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HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS
卷 23, 期 12, 页码 3147-3156出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddu024
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- Spanish Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad [BFU2011-29089, BFU2011-29286, BFU2011-30554]
- Junta de Andalucia [BIO122, CVI 2487, P07-CVI-02686]
- European Community [n1 201714]
- CIBER de Diabetes y Enfermedades Metabolicas Asociadas (ISCIII, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion)
- Human Frontiers Science Program [RGP0027/2011]
- Fundacion Ramon Areces [CIVP16A1862]
Lafora disease is a fatal neurodegenerative condition characterized by the accumulation of abnormal glycogen inclusions known as Lafora bodies. It is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by mutations in either the laforin or malin gene. To study whether glycogen is primarily responsible for the neurodegeneration in Lafora disease, we generated malin knockout mice with impaired (totally or partially) glycogen synthesis. These animals did not show the increase in markers of neurodegeneration, the impairments in electrophysiological properties of hippocampal synapses, nor the susceptibility to kainate-induced epilepsy seen in the malin knockout model. Interestingly, the autophagy impairment that has been described in malin knockout animals was also rescued in this double knockout model. Conversely, two other mouse models in which glycogen is over-accumulated in the brain independently of the lack of malin showed impairment in autophagy. Our findings reveal that glycogen accumulation accounts for the neurodegeneration and functional consequences seen in the malin knockout model, as well as the impaired autophagy. These results identify the regulation of glycogen synthesis as a key target for the treatment of Lafora disease.
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