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A broad phenotypic screen identifies novel dominant phenotypes in Huntington’s disease CAG knock-in mice

ABSTRACT: Huntington’s disease (HD) is a dominantly inherited neurodegenerative disorder characterized by abnormal voluntary and involuntary movements, cognitive impairment and psychiatric disturbances. In order to identify phenotypic changes in the mouse that are most likely to be relevant to events triggered by the CAG repeat expansion in HD patients, we are interested in the earliest events that are triggered by expression of a single allele’s worth of full-length mutant huntingtin in the mouse, whether at the molecular, cellular or whole animal level. To this end, we have undertaken a broad-based, unbiased phenotypic screen in heterozygous HdhQ111/+ C57BL/6J mice.

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

PROVIDER: GSE28232 | GEO | 2011/10/01

SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA139601

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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A broad phenotypic screen identifies novel dominant phenotypes in Huntington’s disease CAG knock-in mice

Project description:Huntington’s disease (HD) is a dominantly inherited neurodegenerative disorder characterized by abnormal voluntary and involuntary movements, cognitive impairment and psychiatric disturbances. In order to identify phenotypic changes in the mouse that are most likely to be relevant to events triggered by the CAG repeat expansion in HD patients, we are interested in the earliest events that are triggered by expression of a single allele’s worth of full-length mutant huntingtin in the mouse, whether at the molecular, cellular or whole animal level. To this end, we have undertaken a broad-based, unbiased phenotypic screen in heterozygous HdhQ111/+ C57BL/6J mice. For expression profiling analysis, four male mice at the age of 18 weeks were analysed versus a pool of four male wildtype mice (reference) at the same age. For each single mouse, two chip hybridizations, including a dye-swap experiment, were performed per tissue. Using our genome-wide microarray platform, we performed transcriptome analysis of liver and brain.

2011-09-30 | E-GEOD-28232 | biostudies-arrayexpress

Cardiac fibrosis in the BACHD mouse model of Huntington’s Disease

Project description:Aims: While Huntington’s disease is classified as a neurological disorder, HD patients exhibit a high incidence of cardiovascular events leading to heart failure and death. In this study, we sought to better understand the cardiovascular phenotype of HD using the BACHD mouse model. Methods and Results: The age-related decline in cardiovascular function was assessed by echocardiograms, electrocardiograms, histological and microarray analysis. We found that structural and functional differences between WT and BACHD hearts start at 3mo of age and continue throughout life. The aged BACHD mice develop cardiac fibrosis. The BACHD mice exhibited adaptive physiological changes to chronic isoproterenol challenge; however, the treatment exacerbated fibrotic lesions in the heart. Gene expression analysis indicates a strong tilt toward apoptosis in the young mutant tissue as well as changes in genes involved in cellular metabolism and proliferation. With age, the number of genes with altered expression increased with the largest changes occurring in the cardiovascular disease and cellular metabolism clusters. Conclusions: The BACHD model of HD exhibit a number of changes in cardiovascular function that start early in the disease progress and may provide an explanation for the higher CV risk in HD. These changes are consistent with dysfunction in ANS regulation although the hearts did respond adaptively to β-adrenergic challenge. Gene expression pattern changes are subtle but suggests biomarkers focusing on apoptosis, metabolism, immune function are worth further exploration.

2016-03-01 | GSE76593 | GEO

Dense time series gene expression data from striatum of Huntington’s disease CAG knock-in mice across multiple genetic backgrounds

Project description:Huntington’s disease is a dominantly inherited neurodegenerative disease caused by the expansion of a CAG repeat in the HTT gene. In addition to the length of the CAG expansion, factors such as genetic background have been shown to contribute to the age at onset of neurological symptoms. A central challenge in understanding the disease progression that leads from the HD mutation to massive cell death in the striatum is the ability to characterize the subtle and early functional consequences of the CAG expansion longitudinally. We used dense time course sampling between 4 and 20 postnatal weeks to characterize early transcriptomic, molecular and cellular phenotypes in the striatum of six distinct knock-in mouse models of the HD mutation. We studied the effects of the HttQ111 allele on the C57BL/6J, CD-1, FVB/NCr1, and 129S2/SvPasCrl genetic backgrounds, and of two additional alleles, HttQ92 and HttQ50, on the C57BL/6J background. We describe the emergence of a transcriptomic signature in HttQ111/+ mice involving hundreds of differentially expressed genes and changes in diverse molecular pathways. We also show that this time course spanned the onset of mutant huntingtin nuclear localization phenotypes and somatic CAG-length instability in the striatum. Genetic background strongly influenced the magnitude and age at onset of these effects. This work provides a foundation for understanding the earliest transcriptional and molecular changes contributing to HD pathogenesis.

