Genetic and Chemical Correction of Cholesterol Accumulation and Impaired Autophagy in Hepatic and Neural Cells Derived from Niemann-Pick Type C Patient-Specific iPS Cells
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Maetzel, Dorothea
Sarkar, Sovan
Wang, Haoyi
Abi-Mosleh, Lina
Xu, Ping
Gao, Qing
Mitalipova, Maisam
Jaenisch, Rudolf
Cheng, Albert Wu
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June 2014
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Stem Cell Reports
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Elsevier B.V.
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Maetzel, Dorothea, Sovan Sarkar, Haoyi Wang, Lina Abi-Mosleh, Ping Xu, Albert W. Cheng, Qing Gao, Maisam Mitalipova, and Rudolf Jaenisch. “Genetic and Chemical Correction of Cholesterol Accumulation and Impaired Autophagy in Hepatic and Neural Cells Derived from Niemann-Pick Type C Patient-Specific iPS Cells.” Stem Cell Reports 2, no. 6 (June 2014): 866–880.
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Niemann-Pick type C (NPC) disease is a fatal inherited lipid storage disorder causing severe neurodegeneration and liver dysfunction with only limited treatment options for patients. Loss of NPC1 function causes defects in cholesterol metabolism and has recently been implicated in deregulation of autophagy. Here, we report the generation of isogenic pairs of NPC patient-specific induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) using transcription activator-like effector nucleases (TALENs). We observed decreased cell viability, cholesterol accumulation, and dysfunctional autophagic flux in NPC1-deficient human hepatic and neural cells. Genetic correction of a disease-causing mutation rescued these defects and directly linked NPC1 protein function to impaired cholesterol metabolism and autophagy. Screening for autophagy-inducing compounds in disease-affected human cells showed cell type specificity. Carbamazepine was found to be cytoprotective and effective in restoring the autophagy defects in both NPC1-deficient hepatic and neuronal cells and therefore may be a promising treatment option with overall benefit for NPC disease.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biology
Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stemcr.2014.03.014
