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| Item Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Mutant huntingtin impairs neurodevelopment in human brain organoids through CHCHD2-mediated neurometabolic failure |
| Creators Name: | Lisowski, P., Lickfett, S., Rybak-Wolf, A., Menacho, C., Le, S., Pentimalli, T.M., Notopoulou, S., Dykstra, W., Oehler, D., López-Calcerrada, S., Mlody, B., Otto, M., Wu, H., Richter, Y., Roth, P., Anand, R., Kulka, L.A.M., Meierhofer, D., Glazar, P., Legnini, I., Telugu, N.S., Hahn, T., Neuendorf, N., Miller, D.C., Böddrich, A., Polzin, A., Mayatepek, E., Diecke, S., Olzscha, H., Kirstein, J., Ugalde, C., Petrakis, S., Cambridge, S., Rajewsky, N., Kühn, R., Wanker, E.E., Priller, J., Metzger, J.J. and Prigione, A. |
| Abstract: | Expansion of the glutamine tract (poly-Q) in the protein huntingtin (HTT) causes the neurodegenerative disorder Huntington's disease (HD). Emerging evidence suggests that mutant HTT (mHTT) disrupts brain development. To gain mechanistic insights into the neurodevelopmental impact of human mHTT, we engineered male induced pluripotent stem cells to introduce a biallelic or monoallelic mutant 70Q expansion or to remove the poly-Q tract of HTT. The introduction of a 70Q mutation caused aberrant development of cerebral organoids with loss of neural progenitor organization. The early neurodevelopmental signature of mHTT highlighted the dysregulation of the protein coiled-coil-helix-coiled-coil-helix domain containing 2 (CHCHD2), a transcription factor involved in mitochondrial integrated stress response. CHCHD2 repression was associated with abnormal mitochondrial morpho-dynamics that was reverted upon overexpression of CHCHD2. Removing the poly-Q tract from HTT normalized CHCHD2 levels and corrected key mitochondrial defects. Hence, mHTT-mediated disruption of human neurodevelopment is paralleled by aberrant neurometabolic programming mediated by dysregulation of CHCHD2, which could then serve as an early interventional target for HD. |
| Keywords: | Brain, DNA-Binding Proteins, Huntingtin Protein, Huntington Disease, Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells, Mitochondria, Mitochondrial Dynamics, Mitochondrial Proteins, Mutation, Organoids, Transcription Factors |
| Source: | Nature Communications |
| ISSN: | 2041-1723 |
| Publisher: | Nature Publishing Group |
| Volume: | 15 |
| Number: | 1 |
| Page Range: | 7027 |
| Date: | 22 August 2024 |
| Official Publication: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-51216-w |
| PubMed: | View item in PubMed |
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