Felix Ehret, Eilís Perez, Daniel Teichmann, Sandra Meier, Carola Geiler, Cosmas Zeus, Helene Franke, Siyer Roohani, David Wasilewski, Julia Onken, Peter Vajkoczy, Leonille Schweizer, David Kaul, David Capper
{"title":"Correction: Clinical implications of DNA methylation-based integrated classification of histologically defined grade 2 meningiomas.","authors":"Felix Ehret, Eilís Perez, Daniel Teichmann, Sandra Meier, Carola Geiler, Cosmas Zeus, Helene Franke, Siyer Roohani, David Wasilewski, Julia Onken, Peter Vajkoczy, Leonille Schweizer, David Kaul, David Capper","doi":"10.1186/s40478-024-01801-3","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40478-024-01801-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":6914,"journal":{"name":"Acta Neuropathologica Communications","volume":"12 1","pages":"96"},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2024-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11179204/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141320423","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Raquel Alsina, Marta Riba, Agnès Pérez-Millan, Sergi Borrego-Écija, Iban Aldecoa, Clara Romera, Mircea Balasa, Anna Antonell, Albert Lladó, Yaroslau Compta, Jaume Del Valle, Raquel Sánchez-Valle, Carme Pelegrí, Laura Molina-Porcel, Jordi Vilaplana
{"title":"Increase in wasteosomes (corpora amylacea) in frontotemporal lobar degeneration with specific detection of tau, TDP-43 and FUS pathology.","authors":"Raquel Alsina, Marta Riba, Agnès Pérez-Millan, Sergi Borrego-Écija, Iban Aldecoa, Clara Romera, Mircea Balasa, Anna Antonell, Albert Lladó, Yaroslau Compta, Jaume Del Valle, Raquel Sánchez-Valle, Carme Pelegrí, Laura Molina-Porcel, Jordi Vilaplana","doi":"10.1186/s40478-024-01812-0","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40478-024-01812-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Wasteosomes (or corpora amylacea) are polyglucosan bodies that appear in the human brain with aging and in some neurodegenerative diseases, and have been suggested to have a potential role in a nervous system cleaning mechanism. Despite previous studies in several neurodegenerative disorders, their status in frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) remains unexplored. Our study aims to characterize wasteosomes in the three primary FTLD proteinopathies, assessing frequency, distribution, protein detection, and association with aging or disease duration. Wasteosome scores were obtained in various brain regions from 124 post-mortem diagnosed sporadic FTLD patients, including 75 participants with tau (FTLD-tau), 42 with TAR DNA-binding protein 43 (FTLD-TDP), and 7 with Fused in Sarcoma (FTLD-FUS) proteinopathies, along with 29 control subjects. The wasteosome amount in each brain region for the different FLTD patients was assessed with a permutation test with age at death and sex as covariables, and multiple regressions explored associations with age at death and disease duration. Double immunofluorescence studies examined altered proteins linked to FTLD in wasteosomes. FTLD patients showed a higher accumulation of wasteosomes than control subjects, especially those with FTLD-FUS. Unlike FTLD-TDP and control subjects, wasteosome accumulation did not increase with age in FTLD-tau and FTLD-FUS. Cases with shorter disease duration in FTLD-tau and FTLD-FUS seemed to exhibit higher wasteosome quantities, whereas FTLD-TDP appeared to show an increase with disease progression. Immunofluorescence studies revealed the presence of tau and phosphorylated-TDP-43 in the periphery of isolated wasteosomes in some patients with FTLD-tau and FTLD-TDP, respectively. Central inclusions of FUS were observed in a higher number of wasteosomes in FTLD-FUS patients. These findings suggest a role of wasteosomes in FTLD, especially in the more aggressive forms of FLTD-FUS. Detecting these proteins, particularly FUS, in wasteosomes from cerebrospinal fluid could be a potential biomarker for FTLD.</p>","PeriodicalId":6914,"journal":{"name":"Acta Neuropathologica Communications","volume":"12 1","pages":"97"},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2024-06-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11179228/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141327094","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ege Ülgen, Umut Gerlevik, Sıla Gerlevik, Yavuz Oktay, Osman Uğur Sezerman, Şevin Turcan, Koray Ozduman
