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Potential of AMX0035 in Wolfram syndrome
Wolfram syndrome
Ultra-rare disease, affecting ~5,000 people in U.S.,¹ with an estimated prevalence of 1 in 500,000 people worldwide. 2 Causes multi-system
failure resulting in blindness, deafness, diabetes, ataxia, neurodegeneration, and typically death by early adulthood. Characterized as a
prototypical disease of ER stress.
Dysfunction of the WFS1 gene causes the accumulation of unfolded/misfolded proteins in the ER (referred to as ER stress); terminal ER
stress and cell death in pancreatic B-cells and neuronal cells thought to be the mechanism of Wolfram syndrome development.³
Effect of AMX0035 in Preclinical Studies³
Improved WFS1 protein expression and
increased insulin secretion in ẞ cells
with the WFS1 variant (Figure)
Inhibited cell death in ẞ cells with the
WFS1 variant (Figure), ameliorated
organelle dysfunction, mitophagy, ER
stress
JCI insIGHT
Delayed onset of the diabetic phenotype in
Wolfram syndrome mouse model
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1. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (n.d.). Wolfram syndrome. Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center. Retrieved April 28, 2023, from
https://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/diseases/7898/wolfram-syndrome. 2. U.S. National Library of Medicine. (n.d.). Wolfram syndrome. MedlinePlus. Retrieved April 28, 2023, from
https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/wolfram-syndrome/. 3. Morikawa et al. Front. Endocrinol., 25 March 2022, Sec. Diabetes: Molecular Mechanisms, Volume 13 -
2022, https://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2022.849204 4. Kitamura RA, et al. JCI Insight. 2022;7(18):e156549.
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