Generation of an induced pluripotent stem cell line (UCSCi002-A) from a patient with a variant in TARDBP gene associated with familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia

Summary

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease that selectively affects motor neurons. In 20% of cases, ALS appears in comorbidity with frontotemporal dementia (FTD). We generated patient-derived-induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSCs), from an ALS/FTD patient. The patient had a familial form of the disease and a missense variant in TARDBP gene. We used an established protocol based on Sendai virus to reprogram fibroblasts. We confirmed the stemness and the pluripotency of the iPSC clones, thus generating embryoid bodies. We believe that the iPSC line carrying a TARDBP mutation could be a valuable tool to investigate TDP-43 proteinopathy linked to ALS. Copyright © 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Authors Martello F, Lattante S, Doronzio PN, Conte A, Bisogni G, Orteschi D, Luigetti M, Marrucci MA, Zollino M, Sabatelli M, Marangi G
Journal Stem cell research
Publication Date 2022 Jul;62:102825
PubMed 35667216
DOI 10.1016/j.scr.2022.102825

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