ArticleScientific reports2022
NU-9 improves health of hSOD1
Article in Scientific reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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- Proteomic analysis reveals early pathological defects in corticospinal motor neurons of a spastin model of hereditary spastic paraplegia, which are improved by NU-9 treatment.Neurobiology of disease · 2026Article
- Intravenous vs intrathecal transplantation of allogeneic GMP/GCP compliant Wharton's jelly mesenchymal stromal cells in ALS patients: a phase I study.Neurodegenerative disease management · 2026Article
- Identification of a glia-associated amyloid β oligomer subtype and the rescue from reactive astrogliosis by inhibitor NU-9.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025Article
- Carbon Nanotube Hydrogels Reveal Threshold-Dependent Regulation of Neuroblastoma Cell Growth and Maturation by Mechanical and Chemical Factors.Small science · 2025Article
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis represents corticomotoneuronal system failure.Muscle & nerve · 2025Review
- High-density multielectrode arrays bring cellular resolution to neuronal activity and network analyses of corticospinal motor neurons.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Unraveling the Genetic Landscape of Neurological Disorders: Insights into Pathogenesis, Techniques for Variant Identification, and Therapeutic Approaches.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Small molecules targeting different cellular pathologies for the treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.Medicinal research reviews · 2023Review
- Comparing therapeutic modulators of the SOD1 G93A Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis mouse pathophysiology.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Article
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Abstract
Even though amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a disease of the upper and lower motor neurons, to date none of the compounds in clinical trials have been tested for improving the health of diseased upper motor neurons (UMNs). There is an urgent need to develop preclinical assays that include UMN health as a readout. Since ALS is a complex disease, combinatorial treatment strategies will be required to address the mechanisms perturbed in patients. Here, we describe a novel in vitro platform that takes advantage of an UMN reporter line in which UMNs are genetically labeled with fluorescence and have misfolded SOD1 toxicity. We report that NU-9, an analog of the cyclohexane-1,3-dione family of compounds, improves the health of UMNs with misfolded SOD1 toxicity more effectively than riluzole or edaravone, -the only two FDA-approved ALS drugs to date-. Interestingly, when NU-9 is applied in combination with riluzole or edaravone, there is an additive effect on UMN health, as they extend longer axons and display enhanced branching and arborization, two important characteristics of healthy UMNs in vitro.
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