Genome-wide RNA-seq and proteomic analysis of motor neurons indicates selective cytoskeletal perturbation in Brown-Vialetto disease, partially rescued by riboflavin
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2017
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Genome-wide RNA-seq and proteomic analysis of motor neurons indicates selective cytoskeletal perturbation in Brown-Vialetto disease, partially rescued by riboflavin / F. Rizzo, A. Ramirez, C. Compagnucci, S. Salani, V. Melzi, A. Bordoni, F. Fortunato, N. Bresolin, G.P. Comi, E. Bertini, M. Nizzardo, S. Corti. - In: SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. - ISSN 2045-2322. - 7(2017 Apr), pp. 46271.1-46271.13. [10.1038/srep46271]
Abstract:
Riboflavin is essential in numerous cellular oxidation/reduction reactions but is not synthesized by mammalian cells. Riboflavin absorption occurs through the human riboflavin transporters RFVT1 and RFVT3 in the intestine and RFVT2 in the brain. Mutations in these genes are causative for the Brown-Vialetto-Van Laere (BVVL), childhood-onset syndrome characterized by a variety of cranial nerve palsies as well as by spinal cord motor neuron (MN) degeneration. Why mutations in RFVTs result in a neural cell-selective disorder is unclear. As a novel tool to gain insights into the pathomechanisms underlying the disease, we generated MNs from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) derived from BVVL patients as an in vitro disease model. BVVL-MNs explained a reduction in axon elongation, partially improved by riboflavin supplementation. RNA sequencing profiles and protein studies of the cytoskeletal structures showed a perturbation in the neurofilament composition in BVVL-MNs. Furthermore, exploring the autophagy-lysosome pathway, we observed a reduced autophagic/mitophagic flux in patient MNs. These features represent emerging pathogenetic mechanisms in BVVL-Associated neurodegeneration, partially rescued by riboflavin supplementation. Our data showed that this therapeutic strategy could have some limits in rescuing all of the disease features, suggesting the need to develop complementary novel therapeutic strategies.
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F. Rizzo, A. Ramirez, C. Compagnucci, S. Salani, V. Melzi, A. Bordoni, F. Fortunato, N. Bresolin, G.P. Comi, E. Bertini, M. Nizzardo, S. Corti
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