2017-03-01 | GSE88920 | GEO

Astrocyte molecular signatures during Huntington’s disease progression and following huntingtin lowering with zinc finger protein transcriptional repressors

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Expression data from rat soleus during chronic intermittent physical inactivity

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C-terminal-dependent control of EAAT2 signaling, corticostriatal synaptic glutamate clearance and spontaneous motor activity in mice with hypokinesia

Project description:Deficiency of the astrocytic excitatory amino acid transporter type 2 (EAAT2) and, consequently, inefficient glutamate clearance at corticostriatal synapses may contribute to the depression of self-initiated movements in HuntingtonÕs disease (HD). Here we report that the removal of the last 68 amino-acids in the C-terminal of EAAT2 increases the levels of native EAAT2 in striatal lysates and counteracts some of the HD-related changes in the interactor spectrum of mYFP-tagged EAAT2. Using the Q175 mouse model of HD, we explored the functional consequences of C-terminal modifications. It was found that astrocytic expression of EAAT2-S506X or -4KR alleviates the HD-related decrease in the incidence and velocity of exploratory movements. It also stimulates astrocytic glutamate uptake, increases the level of synaptic EAAT2 and improves glutamate clearance at single corticostriatal synapse. The experiments illuminate a link between the intracellular regulation of astrocytic glutamate transport in the striatum and symptoms of hypokinesia in HD mice.

2022-01-26 | PXD029194 | Pride

Dual FAN1 activities stabilize the HTT CAG repeat

Project description:Recent data strongly suggest HTT CAG repeat expansion drives Huntington’s disease (HD) pathogenesis and that disease development is modulated by components of the DNA damage response (DDR) pathway. FAN1 has been identified as a major HD modifier which slows expansion of the HTT CAG repeat in several cell and animal HD models. Here we show dual FAN1 activities act to inhibit repeat expansion. A highly conserved SPYF motif in the FAN1 N-terminus is required for an MLH1 interaction, which slows expansion, with FAN1 nuclease activity also contributing towards repeat stabilisation. Our data supports a model where FAN1 binds MLH1, restricting its recruitment by MSH3 and the formation of the functional DNA mismatch repair (MMR) complex believed to promote CAG repeat expansion. FAN1 nuclease activity functions either concurrently or following MMR activity to maintain repeat stability. These data highlight a potential avenue for HD therapeutics in attenuating somatic expansion.

2022-02-16 | PXD023221 | Pride

RNA-Targeting CRISPR/Cas13d System Alleviates Disease-Related Phenotypes in Pre-clinical Models of Huntington’s Disease (Human).

Project description:Huntington's disease (HD) is a fatal, dominantly inherited neurodegenerative disorder caused by a CAG trinucleotide expansion in exon 1 of the huntingtin (HTT) gene. Although the pathogenesis of HD remains complex, the CAG-expanded (CAGEX) HTT mRNA and protein ultimately causes disease through a toxic gain-of-function mechanism. As the reduction of pathogenic mutant HTT mRNA is beneficial as a treatment, we developed a mutant allele-sensitive CAGEX RNA-targeting CRISPR-Cas13d system (Cas13d/CAGEX) that eliminates toxic CAGEX RNA in HD patient-derived fibroblasts and iPSC-derived striatal neurons. We show that intrastriatal delivery of Cas13d/CAGEX via a single adeno-associated viral vector, serotype 9 (AAV9) mediates significant and selective reduction of mutant HTT mRNA and protein levels within the striatum of heterozygous zQ175 mice, an established mouse model of HD. Moreover, the reduction of mutant HTT mRNA renders a sustained partial reversal of HD phenotypes, including improved motor coordination, attenuated striatal atrophy, and reduction of mutant HTT protein aggregates. Importantly, phenotypic improvements were durable for at least 8 months without gross or behavioral adverse effects, and with minimal off-target interactions of Cas13d/CAGEX in the mouse transcriptome. Taken together, we demonstrate a proof-of-principle of an RNA-targeting CRISPR/Cas13d system as a therapeutic approach for HD, a strategy with broad implications for the treatment of other dominantly inherited neurodegenerative disorders.

2022-11-15 | GSE214108 | GEO

RNA-Targeting CRISPR/Cas13d System Alleviates Disease-Related Phenotypes in Pre-clinical Models of Huntington’s Disease (Mouse).

2022-11-15 | GSE214109 | GEO

Expression data from rat soleus during acute physical inactivity and walking

Project description:Global gene expression of the rat soleus muscle was assessed with microarrays after 12 hrs of physical inactivity and also after 12 hours of physical inactivity immediately followed by 2 hrs treadmill walking and compared to normally caged rats with voluntary standing and intermittent cage movements. Keywords: between group design

2006-07-04 | GSE5215 | GEO

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