Project description:Mucopolysaccharidosis IIIB (MPS IIIB) is a rare genetic disorder caused by defects in α-N-acetylglucosaminidase, which breaks down extracellular heparan sulfate. Symptoms progress from hyperactivity and sleep disruptions during childhood to severe neurodegeneration during adolescence. To generate an MPS IIIB model in the fruitfly, Drosophila melanogaster, we introduced mutations in the corresponding fly enzyme that correlate with patient mutations. The fly model recapitulates sleep fragmentation and hyperactivity observed in patients and enlarged lysosomes in the brain. Genes associated with synaptic function and neurodevelopment showed altered expression in the brain. The Drosophila model can enable future development of therapies for MPS IIIB.
Project description:Mucopolysaccharidosis IIIB (MPS IIIB) is an inherited metabolic disease due to deficiency of α-N-Acetylglucosaminidase (NAGLU) enzyme with subsequent storage of undegradedheparan sulfate (HS). The main clinical manifestations of the disease are profound intellectual disability and neurodegeneration. To identify potential biomarkers and novel neuropathological mechanisms of MPS IIIB, a label-free quantitative proteomic approach was applied to compare the proteome profile of brains from MPS IIIB and control mice. Proteins were identified through a bottom up analysis and 130 were significantly under-represented and 74 over-represented in MPS IIIB mouse brains compared to wild type (WT). Multiple bioinformatic analyses of the differentially abundant proteins allowed to define three major clusters: proteins involved in cytoskeletal regulation, synaptic vesicle trafficking, and energy metabolism. The results highlight the involvement of these clustered proteins in the neuropathology of MPS IIIB disease. The proteins identified in this study would provide potential targets for diagnostic and therapeutic studies of MPS IIIB.
Project description:Lysosomal Storage Disorders (LSDs) are a group of about 50 metabolic disorders, sharing the inability to degrade specific endolysosomal substrates. This results in failure of cellular functions in many organ systems including brain in most patients, which show a progressive neurodegeneration. In this study we performed an RNA-Seq analysis of two brain areas (cerebral cortex and midbrain/diencephalon/hippocampus) of the mouse model for Mucopolysaccharidosis type II, a neurodegenerative LSD.
Project description:Gene expression in 9 month-old Mucopolysaccharidosis type VI rat fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) were compared to age-matched normal rat FLS
Project description:We generated a HeLa cell model of mucopolysaccharidosis IIIB (MPSIIIB) by depleting NAGLU. MPSIIIB-associated cell defects were prominent in NAGLU-depleted cells. We explored alterations of metabolic pathways in NAGLU-depleted cells versus non-depleted control cells by performing gene expression profiling. Exon array transcriptome analysis showed 96 transcripts with increased expression level and 38 transcripts with decreased expression level in NAGLU-depleted versus non-depleted cells.
Project description:We used microarray to detect pathway differences in the various brain regions in a monogenic in mucopolysaccharidosis type VII ( MPS VII ), a mouse model of a lysosomal storage disease A number of changes revealed unexpected system and process alterations, such as upregulation of the immune system with few inflammatory changes (a significant difference from the closely related MPS IIIb model), down-regulation of major oligodendrocyte genes even though white matter changes are not a feature histopathologically, and a plethora of developmental gene changes.
Project description:We used microarray to detect pathway differences in the various brain regions in a monogenic in mucopolysaccharidosis type VII ( MPS VII ), a mouse model of a lysosomal storage disease A number of changes revealed unexpected system and process alterations, such as upregulation of the immune system with few inflammatory changes (a significant difference from the closely related MPS IIIb model), down-regulation of major oligodendrocyte genes even though white matter changes are not a feature histopathologically, and a plethora of developmental gene changes. 94 samples, no replicates, made up of half normals and half MPS mutant mice for the MPS VII mutation backcrossed on a C3h-heouj background
Project description:We generated a HeLa cell model of mucopolysaccharidosis IIIB (MPSIIIB) by depleting NAGLU. MPSIIIB-associated cell defects were prominent in NAGLU-depleted cells. We explored alterations of metabolic pathways in NAGLU-depleted cells versus non-depleted control cells by performing gene expression profiling. Exon array transcriptome analysis showed 96 transcripts with increased expression level and 38 transcripts with decreased expression level in NAGLU-depleted versus non-depleted cells. Total RNA was extracted from two independent cultures of non-depleted cells and NAGLU-depleted cells. We considered a minimal fold change of 1.5 fold and a corrected P value lower than 0.05.
Project description:Mucopolysaccharidosis I is a lysosomal storage disorder characterized by deficient alpha-L-iduronidase activity, leading to abnormal accumulation of glycosaminoglycans in cells and tissues. Synovial joint disease is prevalent and significantly reduces patient quality of life. There is a critical need for improved understanding of joint disease pathophysiology in MPS I, including specific biomarkers to predict and monitor joint disease progression, and response to treatment. The objective of this study was to leverage the naturally-occurring MPS I canine model and undertake an unbiased proteomic screen to identify systemic biomarkers predictive of local joint disease in MPS I. Synovial fluid and serum samples were collected from MPS I and healthy dogs at 12 months-of-age, and protein abundance characterized using LC MS/MS. Stifle joints were evaluated postmortem using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and histology. Proteomics identified 40 proteins for which abundance was significantly correlated between serum and synovial fluid, including markers of inflammatory joint disease and lysosomal dysfunction. Elevated expression of three biomarker candidates, matrix metalloproteinase 19, inter-alpha-trypsin inhibitor heavy-chain 3 and alpha-1-microglobulin, was confirmed in MPS I cartilage, and serum abundance of these molecules was found to correlate with MRI and histological degenerative grades. The candidate biomarkers identified in this study have the potential to improve patient care by facilitating minimally-invasive, specific assessment of joint disease severity, progression and response to therapeutic intervention.