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ArticleScientific reports2019

Multiparametric rapid screening of neuronal process pathology for drug target identification in HSP patient-specific neurons.

Kristina Rehbach, Jaideep Kesavan, Stefan Hauser, Swetlana Ritzenhofen, Johannes Jungverdorben, Rebecca Schüle, Ludger Schöls, Michael Peitz, Oliver Brüstle

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Article in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Kristina RehbachInstitute of Reconstructive Neurobiology, University of Bonn School of Medicine & University Hospital Bonn, 53127, Bonn, Germany.
Jaideep KesavanInstitute of Reconstructive Neurobiology, University of Bonn School of Medicine & University Hospital Bonn, 53127, Bonn, Germany.
Stefan HauserGerman Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), 72076, Tübingen, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1022-7482
Swetlana RitzenhofenInstitute of Reconstructive Neurobiology, University of Bonn School of Medicine & University Hospital Bonn, 53127, Bonn, Germany.
Johannes JungverdorbenInstitute of Reconstructive Neurobiology, University of Bonn School of Medicine & University Hospital Bonn, 53127, Bonn, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7227-1139
Rebecca SchüleGerman Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), 72076, Tübingen, Germany.
Ludger SchölsGerman Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), 72076, Tübingen, Germany.
Michael PeitzInstitute of Reconstructive Neurobiology, University of Bonn School of Medicine & University Hospital Bonn, 53127, Bonn, Germany.
Oliver BrüstleInstitute of Reconstructive Neurobiology, University of Bonn School of Medicine & University Hospital Bonn, 53127, Bonn, Germany. brustle@uni-bonn.de.
University of Bonn · DEGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases · DEMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Axonal degeneration is a key pathology of neurodegenerative diseases, including hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP), a disorder characterized by spasticity in the lower limbs. Treatments for HSP and other neurodegenerative diseases are mainly symptomatic. While iPSC-derived neurons are valuable for drug discovery and target identification, these applications require robust differentiation paradigms and rapid phenotypic read-outs ranging between hours and a few days. Using spastic paraplegia type 4 (SPG4, the most frequent HSP subtype) as an exemplar, we here present three rapid phenotypic assays for uncovering neuronal process pathologies in iPSC-derived glutamatergic cortical neurons. Specifically, these assays detected a 51% reduction in neurite outgrowth and a 60% increase in growth cone area already 24 hours after plating; axonal swellings, a hallmark of HSP pathology, was discernible after only 5 days. Remarkably, the identified phenotypes were neuron subtype-specific and not detectable in SPG4-derived GABAergic forebrain neurons. We transferred all three phenotypic assays to a 96-well setup, applied small molecules and found that a liver X receptor (LXR) agonist rescued all three phenotypes in HSP neurons, providing a potential drug target for HSP treatment. We expect this multiparametric and rapid phenotyping approach to accelerate development of therapeutic compounds for HSP and other neurodegenerative diseases.

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BiomarkersCell DifferentiationCells, CulturedDrug DiscoveryDrug Evaluation, PreclinicalHaploinsufficiencyHumansInduced Pluripotent Stem CellsNeural Stem CellsNeuronal OutgrowthNeuronsPhenotypeSpastic Paraplegia, HereditarySpastinBiomarkersSpastinSPAST protein, human

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PMCPMC6610147
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