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Astrocyte pathology and the absence of non-cell autonomy in an induced pluripotent stem cell model of TDP-43 proteinopathy

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Serio, Andrea, Bilican, Bilada, Barmada, Sami J., Ando, Dale Michael, Zhao, Chen, Siller, Rick, Burr, Karen, Haghi, Ghazal +10 more·2013·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Abstract

Glial proliferation and activation are associated with disease progression in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal lobar dementia. In this study, we describe a unique platform to address the question of cell autonomy in tran s active response DNA-binding protein (TDP-43) proteinopathies. We generated functional astroglia from human induced pluripotent stem cells carrying an ALS-causing TDP-43 mutation and show that mutant astrocytes exhibit increased levels of TDP-43, subcellular mislocalization of TDP-43, and decreased cell survival. We then performed coculture experiments to evaluate the effects of M337V astrocytes on the survival of wild-type and M337V TDP-43 motor neurons, showing that mutant TDP-43 astrocytes do not adversely affect survival of cocultured neurons. These observations reveal a significant and previously unrecognized glial cell-autonomous pathological phenotype associated with a pathogenic mutation in TDP-43 and show that TDP-43 proteinopathies do not display an astrocyte non-cell-autonomous component in cell culture, as previously described for SOD1 ALS. This study highlights the utility of induced pluripotent stem cell-based in vitro disease models to investigate mechanisms of disease in ALS and other TDP-43 proteinopathies.

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Serio, A., Bilican, B., Barmada, S. J., Ando, D. M., Zhao, C., Siller, R., Burr, K., Haghi, G., Story, D., Nishimura, A. L., Carrasco, M. A., Phatnani, H. P., Shum, C., Wilmut, I., Maniatis, T., Shaw, C. E., Finkbeiner, S., & Chandran, S.
Affiliations
  • MRC Centre for Regenerative Medicine (GB)
  • Gladstone Institutes (US)
  • Euan MacDonald Centre for Motor Neurone Disease Research, Centre for Neuroregeneration, and Medical Research Council Centre for Regenerative Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH16 4UU, United Kingdom;
  • King's College London (GB)
  • Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032
  • Columbia University (US)
Venue
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Published
2013-02-11
Volume
110
Issue
12
Pages
4697-4702
ISSN
  • 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
  • 1091-6490
OpenAlex
W1987426179
Cited by
345
References
47
Citations by year
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FWCI
21.38
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Research Portal (King's College London) (submittedVersion)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
  • Edinburgh Research Explorer (University of Edinburgh) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Queen Mary Research Online (Queen Mary University of London) (submittedVersion)
  • Columbia Academic Commons (Columbia University)
Funders
  • Fidelity Foundation
  • Wellcome Trust (089701)
  • Motor Neurone Disease Association (Chandran/Mar10/6751)
  • National Institutes of Health
  • Medical Research Council (MC_G1000733)
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences (T32GM008568)
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (K08NS072233, DP1NS082099, R01NS039074, R01NS083390)
  • National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (8DP1NS082099-06)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Neurology › Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Pluripotent Stem Cells Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Alzheimer's disease research and treatments
Keywords
TDP-43 proteinopathy, astrocytes, cell autonomy, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, frontotemporal lobar dementia, induced pluripotent stem cells, astrocyte-neuron co-culture, motor neuron survival, TDP-43 mislocalization, glial activation, in vitro disease model
MeSH terms
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Astrocytes, Cell Line, Cell Survival, DNA-Binding Proteins, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Motor Neurons, Mutation, Coculture Techniques, Cell Proliferation, Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

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