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MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY
卷 26, 期 9, 页码 5441-5463出版社
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DOI: 10.1038/s41380-020-0787-4
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- Fonds de Recherche du Quebec en Sante (FRQS)
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
- Desjardins scholarships from the Fondation du CHU de Quebec
- FRQS
Huntington's disease is a monogenic neurodegenerative disorder caused by a mutation in the huntingtin gene, with evidence suggesting that the mutant huntingtin protein (mHTT) can spread through the bloodstream and induce pathology. Through a parabiosis approach, it was observed that mHTT can propagate and cause pathological changes in normal mice, while healthy blood can attenuate pathology. These findings have implications for the development of therapies for HD.
Huntington's disease (HD) is a monogenic neurodegenerative disorder resulting from a mutation in the huntingtin gene. This leads to the expression of the mutant huntingtin protein (mHTT) which provokes pathological changes in both the central nervous system (CNS) and periphery. Accumulating evidence suggests that mHTT can spread between cells of the CNS but here, we explored the possibility that mHTT could also propagate and cause pathology via the bloodstream. For this, we used a parabiosis approach to join the circulatory systems of wild-type (WT) and zQ175 mice. After surgery, we observed mHTT in the plasma and circulating blood cells of WT mice and post-mortem analyses revealed the presence of mHTT aggregates in several organs including the liver, kidney, muscle and brain. The presence of mHTT in the brain was accompanied by vascular abnormalities, such as a reduction of Collagen IV signal intensity and altered vessel diameter in the striatum, and changes in expression of Glutamic acid decarboxylase 65/67 (GAD65-67) in the cortex. Conversely, we measured reduced pathology in zQ175 mice by decreased mitochondrial impairments in peripheral organs, restored vessel diameter in the cortex and improved expression of Dopamine- and cAMP-regulated phosphoprotein 32 (DARPP32) in striatal neurons. Collectively, these results demonstrate that circulating mHTT can disseminate disease, but importantly, that healthy blood can dilute pathology. These findings have significant implications for the development of therapies in HD.
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