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ArticleDisease models & mechanisms2024

Modulation of SNARE-dependent exocytosis in astrocytes improves neuropathology in Huntington's disease.

Annesha C King, Emily Payne, Emily Stephens, Jahmel A Fowler, Tara E Wood, Efrain Rodriguez, Michelle Gray

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  3. 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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Annesha C KingGraduate Biomedical Sciences Neuroscience Theme, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8727-2903
Emily PayneDepartment of Neurology, Center for Neurodegeneration and Experimental Therapeutics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
Emily StephensDepartment of Neurology, Center for Neurodegeneration and Experimental Therapeutics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
Jahmel A FowlerDepartment of Neurology, Center for Neurodegeneration and Experimental Therapeutics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
Tara E WoodDepartment of Neurology, Center for Neurodegeneration and Experimental Therapeutics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
Efrain RodriguezDepartment of Neurology, Center for Neurodegeneration and Experimental Therapeutics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.
Michelle GrayDepartment of Neurology, Center for Neurodegeneration and Experimental Therapeutics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0808-108X

Funding

Exploring the contribution of astrocytes to Huntington diseaseR01NS089750 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI GRAY, MICHELLE · 2015 to 2024
$4.2M
UAB Neuroscience Roadmap Scholars ProgramR25NS089463 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI LUBIN, FARAH DOMINIQUE · 2014 to 2024
$2.7M
Dixon Family FoundationNIH HHS R25NS089463NINDS NIH HHS NS089750NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS089750NINDS NIH HHS R25 NS089463University of Alabama at Birmingham
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Huntington's disease (HD) is a fatal, progressive neurodegenerative disorder. Prior studies revealed an increase in extracellular glutamate levels after evoking astrocytic SNARE-dependent exocytosis from cultured primary astrocytes from mutant huntingtin (mHTT)-expressing BACHD mice compared to control astrocytes, suggesting alterations in astrocytic SNARE-dependent exocytosis in HD. We used BACHD and dominant-negative (dn)SNARE mice to decrease SNARE-dependent exocytosis from astrocytes to determine whether reducing SNARE-dependent exocytosis from astrocytes could rescue neuropathological changes in vivo. We observed significant protection against striatal atrophy and no significant rescue of cortical atrophy in BACHD/dnSNARE mice compared to BACHD mice. Amino acid transporters are important for modulating the levels of extracellular neurotransmitters. BACHD mice had no change in GLT1 expression, decreased striatal GAT1 expression and increased levels of GAT3. There was no change in GAT1 after reducing astrocytic SNARE-dependent exocytosis, and increased GAT3 expression in BACHD mice was normalized in BACHD/dnSNARE mice. Thus, modulation of astrocytic SNARE-dependent exocytosis in BACHD mice is protective against striatal atrophy and modulates GABA transporter expression.

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AstrocytesExocytosisHuntington DiseaseSNARE ProteinsAnimalsAtrophyCorpus StriatumDisease Models, AnimalGABA Plasma Membrane Transport ProteinsHuntingtin ProteinMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, TransgenicGABA Plasma Membrane Transport ProteinsHuntingtin ProteinSNARE ProteinsAstrocytesBACHDdnSNAREHuntington's diseaseSNARE-dependent exocytosis

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PMID39526491
PMCPMC11583919

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