Journal article
Overcoming Monocarboxylate Transporter 8 (MCT8)-Deficiency to Promote Human Oligodendrocyte Differentiation and Myelination
Jae Young Lee, Min Joung Kim, Devy Deliyanti, Michael F Azari, Fernando Rossello, Adam Costin, Georg Ramm, Edouard G Stanley, Andrew G Elefanty, Jennifer L Wilkinson-Berka, Steven Petratos
EBioMedicine | Elsevier | Published : 2017
Abstract
Cell membrane thyroid hormone (TH) transport can be facilitated by the monocarboxylate transporter 8 (MCT8), encoded by the solute carrier family 16 member 2 (SLC16A2) gene. Human mutations of the gene, SLC16A2, result in the X-linked-inherited psychomotor retardation and hypomyelination disorder, Allan-Herndon-Dudley syndrome (AHDS). We posited that abrogating MCT8-dependent TH transport limits oligodendrogenesis and myelination. We show that human oligodendrocytes (OL), derived from the NKX2.1-GFP human embryonic stem cell (hESC) reporter line, express MCT8. Moreover, treatment of these cultures with DITPA (an MCT8-independent TH analog), up-regulates OL differentiation transcription facto..
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Awarded by Multiple Sclerosis Research Australia (MSRA)
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Funding Acknowledgements
JYL supported by Multiple Sclerosis Research Australia (MSRA) (Grant #12-060) postgraduate scholarship and Trish MS Foundation. SP supported by National Multiple Sclerosis Society grant #PP2232 and NeuOrphan P/L commercial agreement.