{"title":"A microdeletion event at 19q13.43 in IDH-mutant astrocytomas is strongly correlated with MYC overexpression.","authors":"Ege Ülgen, Umut Gerlevik, Sıla Gerlevik, Yavuz Oktay, Osman Uğur Sezerman, Şevin Turcan, Koray Ozduman","doi":"10.1186/s40478-024-01811-1","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40478-024-01811-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>MYC dysregulation is pivotal in the onset and progression of IDH-mutant gliomas, mostly driven by copy-number alterations, regulatory element alterations, or epigenetic changes. Our pilot analysis uncovered instances of relative MYC overexpression without alterations in the proximal MYC network (PMN), prompting a deeper investigation into potential novel oncogenic mechanisms. Analysing comprehensive genomics profiles of 236 \"IDH-mutant 1p/19q non-co-deleted\" lower-grade gliomas from The Cancer Genome Atlas, we identified somatic genomic alterations within the PMN. In tumours without PMN-alterations but with MYC-overexpression, genes correlated with MYC-overexpression were identified. Our analyses yielded that 86/236 of astrocytomas exhibited no PMN-alterations, a subset of 21/86 displaying relative MYC overexpression. Within this subset, we discovered 42 genes inversely correlated with relative MYC expression, all on 19q. Further analysis pinpointed a minimal common region at 19q13.43, encompassing 15 genes. The inverse correlations of these 15 genes with relative MYC overexpression were re-confirmed using independent scRNAseq data. Further, the micro-deleted astrocytoma subset displayed significantly higher genomic instability compared to WT cases, but lower instability compared to PMN-hit cases. This newly identified 19q micro-deletion represents a potential novel mechanism underlying MYC dysregulation in astrocytomas. Given the prominence of 19q loss in IDH-mutant gliomas, our findings bear significant implications for understanding gliomagenesis.</p>","PeriodicalId":6914,"journal":{"name":"Acta Neuropathologica Communications","volume":"12 1","pages":"95"},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2024-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11177509/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141320422","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yeonsong Choi, Seung Ah Choi, Eun Jung Koh, Ilsun Yun, Suhyun Park, Sungwon Jeon, Yeonkyung Kim, Sangbeen Park, Donggeon Woo, Ji Hoon Phi, Sung-Hye Park, Dong-Seok Kim, Se Hoon Kim, Jung Won Choi, Ji Won Lee, Tae-Young Jung, Jong Bhak, Semin Lee, Seung-Ki Kim
{"title":"Comprehensive multiomics analysis reveals distinct differences between pediatric choroid plexus papilloma and carcinoma.","authors":"Yeonsong Choi, Seung Ah Choi, Eun Jung Koh, Ilsun Yun, Suhyun Park, Sungwon Jeon, Yeonkyung Kim, Sangbeen Park, Donggeon Woo, Ji Hoon Phi, Sung-Hye Park, Dong-Seok Kim, Se Hoon Kim, Jung Won Choi, Ji Won Lee, Tae-Young Jung, Jong Bhak, Semin Lee, Seung-Ki Kim","doi":"10.1186/s40478-024-01814-y","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40478-024-01814-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Choroid plexus tumors (CPTs) are intraventricular tumors derived from the choroid plexus epithelium and occur frequently in children. The aim of this study was to investigate the genomic and epigenomic characteristics of CPT and identify the differences between choroid plexus papilloma (CPP) and choroid plexus carcinoma (CPC). We conducted multiomics analyses of 20 CPT patients including CPP and CPC. Multiomics analysis included whole-genome sequencing, whole-transcriptome sequencing, and methylation sequencing. Mutually exclusive TP53 and EPHA7 point mutations, coupled with the amplification of chromosome 1, were exclusively identified in CPC. In contrast, amplification of chromosome 9 was specific to CPP. Differential gene expression analysis uncovered a significant overexpression of genes related to cell cycle regulation and epithelial-mesenchymal transition pathways in CPC compared to CPP. Overexpression of genes associated with tumor metastasis and progression was observed in the CPC subgroup with leptomeningeal dissemination. Furthermore, methylation profiling unveiled hypomethylation in major repeat regions, including long interspersed nuclear elements, short interspersed nuclear elements, long terminal repeats, and retrotransposons in CPC compared to CPP, implying that the loss of epigenetic silencing of transposable elements may play a role in tumorigenesis of CPC. Finally, the differential expression of AK1, regulated by both genomic and epigenomic factors, emerged as a potential contributing factor to the histological difference of CPP against CPC. Our results suggest pronounced genomic and epigenomic disparities between CPP and CPC, providing insights into the pathogenesis of CPT at the molecular level.</p>","PeriodicalId":6914,"journal":{"name":"Acta Neuropathologica Communications","volume":"12 1","pages":"93"},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2024-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11167863/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141309409","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ujjayini Ghosh, Eric Tse, Hyunjun Yang, Marie Shi, Christoffer D Caro, Feng Wang, Gregory E Merz, Stanley B Prusiner, Daniel R Southworth, Carlo Condello
