Oligodendrocyte Death in Pelizaeus-Merzbacher Disease Is Rescued by Iron Chelation

  • Hiroko Nobuta
  • , Nan Yang
  • , Yi Han Ng
  • , Samuele G. Marro
  • , Khalida Sabeur
  • , Manideep Chavali
  • , John H. Stockley
  • , David W. Killilea
  • , Patrick B. Walter
  • , Chao Zhao
  • , Philip Huie
  • , Steven A. Goldman
  • , Arnold R. Kriegstein
  • , Robin J.M. Franklin
  • , David H. Rowitch
  • , Marius Wernig

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Abstract

Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease is a pediatric leukodystrophy causing oligodendrocyte cell death. Nobuta et al. show that mutations in human PLP1 gene cause iron-induced cell death through lipid peroxidation, abnormal iron metabolism, and hypersensitivity to free iron. Iron chelation rescues cell death, offering a therapeutic direction for a disease without current treatments.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)531-541.e6
JournalCell Stem Cell
Volume25
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 3 Oct 2019
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • ferroptosis
  • gene correction
  • induced pluripotent stem cells
  • iron chelation
  • leukodystrophy
  • myelination
  • oligodendrocyte
  • patient models

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