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Symptoms are progressive, and various mechanisms, such as defective glycosylation, lysosomal dysfunction and cholesterol accumulation have been hypothesized to underlie disease symptoms. There is no treatment for DHDDS-related disease.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                <\/jats:sec>\n                <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Patient-derived cortical forebrain organoids were created to elucidate disease mechanisms and evaluate potential treatments. In these neuronal models, glycosylation, lipidomics, proteomics, cholesterol\/ganglioside accumulation, mitochondrial function and electrophysiological activity were assessed. Finally, we investigated the effects of nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN), identified through a yeast-based drug screen, in neuronal cell models and in six patients in an off-label, N-of-1, observational series.<\/jats:p>\n                <\/jats:sec>\n                <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    DHDDS-patient derived organoids showed visual signs of degeneration after four months of culturing. This was accompanied by significant cholesterol accumulation in astrocytes, decreased mitochondrial respiration and loss of deep-layer neurons. In addition, we identified glycosylation abnormalities, showing for the first time that glycosylation in human tissue is affected by monoallelic\n                    <jats:italic>DHDDS<\/jats:italic>\n                    variants. Proteomic analysis revealed altered protein expression of proteins involved in lipid metabolism, cytoskeletal organization and neuronal development. We found that oral Nicotinamide Mononucleotide supplementation led to significant improvement in mitochondrial respiration and electrophysiological parameters in organoids, concurring with clinical improvements in all of the treated patients, particularly regarding their ataxia and tremor.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                <\/jats:sec>\n                <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    Our findings reveal a progressive phenotype in DHDDS-patient-derived brain organoids, with mitochondrial dysfunction and astrocyte-specific metabolic alterations contributing to disease pathology. 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