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Chromosome fragility at the expanded GAA/TTC tracks depends on repeat orientation and requires mismatch repair system.

ABSTRACT: Expansion of triplex-forming GAA/TTC repeats in the first intron of FRDA gene is known to cause Friedreich’s ataxia. Besides FRDA, there are a number of other highly polymorphic GAA/TTC loci in the human genome where the size variations so far were considered to be a neutral event. Using yeast as a model system, we demonstrate that expanded GAA/TTC repeats represent a threat to eukaryotic genome integrity by triggering double-strand breaks and gross chromosomal rearrangements. The fragility potential strongly depends on the length of the track and orientation of the repeats relative to the replication origin which correlates with their propensity to adopt secondary structure and to block replication progression. We show that fragility is mediated by mismatch repair machinery and requires the MutS(beta) and endonuclease activity of MutL(alpha). We suggest that the mechanism of GAA/TTC-induced chromosome aberrations defined in yeast can also operate in human carriers with expanded tracks. Keywords: CGH-array

ORGANISM(S): Saccharomyces cerevisiae

PROVIDER: GSE11425 | GEO | 2008/05/14

SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA106445

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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Project description:Friedreich ataxia (FRDA) is a multisystemic, autosomal recessive disorder caused by a homozygous GAA expansion mutation in the first intron of frataxin (FXN) gene. FXN is a mitochondrial protein critical for iron-sulfur cluster biosynthesis and deficiency impairs mitochondrial electron transport chain functions and iron homeostasis within the organelle. Currently, there is no effective treatment for FRDA. We have previously demonstrated that a single infusion of wild-type hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) resulted in the prevention of the neurologic and cardiac complications of FRDA in YG8R mice, and the rescue was mediated by FXN transfer from tissue engrafted HSPC-derived microglia/macrophages to diseased neurons/myocytes. For a future clinical translation of this approach, we developed an autologous stem cell transplantation approach using CRISPR/Cas9 for the excision of the GAA repeats in FRDA patients’ CD34+ HSPCs; this strategy leading to increased FXN expression and improved mitochondrial functions in the cells. The aim of the current study is to validate the efficiency and safety of our gene editing approach in a disease-relevant model. To this end, we generated a cohort of FRDA patient-derived iPSCs and isogenic lines that were gene edited with our CRISPR/Cas9 approach. FRDA neurons generated from these iPSCs displayed characteristic apoptotic and mitochondrial phenotype of the disease, such as non-homogenous microtubule staining in neurites, increased caspase-3 expression, mitochondrial superoxide levels, mitochondrial fragmentation, and partial degradation of the cristae compared to healthy controls. These defects were fully prevented in the gene edited neurons. RNASeq analysis of FRDA and gene edited neurons demonstrated striking improvement in gene clusters associated with endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress in the isogenic lines. These results were validated by molecular and functional studies, and gene edited neurons demonstrated improved ER-calcium release, normalization of ER stress response gene, XBP-1, and significantly increased ER-mitochondrial contacts that are critical for functional homeostasis of both organelles, as compared to FRDA neurons. Ultrastructural analysis for these contact sites displayed severe structural damage to the ER in FRDA neurons, that was undetected in gene edited neurons. Taken together, these results represent a novel finding for disease pathogenesis showing dramatic ER structural damage and function in FRDA. In addition, these results validate the efficacy profile of our FXN gene editing approach, in a disease relevant model improving mitochondrial and cellular, and supporting our approach as an effective strategy for therapeutic intervention for Friedreich’s ataxia.

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Chromosome fragility at the expanded GAA/TTC tracks depends on repeat orientation and requires mismatch repair system.

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