Neurology eJournal. 2023 Mar 29
Jing Wen, Yunhao Li, Zongqin Xiang, Bin Mou, Ke Zhang, Ang Li, Lingli Yan, Wei Yang, Yong U. Liu, Huanxing Su
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Research Field: CNS

Keywords: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, TDP-43, Lycorine, Ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS), Motor neurons

AAV Serotype: AAV9

Dose: Viral titers (300 nL) at a concentration of 5 x 10^12 GC/mL were stereotaxic injected into the primary motor cortex of the mice under anesthesia with 1.5% isoflurane.

Routes of Administration: stereotaxic injected into the primary motor cortex of the mice

Targeted organ: brain

Animal or cell line strain: In all experiments, 8–10-week-old male and female C57BL/6J mice were used.

Abstract

Aggregation of the TAR-DNA binding protein (TDP)-43 is a common pathological feature present in nearly 97% cases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients, making it an attractive target for pathogenic studies and drug screening. Here, by targeting the TDP-43A315T mutant, we performed a high-throughput screening of 1500 compounds from a natural product library and identified that lycorine, a naturally occurring alkaloid, significantly downregulated the expression of TDP-43A315T in a cellular model. We further demonstrate that lycorine inhibits the synthesis of TDP-43A315T and promotes the clearance of the mutant protein through the ubiquitin–proteasome system (UPS). Importantly, treatment of lycorine significantly attenuates TDP-43 proteinopathy and improves functional recovery in transgenic C. elegans and mice expressing TDP-43A315T. These findings suggest that lycorine is a promising lead compound that has therapeutic potential for ALS

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