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ArticleEMBO molecular medicine2026

Anle138b ameliorates pathological phenotypes in mouse and cellular models of Huntington's disease.

Miguel da Silva Padilha, Seda Koyuncu, Evangeline Chabanis, Sergey Ryazanov, Andrei Leonov, David Vilchez, Rüdiger Klein, Armin Giese, Christian Griesinger, Irina Dudanova

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Article in EMBO molecular medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Miguel da Silva PadilhaCenter for Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8141-7163
Seda KoyuncuCologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Evangeline ChabanisCenter for Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
Sergey RyazanovDepartment of NMR Based Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute of Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen, Germany.
Andrei LeonovDepartment of NMR Based Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute of Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5586-9382
David VilchezCologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0801-0743
Rüdiger KleinDepartment of Molecules - Signaling - Development, Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence, Martinsried, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3109-0163
Armin GieseMODAG GmbH, Wendelsheim, Germany.
Christian GriesingerDepartment of NMR Based Structural Biology, Max Planck Institute of Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1266-4344
Irina DudanovaCenter for Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany. irina.dudanova@uni-wuerzburg.de.ORCID 0000-0003-1052-8485

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) EXC 2030-390661388Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) EXC 2067/1-390729940Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) FOR5762 project number 531902955Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) SFB1451 project number 431549029Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) SPP2453 project number 541742535
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Abstract

Huntington's disease (HD) is a hereditary movement disorder caused by a CAG repeat expansion in the huntingtin gene. HD is characterized by deposition of mutant huntingtin (mHTT) aggregates, and by severe neurodegeneration of the basal ganglia and neocortex. No cure is currently available, and new treatment options are urgently needed. Here, we show that the oligomer modifying molecule anle138b (INN: emrusolmin) improves multiple disease phenotypes in cell culture and in two mouse models of HD. Application of anle138b reduced mHTT aggregate formation and ameliorated neurotoxicity in primary neurons. Oral administration of anle138b delayed deposition of mHTT inclusions, reduced brain atrophy, mitigated neuroinflammation and transcriptional alterations, improved motor function and extended life span in HD mice. Downregulation of striatal markers and synapse loss in striatal spiny projection neurons were also partially rescued. No adverse effects of anle138b were observed in wildtype animals. Moreover, anle138b markedly decreased mHTT aggregation in human neural precursor cells differentiated from HD patient-derived induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). Altogether these results illustrate the potential of anle138b as a disease-modifying treatment for HD.

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Huntington DiseaseAnimalsBrainCells, CulturedDisease Models, AnimalHumansHuntingtin ProteinMiceNerve Tissue ProteinsNeuronsPhenotypeHuntingtin ProteinNerve Tissue Proteins

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PMCPMC13365221

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