Comparative snRNAseq study of C9orf72, SOD1, and sALS spinal cord
Cao, S.; Sheehan, M.; Cox, V.; Walther, D. M.; Guise, A. J.; Plowey, E. D.; Zavodszky, M. I.; Carlie, T.; Challa, R.; Chen, Y.; Zhang, G.; Mclaughlin, H.; Worth, C. L.; Chen, C.-Y.; Lo, S.-C.; Chen, W.; Hurt, J. A.; Huh, D.
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a devastating neurodegenerative disease characterized by the loss of motor neurons, yet the cell-type specific molecular alterations within the spinal cords are not well characterized. In this study, we conducted deep molecular profiling of spinal cord tissues donated by people living with sporadic, C9orf72, and SOD1-ALS using single-nucleus RNA sequencing (snRNAseq). We observed numerous distinct gene expression patterns and enriched pathways among ALS types. However, when focusing on common features, we identified activation of stress-response and inflammatory pathways in specific microglia subtypes, as well as disrupted vesicle transport and synaptic function in a ventral inhibitory neuronal subtype. Notably, CPLX3, a SNARE regulator, was uniquely expressed in alpha-motor neurons and was commonly downregulated across all ALS types. While this study uncovers the molecular heterogeneity underlying ALS, it also highlights shared pathways within specific cell types, especially in the ventral inhibitory neurons that have been less explored in ALS research.
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