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Restoration of impaired lysosomal function mitigates drusen-like deposits formation and cell death in Malattia Leventinese

ABSTRACT: Malattia Leventinese (MAL) is an inherited macular degeneration disorder characterized by retinal drusen formation in adolescence, leading to vision loss. A mutation in the fibulin-3 gene (EFEMP1) causes MAL; however, the mechanisms underlying disease onset and drusen formation remain unclear. In this study, we generated induced pluripotent stem cell-derived retinal pigment epithelial (iPSC-RPE) cells from a patient with MAL to investigate disease mechanisms and potential therapies. MAL iPSC-RPE exhibited fibulin-3 and apolipoprotein E (ApoE) aggregation, increased endoplasmic reticulum stress, and enhanced apoptosis. Long-term culture with photoreceptor outer segments led to drusen-like deposits containing ApoE, complement components, collagen IV accumulation, and matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP2) activation. Untargeted lipid analysis revealed increased hexosylceramide and bis-monoacylglycerophosphate levels in MAL iPSC-RPE cells. A key pathological feature was lysosomal dysfunction associated with altered regulation of lysosomal gene programs, including reduced transcription factor EB transcript levels. Treatment with trehalose, a lysosome-modulating compound, increased lysosomal content and function, reducing drusen-like deposits formation, inhibiting MMP2 activation, and suppressing apoptosis. This study highlighted lysosomal dysfunction as a contributor to RPE damage, drusen-like deposits accumulation, and extracellular matrix degradation. Pharmacological restoration of lysosomal function alleviated these defects, suggesting therapeutic potential for MAL and other drusen-related diseases, including age-related macular degeneration.

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

PROVIDER: GSE329104 | GEO | 2026/05/01

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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