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Title: | A knock-in/knock-out mouse model of HSPB8-associated distal hereditary motor neuropathy and myopathy reveals toxic gain-of-function of mutant Hspb8 | Authors: | Bouhy, Delphine Juneja, Manisha Katona, Istvan Holmgren, Anne Asselbergh, Bob De Winter, Vicky Hochepied, Tino Goossens, Steven Haigh, Jody J. Libert, Claude Ceuterick-de Groote, Chantal IROBI, Joy Weis, Joachim Timmerman, Vincent |
Issue Date: | 2017 | Source: | ACTA NEUROPATHOLOGICA, 135 (1), p. 131-148 | Abstract: | Mutations in the small heat shock protein B8 gene (HSPB8/HSP22) have been associated with distal hereditary motor neuropathy, Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease, and recently distal myopathy. It is so far not clear how mutant HSPB8 induces the neuronal and muscular phenotypes and if a common pathogenesis lies behind these diseases. Growing evidence points towards a role of HSPB8 in chaperone-associated autophagy, which has been shown to be a determinant for the clearance of poly-glutamine aggregates in neurodegenerative diseases but also for the maintenance of skeletal muscle myofibrils. To test this hypothesis and better dissect the pathomechanism of mutant HSPB8, we generated a new transgenic mouse model leading to the expression of the mutant protein (knock-in lines) or the loss-of-function (functional knock-out lines) of the endogenous protein Hspb8. While the homozygous knock-in mice developed motor deficits associated with degeneration of peripheral nerves and severe muscle atrophy corroborating patient data, homozygous knock-out mice had locomotor performances equivalent to those of wild-type animals. The distal skeletal muscles of the post-symptomatic homozygous knock-in displayed Z-disk disorganisation, granulofilamentous material accumulation along with Hspb8, αB-crystallin (HSPB5/CRYAB), and desmin aggregates. The presence of the aggregates correlated with reduced markers of effective autophagy. The sciatic nerve of the homozygous knock-in mice was characterized by low autophagy potential in pre-symptomatic and Hspb8 aggregates in post-symptomatic animals. On the other hand, the sciatic nerve of the homozygous knock-out mice presented a normal morphology and their distal muscle displayed accumulation of abnormal mitochondria but intact myofiber and Z-line organisation. Our data, therefore, suggest that toxic gain-of-function of mutant Hspb8 aggregates is a major contributor to the peripheral neuropathy and the myopathy. In addition, mutant Hspb8 induces impairments in autophagy that may aggravate the phenotype. | Notes: | Timmerman, V (reprint author), Univ Antwerp, Dept Biomed Sci, Peripheral Neuropathy Res Grp, Univ Pl 1, B-2610 Antwerp, Belgium. vincent.timmerman@uantwerpen.be | Keywords: | peripheral neuropathy; myofibrillar; myopathy; HSPB8; autophagy | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/24223 | ISSN: | 0001-6322 | e-ISSN: | 1432-0533 | DOI: | 10.1007/s00401-017-1756-0 | ISI #: | 000419470000009 | Rights: | © The Author(s) 2017. This article is an open access publication | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution | Validations: | ecoom 2019 |
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