Niacin-mediated Tace activation ameliorates CMT neuropathies with focal hypermyelination.
Niacin-mediated Tace activation ameliorates CMT neuropathies with focal hypermyelination.
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DOI:
10.15252/emmm.201606349
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发表时间:
2016-12
影响因子:
11.1
通讯作者:
Previtali SC
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作者:
Bolino A;Piguet F;Alberizzi V;Pellegatta M;Rivellini C;Guerrero-Valero M;Noseda R;Brombin C;Nonis A;D'Adamo P;Taveggia C;Previtali SC
Charcot–Marie–Tooth (CMT) neuropathies are highly heterogeneous disorders caused by mutations in more than 70 genes, with no available treatment. Thus, it is difficult to envisage a single suitable treatment for all pathogenetic mechanisms. Axonal Neuregulin 1 (Nrg1) type III drives Schwann cell myelination and determines myelin thickness by ErbB2/B3‐PI3K–Akt signaling pathway activation. Nrg1 type III is inhibited by the α‐secretase Tace, which negatively regulates PNS myelination. We hypothesized that modulation of Nrg1 levels and/or secretase activity may constitute a unifying treatment strategy for CMT neuropathies with focal hypermyelination as it could restore normal levels of myelination. Here we show that in vivo delivery of Niaspan, a FDA‐approved drug known to enhance TACE activity, efficiently rescues myelination in the Mtmr2 −/− mouse, a model of CMT4B1 with myelin outfoldings, and in the Pmp22 +/− mouse, which reproduces HNPP (hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsies) with tomacula. Importantly, we also found that Niaspan reduces hypermyelination of Vim (vimentin)−/− mice, characterized by increased Nrg1 type III and Akt activation, thus corroborating the hypothesis that Niaspan treatment downregulates Nrg1 type III signaling.