Deciphering neuronal deficit and protein profile changes in human brain organoids from patients with creatine transporter deficiency

Creatine transporter deficiency (CTD) is an X-linked disease caused by mutations in the SLC6A8 gene. The impaired creatine uptake in the brain results in intellectual disability, behavioral disorders, language delay, and seizures. In this work, we generated human brain organoids from induced pluripo...

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Main Authors: Léa Broca-Brisson, Rania Harati, Clémence Disdier, Orsolya Mozner, Romane Gaston-Breton, Auriane Maïza, Narciso Costa, Anne-Cécile Guyot, Balazs Sarkadi, Agota Apati, Matthew R Skelton, Lucie Madrange, Frank Yates, Jean Armengaud, Rifat Hamoudi, Aloïse Mabondzo
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author Léa Broca-Brisson
Rania Harati
Clémence Disdier
Orsolya Mozner
Romane Gaston-Breton
Auriane Maïza
Narciso Costa
Anne-Cécile Guyot
Balazs Sarkadi
Agota Apati
Matthew R Skelton
Lucie Madrange
Frank Yates
Jean Armengaud
Rifat Hamoudi
Aloïse Mabondzo
author_facet Léa Broca-Brisson
Rania Harati
Clémence Disdier
Orsolya Mozner
Romane Gaston-Breton
Auriane Maïza
Narciso Costa
Anne-Cécile Guyot
Balazs Sarkadi
Agota Apati
Matthew R Skelton
Lucie Madrange
Frank Yates
Jean Armengaud
Rifat Hamoudi
Aloïse Mabondzo
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description Creatine transporter deficiency (CTD) is an X-linked disease caused by mutations in the SLC6A8 gene. The impaired creatine uptake in the brain results in intellectual disability, behavioral disorders, language delay, and seizures. In this work, we generated human brain organoids from induced pluripotent stem cells of healthy subjects and CTD patients. Brain organoids from CTD donors had reduced creatine uptake compared with those from healthy donors. The expression of neural progenitor cell markers SOX2 and PAX6 was reduced in CTD-derived organoids, while GSK3β, a key regulator of neurogenesis, was up-regulated. Shotgun proteomics combined with integrative bioinformatic and statistical analysis identified changes in the abundance of proteins associated with intellectual disability, epilepsy, and autism. Re-establishment of the expression of a functional SLC6A8 in CTD-derived organoids restored creatine uptake and normalized the expression of SOX2, GSK3β, and other key proteins associated with clinical features of CTD patients. Our brain organoid model opens new avenues for further characterizing the CTD pathophysiology and supports the concept that reinstating creatine levels in patients with CTD could result in therapeutic efficacy.
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spelling doaj.art-e52897c931c1438dbf89ad9807783b442023-10-13T13:31:00ZengeLife Sciences Publications LtdeLife2050-084X2023-10-011210.7554/eLife.88459Deciphering neuronal deficit and protein profile changes in human brain organoids from patients with creatine transporter deficiencyLéa Broca-Brisson0Rania Harati1Clémence Disdier2Orsolya Mozner3https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5784-7702Romane Gaston-Breton4Auriane Maïza5Narciso Costa6Anne-Cécile Guyot7Balazs Sarkadi8https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0592-4539Agota Apati9https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0380-8139Matthew R Skelton10Lucie Madrange11Frank Yates12Jean Armengaud13https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1589-445XRifat Hamoudi14Aloïse Mabondzo15https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0627-8949Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, INRAE, Département Médicaments et Technologies pour la Santé, Gif sur Yvette, FranceDepartment of Pharmacy Practice and Pharmacotherapeutics, College of Pharmacy, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; Sharjah Institute for Medical Research, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab EmiratesCERES BRAIN Therapeutics, Paris, FranceInstitute of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, ELKH, and Doctoral School of Molecular Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, HungaryUniversité Paris-Saclay, CEA, INRAE, Département Médicaments et Technologies pour la Santé, Gif sur Yvette, FranceUniversité Paris-Saclay, CEA, INRAE, Département Médicaments et Technologies pour