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Krasilnikova MM, Humphries CL, Shinsky EM. Friedreich's ataxia: new insights. Emerg Top Life Sci 2023; 7:313-323. [PMID: 37698160 DOI: 10.1042/etls20230017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2023] [Revised: 08/09/2023] [Accepted: 08/29/2023] [Indexed: 09/13/2023]
Abstract
Friedreich ataxia (FRDA) is an inherited disease that is typically caused by GAA repeat expansion within the first intron of the FXN gene coding for frataxin. This results in the frataxin deficiency that affects mostly muscle, nervous, and cardiovascular systems with progressive worsening of the symptoms over the years. This review summarizes recent progress that was achieved in understanding of molecular mechanism of the disease over the last few years and latest treatment strategies focused on overcoming the frataxin deficiency.
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- Maria M Krasilnikova
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, U.S.A
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- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, U.S.A
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- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, U.S.A
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Sayles NM, Napierala JS, Anrather J, Diedhiou N, Li J, Napierala M, Puccio H, Manfredi G. Comparative multi-omic analyses of cardiac mitochondrial stress in three mouse models of frataxin deficiency. Dis Model Mech 2023; 16:dmm050114. [PMID: 37691621 PMCID: PMC10581388 DOI: 10.1242/dmm.050114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2023] [Accepted: 09/05/2023] [Indexed: 09/12/2023] Open
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Cardiomyopathy is often fatal in Friedreich ataxia (FA). However, FA hearts maintain adequate function until advanced disease stages, suggesting initial adaptation to the loss of frataxin (FXN). Conditional cardiac knockout mouse models of FXN show transcriptional and metabolic profiles of the mitochondrial integrated stress response (ISRmt), which could play an adaptive role. However, the ISRmt has not been investigated in models with disease-relevant, partial decrease in FXN. We characterized the heart transcriptomes and metabolomes of three mouse models with varying degrees of FXN depletion: YG8-800, KIKO-700 and FXNG127V. Few metabolites were changed in YG8-800 mice, which did not provide a signature of cardiomyopathy or ISRmt; several metabolites were altered in FXNG127V and KIKO-700 hearts. Transcriptional changes were found in all models, but differentially expressed genes consistent with cardiomyopathy and ISRmt were only identified in FXNG127V hearts. However, these changes were surprisingly mild even at advanced age (18 months), despite a severe decrease in FXN levels to 1% of those of wild type. These findings indicate that the mouse heart has low reliance on FXN, highlighting the difficulty in modeling genetically relevant FA cardiomyopathy.
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- Nicole M. Sayles
- Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medicine, 407 East 61st Street, New York, NY 10065, USA
- Neuroscience Graduate Program, Will Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences, 1300 York Ave, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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- Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medicine, 407 East 61st Street, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IGBMC), CNRS/Université de Strasbourg UMR7104, Inserm U1258, B. P. 163, 67404 Illkirch, France
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- Department of Neurology, Peter O'Donnell Jr. Brain Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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- Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire (IGBMC), CNRS/Université de Strasbourg UMR7104, Inserm U1258, B. P. 163, 67404 Illkirch, France
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- Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medicine, 407 East 61st Street, New York, NY 10065, USA
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