IBRO Reports (Jun 2017)

CuATSM efficacy is independently replicated in a SOD1 mouse model of ALS while unmetallated ATSM therapy fails to reveal benefits

  • Fernando G. Vieira,
  • Theo Hatzipetros,
  • Kenneth Thompson,
  • Andy J. Moreno,
  • Joshua D. Kidd,
  • Valerie R. Tassinari,
  • Beth Levine,
  • Steven Perrin,
  • Alan Gill

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibror.2017.03.001
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2, no. C
pp. 47 – 53

Abstract

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A copper chelator known as diacetylbis(N(4)-methylthiosemicarbazonato) copper II (CuATSM), has been reported to be efficacious in multiple transgenic SOD1 models of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a fatal neurodegenerative disorder affecting motor neurons. Here we report that we also observed CuATSM efficacy on disease onset and progression in a standardized litter-matched and gender-balanced efficacy study using B6SJL-SOD1G93A/1Gur mice. We also report improved survival trends with CuATSM treatment. In addition, we report a lack of efficacy by unmetallated ATSM in the same model using the same standardized study design. These results add to existing evidence supporting an efficacious role for copper delivery using chaperone molecules in mouse models of ALS.