la Santé, Gif sur Yvette, FranceUniversité Paris-Saclay, CEA, INRAE, Département Médicaments et Technologies pour la Santé, Gif sur Yvette, FranceUniversité Paris-Saclay, CEA, INRAE, Département Médicaments et Technologies pour la Santé, Gif sur Yvette, FranceInstitute of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, ELKH, and Doctoral School of Molecular Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, HungaryInstitute of Enzymology, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, ELKH, and Doctoral School of Molecular Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, HungaryDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and Division of Neurology, Cincinnati Children’s Research Foundation, Cincinnati, United StatesSupBiotech/Service d'Etude des Prions et des Infections Atypiques (SEPIA), Institut François Jacob, CEA, Université Paris Saclay, Paris, FranceSupBiotech/Service d'Etude des Prions et des Infections Atypiques (SEPIA), Institut François Jacob, CEA, Université Paris Saclay, Paris, FranceUniversité Paris-Saclay, CEA, INRAE, Département Médicaments et Technologies pour la Santé (DMTS), SPI, Bagnols-sur-Cèze, FranceClinical Sciences Department, College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates; Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, University College London, London, United Kingdom; ASPIRE Precision Medicine Research Institute Abu Dhabi, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab EmiratesUniversité Paris-Saclay, CEA, INRAE, Département Médicaments et Technologies pour la Santé, Gif sur Yvette, FranceCreatine transporter deficiency (CTD) is an X-linked disease caused by mutations in the SLC6A8 gene. The impaired creatine uptake in the brain results in intellectual disability, behavioral disorders, language delay, and seizures. In this work, we generated human brain organoids from induced pluripotent stem cells of healthy subjects and CTD patients. Brain organoids from CTD donors had reduced creatine uptake compared with those from healthy donors. The expression of neural progenitor cell markers SOX2 and PAX6 was reduced in CTD-derived organoids, while GSK3β, a key regulator of neurogenesis, was up-regulated. Shotgun proteomics combined with integrative bioinformatic and statistical analysis identified changes in the abundance of proteins associated with intellectual disability, epilepsy, and autism. Re-establishment of the expression of a functional SLC6A8 in CTD-derived organoids restored creatine uptake and normalized the expression of SOX2, GSK3β, and other key proteins associated with clinical features of CTD patients. Our brain organoid model opens new avenues for further characterizing the CTD pathophysiology and supports the concept that reinstating creatine levels in patients with CTD could result in therapeutic efficacy.https://elifesciences.org/articles/88459cortexbrainneurogenesis
spellingShingle Léa Broca-Brisson
Rania Harati
Clémence Disdier
Orsolya Mozner
Romane Gaston-Breton
Auriane Maïza
Narciso Costa
Anne-Cécile Guyot
Balazs Sarkadi
Agota Apati
Matthew R Skelton
Lucie Madrange
Frank Yates
Jean Armengaud
Rifat Hamoudi
Aloïse Mabondzo
Deciphering neuronal deficit and protein profile changes in human brain organoids from patients with creatine transporter deficiency
eLife
cortex
brain
neurogenesis
title Deciphering neuronal deficit and protein profile changes in human brain organoids from patients with creatine transporter deficiency
title_full Deciphering neuronal deficit and protein profile changes in human brain organoids from patients with creatine transporter deficiency
title_fullStr Deciphering neuronal deficit and protein profile changes in human brain organoids from patients with creatine transporter deficiency
title_full_unstemmed Deciphering neuronal deficit and protein profile changes in human brain organoids from patients with creatine transporter deficiency
title_short Deciphering neuronal deficit and protein profile changes in human brain organoids from patients with creatine transporter deficiency
title_sort deciphering neuronal deficit and protein profile changes in human brain organoids from patients with creatine transporter deficiency
topic cortex
brain
neurogenesis
url https://elifesciences.org/articles/88459
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