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However, little is known about MPC as a potential therapeutic target in Huntington\u2019s disease (HD), a neurodegenerative disorder with dysregulation of the pro-survival pathway integrated stress response (ISR). Here, we investigate if MPC inhibition modulates the ISR and mitigates mutant huntingtin (mut-Htt) proteotoxicity in a cellular HD model. We treated cells expressing N-terminal fragments of wild-type- (wt-) or mut-Htt with two MPC inhibitors (mitoglitazone and UK5099) or solvent control. Metabolism was assessed analysing resazurin reduction, oxygen consumption, extracellular acidification, and ATP levels. ISR activation and huntingtin proteostasis were assessed using western-blot and filter-trap assays. Mut-Htt-expressing cells showed decreased resazurin reduction and ATP levels, and increased eIF2\u03b1 phosphorylation, indicating metabolic stress and ISR activation. MPC inhibitors (100 \u00b5M) increased resazurin reduction and decreased respiration. The latter was rescued by the membrane-permeant methyl pyruvate, which bypasses MPC inhibition. In wt-Htt-expressing cells, MPC inhibitors increased levels of ATP and ISR markers, suggesting metabolic adaptation and ISR activation. In mut-Htt-expressing cells, MPC inhibitors preserved ATP levels and attenuated mut-Htt-induced eIF2\u03b1 phosphorylation but without changing soluble or aggregated mut-Htt levels. This work showed that MPC inhibition differentially modulates the ISR: it activates ISR in control cells and attenuates overactive ISR in mut-Htt-expressing cells. However, MPC inhibition did not impact the proteostasis of N-terminal fragment mut-Htt. 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