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ArticleMolecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy2024

ASOs are an effective treatment for disease-associated oligodendrocyte signatures in premanifest and symptomatic SCA3 mice.

Kristen H Schuster, Annie J Zalon, Danielle M DiFranco, Alexandra F Putka, Nicholas R Stec, Sabrina I Jarrah, Arsal Naeem, Zaid Haque, Hanrui Zhang, Yuanfang Guan and 1 more

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Article in Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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16 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kristen H SchusterDepartment of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Annie J ZalonDepartment of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Danielle M DiFrancoDepartment of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Alexandra F PutkaDepartment of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Nicholas R StecDepartment of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Sabrina I JarrahDepartment of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Arsal NaeemDepartment of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Zaid HaqueDepartment of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Hanrui ZhangDepartment of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Yuanfang GuanDepartment of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
Hayley S McLoughlinDepartment of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. Electronic address: hayleymc@med.umich.edu.
University of Michigan · US

Funding

Machine Learning for Drug Response PredictionR35GM133346 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Yuanfang Guan · 2019 to 2026
$3.2M
Nonneuronal Mechanisms of Polyglutamine NeurodegenerationR01NS122751 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI MCLOUGHLIN, HAYLEY S · 2021 to 2025
$2.2M
Preclinical Development of Antisense Oligonucleotide Therapy for Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 3U01NS106670 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI MCLOUGHLIN, HAYLEY SARAH, PAULSON, HENRY L · 2018 to 2021
$2.1M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM133346NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS122751NINDS NIH HHS U01 NS106670
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (SCA3) is the most common dominantly inherited ataxia. Currently, no preventive or disease-modifying treatments exist for this progressive neurodegenerative disorder, although efforts using gene silencing approaches are under clinical trial investigation. The disease is caused by a CAG repeat expansion in the mutant gene, ATXN3, producing an enlarged polyglutamine tract in the mutant protein. Similar to other paradigmatic neurodegenerative diseases, studies evaluating the pathogenic mechanism focus primarily on neuronal implications. Consequently, therapeutic interventions often overlook non-neuronal contributions to disease. Our lab recently reported that oligodendrocytes display some of the earliest and most progressive dysfunction in SCA3 mice. Evidence of disease-associated oligodendrocyte signatures has also been reported in other neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and Huntington's disease. Here, we assess the effects of anti-ATXN3 antisense oligonucleotide (ASO) treatment on oligodendrocyte dysfunction in premanifest and symptomatic SCA3 mice. We report a severe, but modifiable, deficit in oligodendrocyte maturation caused by the toxic gain-of-function of mutant ATXN3 early in SCA3 disease that is transcriptionally, biochemically, and functionally rescued with anti-ATXN3 ASO. Our results highlight the promising use of an ASO therapy across neurodegenerative diseases that requires glial targeting in addition to affected neuronal populations.

Indexed as

Ataxin-3Disease Models, AnimalMachado-Joseph DiseaseOligodendrogliaOligonucleotides, AntisenseAnimalsHumansMiceMice, TransgenicRepressor ProteinsAtaxin-3Atxn3 protein, mouseOligonucleotides, AntisenseRepressor Proteinsantisense oligonucleotideataxiaMachado-Joseph diseasemyelinationoligodendrocytepolyglutaminespinocerebellar ataxia type 3

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PMID38429929
PMCPMC11081874
OpenAlexW4392284303

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