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Evaluation of Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Idebenone Responsiveness in Fibroblasts from Leber’s Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON) Subjects
Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) is a disease that affects the optical nerve, causing visual loss. The diagnosis of LHON is mostly defined by the identification of three pathogenic variants in the mitochondrial DNA. Idebenone is widely used to treat LHON patients, but only some of them are...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10454080/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37628761 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms241612580 |
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author | Baglivo, Mirko Nasca, Alessia Lamantea, Eleonora Vinci, Stefano Spagnolo, Manuela Marchet, Silvia Prokisch, Holger Catania, Alessia Lamperti, Costanza Ghezzi, Daniele |
author_facet | Baglivo, Mirko Nasca, Alessia Lamantea, Eleonora Vinci, Stefano Spagnolo, Manuela Marchet, Silvia Prokisch, Holger Catania, Alessia Lamperti, Costanza Ghezzi, Daniele |
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description | Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) is a disease that affects the optical nerve, causing visual loss. The diagnosis of LHON is mostly defined by the identification of three pathogenic variants in the mitochondrial DNA. Idebenone is widely used to treat LHON patients, but only some of them are responders to treatment. In our study, we assessed the maximal respiration rate (MRR) and other respiratory parameters in eight fibroblast lines from subjects carrying LHON pathogenic variants. We measured also the effects of idebenone treatment on cell growth and mtDNA amounts. Results showed that LHON fibroblasts had significantly reduced respiratory parameters in untreated conditions, but no significant gain in MRR after idebenone supplementation. No major toxicity toward mitochondrial function and no relevant compensatory effect in terms of mtDNA quantity were found for the treatment at the tested conditions. Our findings confirmed that fibroblasts from subjects harboring LHON pathogenic variants displayed impaired respiration, regardless of the disease penetrance and severity. Testing responsiveness to idebenone treatment in cultured cells did not fully recapitulate in vivo data. The in-depth evaluation of cellular respiration in fibroblasts is a good approach to evaluating novel mtDNA variants associated with LHON but needs further evaluation as a potential biomarker for disease prognosis and treatment responsiveness. |
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spelling | pubmed-104540802023-08-26 Evaluation of Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Idebenone Responsiveness in Fibroblasts from Leber’s Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON) Subjects Baglivo, Mirko Nasca, Alessia Lamantea, Eleonora Vinci, Stefano Spagnolo, Manuela Marchet, Silvia Prokisch, Holger Catania, Alessia Lamperti, Costanza Ghezzi, Daniele Int J Mol Sci Communication Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) is a disease that affects the optical nerve, causing visual loss. The diagnosis of LHON is mostly defined by the identification of three pathogenic variants in the mitochondrial DNA. Idebenone is widely used to treat LHON patients, but only some of them are responders to treatment. In our study, we assessed the maximal respiration rate (MRR) and other respiratory parameters in eight fibroblast lines from subjects carrying LHON pathogenic variants. We measured also the effects of idebenone treatment on cell growth and mtDNA amounts. Results showed that LHON fibroblasts had significantly reduced respiratory parameters in untreated conditions, but no significant gain in MRR after idebenone supplementation. No major toxicity toward mitochondrial function and no relevant compensatory effect in terms of mtDNA quantity were found for the treatment at the tested conditions. Our findings confirmed that fibroblasts from subjects harboring LHON pathogenic variants displayed impaired respiration, regardless of the disease penetrance and severity. Testing responsiveness to idebenone treatment in cultured cells did not fully recapitulate in vivo data. The in-depth evaluation of cellular respiration in fibroblasts is a good approach to evaluating novel mtDNA variants associated with LHON but needs further evaluation as a potential biomarker for disease prognosis and treatment responsiveness. MDPI 2023-08-08 /pmc/articles/PMC10454080/ /pubmed/37628761 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms241612580 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Communication Baglivo, Mirko Nasca, Alessia Lamantea, Eleonora Vinci, Stefano Spagnolo, Manuela Marchet, Silvia Prokisch, Holger Catania, Alessia Lamperti, Costanza Ghezzi, Daniele Evaluation of Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Idebenone Responsiveness in Fibroblasts from Leber’s Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON) Subjects |
title | Evaluation of Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Idebenone Responsiveness in Fibroblasts from Leber’s Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON) Subjects |
title_full | Evaluation of Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Idebenone Responsiveness in Fibroblasts from Leber’s Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON) Subjects |
title_fullStr | Evaluation of Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Idebenone Responsiveness in Fibroblasts from Leber’s Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON) Subjects |
title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Idebenone Responsiveness in Fibroblasts from Leber’s Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON) Subjects |
title_short | Evaluation of Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Idebenone Responsiveness in Fibroblasts from Leber’s Hereditary Optic Neuropathy (LHON) Subjects |
title_sort | evaluation of mitochondrial dysfunction and idebenone responsiveness in fibroblasts from leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy (lhon) subjects |
topic | Communication |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10454080/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37628761 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms241612580 |
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