{"title":"Cryo-EM structures reveal tau filaments from Down syndrome adopt Alzheimer's disease fold.","authors":"Ujjayini Ghosh, Eric Tse, Hyunjun Yang, Marie Shi, Christoffer D Caro, Feng Wang, Gregory E Merz, Stanley B Prusiner, Daniel R Southworth, Carlo Condello","doi":"10.1186/s40478-024-01806-y","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40478-024-01806-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Down syndrome (DS) is a common genetic condition caused by trisomy of chromosome 21. Among their complex clinical features, including musculoskeletal, neurological, and cardiovascular disabilities, individuals with DS have an increased risk of developing progressive dementia and early-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD). This dementia is attributed to the increased gene dosage of the amyloid-β (Aβ) precursor protein gene, the formation of self-propagating Aβ and tau prion conformers, and the deposition of neurotoxic Aβ plaques and tau neurofibrillary tangles. Tau amyloid fibrils have previously been established to adopt many distinct conformations across different neurodegenerative conditions. Here, we report the characterization of brain samples from four DS cases spanning 36-63 years of age by spectral confocal imaging with conformation-specific dyes and cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) to determine structures of isolated tau fibrils. High-resolution structures revealed paired helical filament (PHF) and straight filament (SF) conformations of tau that were identical to those determined from AD cases. The PHFs and SFs are made of two C-shaped protofilaments, each containing a cross-β/β-helix motif. Similar to filaments from AD cases, most filaments from the DS cases adopted the PHF form, while a minority (approximately 20%) formed SFs. Samples from the youngest individual with no documented dementia had sparse tau deposits. To isolate tau for cryo-EM from this challenging sample we used a novel affinity-grid method involving a graphene oxide surface derivatized with anti-tau antibodies. This method improved isolation and revealed that primarily tau PHFs and a minor population of chronic traumatic encephalopathy type II-like filaments were present in this youngest case. These findings expand the similarities between AD and DS to the molecular level, providing insight into their related pathologies and the potential for targeting common tau filament folds by small-molecule therapeutics and diagnostics.</p>","PeriodicalId":6914,"journal":{"name":"Acta Neuropathologica Communications","volume":"12 1","pages":"94"},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2024-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11167798/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141309410","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jennifer L Brown, Damyan W Hart, Gabriel E Boyle, Taylor G Brown, Michael LaCroix, Andrés M Baraibar, Ross Pelzel, Minwoo Kim, Mathew A Sherman, Samuel Boes, Michelle Sung, Tracy Cole, Michael K Lee, Alfonso Araque, Sylvain E Lesné
{"title":"Correction: SNCA genetic lowering reveals differential cognitive function of alpha-synuclein dependent on sex.","authors":"Jennifer L Brown, Damyan W Hart, Gabriel E Boyle, Taylor G Brown, Michael LaCroix, Andrés M Baraibar, Ross Pelzel, Minwoo Kim, Mathew A Sherman, Samuel Boes, Michelle Sung, Tracy Cole, Michael K Lee, Alfonso Araque, Sylvain E Lesné","doi":"10.1186/s40478-024-01789-w","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40478-024-01789-w","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":6914,"journal":{"name":"Acta Neuropathologica Communications","volume":"12 1","pages":"92"},"PeriodicalIF":7.1,"publicationDate":"2024-06-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11167736/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141305066","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Grace M Lloyd, Stephan Quintin, Zachary A Sorrentino, Kimberly-Marie M Gorion, Brach M Bell, Brooke Long, Giavanna Paterno, Benoit I Giasson
