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EBioMedicine ; 103: 105124, 2024 May.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38701619

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BACKGROUND: PolyQ diseases are autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disorders caused by the expansion of CAG repeats. While of slow progression, these diseases are ultimately fatal and lack effective therapies. METHODS: A high-throughput chemical screen was conducted to identify drugs that lower the toxicity of a protein containing the first exon of Huntington's disease (HD) protein huntingtin (HTT) harbouring 94 glutamines (Htt-Q94). Candidate drugs were tested in a wide range of in vitro and in vivo models of polyQ toxicity. FINDINGS: The chemical screen identified the anti-leprosy drug clofazimine as a hit, which was subsequently validated in several in vitro models. Computational analyses of transcriptional signatures revealed that the effect of clofazimine was due to the stimulation of mitochondrial biogenesis by peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ). In agreement with this, clofazimine rescued mitochondrial dysfunction triggered by Htt-Q94 expression. Importantly, clofazimine also limited polyQ toxicity in developing zebrafish and neuron-specific worm models of polyQ disease. INTERPRETATION: Our results support the potential of repurposing the antimicrobial drug clofazimine for the treatment of polyQ diseases. FUNDING: A full list of funding sources can be found in the acknowledgments section.


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Clofazimina , Glutamina , Proteína Huntingtina , Doença de Huntington , PPAR gama , Peptídeos , Peixe-Zebra , Animais , Humanos , Caenorhabditis elegans/efeitos dos fármacos , Caenorhabditis elegans/metabolismo , Clofazimina/farmacologia , Modelos Animais de Doenças , Proteína Huntingtina/genética , Proteína Huntingtina/metabolismo , Doença de Huntington/tratamento farmacológico , Doença de Huntington/metabolismo , Hansenostáticos/farmacologia , Mitocôndrias/efeitos dos fármacos , Mitocôndrias/metabolismo , Peptídeos/metabolismo , Peptídeos/toxicidade , PPAR gama/metabolismo , PPAR gama/genética , Glutamina/metabolismo , Glutamina/toxicidade
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