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ArticleBMC neuroscience2022

Human iPSC-derived neural stem cells with ALDH5A1 mutation as a model of succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase deficiency.

Xiaodan Chen, Minzhi Peng, Yanna Cai, Chengcheng Zhou, Li Liu

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Article in BMC neuroscience, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Xiaodan ChenDepartment of Genetics and Endocrinology, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.
Minzhi PengDepartment of Genetics and Endocrinology, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.
Yanna CaiDepartment of Genetics and Endocrinology, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.
Chengcheng ZhouDepartment of Genetics and Endocrinology, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.
Li LiuDepartment of Genetics and Endocrinology, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China. liliuchina@qq.com.
Guangzhou Medical University · CN

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Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center YIP-2019-003
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSuccinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase deficiency (SSADH-D) is an autosomal recessive gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) metabolism disorder that can arise due to ALDH5A1 mutations, resulting in severe, progressive, untreatable neurodegeneration. SSADH-D is primarily studied using simplified models, such as HEK293 cells overexpressing genes of interest, but such overexpression can result in protein aggregation or pathway saturation that may not be representative of actual underlying disease phenotypes.

methodsWe used a CRISPR/Cas9 approach to generate human iPSC cell lines bearing ALDH5A1 mutations. Through screening, two different mutant cell lines, NM_001080.3: c.727_735del (p.L243_S245del) and NM_001080.3: c.730_738del (p.A244_Q246del), were obtained. We induced iPSCs to neural stem cells and analyzed the characteristics of ALDH5A1 mutations in stem cells.

resultsThe human iPSC and NSC cell lines presented typical stem cell-like morphology. We found changes in ALDH5A1 expression and GABA accumulation in the different cell lines. In addition, by analyzing the cDNA between the wild-type and the mutant cell lines, we found that the mutant cell lines had a splicing variant.

conclusionsiPSCs represent a promising in vitro model for SSADH-D that can be used to study early central nervous system developmental alterations and pathogenic mechanisms.

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Induced Pluripotent Stem CellsNeural Stem CellsAmino Acid Metabolism, Inborn ErrorsChildDevelopmental Disabilitiesgamma-Aminobutyric AcidHEK293 CellsHumansMutationSuccinate-Semialdehyde DehydrogenaseALDH5A1 protein, humangamma-Aminobutyric AcidSuccinate-Semialdehyde DehydrogenaseCRISPR/Cas9Human induced pluripotent stem cellsNeural stem cellsSSADH-D

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