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Pitrez PR, Monteiro LM, Borgogno O, Nissan X, Mertens J, Ferreira L. Cellular reprogramming as a tool to model human aging in a dish. Nat Commun 2024; 15:1816. [PMID: 38418829 PMCID: PMC10902382 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-46004-5] [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: 09/29/2023] [Accepted: 02/12/2024] [Indexed: 03/02/2024] Open
Abstract
The design of human model systems is highly relevant to unveil the underlying mechanisms of aging and to provide insights on potential interventions to extend human health and life span. In this perspective, we explore the potential of 2D or 3D culture models comprising human induced pluripotent stem cells and transdifferentiated cells obtained from aged or age-related disorder-affected donors to enhance our understanding of human aging and to catalyze the discovery of anti-aging interventions.
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- Patricia R Pitrez
- Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, 3000-548, Coimbra, Portugal
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- Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, 3000-548, Coimbra, Portugal
- IIIUC-institute of Interdisciplinary Research, University of Coimbra, Casa Costa Alemão, Coimbra, 3030-789, Portugal
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- Department of Neurosciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Laboratory of Genetics, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- CECS, I-STEM, AFM, Institute for Stem Cell Therapy and Exploration of Monogenic diseases, Evry cedex, France
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- Department of Neurosciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
- Laboratory of Genetics, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA, USA.
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- Center for Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, 3000-548, Coimbra, Portugal.
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Skeletal Muscle Cells Derived from Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells: A Platform for Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophies. Biomedicines 2022; 10:biomedicines10061428. [PMID: 35740450 PMCID: PMC9220148 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines10061428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2022] [Revised: 05/27/2022] [Accepted: 06/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Limb girdle muscular dystrophies (LGMD), caused by mutations in 29 different genes, are the fourth most prevalent group of genetic muscle diseases. Although the link between LGMD and its genetic origins has been determined, LGMD still represent an unmet medical need. Here, we describe a platform for modeling LGMD based on the use of human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSC). Thanks to the self-renewing and pluripotency properties of hiPSC, this platform provides a renewable and an alternative source of skeletal muscle cells (skMC) to primary, immortalized, or overexpressing cells. We report that skMC derived from hiPSC express the majority of the genes and proteins that cause LGMD. As a proof of concept, we demonstrate the importance of this cellular model for studying LGMDR9 by evaluating disease-specific phenotypes in skMC derived from hiPSC obtained from four patients.
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Bridger JM, Pereira RT, Pina C, Tosi S, Lewis A. Alterations to Genome Organisation in Stem Cells, Their Differentiation and Associated Diseases. Results Probl Cell Differ 2022; 70:71-102. [PMID: 36348105 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-06573-6_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The organisation of the genome in its home, the cell nucleus, is reliant on a number of different aspects to establish, maintain and alter its functional non-random positioning. The genome is dispersed throughout a cell nucleus in specific chromosome territories which are further divided into topologically associated domains (TADs), where regions of the genome from different and the same chromosomes come together. This organisation is both controlled by DNA and chromatin epigenetic modification and the association of the genome with nuclear structures such as the nuclear lamina, the nucleolus and nuclear bodies and speckles. Indeed, sequences that are associated with the first two structures mentioned are termed lamina-associated domains (LADs) and nucleolar-associated domains (NADs), respectively. The modifications and nuclear structures that regulate genome function are altered through a cell's life from stem cell to differentiated cell through to reversible quiescence and irreversible senescence, and hence impacting on genome organisation, altering it to silence specific genes and permit others to be expressed in a controlled way in different cell types and cell cycle statuses. The structures and enzymes and thus the organisation of the genome can also be deleteriously affected, leading to disease and/or premature ageing.
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- Joanna M Bridger
- Division of Biosciences, Department of Life Sciences, Centre for Genome Engineering and Maintenance (cenGEM), College of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Brunel University London, Uxbridge, UK.
