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HTT is ubiquitously expressed, but the pathological changes caused by the mutation are most prominent in the central nervous system. Since the mutation was discovered, research has mainly focused on the mutant HTT protein. But what if the polyglutamine protein is not the only cause of the neurotoxicity? Recent studies show that the mutant RNA transcript is also involved in cellular dysfunction. Here we discuss the abnormal interaction of the mutant HTT transcript with a protein complex containing the MID1 protein. MID1 aberrantly binds to CAG repeats and this binding increases with CAG repeat length. Since MID1 is a translation regulator, association of the MID1 complex stimulates translation of mutant HTT mRNA, resulting in an overproduction of polyglutamine protein. Thus, blocking the interaction between MID1 and mutant HTT mRNA is a promising therapeutic approach. Additionally, we show that MID1 expression in the brain of both HD patients and HD mice is aberrantly increased. This finding further supports the concept of blocking the interaction between MID1 and mutant HTT mRNA to counteract mutant HTT translation as a valuable therapeutic strategy. In line, recent studies in which either compounds affecting the assembly of the MID1 complex or molecules targeting HTT RNA, show promising results.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3389\/fgene.2021.761714","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,10,1]],"date-time":"2021-10-01T03:49:57Z","timestamp":1633060197000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":18,"title":["The MID1 Protein: A Promising Therapeutic Target in Huntington\u2019s Disease"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Annika","family":"Heinz","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Judith","family":"Schilling","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Willeke","family":"van Roon-Mom","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sybille","family":"Krau\u00df","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,10,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"e38744","DOI":"10.7554\/eLife.38744","article-title":"Metformin Reverses Early Cortical Network Dysfunction and Behavior Changes in Huntington's Disease","volume":"7","author":"Arnoux","year":"2018","journal-title":"Elife"},{"key":"B2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"971","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jaci.2015.03.031","article-title":"TNF-related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand (TRAIL) Regulates Midline-1, Thymic Stromal Lymphopoietin, Inflammation, and Remodeling in Experimental Eosinophilic Esophagitis","volume":"136","author":"Collison","year":"2015","journal-title":"J. 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