IUF-Leibniz Research Institute for Environmental Medicine, Duesseldorf, Germany.
CEPLAS Metabolism and Metabolomics Laboratory, Cluster of Excellence on Plant Science (CEPLAS), Heinrich Heine University Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany.
Cell Mol Life Sci. 2024 Aug 23;81(1):368. doi: 10.1007/s00018-024-05406-w.
Cockayne Syndrome B (CSB) is a hereditary multiorgan syndrome which-through largely unknown mechanisms-can affect the brain where it clinically presents with microcephaly, intellectual disability and demyelination. Using human induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC)-derived neural 3D models generated from CSB patient-derived and isogenic control lines, we here provide explanations for these three major neuropathological phenotypes. In our models, CSB deficiency is associated with (i) impaired cellular migration due to defective autophagy as an explanation for clinical microcephaly; (ii) altered neuronal network functionality and neurotransmitter GABA levels, which is suggestive of a disturbed GABA switch that likely impairs brain circuit formation and ultimately causes intellectual disability; and (iii) impaired oligodendrocyte maturation as a possible cause of the demyelination observed in children with CSB. Of note, the impaired migration and oligodendrocyte maturation could both be partially rescued by pharmacological HDAC inhibition.
科凯恩综合征 B(CSB)是一种遗传性多器官综合征,其通过很大程度上未知的机制影响大脑,临床上表现为小头畸形、智力残疾和脱髓鞘。使用源自 CSB 患者衍生和同基因对照系的人诱导多能干细胞(hiPSC)衍生的神经 3D 模型,我们在此为这三种主要神经病理学表型提供了解释。在我们的模型中,CSB 缺陷与(i)细胞迁移受损有关,这是由于自噬缺陷,可解释临床小头畸形;(ii)神经元网络功能和神经递质 GABA 水平改变,表明 GABA 转换受到干扰,可能损害脑回路形成,最终导致智力残疾;以及(iii)少突胶质细胞成熟受损,这可能是 CSB 患儿观察到脱髓鞘的原因。值得注意的是,通过药理学 HDAC 抑制可以部分挽救受损的迁移和少突胶质细胞成熟。
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