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ArticleNature communications2025

Integrated stress response inhibition prolongs the lifespan of a Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease mouse model by increasing oligodendrocyte survival.

Yanan Chen, Rejani B Kunjamma, Karin Lin, Li Kai, Maria Dima, Kody Bruce, Ian Steckler, Young Hyun Che, Jason Chan-Zervas, Jaime Eugenin von Bernhardi and 6 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Distinct cell type-specific mechanisms underlie cognitive dysfunction during persistent integrated stress response activation.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

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16 authors.

Yanan Chen *Department of Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA. ychen55@luc.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5510-231X
Rejani B Kunjamma *Department of Neurology, Division of Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroimmunology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
Karin LinCalico Life Sciences LLC, South San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2789-2996
Li KaiDepartment of Neurology, Division of Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroimmunology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
Maria DimaDepartment of Neurology, Division of Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroimmunology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.
Kody BruceDepartment of Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0001-0601-4687
Ian StecklerDepartment of Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Young Hyun CheDepartment of Neurology, Division of Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroimmunology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0355-4055
Jason Chan-ZervasDepartment of Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Jaime Eugenin von BernhardiSolomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Caitlin ConnellyDepartment of Integrative Biology, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Sude EceDepartment of Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Grace NewellDepartment of Biology, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0002-7859-1456
Dwight E BerglesSolomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7133-7378
Carmela SidrauskiCalico Life Sciences LLC, South San Francisco, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4850-3112
Brian PopkoDepartment of Neurology, Division of Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroimmunology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA. brian.popko@northwestern.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9948-2553

Funding

Tumor Environment and Metastasis (TEAM) Research ProgramP30CA060553 · NCI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI Devalingam Mahalingam · 1993 to 2026
$153.9M
Targeting the integrated stress response to protect oligodendrocyte lineage cells - Resubmission 01R01NS034939 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI POPKO, BRIAN J · 1997 to 2024
$7.5M
CNS Demyelination: Initiation, Protection, and CorrectionR35NS137478 · NINDS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI Brian J Popko · 2024 to 2026
$3.1M
National Multiple Sclerosis Society (National MS Society) TA-2008-37043NCI NIH HHS P30 CA060553NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS034939NINDS NIH HHS R35 NS137478U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) 1R35NS137478U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) 5R01NS034939
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The leukodystrophy Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease (PMD) is caused by myelin protein proteolipid protein gene (PLP1) mutations. PMD is characterized by oligodendrocyte death and CNS hypomyelination; thus, increasing oligodendrocyte survival and enhancing myelination could provide therapeutic benefit. Here, we use the PMD mouse model Jimpy to determine the impact of the integrated stress response (ISR) on the oligodendrocyte response to mutant PLP expression. Male Jimpy animals in which the ISR-triggering eukaryotic initiation factor (eIF) 2α kinase, protein kinase-like endoplasmic reticulum kinase (PERK), is inactivated have an extended lifespan that correlates with increased oligodendrocyte survival and enhanced CNS myelination. Inactivation of downstream components of the ISR pathway, in contrast, does not rescue oligodendrocytes or myelin. Phosphorylated eIF2α inhibits the exchange factor eIF2B, resulting in diminished protein synthesis. Treatment with small molecule eIF2B activators 2BAct and ISRIB increases oligodendrocyte survival, CNS myelination, and doubled the Jimpy lifespan. These results suggest that ISR modulation could provide therapeutic benefit to PMD patients.

Indexed as

OligodendrogliaPelizaeus-Merzbacher DiseaseStress, PhysiologicalAnimalsCell SurvivalDisease Models, AnimaleIF-2 KinaseEukaryotic Initiation Factor-2Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-2BHumansLongevityMaleMiceMyelin Proteolipid ProteinMyelin SheathPhosphorylationeIF-2 KinaseEukaryotic Initiation Factor-2Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-2BMyelin Proteolipid ProteinPlp1 protein, mouse

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PMCPMC12868624

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