Characterisation of early changes in ovine CLN5 and CLN6 Batten disease neural cultures for the rapid screening of therapeutics

Neurobiology of Disease

Stephanie M Hughes¹  Nicole J Neverman¹  Nadia L Mitchell¹  Hollie E Wicky²  Beulah Leitch²  Hannah L Best² 

[1] Batten Animal Research Network (BARN), New Zealand;Department of Biochemistry, School of Biomedical Sciences, Brain Health Research Centre, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand;

关键词: Batten disease;    Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis;    CLN5;    CLN6;    Neuronal cell culture;    Gene therapy;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Batten disease (neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis) refers to a group of neurodegenerative lysosomal storage diseases predominantly affecting children. There are currently no effective treatments, and the functions of many of the associated gene products are unknown. Here we characterise fetal neural cultures from two genetically distinct sheep forms of Batten disease, with mutations in the lysosomal protein encoding gene CLN5 and endoplasmic reticulum membrane protein encoding gene CLN6, respectively. We found similar reductions in autophagy, acidic organelles and synaptic recycling in both forms compared to unaffected cells. We then developed a high-throughput screen and tested for correction of deficient cells with lentiviral-mediated CLN5 or CLN6 gene transfer and fibrate drugs, gemfibrozil and fenofibrate in CLN6 deficient neural cultures. These assays provide a simple system to rapidly screen candidate therapies or libraries of drugs prior to in vivo testing.

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