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ProfessorHectorKeun

Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery & Cancer

Professor of Biochemistry
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 3161h.keun

 
 
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officesInstitute of Reproductive and Developmental BiologyHammersmith Campus

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Publications

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@article{Valbuena:2019:10.3389/fnins.2019.01276,
author = {Valbuena, G and Keun, H and Bendotti, C and Cantoni, L and Tortarolo, M},
doi = {10.3389/fnins.2019.01276},
journal = {Frontiers in Neuroscience},
pages = {1--16},
title = {Spinal cord metabolic signatures in models of fast- and slow-progressing SOD1G93A Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2019.01276},
volume = {13},
year = {2019}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - The rate of disease progression in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is highly variable, even between patients with the same genetic mutations. Metabolic alterations may affect disease course variability in ALS patients, but challenges in identifying the preclinical and early phases of the disease limit our understanding of molecular mechanisms underlying differences in the rate of disease progression. We examined effects of SOD1G93A on thoracic and lumbar spinal cord metabolites in two mouse ALS models with different rates of disease progression: the transgenic SOD1G93A-C57BL/6JOlaHsd (C57-G93A, slow progression) and transgenic SOD1G93A-129SvHsd (129S-G93A, fast progression) strains. Samples from three timepoints (presymptomatic, disease onset, and late stage disease) were analyzed using Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry metabolomics. Tissue metabolome differences in the lumbar spinal cord were driven primarily by mouse genetic background, although larger responses were observed in metabolic trajectories after the onset of symptoms. The significantly affected lumbar spinal cord metabolites were involved in energy and lipid metabolism. In the thoracic spinal cord, metabolic differences related to genetic background, background-SOD1 genotype interactions, and longitudinal SOD1G93A effects. The largest responses in thoracic spinal cord metabolic trajectories related to SOD1G93A effects before onset of visible symptoms. More metabolites were significantly affected in the thoracic segment, which were involved in energy homeostasis, neurotransmitter synthesis and utilization, and the oxidative stress response. We find evidence that initial metabolic alterations in SOD1G93A mice confer disadvantages for maintaining neuronal viability under ALS-related stressors, with slow-progressing C57-G93A mice potentially having more favorable spinal cord bioenergetic profiles than 129S-G93A. These genetic background-associated metabolic differences together with the different ea
AU  - Valbuena,G
AU  - Keun,H
AU  - Bendotti,C
AU  - Cantoni,L
AU  - Tortarolo,M
DO  - 10.3389/fnins.2019.01276
EP  - 16
PY  - 2019///
SN  - 1662-453X
SP  - 1
TI  - Spinal cord metabolic signatures in models of fast- and slow-progressing SOD1G93A Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
T2  - Frontiers in Neuroscience
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2019.01276
UR  - file://icnas3.cc.ic.ac.uk/yozkan/downloads/fnins-13-01276.pdf
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/74914
VL  - 13
ER  -
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