ORAI1 inhibition as an efficient preclinical therapy for tubular aggregate myopathy and Stormorken syndrome

Tubular aggregate myopathy (TAM) and Stormorken syndrome (STRMK) are clinically overlapping disorders characterized by childhood-onset muscle weakness and a variable occurrence of multisystemic signs, including short stature, thrombocytopenia, and hyposplenism. TAM/STRMK is caused by gain-of-function mutations in the Ca2+ sensor STIM1 or the Ca2+ channel ORAI1, both of which regulate Ca2+ homeostasis through the ubiquitous store-operated Ca2+ entry (SOCE) mechanism. Functional experiments in cells have demonstrated that the TAM/STRMK mutations induce SOCE overactivation, resulting in excessive influx of extracellular Ca2+. There is currently no treatment for TAM/STRMK, but SOCE is amenable to manipulation. Here, we crossed Stim1R304W/+ mice harboring the most common TAM/STRMK mutation with Orai1R93W/+ mice carrying an ORAI1 mutation partially obstructing Ca2+ influx. Compared with Stim1R304W/+ littermates, Stim1R304W/+Orai1R93W/+ offspring showed a normalization of bone architecture, spleen histology, and muscle morphology; an increase of thrombocytes; and improved muscle contraction and relaxation kinetics. Accordingly, comparative RNA-Seq detected more than 1,200 dysregulated genes in Stim1R304W/+ muscle and revealed a major restoration of gene expression in Stim1R304W/+Orai1R93W/+ mice. Altogether, we provide physiological, morphological, functional, and molecular data highlighting the therapeutic potential of ORAI1 inhibition to rescue the multisystemic TAM/STRMK signs, and we identified myostatin as a promising biomarker for TAM/STRMK in humans and mice.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

Enthalten in:

JCI insight - 9(2024), 6 vom: 05. März

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Silva-Rojas, Roberto [VerfasserIn]
Pérez-Guàrdia, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Simon, Alix [VerfasserIn]
Djeddi, Sarah [VerfasserIn]
Treves, Susan [VerfasserIn]
Ribes, Agnès [VerfasserIn]
Silva-Hernández, Lorenzo [VerfasserIn]
Tard, Céline [VerfasserIn]
Laporte, Jocelyn [VerfasserIn]
Böhm, Johann [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Calcium
Calcium channels
Genetic diseases
Journal Article
Muscle biology
ORAI1 Protein
SY7Q814VUP
Skeletal muscle
Therapeutics

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Date Completed 25.03.2024

Date Revised 04.04.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1172/jci.insight.174866

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM370064712