{"title":"A multiverse of α-synuclein: investigation of prion strain properties with carboxyl-terminal truncation specific antibodies in animal models.","authors":"Grace M Lloyd, Stephan Quintin, Zachary A Sorrentino, Kimberly-Marie M Gorion, Brach M Bell, Brooke Long, Giavanna Paterno, Benoit I Giasson","doi":"10.1186/s40478-024-01805-z","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40478-024-01805-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Synucleinopathies are a group of neurodegenerative disorders characterized by the presence of misfolded α-Synuclein (αSyn) in the brain. These conditions manifest with diverse clinical and pathophysiological characteristics. This disease diversity is hypothesized to be driven by αSyn strains with differing biophysical properties, potentially influencing prion-type propagation and consequentially the progression of illness. Previously, we investigated this hypothesis by injecting brain lysate (seeds) from deceased individuals with various synucleinopathies or human recombinant αSyn preformed fibrils (PFFs) into transgenic mice overexpressing either wild type or A53T human αSyn. In the studies herein, we expanded on these experiments, utilizing a panel of antibodies specific for the major carboxyl-terminally truncated forms of αSyn (αSynΔC). These modified forms of αSyn are found enriched in human disease brains to inform on potential strain-specific proteolytic patterns. With monoclonal antibodies specific for human αSyn cleaved at residues 103, 114, 122, 125, and 129, we demonstrate that multiple system atrophy (MSA) seeds and PFFs induce differing neuroanatomical spread of αSyn pathology associated with host specific profiles. Overall, αSyn cleaved at residue 103 was most widely present in the induced pathological inclusions. Furthermore, αSynΔC-positive inclusions were present in astrocytes, but more frequently in activated microglia, with patterns dependent on host and inoculum. These findings support the hypothesis that synucleinopathy heterogeneity might stem from αSyn strains with unique biochemical properties that include proteolytic processing, which could result in dominant strain properties.</p>","PeriodicalId":6914,"journal":{"name":"Acta Neuropathologica Communications","volume":"12 1","pages":"91"},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2024-06-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11163735/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141299685","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fanny Eysert, Paula-Fernanda Kinoshita, Julien Lagarde, Sandra Lacas-Gervais, Laura Xicota, Guillaume Dorothée, Michel Bottlaender, Frédéric Checler, Marie-Claude Potier, Marie Sarazin, Mounia Chami
{"title":"Mitochondrial alterations in fibroblasts from sporadic Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients correlate with AD-related clinical hallmarks.","authors":"Fanny Eysert, Paula-Fernanda Kinoshita, Julien Lagarde, Sandra Lacas-Gervais, Laura Xicota, Guillaume Dorothée, Michel Bottlaender, Frédéric Checler, Marie-Claude Potier, Marie Sarazin, Mounia Chami","doi":"10.1186/s40478-024-01807-x","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40478-024-01807-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Mitochondrial dysfunctions are key features of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The occurrence of these disturbances in the peripheral cells of AD patients and their potential correlation with disease progression are underinvestigated. We studied mitochondrial structure, function and mitophagy in fibroblasts from healthy volunteers and AD patients at the prodromal (AD-MCI) or demented (AD-D) stages. We carried out correlation studies with clinical cognitive scores, namely, (i) Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and (ii) Dementia Rating-Scale Sum of Boxes (CDR-SOB), and with (iii) amyloid beta (Aβ) plaque burden (PiB-PET imaging) and (iv) the accumulation of peripheral amyloid precursor protein C-terminal fragments (APP-CTFs). We revealed alterations in mitochondrial structure as well as specific mitochondrial dysfunction signatures in AD-MCI and AD-D fibroblasts and revealed that defective mitophagy and autophagy are linked to impaired lysosomal activity in AD-D fibroblasts. We reported significant correlations of a subset of these dysfunctions with cognitive decline, AD-related clinical hallmarks and peripheral APP-CTFs accumulation. This study emphasizes the potential use of peripheral cells for investigating AD pathophysiology.</p>","PeriodicalId":6914,"journal":{"name":"Acta Neuropathologica Communications","volume":"12 1","pages":"90"},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2024-06-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11161956/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141292996","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kanishka Pushpitha Maha Thananthirige, Nitin Chitranshi, Devaraj Basavarajappa, Rashi Rajput, Mojdeh Abbasi, Viswanthram Palanivel, Veer Bala Gupta, Joao A Paulo, Maya Koronyo-Hamaoui, Mehdi Mirzaei, Stuart L Graham, Vivek Gupta
