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Ataxin-3 protein aggregates have previously been reported to contain both full-length ataxin-3 protein and shorter protein fragments, highlighting proteolytic cleavage as a pathogenic mechanism. Calpains, calcium-activated proteases, have been reported to cleave ataxin-3 and have been implicated in MJD pathogenesis. This study aimed to explore whether calpain proteases were overactive at early, pathogenesis-relevant timepoints in male transgenic CMVMJD135 mice modelling MJD and identify the timepoint of calpain overactivation through obtaining longitudinal plasma samples. We detected increased levels of cleaved \u03b1II-spectrin in plasma from MJD mice as early as 12\u00a0weeks of age, shortly after the onset of neurological symptoms. Cerebellar and brainstem tissue from 15-week-old mice was immunoblotted, revealing a trend towards increased levels of calpain 1, and increased cleavage of calpain substrates such as \u03b1II-spectrin, beclin-1 and TAR DNA binding protein 43 (TDP-43) within the cerebellum. Further, we found that short-term treatment of male MJD mice (from 10 to 12\u00a0weeks of age) with the calpain inhibitor compound calpeptin yielded improvements in neurological symptoms and reduced the presence of cleaved \u03b1II-spectrin in plasma and cerebellum tissue when compared to vehicle treated MJD males. 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