Pathway specific effects of ADSL deficiency on neurodevelopment

  1. Ilaria Dutto
  2. Julian Gerhards
  3. Antonio Herrera
  4. Olga Souckova
  5. Václava Škopová
  6. Jordann Smak
  7. Alexandra Junza
  8. Oscar Yanes
  9. Cedric Boeckx Prof
  10. Martin D Burkhalter
  11. Marie Zikánová
  12. Sebastian Pons
  13. Melanie Philipp
  14. Jens Lüders
  15. Travis H Stracker  Is a corresponding author
  1. Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Spain
  2. University of Tubingen, Germany
  3. Instituto de Biología Molecular de Barcelona, Spain
  4. Charles University, Czech Republic
  5. National Cancer Institute, United States
  6. Spanish Biomedical Research Center in Diabetes and Associated Metabolic Disorders, Spain
  7. University of Barcelona, Spain
  8. University of Tübingen, Germany

Abstract

Adenylosuccinate Lyase (ADSL) functions in de novo purine biosynthesis (DNPS) and the purine nucleotide cycle. ADSL deficiency (ADSLD) causes numerous neurodevelopmental pathologies, including microcephaly and autism spectrum disorder. ADSLD patients have normal serum purine nucleotide levels but exhibit accumulation of dephosphorylated ADSL substrates, S-Ado and SAICAr, the latter being implicated in neurotoxic effects through unknown mechanisms. We examined the phenotypic effects of ADSL depletion in human cells and their relation to phenotypic outcomes. Using specific interventions to compensate for reduced purine levels or modulate SAICAr accumulation, we found that diminished AMP levels resulted in increased DNA damage signaling and cell cycle delays, while primary ciliogenesis was impaired specifically by loss of ADSL or administration of SAICAr. ADSL deficient chicken and zebrafish embryos displayed impaired neurogenesis and microcephaly. Neuroprogenitor attrition in zebrafish embryos was rescued by pharmacological inhibition of DNPS, but not increased nucleotide concentration. Zebrafish also displayed phenotypes commonly linked to ciliopathies. Our results suggest that both reduced purine levels and impaired DNPS contribute to neurodevelopmental pathology in ADSLD and that defective ciliogenesis may influence the ADSLD phenotypic spectrum.

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  1. Ilaria Dutto

    Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Barcelona, Spain
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  2. Julian Gerhards

    Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacogenomics, University of Tubingen, Tubingen, Germany
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  3. Antonio Herrera

    Department of Cell Biology, Instituto de Biología Molecular de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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  4. Olga Souckova

    Department of Paediatrics and Inherited Metabolic Disorders, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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  5. Václava Škopová

    Department of Paediatrics and Inherited Metabolic Disorders, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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  6. Jordann Smak

    Center for Cancer Research, Radiation Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, United States
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  7. Alexandra Junza

    Spanish Biomedical Research Center in Diabetes and Associated Metabolic Disorders, Madrid, Spain
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  8. Oscar Yanes

    Spanish Biomedical Research Center in Diabetes and Associated Metabolic Disorders, Madrid, Spain
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  9. Cedric Boeckx Prof

    Institute of Complex Systems, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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  10. Martin D Burkhalter

    Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacogenomics, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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  11. Marie Zikánová

    Department of Paediatrics and Inherited Metabolic Disorders, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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  12. Sebastian Pons

    Department of Cell Biology, Instituto de Biología Molecular de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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    No competing interests declared.
  13. Melanie Philipp

    Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacogenomics, University of Tubingen, Tubingen, Germany
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    ORCID icon "This ORCID iD identifies the author of this article:" 0000-0003-2714-965X
  14. Jens Lüders

    Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Barcelona, Spain
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    Jens Lüders, Reviewing editor, eLife.
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  15. Travis H Stracker

    Center for Cancer Research, Radiation Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, United States
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    travis.stracker@nih.gov
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    ORCID icon "This ORCID iD identifies the author of this article:" 0000-0002-8650-2081

Funding

H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (754510)

  • Ilaria Dutto

Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (PGC2018-099562-B-I00)

  • Jens Lüders

Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (PGC2018-095616-B-I00)

  • Travis H Stracker

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG PH144/4-1)

  • Melanie Philipp

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (PH144/6-1)

  • Melanie Philipp

Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (2017 SGR)

  • Jens Lüders
  • Travis H Stracker

Charles University (PROGRES Q26/LF1)

  • Olga Souckova
  • Václava Škopová
  • Marie Zikánová

Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (BFU2017-83562-P)

  • Sebastian Pons

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

Reviewing Editor

  1. Fadel Tissir, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium

Version history

  1. Preprint posted: November 23, 2020 (view preprint)
  2. Received: May 26, 2021
  3. Accepted: December 22, 2021
  4. Accepted Manuscript published: February 8, 2022 (version 1)
  5. Accepted Manuscript updated: February 9, 2022 (version 2)
  6. Version of Record published: February 24, 2022 (version 3)
  7. Version of Record updated: March 18, 2022 (version 4)
  8. Version of Record updated: September 16, 2022 (version 5)

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  1. Ilaria Dutto
  2. Julian Gerhards
  3. Antonio Herrera
  4. Olga Souckova
  5. Václava Škopová
  6. Jordann Smak
  7. Alexandra Junza
  8. Oscar Yanes
  9. Cedric Boeckx Prof
  10. Martin D Burkhalter
  11. Marie Zikánová
  12. Sebastian Pons
  13. Melanie Philipp
  14. Jens Lüders
  15. Travis H Stracker
(2022)
Pathway specific effects of ADSL deficiency on neurodevelopment
eLife 11:e70518.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.70518

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