ACTH (acthar gel) reduces toxic SOD1 protein linked to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in transgenic mice: A novel observation

Hasan Arrat, Thomas J. Lukas, Teepu Siddique

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Abstract

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disease with a complex etiology and pathology that makes the development of new therapies difficult. ACTH has neurotrophic and myotrophic effects, but has not been tested in an ALS mouse model. The G93A-SOD1 mouse model of ALS was used to test the ability of this drug to delay ALS-like symptoms. We showed that within a specific dose range, ACTH significantly postponed the disease onset and paralysis in the mouse model. To our surprise and of greater significance is that ACTH significantly reduced the levels of soluble SOD1 in the spinal cord and CNS tissues of G93A-SOD1 treated mice as well as cultured fibroblasts.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number0125638
JournalPloS one
Volume10
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 1 2015

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • General
  • General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

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