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Journal of Neurology and Neuroscience

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Imbalance of the redox state in OPA gene related disorders: mathematical approaches to define pathogenesis

4th EuroSciCon Conference on Neurology & Neurological Disorders
July 12 -13, 2018 Paris , France

Aurelie Millet, Nadege Merabet, Baptiste Alric, Marlene Daloyau, Pascal Reynier, Anne Galinier, Anne Devin, Bernd Wissinger, Pascale Belenguer, Joel Bordeneuve-Guibe and Noelie Davezac

CBD-UMR 5547, Universite Toulouse III, Toulouse, France U694 INSERM, CRNH Angers, UFR Sciences medicales, Angers STROMALAB, CHU Toulouse-Hopital de Rangueil, Toulouse, France IBGC du CNRS, 1 rue Camille Saint Saens, Bordeaux Cedex, France University of Tubingen, Germany ISAE SUPAERO, Universite de Toulouse, Toulouse, France

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Neurol Neurosci

Abstract:

OPA1 mutations cause Dominant Optic Atrophy (DOA), an incurable retinopathy with variable severity and which mechanisms are still unknown. More than 20% of patients will endure a DOA plus syndrome with ataxia, deafness or Parkinsonism. We evidenced oxidative stress in a mouse model of the pathology and aimed to identify the consequences of OPA1 inactivation on redox homeostasis. We monitored the levels of mitochondrial respiration, reactive oxygen species (ROS), anti-oxidant defences and cell death by biochemical and in situ approaches using in vitro and in vivo models of OPA1 related disorders. Increased ROS levels were observed in cortices of the murine model OPA1+/- as well as in OPA1 down-regulated cortical neurons. This increase is associated to a decline in mitochondrial respiration and an increase of antioxidant enzyme levels. Upon exogenous oxidative stress OPA1-depleted neurons did not further up-regulated antioxidant defenses. Finally, low levels of antioxidant enzymes were observed in fibroblasts from patients supporting their role as modifier factors. Our study shows: (i) the pro-oxidative state induced by OPA1 loss can be considered as a pathological mechanism (ii) differences in antioxidant defences can contribute to the variability in expressivity and (iii) antioxidant defences can be used as prognostic tools to gauge the severity and the evolution of the disease. Furthermore, our discovery offers a way to model mathematically the dysfunctions of oxidative metabolism in OPA1 gene related disorders. We will present the last results of our algorithm and wet laboratories experiments.

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