Further research is also required on immunity-unrelated functions of CRISPR-Cas systems. Numerous studies revealed their involvement in several regulatory processes (see 4) and deeper insight is needed, for instance, when it comes to the interaction of Cas proteins with components of cellular DNA repair and recombination pathways.
Phenylketonuria (PKU) is caused by autosomal recessive variants in phenylalanine hydroxylase (PAH), leading to systemic accumulation of L-phenylalanine (L-Phe) that may reach neurotoxic levels. A homozygous Pah-R261Q mouse, with a highly prevalent misfolding variant in humans, reveals the expected hepatic PAH activity decrease, systemic L-Phe increase, L-tyrosine and L-tryptophan decrease, and tetrahydrobiopterin-responsive hyperphenylalaninemia. Pah-R261Q mice also present unexpected traits, including altered lipid metabolism, reduction of liver tetrahydrobiopterin content, and a metabolic profile indicative of oxidative stress. Pah-R261Q hepatic tissue exhibits large ubiquitin-positive, amyloid-like oligomeric aggregates of mutant PAH that colocalize with selective autophagy markers. Together, these findings reveal that PKU, customarily considered a loss-of-function disorder, can also have toxic gain-of-function contribution from protein misfolding and aggregation. The proteostasis defect and concomitant oxidative stress may explain the prevalence of comorbid conditions in adult PKU patients, placing this mouse model in an advantageous position for the discovery of mutation-specific biomarkers and therapies.
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The reduction of total p.R261Q-PAH protein levels and increased ubiquitination observed by Western blot in Pah-R261Q compared to WT mice, indicative of instability and misfolding of this PAH variant (Fig. 3a, b), was followed-up by immunofluorescence staining of hepatic tissue which confirmed a substantial reduction in PAH protein in Pah-R261Q (Fig. 4). The specificity of the PAH antibody was further proven by an antigen pre-adsorption test showing almost complete loss of PAH immunoreactivity in hepatic tissue of WT mice after incubation with PAH antibody preabsorbed with purified recombinant PAH (Supplementary Fig. 5). Moreover, the immunofluorescence images of Pah-R261Q revealed scattered PAH-immunoreactivity in discrete bright points, consistent with aggregation, as well as an increase in ubiquitination signal that presented substantial colocalization with mutant PAH (Fig. 4). To investigate the mutation dependent PAH misfolding and aggregation, we also performed immunofluorescence of hepatic tissue of the Enu1 mouse model of mild HPA, which expresses the unstable p.V106A-PAH variant, also associated with PAH instability, leading to a considerable decrease of functional PAH in the liver (5% of WT)42,44,45. Enu1 liver also presented largely decreased and particulate PAH-immunoreactivity and increased ubiquitination. There were, however, differences in the aggregation pattern of mutant PAH between both HPA-mouse models (Fig. 4) as well as in the size of the PAH aggregates, larger in Pah-R261Q than in Enu1.
In conclusion, the observation of amyloid-like PAH aggregates in the liver of the Pah-R261Q mouse introduces the concept of toxic gain-of-function for specific PKU-associated mutations. Overall, our results suggest that the lipid profile alterations and oxidative stress found in these mice are linked to intracellular toxic aggregation of the p.R261Q-PAH variant rather than to the severity of the HPA and/or the diet. The Pah-R261Q mouse model thus represents a unique research tool to support the evaluation and discovery of additional biomarkers in PKU and to investigate mutation-specific comorbidities, of benefit to the large number of PKU patients harboring the R261Q mutation. Interestingly, recent studies aiming to assess the prevalence of comorbid associations among large groups of adult PKU patients are starting to reveal several conditions in addition to the known neuropsychiatric disorders, including overweight and renal and cardiovascular dysfunctions5,6,72. A proper patient stratification that takes into account the predisposition of the coded PAH variants to amyloid-like aggregation is expected to result in a better association of the comorbidities and improved patient-tailored treatment, encouraging follow-up investigations of the PAH aggregates. Lastly, this mouse model might contribute to investigations on pharmacological chaperone-based therapies targeting unstable PAH variants.
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At Madrid-Barajas Airport on 6 October 2008, Ballesteros lost consciousness and was admitted to hospital.[43][44] Six days later, he confirmed that he had been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumour.[45] On 15 October, Spanish news agency EFE reported that he had undergone a 12-hour operation to resect the tumour, the first of four operations he would have. A hospital spokeswoman stated that surgeons had removed a sizable part of the tumour.[46] On 23 October, it was confirmed publicly that the tumour was classified as a cancerous oligoastrocytoma, and after a rapid deterioration of his health, further surgery took place on 24 October to stabilize him and try to remove the remainder of the tumour.[47][48] On 24 October, it was confirmed that the tumour had been removed after a 6-hour operation. On 3 November, it was confirmed by the hospital that he was starting his rehabilitation in the intensive care unit, and was breathing steadily. On 18 November, he was moved out of the intensive care unit and changed wards at Madrid's La Paz Hospital to continue his rehabilitation.[49]
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