Quantitative Immunofluorescence Mapping of HSP70’s Neuroprotective Effects in FUS-ALS Mouse Models

Gennadii A. Piavchenko; Ksenia S. Pokidova; Egor A. Kuzmin; Artem A. Venediktov; Ilya Y. Izmailov; Igor V. Meglinski; Sergey L. Kuznetsov

doi:10.3390/app142411614

Quantitative Immunofluorescence Mapping of HSP70’s Neuroprotective Effects in FUS-ALS Mouse Models

Gennadii A. Piavchenko
, Ksenia S. Pokidova
, Egor A. Kuzmin
, Artem A. Venediktov
, Ilya Y. Izmailov
, Igor V. Meglinski
, Sergey L. Kuznetsov

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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease, often linked to mutations in the FUS gene, leading to toxic protein aggregates. This study investigates the role of HSP70, a molecular chaperone, in mitigating neurodegeneration in FUS-ALS mouse models. Using quantitative immunofluorescence microscopy, we mapped cellular changes in the primary motor cortex of double transgenic FUS/HSP70 mice and compared them to single FUS-transgenic controls. Our results reveal that double transgenic mice exhibit significantly reduced neuronal damage and increased levels of mature neuronal (NeuN) and microglial (Iba1) markers, indicating a protective effect of HSP70. Intracellular HSP70 expression proved more effective than extracellular release, suggesting that targeted HSP70 delivery to neurons may offer a promising therapeutic avenue for ALS. This study underscores the potential of quantitative immunofluorescence for mapping neuroprotective pathways and highlights HSP70’s impact on mitigating FUS-related pathology in ALS.

Original language	English
Article number	11614
Number of pages	14
Journal	Applied Sciences
Volume	14
Issue number	24
Early online date	12 Dec 2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/app142411614
Publication status	Published - Dec 2024

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This research was financed by a grant from the Russian Science Foundation No. 23-25-00448 from 12.01.2023 (https://rscf.ru/project/23-25-00448/)

Keywords

heat shock proteins
HSP70
HSPA1A
neurodegeneration
primary motor cortex
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
ALS
fused in sarcoma
FUS
transgenic animals
immunofluorescence
microscopy

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