Mechanistic Insights of Astrocyte-Mediated Hyperactive Autophagy and Loss of Motor Neuron Function in SOD1L39R Linked Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.

Molecular Neurobiology
Chetan Singh RajpurohitAditya Bhushan Pant

Abstract

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disorder with no cure. The reports showed the role of nearby astrocytes around the motor neurons as one among the causes of the disease. However, the exact mechanistic insights are not explored so far. Thus, in the present investigations, we employed the induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) of Cu/Zn-SOD1L39R linked ALS patient to convert them into the motor neurons (MNs) and astrocytes. We report that the higher expression of stress granule (SG) marker protein G3BP1, and its co-localization with the mutated Cu/Zn-SOD1L39R protein in patient's MNs and astrocytes are linked with AIF1-mediated upregulation of caspase 3/7 and hyper activated autophagy. We also observe the astrocyte-mediated non-cell autonomous neurotoxicity on MNs in ALS. The secretome of the patient's iPSC-derived astrocytes exerts significant oxidative stress in MNs. The findings suggest the hyperactive status of autophagy in MNs, as witnessed by the co-distribution of LAMP1, P62 and LC3 I/II with the autolysosomes. Conversely, the secretome of normal astrocytes has shown neuroprotection in patient's iPSC-derived MNs. The whole-cell patch-clamp assay confirms our findings at a physiological functi...Continue Reading

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BETA
FACS
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JACoP
ImageJ
excel
GraphPad Prism
NIH Image
pClamp

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