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Soluble mutant huntingtin drives early human pathogenesis in Huntington's disease
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Huntington's disease (HD) is an incurable inherited brain disorder characterised by massive degeneration of striatal neurons, which correlates with abnormal accumulation of misfolded mutant huntingtin (mHTT) protein. Research on HD has been hampered by the inability to study early dysfunction and progressive degeneration of human striatal neurons in vivo. To investigate human pathogenesis in a physiologically relevant context, we transplanted human pluripotent stem cell-derived neural progenitor cells (hNPCs) from control and HD patients into the striatum of new-born mice. Most hNPCs differentiated into striatal neurons that projected to their target areas and established synaptic connexions within the host basal ganglia circuitry. Remarkably, HD human striatal neurons first developed soluble forms of mHTT, which primarily targeted endoplasmic reticulum, mitochondria and nuclear membrane to cause structural alterations. Furthermore, HD human cells secreted extracellular vesicles containing mHTT monomers and oligomers, which were internalised by non-mutated mouse striatal neurons triggering cell death. We conclude that interaction of mHTT soluble forms with key cellular organelles initially drives disease progression in HD patients and their transmission through exosomes contributes to spread the disease in a non-cell autonomous manner.
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MIGUEZ, Andrés, GOMIS, Cinta, VILA, Cristina, MONGUIÓ TORTAJADA, Marta, FERNÁNDEZ GARCÍA, Sara, BOMBAU, Georgina, GALOFRÉ, Mireia, GARCÍA BRAVO, María, SANDERS, Phil, FERNÁNDEZ MEDINA, Helena, POQUET, Blanca, SALADO MANZANO, Cristina, ROURA, Santiago, ALBERCH I VIÉ, Jordi, SEGOVIA, José carlos, ALLEN, Nicholas d., BORRÀS I SERRES, Francesc enric, CANALS I COLL, Josep m.. Soluble mutant huntingtin drives early human pathogenesis in Huntington's disease. _Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences_. 2023. Vol. 80, núm. 8. [consulta: 28 de gener de 2026]. ISSN: 1420-682X. [Disponible a: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/220784]