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ArticleNature communications2022

Huntington disease oligodendrocyte maturation deficits revealed by single-nucleus RNAseq are rescued by thiamine-biotin supplementation.

Ryan G Lim, Osama Al-Dalahmah, Jie Wu, Maxwell P Gold, Jack C Reidling, Guomei Tang, Miriam Adam, David K Dansu, Hye-Jin Park, Patrizia Casaccia and 19 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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53citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
6.2field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

53 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 71 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

29 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Ryan G Lim *UCI MIND, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6388-5158
Osama Al-Dalahmah *Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3442-5459
Jie Wu *Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2759-5879
Maxwell P GoldDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Jack C ReidlingUCI MIND, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.
Guomei TangDepartment of Neurology, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9479-5331
Miriam AdamDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
David K DansuAdvanced Science Research Center at the City University of New York, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0342-3060
Hye-Jin ParkAdvanced Science Research Center at the City University of New York, New York, NY, USA.
Patrizia CasacciaAdvanced Science Research Center at the City University of New York, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4785-9264
Ricardo MiramontesUCI MIND, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.
Andrea M Reyes-OrtizDepartment of Biological Chemistry, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.
Alice LauDepartment of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.
Richard A HickmanDepartment of Pathology and Cell Biology, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Fatima KhanDepartment of Pathology and Cell Biology, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Fahad ParyaniDepartment of Neurology, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Alice TangDepartment of Pathology and Cell Biology, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Kenneth OforiDepartment of Pathology and Cell Biology, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4422-2882
Emily MiyoshiDepartment of Neurobiology and Behavior, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8151-0560
Neethu MichaelDepartment of Pathology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.
Nicolette McClureDepartment of Neurobiology and Behavior, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.
Xena E FlowersDepartment of Pathology and Cell Biology, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Jean Paul VonsattelDepartment of Pathology and Cell Biology, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Shawn DavidsonLewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, Princeton, NJ, USA.
Vilas MenonDepartment of Neurology, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4096-8601
Vivek SwarupUCI MIND, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3762-2746
Ernest FraenkelDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9249-8181
James E GoldmanDepartment of Pathology and Cell Biology, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA. jeg5@cumc.columbia.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-2135-8936
Leslie M ThompsonUCI MIND, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA. lmthomps@hs.uci.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-4573-9514
University of California, Irvine · USColumbia University · USMassachusetts Institute of Technology · USThe Graduate Center, CUNY · USColumbia University Irving Medical Center · USPrinceton University · US

Funding

Environmental Biosensors in the Oligodendrocyte LineageR35NS111604 · NINDS · ADVANCED SCIENCE RESEARCH CENTER · PI Patrizia Casaccia · 2019 to 2026
$9.1M
Molecular Mechanisms of Pathogenesis in Huntington’s diseaseR35NS116872 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI Leslie Michels Thompson · 2020 to 2026
$8.5M
Epigenetic Pathology and Therapy in Huntington's DiseaseR01NS089076 · NINDS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI FRAENKEL, ERNEST, HOUSMAN, DAVID · 2015 to 2024
$4.9M
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The complexity of affected brain regions and cell types is a challenge for Huntington's disease (HD) treatment. Here we use single nucleus RNA sequencing to investigate molecular pathology in the cortex and striatum from R6/2 mice and human HD post-mortem tissue. We identify cell type-specific and -agnostic signatures suggesting oligodendrocytes (OLs) and oligodendrocyte precursors (OPCs) are arrested in intermediate maturation states. OL-lineage regulators OLIG1 and OLIG2 are negatively correlated with CAG length in human OPCs, and ATACseq analysis of HD mouse NeuN-negative cells shows decreased accessibility regulated by OL maturation genes. The data implicates glucose and lipid metabolism in abnormal cell maturation and identify PRKCE and Thiamine Pyrophosphokinase 1 (TPK1) as central genes. Thiamine/biotin treatment of R6/1 HD mice to compensate for TPK1 dysregulation restores OL maturation and rescues neuronal pathology. Our insights into HD OL pathology spans multiple brain regions and link OL maturation deficits to abnormal thiamine metabolism.

Indexed as

BiotinHuntington DiseaseOligodendrogliaThiamineAnimalsDietary SupplementsDisease Models, AnimalHumansMiceMice, TransgenicNerve Tissue ProteinsSolitary NucleusBiotinNerve Tissue ProteinsThiamine

Identifiers

PMID36543778
PMCPMC9772349
OpenAlexW4313340421

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