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TDP-43 Proteins in Axons of C9orf72 Mutations are Validating iPSC-Derived Motor Neurons as a Model of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

16 June, 2022

C9orf72 motor neurons exhibit TDP-43 condensates in somas and axons.

ALS pathology is only partially understood. TDP-43 proteins play an essential role in the mechanisms of this severe disease. Some evidence indicates that TDP-43 is an early marker of this disease starting from the neuromuscular junction.
 
NeuroProof investigated several markers of ALS in an automated imaging approach with the CQ1 system from Yokogawa in collaboration with Cenibra GmbH. In this study, TDP-43 was present in axons in C9orf72 spinal motor neurons, which is in concordance with other publications.
  
Phenotypic screening of human iPSC-derived motor neurons from patients with familial history is an excellent opportunity for screening new therapies for this severe disease.
 
NeuroProof has tested diseased ALS motor neurons with and without co-cultures of astrocytes in several screening assays besides its electrophysiological screening on its microelectrode array recording platform.

In the picture, we have stained C9orf72 human iPSC-derived motor neurons after 14 days in vitro with a TDP-43 antibody (green, nuclei with DAPI in blue, and cytoskeleton with ß-III-Tubulin in red).

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Functional Phenotypic Screening of Small Molecules in a human patient-derived cell model for Fragile X Syndrome
 
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Nov 16 at 8.00 AM
Functional Phenotypic Screening Models for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis with human iPSC-derived spinal motor neurons

Compared to wild-type cell lines, the hyper excitation of diseased ALS cell lines with a C9orf72 and a SOD1 mutation is shown.

The effect of astrocytes on neuronal activity was investigated.
 
The effects of riluzole and spermidine in these models are shown.

Nov 16 at 8:00 AM
Validation of Models for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis with human iPSC Motor-derived Neurons

Mislocalization of TDP-43 proteins in axons and dendrites is a hallmark of ALS. TDP-43 mislocalizations exist in iPSC-derived spinal motor neurons with C9orf72 mutations but not in wild-type motor neurons.
 
In the picture, we have stained C9orf72 human iPSC-derived motor neurons after 14 days in vitro with a TDP-43 antibody (green, nuclei with DAPI in blue, and cytoskeleton with ß-III-Tubulin in red).

C9orf72 mutant cells show increased levels of Poly(GR) dipeptides as a second hallmark.

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