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Transcriptome analysis using RNA sequencing of the dorsal root ganglia (DRGs) of Pink1SNCA double mutant Parkinsonian mice versus wildtype control mice

ABSTRACT: Parkinsons's Diseases causes early pre-motor somatosensory manifestations of the disease, leading to a sensory polyneuropathy with sensory loss and chronic pain. We assessed gene gene regulation in the dorsal root ganglia (DRGs) of aged-old Pink1SNCA double mutant mice by comparing RNA-seq expression profiles. Pink1SNCA mice are a model for Parkinsons's Disease (PD) carrying a Pink1 deletion plus transgene overexpression of human mutant alpha-synuclein. Homozygous Pink1-/-,SNCA A53T double mutant mice were generated by crossing Pink1-/- mice (background: 129/SvEv) with A53T-SNCA-overexpressing mice (background: FVB/N) and then, interbreeding the littermates. They contain 129/SvEv and FVB/N genetic backgrounds approximately in a 50:50 distribution. Wildtype control mice (FVBSv) are hybrids from a crossbreeding of 129/SvEv and FVB/N mice, which were descended from littermates of double mutant mice. RNAseq was performed in two sequential experiments with 4/4 old and 4/5 aged wildytpe and Pink1SNCA mice, respectively. The alignment was done consecutively. For analysis both sets were combined. A total number of 25702 genes was reliably detected in both datasets, and 22784 passed the filtering criteria of >7 valid samples in total. GSEA gene set enrichment analysis was used for gene ranking and identication of top up- and downregulated genes and evaluation of their functions based on P-value, Q-value, fold change and abundance. Apart from the knockout of Pink1, a prominent down-regulated gene was acidic fibroblast growth factor, Fgf1, which is known to restore the survival of dopaminergic neurons in PD models. Up-regulated genes included DNase1l3, CCL27 and CCL25, IFI44 and IL31ra, and pointed to increased DNAse activity and activation of the immune system.

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

PROVIDER: GSE146091 | GEO | 2021/05/20

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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Project description:As the second most frequent neurodegenerative disorder of old age, ParkinsonM-bM-^@M-^Ys disease (PD) can result from autosomal dominant causes like increased alpha-synuclein (SNCA) dosage, or from autosomal recessive causes like PINK1 loss-of-function. Interactions between these triggers and their potential convergence onto shared pathways are crucial to understand, but currently conflicting evidence exists. Here, we crossed previously characterized mice with A53T-SNCA overexpression and mice with PINK1 deletion to generate double mutants (DM). We studied their lifespan and behavior, together with histological and molecular anomalies at late and early ages, respectively. DM animals showed potentiated phenotypes in comparison to both single mutants (SM), with markedly reduced survival after age 450 days and strongly reduced spontaneous movements from age 3 months onwards. A considerable part of DM animals manifested progressive paralysis at ages >1 year and also exhibited protein aggregates with immunoreactivity for pSer129-SNCA, p62, and ubiquitin in spinal cord and basal brain, contrasting with absence of such features from SM. A brain proteome quantification of ubiquitination sites documented altered degradation of SNCA and the DNA-damage marker H2AX at age 18 months. Global brain transcriptome profiles and qPCR validation experiments identified many consistent transcriptional dysregulations already at age 6 weeks, which were absent from SM. The observed downregulations for Dapk1, Dcaf17, Rab42 and upregulations for Dctn5, Mrpl9, Tmem181a, Xaf1 reflect changes in ubiquitination, mitochondrial / synaptic / microtubular dynamics, and DNA damage. Thus, our study confirmed that SNCA-triggered neurotoxicity is exacerbated by the absence of PINK1, and identified a novel molecular signature that is detectable early in the course of this double pathology. Factorial design comparing Pink1 knock-out/A53T-SNCA double transgenic mice with appropriate wild-type controls (129SvEv+FVB/N) in three different tissues (cerebellum, midbrain, striatum)

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Transcriptome analysis using RNA sequencing of the dorsal root ganglia (DRGs) of Pink1SNCA double mutant Parkinsonian mice versus wildtype control mice

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