Abstract
In the present study, we developed an in vitro model of Huntington disease (HD) by transfecting primary rat hippocampal neurons with plasmids coding for m-htt exon 1 with different number of CAG repeats (18, 50 and 115) and demonstrated the influence of the length of polyQ sequence on neurite elongation. We found that exogenously applied FGF2 significantly rescued the m-htt-induced loss of neurite outgrowth. Moreover, the Enreptin peptide, an FGFR1 and NCAM dual agonist, had a similar neuritogenic effect to FGF2 in clinically relevant m-htt 50Q-expressing neurons. This study has developed an in vitro model of primary hippocampal neurons transfected with m-htt-coding vectors that is a powerful tool to study m-htt–related effects on neuronal placticity.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Journal of Neural Transmission |
Volume | 126 |
Issue number | 11 |
Pages (from-to) | 1493-1500 |
Number of pages | 8 |
ISSN | 0300-9564 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Nov 2019 |
Keywords
- Huntington disease
- Mutant huntingtin
- FGF2
- Enreptin
- Neurite outgrowth
- Hippocampal neurons