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Astrocytes control motor neuronal mitochondrial axonal transport deficits in C9ORF72 ALS.

Stavrou, M.; Heffernan, A.; Carter, R. N.; Dando, O.; Jiwaji, Z.; Burr, K.; Nanda, J.; Cholewa, J.; Story, D.; Hardingham, G.; Selvaraj, B.; Chandran, S.

2025-06-15 neuroscience
10.1101/2025.06.10.658820 bioRxiv
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Disrupted axonal transport and astrocyte dysfunction are implicated in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Here, we show these are intrinsically linked: human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived astrocytes carrying the C9ORF72 mutation disrupt axonal transport and mitochondrial function in motor neurons (MNs). Conversely, either isogenic gene-corrected astrocytes or selectively boosting C9ORF72-astrocyte mitochondrial bioenergetics rescue axonal transport deficits in C9ORF72-MNs. Thus, astrocytes have a dominant effect on axonal mitochondrial transport in the context of ALS.

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