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- Title
Modeling Alexander disease with patient iPSCs reveals cellular and molecular pathology of astrocytes.
- Authors
Takayuki Kondo; Misato Funayama; Michiyo Miyake; Kayoko Tsukita; Takumi Era; Hitoshi Osaka; Takashi Ayaki; Ryosuke Takahashi; Haruhisa Inoue
- Abstract
Alexander disease is a fatal neurological illness characterized by white-matter degeneration and formation of Rosenthal fibers, which contain glial fibrillary acidic protein as astrocytic inclusion. Alexander disease is mainly caused by a gene mutation encoding glial fibrillary acidic protein, although the underlying pathomechanism remains unclear. We established induced pluripotent stem cells from Alexander disease patients, and differentiated induced pluripotent stem cells into astrocytes. Alexander disease patient astrocytes exhibited Rosenthal fiber-like structures, a key Alexander disease pathology, and increased inflammatory cytokine release compared to healthy control. These results suggested that Alexander disease astrocytes contribute to leukodystrophy and a variety of symptoms as an inflammatory source in the Alexander disease patient brain. Astrocytes, differentiated from induced pluripotent stem cells of Alexander disease, could be a cellular model for future translational medicine.
- Subjects
ALEXANDER disease; ASTROCYTES; INDUCED pluripotent stem cells; DISEASES
- Publication
Acta Neuropathologica Communications, 2016, Vol 4, p1
- ISSN
2051-5960
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s40478-016-0337-0