Núñez-Manchón Judit, Capó Júlia, Martínez-Piñeiro Alicia, Juanola Eduard, Pesovic Jovan, Mosqueira-Martín Laura, González-Imaz Klaudia, Maestre-Mora Pau, Odria Renato, Cerro-Herreros Estefania, Naldaiz-Gastesi Neia, López de Munain Adolfo, Artero Rubén, Savic-Pavicevic Dusanka, Vallejo-Illarramendi Ainara, Mamchaoui Kamel, Bigot Anne, Mouly Vincent, Suelves Mònica, Nogales-Gadea Gisela
Grup de REcerca Neuromuscular de BAdalona (GRENBA), Institut d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut Germans Trias i Pujol (IGTP), Campus Can Ruti, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08916 Badalona, Spain.
Neuromuscular Pathology Unit, Neurology Service, Neuroscience Department, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, 08916 Badalona, Spain.
iScience. 2024 May 7;27(6):109930. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.109930. eCollection 2024 Jun 21.
Historically, cellular models have been used as a tool to study myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) and the validation of therapies in said pathology. However, there is a need for models that represent the clinical heterogeneity observed in patients with DM1 that is lacking in classical models. In this study, we immortalized three DM1 muscle lines derived from patients with different DM1 subtypes and clinical backgrounds and characterized them at the genetic, epigenetic, and molecular levels. All three cell lines display DM1 hallmarks, such as the accumulation of RNA foci, MBNL1 sequestration, splicing alterations, and reduced fusion. In addition, alterations in early myogenic markers, myotube diameter and CTCF1 DNA methylation were also found in DM1 cells. Notably, the new lines show a high level of heterogeneity in both the size of the CTG expansion and the aforementioned molecular alterations. Importantly, these immortalized cells also responded to previously tested therapeutics. Altogether, our results show that these three human DM1 cellular models are suitable to study the pathophysiological heterogeneity of DM1 and to test future therapeutic options.
从历史上看,细胞模型一直被用作研究1型强直性肌营养不良症(DM1)以及验证针对该疾病疗法的工具。然而,需要有能够体现DM1患者临床异质性的模型,而经典模型缺乏这一点。在本研究中,我们将源自不同DM1亚型和临床背景患者的三条DM1肌肉细胞系永生化,并在基因、表观遗传和分子水平对它们进行了表征。所有这三条细胞系均表现出DM1的特征,如RNA病灶的积累、MBNL1隔离、剪接改变和融合减少。此外,在DM1细胞中还发现了早期成肌标志物、肌管直径和CTCF1 DNA甲基化的改变。值得注意的是,新的细胞系在CTG扩增的大小和上述分子改变方面均表现出高度的异质性。重要的是,这些永生化细胞对先前测试的疗法也有反应。总之,我们的结果表明,这三个人类DM1细胞模型适用于研究DM1的病理生理异质性并测试未来的治疗方案。