Comparative Temporal Transcriptomic Analysis of SOD1 Mutations in iPSC-Motor Neurons
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Mutations in the SOD1 gene are among the most significant genetic contributors to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), with different variants linked to varying disease severity. To investigate the molecular mechanisms driving this variability, we conducted RNA sequencing on spinal motor neurons (MNs) differentiated from isogenic human induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) lines engineered via CRISPR/Cas9. These lines carried two representative SOD1 heterogenous mutations, D91A and G94A, and were analyzed at Days 10 and 20 of neuronal maturation stage to capture the temporal changes of gene expression. We aim to explore how these mutations affect MN function, identify distinct molecular pathways that may explain the variable severity of ALS, and investigate the role of translation and metabolic dysregulation in disease progression.
