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A new patient-derived iPSC model for dystroglycanopathies validates a compound that increases glycosylation of α-dystroglycan

Kim, J; Lana, B; Torelli, S; Ryan, D; Catapano, F; Ala, P; Luft, C; ... Lin, Y-Y; + view all (2019) A new patient-derived iPSC model for dystroglycanopathies validates a compound that increases glycosylation of α-dystroglycan. EMBO Reports , Article e47967. 10.15252/embr.201947967. (In press). Green open access

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Abstract

Dystroglycan, an extracellular matrix receptor, has essential functions in various tissues. Loss of α‐dystroglycan‐laminin interaction due to defective glycosylation of α‐dystroglycan underlies a group of congenital muscular dystrophies often associated with brain malformations, referred to as dystroglycanopathies. The lack of isogenic human dystroglycanopathy cell models has limited our ability to test potential drugs in a human‐ and neural‐specific context. Here, we generated induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) from a severe dystroglycanopathy patient with homozygous FKRP (fukutin‐related protein gene) mutation. We showed that CRISPR/Cas9‐mediated gene correction of FKRP restored glycosylation of α‐dystroglycan in iPSC‐derived cortical neurons, whereas targeted gene mutation of FKRP in wild‐type cells disrupted this glycosylation. In parallel, we screened 31,954 small molecule compounds using a mouse myoblast line for increased glycosylation of α‐dystroglycan. Using human FKRP‐iPSC‐derived neural cells for hit validation, we demonstrated that compound 4‐(4‐bromophenyl)‐6‐ethylsulfanyl‐2‐oxo‐3,4‐dihydro‐1H‐pyridine‐5‐carbonitrile (4BPPNit) significantly augmented glycosylation of α‐dystroglycan, in part through upregulation of LARGE1 glycosyltransferase gene expression. Together, isogenic human iPSC‐derived cells represent a valuable platform for facilitating dystroglycanopathy drug discovery and therapeutic development.

Type: Article
Title: A new patient-derived iPSC model for dystroglycanopathies validates a compound that increases glycosylation of α-dystroglycan
Location: England
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.15252/embr.201947967
Publisher version: https://www.embopress.org/doi/10.15252/embr.201947...
Language: English
Additional information: This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Keywords: CRISPR; fukutin-related protein; high-throughput screening; human-induced pluripotent stem cells; a-dystroglycan
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 > Neurodegenerative Diseases
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Lab for Molecular Cell Bio MRC-UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine > Department of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine > Wolfson Inst for Biomedical Research
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Developmental Neurosciences Dept
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10083213
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