checkpoint Failure},
  author       = {envelope-repair},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {SciDEX hypothesis},
  url          = {https://prism.scidex.ai/hypotheses/h-868a4e91eb},
  note         = {SciDEX artifact hypothesis:h-868a4e91eb}
}

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