The chaperone activity of 4PBA ameliorates the skeletal phenotype of Chihuahua, a zebrafish model for dominant osteogenesis imperfecta

Classical osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is a bone disease caused by type I collagen mutations and characterized by bone fragility, frequent fractures in absence of trauma and growth deficiency. No definitive cure is available for OI and to develop novel drug therapies, taking advantage of a repositio...

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Published in:Human molecular genetics 2017-08, Vol.26 (15), p.2897-2911
Main Authors: Gioia, Roberta, Tonelli, Francesca, Ceppi, Ilaria, Biggiogera, Marco, Leikin, Sergey, Fisher, Shannon, Tenedini, Elena, Yorgan, Timur A, Schinke, Thorsten, Tian, Kun, Schwartz, Jean-Marc, Forte, Fabiana, Wagener, Raimund, Villani, Simona, Rossi, Antonio, Forlino, Antonella
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Calcification, Physiologic
Cells, Cultured
Collagen - genetics
Collagen Type I - genetics
Fibroblasts
Models, Animal
Molecular Chaperones - metabolism
Mutation
Osteoblasts
Osteogenesis Imperfecta - genetics
Osteogenesis Imperfecta - metabolism
Phenylbutyrates - metabolism
Phenylbutyrates - therapeutic use
Protein Folding
Taurochenodeoxycholic Acid - metabolism
Zebrafish - genetics
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Summary:Classical osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is a bone disease caused by type I collagen mutations and characterized by bone fragility, frequent fractures in absence of trauma and growth deficiency. No definitive cure is available for OI and to develop novel drug therapies, taking advantage of a repositioning strategy, the small teleost zebrafish (Danio rerio) is a particularly appealing model. Its small size, high proliferative rate, embryo transparency and small amount of drug required make zebrafish the model of choice for drug screening studies, when a valid disease model is available. We performed a deep characterization of the zebrafish mutant Chihuahua, that carries a G574D (p.G736D) substitution in the α1 chain of type I collagen. We successfully validated it as a model for classical OI. Growth of mutants was delayed compared with WT. X-ray, µCT, alizarin red/alcian blue and calcein staining revealed severe skeletal deformity, presence of fractures and delayed mineralization. Type I collagen extracted from different tissues showed abnormal electrophoretic migration and low melting temperature. The presence of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) enlargement due to mutant collagen retention in osteoblasts and fibroblasts of mutant fish was shown by electron and confocal microscopy. Two chemical chaperones, 4PBA and TUDCA, were used to ameliorate the cellular stress and indeed 4PBA ameliorated bone mineralization in larvae and skeletal deformities in adult, mainly acting on reducing ER cisternae size and favoring collagen secretion. In conclusion, our data demonstrated that ER stress is a novel target to ameliorate OI phenotype; chemical chaperones such as 4PBA may be, alone or in combination, a new class of molecules to be further investigated for OI treatment.
ISSN:0964-6906
1460-2083
DOI:10.1093/hmg/ddx171