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- Division of Biosciences, Department of Life Sciences, Centre for Genome Engineering and Maintenance (cenGEM), College of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Brunel University London, Uxbridge, UK
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- Division of Biosciences, Department of Life Sciences, Centre for Genome Engineering and Maintenance (cenGEM), College of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Brunel University London, Uxbridge, UK
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- Division of Biosciences, Department of Life Sciences, Centre for Genome Engineering and Maintenance (cenGEM), College of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Brunel University London, Uxbridge, UK
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- Division of Biosciences, Department of Life Sciences, Centre for Genome Engineering and Maintenance (cenGEM), College of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Brunel University London, Uxbridge, UK
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Grelet M, Blanck V, Sigaudy S, Philip N, Giuliano F, Khachnaoui K, Morel G, Grotto S, Sophie J, Poirsier C, Lespinasse J, Alric L, Calvas P, Chalhoub G, Layet V, Molin A, Colson C, Marsili L, Edery P, Lévy N, De Sandre-Giovannoli A. Outcomes of 4 years of molecular genetic diagnosis on a panel of genes involved in premature aging syndromes, including laminopathies and related disorders. Orphanet J Rare Dis 2019; 14:288. [PMID: 31829210 PMCID: PMC6907233 DOI: 10.1186/s13023-019-1189-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2019] [Accepted: 08/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Segmental progeroid syndromes are a heterogeneous group of rare and often severe genetic disorders that have been studied since the twentieth century. These progeroid syndromes are defined as segmental because only some of the features observed during natural aging are accelerated. METHODS Since 2015, the Molecular Genetics Laboratory in Marseille La Timone Hospital proposes molecular diagnosis of premature aging syndromes including laminopathies and related disorders upon NGS sequencing of a panel of 82 genes involved in these syndromes. We analyzed the results obtained in 4 years on 66 patients issued from France and abroad. RESULTS Globally, pathogenic or likely pathogenic variants (ACMG class 5 or 4) were identified in about 1/4 of the cases; among these, 9 pathogenic variants were novel. On the other hand, the diagnostic yield of our panel was over 60% when the patients were addressed upon a nosologically specific clinical suspicion, excepted for connective tissue disorders, for which clinical diagnosis may be more challenging. Prenatal testing was proposed to 3 families. We additionally detected 16 variants of uncertain significance and reclassified 3 of them as benign upon segregation analysis in first degree relatives. CONCLUSIONS High throughput sequencing using the Laminopathies/ Premature Aging disorders panel allowed molecular diagnosis of rare disorders associated with premature aging features and genetic counseling for families, representing an interesting first-level analysis before whole genome sequencing may be proposed, as a future second step, by the National high throughput sequencing platforms ("Medicine France Genomics 2025" Plan), in families without molecular diagnosis.
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- Maude Grelet
- Department of Medical Genetics, Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Marseille, Marseille, France
- Aix Marseille Univ, INSERM, MMG, Marseille, France
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Marseille, Marseille, France
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Marseille, Marseille, France
- Aix Marseille Univ, INSERM, MMG, Marseille, France
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Marseille, Marseille, France
- Aix Marseille Univ, INSERM, MMG, Marseille, France
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- Hospices Civils de Lyon, Genetic Department and National HHT Reference Center, Femme-Mère-Enfants Hospital, F-69677 Bron, France
- Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, F-69100 Villeurbanne, France
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- Genetics Department, AP-HP, Robert-Debré University Hospital, Paris, France
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- Department of Medical Genetics, CHU Toulouse, Purpan Hospital, 31059 Toulouse, France
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- Department of Genetics, Reims University Hospital, Reims, France
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- Department of Genetics, Centre Hospitalier de Chambéry- Hôtel-dieu, Chambery, France
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- Internal Medicine, CHU Toulouse, Rangueil Hospital, Toulouse 3 University Hospital Center, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Medical Genetics, CHU Toulouse, Purpan Hospital, 31059 Toulouse, France
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- Department of Genetics, Le Havre Hospital, F76600 Le Havre, France
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- Department of Genetics, CHU de Caen, Avenue de la Cote de Nacre, 14000 Caen, France
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- Department of Genetics, CHU de Caen, Avenue de la Cote de Nacre, 14000 Caen, France
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Lille University Hospital, CHU, Lille, France
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- Hospices Civils de Lyon, Genetic Department and National HHT Reference Center, Femme-Mère-Enfants Hospital, F-69677 Bron, France
- Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, F-69100 Villeurbanne, France
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Marseille, Marseille, France
- Aix Marseille Univ, INSERM, MMG, Marseille, France
- CRB-TAC (Biological Ressource Center-Tissues, DNA, Cells), Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Marseille, Marseille, France
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Marseille, Marseille, France
- Aix Marseille Univ, INSERM, MMG, Marseille, France
- CRB-TAC (Biological Ressource Center-Tissues, DNA, Cells), Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Marseille, Marseille, France
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