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Cortical Neurotoxic Astrocytes with Early ALS Pathology and miR-146a Deficit Replicate Gliosis Markers of Symptomatic SOD1G93A Mouse Model

Gomes, C; Cunha, C; Nascimento, F; Ribeiro, JA; Vaz, AR; Brites, D; (2019) Cortical Neurotoxic Astrocytes with Early ALS Pathology and miR-146a Deficit Replicate Gliosis Markers of Symptomatic SOD1G93A Mouse Model. Molecular Neurobiology , 56 (3) pp. 2137-2158. 10.1007/s12035-018-1220-8. Green open access

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Abstract

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease characterized by motor neuron (MN) loss. Recent evidences highlight astrocytes as important players in MN death, but the mechanism-based neurotoxicity is still unknown. It is also unclear whether activation of astrocytes in ALS occurs differently in the cerebral cortex and spinal cord. We investigated glial and neuronal alterations in the cortex of SOD1G93A (mSOD1) mice in pre-symptomatic and symptomatic stages. We also characterized astrocytes isolated from the cortex of 7-day-old mSOD1 mice for their aberrancy and MN-induced degenerative effects. In the early stage, we identified a reduction of cell proliferation, NF-kB expression, and of vimentin and micro(miR)-146a expression, suggesting a restrained cortical inflammatory status. However, increased NF-kB expression, cell proliferation, and gene expression of HMGB1, connexin 43 and S100B were distinctive of the symptomatic stage, together with MN loss, downregulated unfold protein response, and decreased expression of synaptic proteins, together with that of miR-125b, miR-21, miR-146a, GFAP, and glutamate transporters. Astrocytes cultured for 13 days in vitro showed comparable NF-kB expression and cell proliferation increase, as well as similar microRNA and gene/protein expression profiles (decreased miR-21, miR-146a, GLT-1 and GFAP, and upregulated HMGB1, S100B and connexin-43), thus sustaining astrocytes as the major contributors of cortical homeostasis deregulation in the symptomatic stage. These reactive astrocytes reduced neurite length and synaptophysin expression in NSC-34/hSOD1WT MN-like cells, and induced mitochondria dysfunction, PSD-95 downregulation, metalloproteinase-9 activation, and late apoptosis in NSC-34/hSOD1G93A cells. Data indicate that astrocytes in mSOD1 mice model acquire early phenotypic aberrancies and highlight downregulated miR-146a as a biomarker and drug target in ALS.

Type: Article
Title: Cortical Neurotoxic Astrocytes with Early ALS Pathology and miR-146a Deficit Replicate Gliosis Markers of Symptomatic SOD1G93A Mouse Model
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1007/s12035-018-1220-8
Publisher version: http://doi.org/10.1007/s12035-018-1220-8
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: ALS astrocytes, Cerebral cortex, Inflammatory-associated microRNAs, Motor neurons, Pre-symptomatic and symptomatic stages, Transgenic hSOD1G93A mice
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology > Department of Neuromuscular Diseases
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10069736
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