Project description:ALS is a complex neurodegenerative disease influenced by genetic, epigenetic, and environmental factors, resulting in dysfunction in cellular and molecular pathways. The limited efficacy of current treatments highlights the need for combination therapies targeting multiple aspects of the disease. Niclosamide, an anthelminthic drug listed as an essential medicine, has been repurposed in clinical trials due to its anti-inflammatory and anti-fibrotic properties. Niclosamide can inhibit various molecular pathways (such as STAT3 and mTOR) that are dysregulated in ALS, suggesting its potential to disrupt these altered mechanisms associated with the pathology. Our recent findings have demonstrated that niclosamide can effectively inhibit inflammatory and fibrotic molecular pathways in ALS models. We administered niclosamide intraperitoneally to two transgenic murine models, FUS and SOD1-G93A mice, which replicate key pathologies and biological processes of ALS. The treatment was initiated at the onset of symptoms, and we assessed the progression of the disease by neurological scores, rotarod and grip tests, as well as monitoring survival. Additionally, we examined the effects of the treatment on spinal cord and muscle degeneration in the treated mice. In both models, the administration of niclosamide resulted in a slowdown of disease progression, an increase in survival rates, and an improvement in tissue pathology. This was characterized by a reduction in gliosis, motor neuron loss, muscle atrophy, and inflammatory markers. Based on these results, our findings demonstrate that niclosamide can impact multiple pathways involved in ALS. This multi-targeted approach leads to a slowdown in the progression of the disease, thereby positioning niclosamide as a promising candidate for repurposing in the treatment of ALS.
Project description:This SuperSeries is composed of the following subset Series: GSE39642: NanoString nCounter immune-related gene expression in blood sorted CD14+CD16- monocytes from sALS, fALS and HC subjects GSE39643: NanoString miRNA profiling of peripheral blood sorted CD14+CD16- monocytes from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, multiple sclerosis and healthy control subjects Refer to individual Series
Project description:Identification of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) associated genes. Post mortem spinal cord grey matter from sporadic and familial ALS patients compared with controls. Keywords: other
Project description:Identification of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (fALS) related genes. Material from three hSOD1(G93A) transgenic mice was compared to material from three non-transgenic control mice using an alternating loop design on two-colour cDNA microarrays. Statistical data management and analysis: postgreSQL relational database (www.postgresql.org), Perl, and R (www.r-project.org); pin-wise lowess-regression based normalisation (Yang et al., 2002 [PMID: 11842121]); mixed ANOVA-model. Keywords = amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, ALS, SOD1 mouse model
Project description:Identification of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (fALS) related genes. Material from three hSOD1(G93A) transgenic mice was compared to material from three non-transgenic control mice using an alternating loop design on two-colour cDNA microarrays. Statistical data management and analysis: postgreSQL relational database (www.postgresql.org), Perl, and R (www.r-project.org); pin-wise lowess-regression based normalisation (Yang et al., 2002 [PMID: 11842121]); mixed ANOVA-model. Keywords = amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, ALS, SOD1 mouse model Keywords: other
Project description:This study was designed to identify gene expression changes in skeletal muscle that could define reliably the degree of the severity of Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). All samples were from human biopsies, either from healthy muscles or from muscle whose patients were clearly diagnosed as having Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)