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Wilson disease: intersecting DNA methylation and histone acetylation mechanisms affect gene expression regulation in a mouse model of hepatic copper accumulation [RNA-Seq]

ABSTRACT: Prior investigations of DNA methylation differences in WD liver and blood and in a WD mouse model revealed an epigenetic signature of WD that included the histone deacetylase, HDAC5. To test the hypothesis that histone deacetylation and acetylation might be altered with respect to copper overload and aberrant DNA methylation in WD, we used the Jackson Laboratory toxic milk model (tx-j) of WD to study the involvement of Class IIa histone deacetylases (HDAC4 and HDAC5) and histone acetylation (H3K9ac and H3K27ac), and the effects of copper chelator D-penicillamine (PCA) and/or methyl group donor choline on histone modification. Next, we related acetylation profiles of H3K27ac to gene expression changes in wilson disease by ChIP and RNA-seq.

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

PROVIDER: GSE168833 | GEO | 2021/07/09

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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Project description:Wilson disease (WD) is an autosomal recessive disease caused by mutations in ATP7B encoding a copper transporter. Consequent copper accumulation results in a variable WD clinical phenotype involving hepatic, neurologic, and psychiatric symptoms, without clear genotype-phenotype correlations. The goal of this study was to analyze alterations in DNA methylation at the whole-genome level in liver and blood from patients with WD to investigate epigenomic alterations associated with WD diagnosis and phenotype. We used whole-genome bisulfite sequencing (WGBS) to examine distinct cohorts of WD subjects to determine whether DNA methylation could differentiate patients from healthy subjects and subjects with other liver diseases and distinguish between different WD phenotypes. WGBS analyses in liver identified 969 hypermethylated and 871 hypomethylated differentially methylated regions (DMRs) specifically identifying patients with WD, including 18 regions with genome-wide significance. WD-specific liver DMRs were associated with genes enriched for functions in folate and lipid metabolism and acute inflammatory response and could differentiate early from advanced fibrosis in WD patients. Functional annotation revealed that WD-hypermethylated liver DMRs were enriched in liver-specific enhancers, flanking active liver promoters, and binding sites of liver developmental transcription factors, including Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 4 alpha (HNF4A), Retinoid X Receptor alpha (RXRA), Forkhead Box A1 (FOXA1), and FOXA2. DMRs associated with WD progression were also identified, including 15 with genome-wide significance. However, WD DMRs in liver were not related to large-scale changes in proportions of liver cell types. DMRs detected in blood differentiated WD patients from healthy and disease control subjects, and distinguished between patients with hepatic and neurologic WD manifestations. WD phenotype DMRs corresponded to genes enriched for functions in mental deterioration, abnormal B cell physiology, and as members of the polycomb repressive complex 1 (PRC1). 44 DMRs associated with WD phenotype tested in a small validation cohort had a predictive value of 0.9. We identified a disease-mechanism relevant epigenomic signature of WD that reveals new insights into potential biomarkers and treatments for this complex monogenic disease.

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Wilson disease: intersecting DNA methylation and histone acetylation mechanisms affect gene expression regulation in a mouse model of hepatic copper accumulation [RNA-Seq]

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