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Date publication

décembre 2021

Journal

Scientific reports

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr MONASSIER Laurent


Tous les auteurs :
Arnoux A, Ayme-Dietrich E, Dieterle S, Goy MA, Schann S, Frauli M, Monassier L, Dupuis L

Résumé

Degeneration of brainstem serotonin neurons has been demonstrated in ALS patients and mouse models and was found responsible for the development of spasticity. Consistent with involvement of central serotonin pathways, 5-HT receptor (5-HTR) was upregulated in microglia of ALS mice. Its deletion worsened disease outcome in the Sod1 mouse model and led to microglial degeneration. In ALS patients, a polymorphism in HTR2B gene leading to higher receptor expression in CNS, was associated with increased survival in patients as well as prevention of microglial degeneration. Thus, the aim of our study was to determine the effect of a 5-HTR agonist : BW723C86 (BW), in the Sod1 mouse model. Despite good pharmacokinetic and pharmacological profiles, BW did not ameliorate disease outcome or motor neuron degeneration in a fast progressing mouse model of ALS despite evidence of modulation of microglial gene expression.

Mots clés

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, drug therapy, Animals, Disease Models, Animal, Female, Indoles, pharmacology, Male, Mice, Mice, Transgenic, Microglia, drug effects, Motor Neurons, drug effects, Nerve Degeneration, drug therapy, Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT2B, metabolism, Serotonin, metabolism, Serotonin 5-HT2 Receptor Agonists, pharmacology, Superoxide Dismutase-1, metabolism, Thiophenes, pharmacology

Référence

Sci Rep. 2021 12 8;11(1):23582