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2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (8) ◽  
pp. 1285-1288
Author(s):  
Tonia M. Sabo ◽  
Mathew A. Stokes ◽  
Nishika Karbhari ◽  
Daniel L. Veltkamp ◽  
Cory M. Pfeifer

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noémie Hamilton ◽  
Holly A. Rutherford ◽  
Hannah M. Isles ◽  
Jessica J. Petts ◽  
Thomas Weber ◽  
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SummaryThe contribution of microglia in neurological disorders is emerging as a leading driver rather than a consequence of pathology. RNAseT2-deficient leukoencephalopathy is a severe childhood white matter disorder affecting patients in their first year of life and mimics a cytomegalovirus brain infection. The early onset and resemblance of the symptoms to an immune response suggest an inflammatory and embryonic origin of the pathology. In this study, we identify deficient microglia as an early marker of pathology. Using the ex utero development and the optical transparency of an rnaset2-deficient zebrafish model, we found that dysfunctional microglia fail to clear apoptotic neurons during brain development. This was associated with increased number of apoptotic cells and behavioural defects lasting into adulthood. This zebrafish model recapitulates all aspect of the human disease to be used as a robust preclinical model. Using microglia-specific depletion and rescue experiments, we identified microglia as potential drivers of the pathology and highlight tissue-specific approaches as future therapeutic avenues.


2013 ◽  
Vol 450 (2) ◽  
pp. 345-350 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura van Berge ◽  
Josta Kevenaar ◽  
Emiel Polder ◽  
Agnès Gaudry ◽  
Catherine Florentz ◽  
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The autosomal recessive white matter disorder LBSL (leukoencephalopathy with brain stem and spinal cord involvement and lactate elevation) is caused by mutations in DARS2, coding for mtAspRS (mitochondrial aspartyl-tRNA synthetase). Generally, patients are compound heterozygous for mutations in DARS2. Many different mutations have been identified in patients, including several missense mutations. In the present study, we have examined the effects of missense mutations found in LBSL patients on the expression, enzyme activity, localization and dimerization of mtAspRS, which is important for understanding the cellular defect underlying the pathogenesis of the disease. Nine different missense mutations were analysed and were shown to have various effects on mtAspRS properties. Several mutations have a direct effect on the catalytic activity of the enzyme; others have an effect on protein expression or dimerization. Most mutations have a clear impact on at least one of the properties of mtAspRS studied, probably resulting in a small contribution of the missense variants to the mitochondrial aspartylation activity in the cell.


Neurology ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 79 (19) ◽  
pp. e170-e172 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Gelinas ◽  
P. Liao ◽  
A. Lehman ◽  
S. Stockler ◽  
S. Sirrs

2010 ◽  
Vol 52 (6) ◽  
pp. 524-536 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Fetters ◽  
Inbal Sapir ◽  
Yu-ping Chen ◽  
Masayoshi Kubo ◽  
Ed Tronick

2008 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 301-305 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Rossi ◽  
R. Biancheri ◽  
F. Zara ◽  
C. Bruno ◽  
G. Uziel ◽  
...  

2006 ◽  
Vol 37 (S 1) ◽  
Author(s):  
R Biancheri ◽  
F Zara ◽  
A Rossi ◽  
C Bruno ◽  
L Bordo ◽  
...  

2006 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shalini Kumar ◽  
Natalia S. Mattan ◽  
Jean de Vellis

2004 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. 729-748 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Fetters ◽  
Yu-ping Chen ◽  
Johanna Jonsdottir ◽  
Edward Z Tronick

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