Mechanisms and therapeutic targeting of motor neuron death in SMA
Mechanisms and therapeutic targeting of motor neuron death in SMA
批准号:
10334501
负责人:
Livio Pellizzoni
金额:
$47.23万
依托单位国家:
美国
项目类别:
财政年份:
2020
资助国家:
美国
项目状态:
未结题
起止时间:
2020-02-01 至 2025-01-31
关键词:
AddressAutomobile DrivingBrainCessation of lifeClinicalDiseaseDisease MarkerDisease modelEventFDA approvedFunctional disorderGene DeliveryGene ExpressionGenesGeneticGoalsImmunohistochemistryInfant MortalityInjectionsKnowledgeLinkMAP Kinase GeneMediatingMitogen-Activated Protein Kinase InhibitorMonitorMorphologyMotorMotor NeuronsMusN-terminalNerve DegenerationNeurodegenerative DisordersPathogenicityPathologyPathway interactionsPatientsPermeabilityPharmacologyPhenotypePhosphorylationProcessProtein IsoformsPublishingSMN deficiencySMN expressionSMN protein (spinal muscular atrophy)Severity of illnessSpinal Muscular AtrophySynapsesTP53 geneTestingTherapeuticUp-RegulationWorkbasecandidate markercombinatorialdruggable targetinhibitorinsightknock-downmotor neuron degenerationmouse modelneuron lossneuroprotectionnovelpreservationpreventrestorationskeletal muscle wastingspinal pathwaytherapeutic targettranscriptome sequencingtreatment effect
中文摘要
脊髓性肌萎缩症(SMA)是一种以运动神经元缺失和骨骼肌萎缩为特征的神经退行性疾病。
肌肉萎缩SMA是由SMN蛋白的普遍缺乏引起的,并且是SMA的主要遗传原因。
婴儿死亡率。到目前为止,大多数SMA治疗方法都集中在增加SMN表达,
SMN诱导疗法最近已获批用于SMA。然而,这些疗法本身并不能提供
治愈或SMA,但并非所有患者都对治疗有反应。因此,了解
SMA的潜在机制,并确定SMN-非依赖性治疗方法,可以提高
通过组合治疗的SMN诱导策略的益处。在这种情况下,运动神经元死亡是一种
SMA的不可逆致病标志。因此,预防运动神经元变性具有根本的
SMA治疗的临床意义,并可能延长SMN诱导治疗的机会窗口,
发挥其影响。然而,由于对死亡途径的了解有限,
druggable-该项目旨在通过调查解决这些悬而未决的问题,
SMA中运动神经元变性的启动和执行机制以及验证
靶向这一通路的药物在小鼠模型中的治疗潜力。的
我们所提出的工作的前提是,SMA运动神经元的神经退行性通路代表了一个靶点,
丰富的领域,用于发现不依赖于SMN的疾病修饰药理学方法,
适用于SMA的联合治疗。基于我们已发表的和初步的研究,我们将描述
基于我们的假设,即SMN缺陷导致SMA运动神经元死亡的上游机制
触发p38 MAPK/p53-MAPK依赖性神经退行性通路(Aim 1)。扩大候选人的范围
为SMA开发SMN-非依赖性神经保护方法的目标,我们将确定执行
运动神经元死亡的机制,通过识别和功能表征的下游
SMA中p53-β依赖性神经变性的效应物(目的2)。最后,我们将利用
高选择性,脑渗透性抑制剂,以测试假设,p38 MAPK激活是一个共同的致病性
在不同疾病严重程度的SMA小鼠模型中与运动神经元死亡相关的机制
其抑制是可行的治疗方法(目的3)。我们还将评估药理学是否
抑制p38MAPK通过在以下范例中保留SMA运动神经元而增强突触重新布线:
与SMN上调的组合治疗。成功实现我们的目标有可能
为SMA运动神经元死亡机制提供关键见解,识别新的疾病标志物,
候选目标,以停止神经退行性过程,并建立药理学方法,
因此,本发明提供了用于与SMN诱导疗法组合治疗疾病的神经保护的方法。
英文摘要
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by motor neuron loss and skeletal
muscle atrophy. SMA is caused by ubiquitous deficiency in the SMN protein and is the leading genetic cause of
infant mortality. To date, most SMA therapeutic approaches have focused on increasing SMN expression and
SMN-inducing therapies have recently been approved for SMA. However, these therapies alone do not provide
a cure or SMA nd not all patients respond to treatment. Therefore, it remains essential to understand the
underlying mechanisms of SMA and identify SMN-independent therapeutic approaches that can enhance the
benefit of SMN-inducing strategies through combinatorial treatment. In this context, motor neuron death is an
irreversible pathogenic hallmark of SMA. Therefore, preventing motor neuron degeneration has fundamental
clinical implications for SMA therapy and could extend the window of opportunity for SMN-inducing therapies to
exert their effect. However, this is hindered by limited knowledge of the death pathway and availability of
druggable-targets for halting this process. This project aims to address these outstanding issues by investigating
the mechanisms underlying the initiation and execution of motor neuron degeneration in SMA as well as validate
the therapeutic potential of pharmacologically targeting this pathway in mouse models of the disease. The
premise of our proposed work is that the neurodegenerative pathway of SMA motor neurons represents a target-
rich domain for the discovery of disease-modifying pharmacological approaches that are SMN-independent and
suited for combinatorial treatment of SMA. Building on our published and preliminary studies, we will characterize
the upstream mechanisms driving motor neuron death in SMA based on our hypothesis that SMN deficiency
triggers a p38MAPK/p53-dependent neurodegenerative pathway (Aim 1). To broaden the range of candidate
targets for developing SMN-independent neuroprotective approaches for SMA, we will determine the execution
mechanisms of motor neuron death through the identification and functional characterization of the downstream
effectors of p53-dependent neurodegeneration in SMA (Aim 2). Lastly, we will leverage on the availability of a
highly selective, brain permeable inhibitor to test the hypothesis that p38MAPK activation is a shared pathogenic
mechanism associated with motor neuron death across mouse models of SMA with varying disease severity
whose inhibition is a viable therapeutic approach (Aim 3). We will also evaluate whether pharmacological
inhibition of p38MAPK enables enhanced synaptic rewiring by preserving SMA motor neurons in a paradigm of
combinatorial treatment with SMN upregulation. Successful accomplishment of our objectives has the potential
to provide key insights into the mechanisms of motor neuron death in SMA, identify new disease markers and
candidate targets to halt the neurodegenerative process, and establish pharmacological approaches for
neuroprotection to be used in combinatorial treatment of the disease with SMN-inducing therapies.
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