{"title":"Tau modulation through AAV9 therapy augments Akt/Erk survival signalling in glaucoma mitigating the retinal degenerative phenotype.","authors":"Kanishka Pushpitha Maha Thananthirige, Nitin Chitranshi, Devaraj Basavarajappa, Rashi Rajput, Mojdeh Abbasi, Viswanthram Palanivel, Veer Bala Gupta, Joao A Paulo, Maya Koronyo-Hamaoui, Mehdi Mirzaei, Stuart L Graham, Vivek Gupta","doi":"10.1186/s40478-024-01804-0","DOIUrl":"10.1186/s40478-024-01804-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The microtubule-associated protein Tau is a key player in various neurodegenerative conditions, including Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Tauopathies, where its hyperphosphorylation disrupts neuronal microtubular lattice stability. Glaucoma, a neurodegenerative disorder affecting the retina, leads to irreversible vision loss by damaging retinal ganglion cells and the optic nerve, often associated with increased intraocular pressure. Prior studies have indicated Tau expression and phosphorylation alterations in the retina in both AD and glaucoma, yet the causative or downstream nature of Tau protein changes in these pathologies remains unclear. This study investigates the impact of Tau protein modulation on retinal neurons under normal and experimental glaucoma conditions. Employing AAV9-mediated gene therapy for Tau overexpression and knockdown, both manipulations were found to adversely affect retinal structural and functional measures as well as neuroprotective Akt/Erk survival signalling in healthy conditions. In the experimental glaucoma model, Tau overexpression intensified inner retinal degeneration, while Tau silencing provided significant protection against these degenerative changes. These findings underscore the critical role of endogenous Tau protein levels in preserving retinal integrity and emphasize the therapeutic potential of targeting Tau in glaucoma pathology.</p>","PeriodicalId":6914,"journal":{"name":"Acta Neuropathologica Communications","volume":"12 1","pages":"89"},"PeriodicalIF":6.2,"publicationDate":"2024-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11158005/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141282664","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Eva Martin-Solana, Laura Casado-Zueras, Teobaldo E. Torres, Gerardo F. Goya, Maria-Rosario Fernandez-Fernandez, Jose-Jesus Fernandez
{"title":"Disruption of the mitochondrial network in a mouse model of Huntington's disease visualized by in-tissue multiscale 3D electron microscopy","authors":"Eva Martin-Solana, Laura Casado-Zueras, Teobaldo E. Torres, Gerardo F. Goya, Maria-Rosario Fernandez-Fernandez, Jose-Jesus Fernandez","doi":"10.1186/s40478-024-01802-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40478-024-01802-2","url":null,"abstract":"Huntington’s disease (HD) is an inherited neurodegenerative disorder caused by an expanded CAG repeat in the coding sequence of huntingtin protein. Initially, it predominantly affects medium-sized spiny neurons (MSSNs) of the corpus striatum. No effective treatment is still available, thus urging the identification of potential therapeutic targets. While evidence of mitochondrial structural alterations in HD exists, previous studies mainly employed 2D approaches and were performed outside the strictly native brain context. In this study, we adopted a novel multiscale approach to conduct a comprehensive 3D in situ structural analysis of mitochondrial disturbances in a mouse model of HD. We investigated MSSNs within brain tissue under optimal structural conditions utilizing state-of-the-art 3D imaging technologies, specifically FIB/SEM for the complete imaging of neuronal somas and Electron Tomography for detailed morphological examination, and image processing-based quantitative analysis. Our findings suggest a disruption of the mitochondrial network towards fragmentation in HD. The network of interlaced, slim and long mitochondria observed in healthy conditions transforms into isolated, swollen and short entities, with internal cristae disorganization, cavities and abnormally large matrix granules.","PeriodicalId":6914,"journal":{"name":"Acta Neuropathologica Communications","volume":"70 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.1,"publicationDate":"2024-06-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141253551","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}