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ArticleMolecular brain2019

Modulation of mTOR and CREB pathways following mGluR5 blockade contribute to improved Huntington's pathology in zQ175 mice.

Khaled S Abd-Elrahman, Stephen S G Ferguson

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Article in Molecular brain, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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35citing papers in PubMed
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35 citing papers in PubMed, 65 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Silmitasertib, an FDA-designated orphan CK2 inhibitor, ameliorates neuropathology and motor dysfunction in a Huntington's disease mouse model.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2026
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  9. Enhanced mGluRCell death & disease · 2024
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  14. VGLUT3 Deletion Rescues Motor Deficits and Neuronal Loss in the zQ175 Mouse Model of Huntington's Disease.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2023
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  17. Dioscin-Mediated Autophagy Alleviates MPPMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 3 countries.

Khaled S Abd-ElrahmanUniversity of Ottawa Brain and Mind Institute, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K1H 8M5, Canada.
Stephen S G FergusonUniversity of Ottawa Brain and Mind Institute, University of Ottawa, 451 Smyth Road, Ottawa, Ontario, K1H 8M5, Canada. sferguso@uottawa.ca.ORCID 0000-0002-0887-7312
University of Ottawa · CA

Funding

CIHR MOP 119437
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Huntington's disease (HD) is a neurodegenerative disorder caused by a genetic abnormality in the huntingtin gene that leads to a polyglutamine repeat expansion of the huntingtin protein. The cleaved polyglutamine expansion of mutant huntingtin (mHTT) protein can form aggregates strongly correlated with HD progression. We have previously shown that the inhibition of mGluR5 using CTEP, a selective negative allosteric mGluR5 modulator, can delay disease progression and reduce in mHTT aggregates in the zQ175 mouse model of HD. This was paralleled by enhanced catalytic activity of Unc-51-like kinase 1 (ULK1), a kinase modulated by mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) and key regulator of autophagy initiation. In the present study, we show that CTEP can correct aberrant phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt/mTOR signaling detected in zQ175 mice that may underlie the enhanced ULK1 activity and activation of autophagy. We also show that CTEP can facilitate cAMP response element-binding protein (CREB)-mediated expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) to foster neuronal survival and reduce apoptosis. Taken together, our findings provide the molecular evidence for how targeting mGluR5 using a well-tolerated selective NAM can mitigate two critical mechanisms of neurodegeneration, autophagy and apoptosis.

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Signal TransductionAllosteric RegulationAnimalsBrain-Derived Neurotrophic FactorCyclic AMP Response Element-Binding ProteinHuntington DiseaseImidazolesMaleMiceMice, Mutant StrainsModels, BiologicalPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktProto-Oncogene Proteins c-fosPyridinesReceptor, Metabotropic Glutamate 52-chloro-4-((2,5-dimethyl-1-(4-(trifluoromethoxy)phenyl)-1H-imidazol-4-yl)ethynyl)pyridineBrain-Derived Neurotrophic FactorCyclic AMP Response Element-Binding ProteinImidazolesPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktProto-Oncogene Proteins c-fosPyridinesReceptor, Metabotropic Glutamate 5TOR Serine-Threonine KinasesautophagyBDNFCTEPHuntington’s diseasemGluR5mHTTmTORULK1zQ175

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PMID30961637
PMCPMC6454676
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