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ArticleBrain : a journal of neurology2015

Neuron-specific antioxidant OXR1 extends survival of a mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Kevin X Liu, Benjamin Edwards, Sheena Lee, Mattéa J Finelli, Ben Davies, Kay E Davies, Peter L Oliver

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Article in Brain : a journal of neurology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers.

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47 citing papers in PubMed, 87 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Kevin X Liu1 Medical Research Council Functional Genomics Unit, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QX, UK.
Benjamin Edwards1 Medical Research Council Functional Genomics Unit, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QX, UK.
Sheena Lee1 Medical Research Council Functional Genomics Unit, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QX, UK.
Mattéa J Finelli1 Medical Research Council Functional Genomics Unit, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QX, UK.
Ben Davies2 Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK.
Kay E Davies1 Medical Research Council Functional Genomics Unit, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QX, UK peter.oliver@dpag.ox.ac.uk kay.davies@dpag.ox.ac.uk.
Peter L Oliver1 Medical Research Council Functional Genomics Unit, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QX, UK peter.oliver@dpag.ox.ac.uk kay.davies@dpag.ox.ac.uk.
Medical Research Council · GBUniversity of Oxford · GBCentre for Human Genetics · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_UU_12021/2Wellcome Trust 090532Wellcome Trust 090532/Z/09/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a devastating neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the progressive loss of spinal motor neurons. While the aetiological mechanisms underlying the disease remain poorly understood, oxidative stress is a central component of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and contributes to motor neuron injury. Recently, oxidation resistance 1 (OXR1) has emerged as a critical regulator of neuronal survival in response to oxidative stress, and is upregulated in the spinal cord of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Here, we tested the hypothesis that OXR1 is a key neuroprotective factor during amyotrophic lateral sclerosis pathogenesis by crossing a new transgenic mouse line that overexpresses OXR1 in neurons with the SOD1(G93A) mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Interestingly, we report that overexpression of OXR1 significantly extends survival, improves motor deficits, and delays pathology in the spinal cord and in muscles of SOD1(G93A) mice. Furthermore, we find that overexpression of OXR1 in neurons significantly delays non-cell-autonomous neuroinflammatory response, classic complement system activation, and STAT3 activation through transcriptomic analysis of spinal cords of SOD1(G93A) mice. Taken together, these data identify OXR1 as the first neuron-specific antioxidant modulator of pathogenesis and disease progression in SOD1-mediated amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and suggest that OXR1 may serve as a novel target for future therapeutic strategies.

Indexed as

Amyotrophic Lateral SclerosisAnimalsAntioxidantsCell SurvivalDisease Models, AnimalDisease ProgressionMice, Inbred C57BLMice, TransgenicMitochondrial ProteinsMotor NeuronsNuclear ProteinsOxidative StressAntioxidantsMitochondrial ProteinsNuclear ProteinsOxr1 protein, mouseALSinflammationmotor neuron diseaseneurodegenerationoxidative stress

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PMID25753484
PMCPMC4407188
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