論文

査読有り 国際誌
2020年2月19日

Unveiling synapse pathology in spinal bulbar muscular atrophy by genome-wide transcriptome analysis of purified motor neurons derived from disease specific iPSCs.

Molecular brain
  • Kazunari Onodera
  • Daisuke Shimojo
  • Yasuharu Ishihara
  • Masato Yano
  • Fuyuki Miya
  • Haruhiko Banno
  • Naoko Kuzumaki
  • Takuji Ito
  • Rina Okada
  • Bruno de Araújo Herculano
  • Manabu Ohyama
  • Mari Yoshida
  • Tatsuhiko Tsunoda
  • Masahisa Katsuno
  • Manabu Doyu
  • Gen Sobue
  • Hideyuki Okano
  • Yohei Okada
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記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.1186/s13041-020-0561-1

Spinal bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) is an adult-onset, slowly progressive motor neuron disease caused by abnormal CAG repeat expansion in the androgen receptor (AR) gene. Although ligand (testosterone)-dependent mutant AR aggregation has been shown to play important roles in motor neuronal degeneration by the analyses of transgenic mice models and in vitro cell culture models, the underlying disease mechanisms remain to be fully elucidated because of the discrepancy between model mice and SBMA patients. Thus, novel human disease models that recapitulate SBMA patients' pathology more accurately are required for more precise pathophysiological analysis and the development of novel therapeutics. Here, we established disease specific iPSCs from four SBMA patients, and differentiated them into spinal motor neurons. To investigate motor neuron specific pathology, we purified iPSC-derived motor neurons using flow cytometry and cell sorting based on the motor neuron specific reporter, HB9e438::Venus, and proceeded to the genome-wide transcriptome analysis by RNA sequences. The results revealed the involvement of the pathology associated with synapses, epigenetics, and endoplasmic reticulum (ER) in SBMA. Notably, we demonstrated the involvement of the neuromuscular synapse via significant upregulation of Synaptotagmin, R-Spondin2 (RSPO2), and WNT ligands in motor neurons derived from SBMA patients, which are known to be associated with neuromuscular junction (NMJ) formation and acetylcholine receptor (AChR) clustering. These aberrant gene expression in neuromuscular synapses might represent a novel therapeutic target for SBMA.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13041-020-0561-1
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32070397
PubMed Central
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7029484
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1186/s13041-020-0561-1
  • PubMed ID : 32070397
  • PubMed Central 記事ID : PMC7029484

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