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- Title
The Reversible Carnitine Palmitoyltransferase 1 Inhibitor (Teglicar) Ameliorates the Neurodegenerative Phenotype in a Drosophila Huntington's Disease Model by Acting on the Expression of Carnitine-Related Genes.
- Authors
Bertapelle, Carla; Carillo, Maria Rosaria; Cacciola, Nunzio Antonio; Shidlovskii, Yulii V.; Peluso, Gianfranco; Digilio, Filomena Anna
- Abstract
Huntington's disease (HD) is a dramatic neurodegenerative disorder caused by the abnormal expansion of a CAG triplet in the huntingtin gene, producing an abnormal protein. As it leads to the death of neurons in the cerebral cortex, the patients primarily present with neurological symptoms, but recently metabolic changes resulting from mitochondrial dysfunction have been identified as novel pathological features. The carnitine shuttle is a complex consisting of three enzymes whose function is to transport the long-chain fatty acids into the mitochondria. Here, its pharmacological modification was used to test the hypothesis that shifting metabolism to lipid oxidation exacerbates the HD symptoms. Behavioural and transcriptional analyses were carried out on HD Drosophila model, to evaluate the involvement of the carnitine cycle in this pathogenesis. Pharmacological inhibition of CPT1, the rate-limiting enzyme of the carnitine cycle, ameliorates the HD symptoms in Drosophila, likely acting on the expression of carnitine-related genes.
- Subjects
HUNTINGTON disease; CARNITINE palmitoyltransferase; CEREBRAL cortex; DROSOPHILA; MEDICAL model; PHENOTYPES
- Publication
Molecules, 2022, Vol 27, Issue 10, p3125
- ISSN
1420-3049
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/molecules27103125