Spermidine treatment: induction of autophagy but also apoptosis?
Autophagy
Machado-Joseph disease
Neurodegeneration
PolyQ
Spinocerebellar ataxia type 3
Trinucleotide repeat disease
Zebrafish
Journal
Molecular brain
ISSN: 1756-6606
Titre abrégé: Mol Brain
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101468876
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
05 Mar 2024
05 Mar 2024
Historique:
received:
24
10
2023
accepted:
23
02
2024
medline:
6
3
2024
pubmed:
6
3
2024
entrez:
5
3
2024
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Machado-Joseph disease (MJD), also known as spinocerebellar ataxia type 3, is a fatal neurodegenerative disease that causes loss of balance and motor co-ordination, eventually leading to paralysis. It is caused by the autosomal dominant inheritance of a long CAG trinucleotide repeat sequence within the ATXN3 gene, encoding for an expanded polyglutamine (polyQ) repeat sequence within the ataxin-3 protein. Ataxin-3 containing an expanded polyQ repeat is known to be highly prone to intraneuronal aggregation, and previous studies have demonstrated that protein quality control pathways, such as autophagy, are impaired in MJD patients and animal models of the disease. In this study, we tested the therapeutic potential of spermidine on zebrafish and rodent models of MJD to determine its capacity to induce autophagy and improve functional output. Spermidine treatment of transgenic MJD zebrafish induced autophagy and resulted in increased distances swum by the MJD zebrafish. Interestingly, treatment of the CMVMJD135 mouse model of MJD with spermidine added to drinking water did not produce any improvement in motor behaviour assays, neurological testing or neuropathology. In fact, wild type mice treated with spermidine were found to have decreased rotarod performance when compared to control animals. Immunoblot analysis of protein lysates extracted from mouse cerebellar tissue found little differences between the groups, except for an increased level of phospho-ULK1 in spermidine treated animals, suggesting that autophagy was indeed induced. As we detected decreased motor performance in wild type mice following treatment with spermidine, we conducted follow up studies into the effects of spermidine treatment in zebrafish. Interestingly, we found that in addition to inducing autophagy, spermidine treatment also induced apoptosis, particularly in wild type zebrafish. These findings suggest that spermidine treatment may not be therapeutically beneficial for the treatment of MJD, and in fact warrants caution due to the potential negative side effects caused by induction of apoptosis.
Identifiants
pubmed: 38443995
doi: 10.1186/s13041-024-01085-7
pii: 10.1186/s13041-024-01085-7
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
15Subventions
Organisme : MJD Foundation
ID : MJD Foundation
Organisme : Macquarie University
ID : Research Excellence Scholarship
Informations de copyright
© 2024. Crown.
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