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Farzana F, McConville MJ, Renoir T, Li S, Nie S, Tran H, Hannan AJ, Hatters DM, Boughton BA. Longitudinal spatial mapping of lipid metabolites reveals pre-symptomatic changes in the hippocampi of Huntington's disease transgenic mice. Neurobiol Dis 2023; 176:105933. [PMID: 36436748 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2022.105933] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2022] [Revised: 11/16/2022] [Accepted: 11/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
Abstract
In Huntington's disease (HD), a key pathological feature includes the development of inclusion-bodies of fragments of the mutant huntingtin protein in the neurons of the striatum and hippocampus. To examine the molecular changes associated with inclusion-body formation, we applied MALDI-mass spectrometry imaging and deuterium pulse labelling to determine lipid levels and synthesis rates in the hippocampus of a transgenic mouse model of HD (R6/1 line). The R6/1 HD mice lacked inclusions in the hippocampus at 6 weeks of age (pre-symptomatic), whereas inclusions were pervasive by 16 weeks of age (symptomatic). Hippocampal subfields (CA1, CA3 and DG), which formed the highest density of inclusion formation in the mouse brain showed a reduction in the relative abundance of neuron-enriched lipids that have roles in neurotransmission, synaptic plasticity, neurogenesis, and ER-stress protection. Lipids involved in the adaptive response to ER stress (phosphatidylinositol, phosphatidic acid, and ganglioside classes) displayed increased rates of synthesis in HD mice relative to WT mice at all the ages examined, including prior to the formation of the inclusion bodies. Our findings, therefore, support a role for ER stress occurring pre-symptomatically and potentially contributing to pathological mechanisms underlying HD.
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Affiliation(s)
- Farheen Farzana
- Florey Institute of Neuroscience & Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia; Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia; Metabolomics Australia, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- Florey Institute of Neuroscience & Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- Florey Institute of Neuroscience & Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- Melbourne Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics Facility, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- Florey Institute of Neuroscience & Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- Florey Institute of Neuroscience & Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia.
| | - Berin A Boughton
- School of Biosciences, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia; Australian National Phenome Centre, Murdoch University, Murdoch 6150, Western Australia, Australia.
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