MBNL-dependent impaired development connectivity within neuromuscular circuits in myotonic dystrophy type 1

Autor: Tahraoui-Bories, Julie, Mérien, Antoine, Roussange, Florine, González-Barriga, Anchel, Lainé, Jeanne, Leteur, Céline, Polvèche, Hélène, Polentes, Jérome, Carteron, Alexandre, Jarrige, Margot, Gomes-Pereira, Mário, Furling, Denis, Martinat, Cécile
Přispěvatelé: Institut des cellules souches pour le traitement et l'étude des maladies monogéniques (I-STEM), Université d'Évry-Val-d'Essonne (UEVE)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris-Saclay-Généthon, Centre de recherche en Myologie – U974 SU-INSERM, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Sorbonne Université (SU)
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: International Myotonic Dystrophy Consortium Meeting
International Myotonic Dystrophy Consortium Meeting, Jun 2022, Osaka, Japan
Popis: International audience; Introduction: Myotonic dystrophy type I (DM1) is one the most frequent muscular dystrophy in adults. Although DM1 has long been considered mainly as a muscle disorder, growing evidence suggests the involvement in peripheral nerves in the pathogenicity of DM1 raising the question whether motoneurons actively contribute to neuromuscular defects in DM1.Methods: By using a micropatterned 96-well plate as a co-culture platform, we generated a functional humanized cellular model combining DM1 hiPSC-derived MNs and healthy skeletal muscle cells.Results: Such approaches led to the identification of pre-synaptic defects which affect development or stability of the neuromuscular junction at an early developmental stage. These neuropathological defects could be reproduced by the loss of RNA-binding MBNL proteins, whose loss of function is associated with muscular defects associated with DM1.Conclusions: These experiments suggested that the functional defects associated to MNs can be directly attributed to the MBNL family proteins. Altogether, these findings hold several new implications for DM1 pathogenesis.
Databáze: OpenAIRE