Somatic mutation in single human neurons tracks developmental and transcriptional history

Author:

Lodato Michael A.1,Woodworth Mollie B.1,Lee Semin2,Evrony Gilad D.1,Mehta Bhaven K.1,Karger Amir3,Lee Soohyun2,Chittenden Thomas W.34,D’Gama Alissa M.1,Cai Xuyu1,Luquette Lovelace J.2,Lee Eunjung25,Park Peter J.25,Walsh Christopher A.1

Affiliation:

1. Division of Genetics and Genomics, Manton Center for Orphan Disease, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Departments of Neurology and Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; and Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.

2. Department of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

3. Research Computing, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.

4. Complex Biological Systems Alliance, North Andover, MA, USA.

5. Division of Genetics, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.

Abstract

Individualized neuronal mutations in the human brain The neurons of the human brain can last for decades, carrying out computational and signaling functions. Lodato et al. analyzed the DNA of individual neurons sampled from postmortem human brains and found that individual neurons acquired somatic mutations (see the Perspective by Linnarsson). The mechanism of mutation involved gene transcription rather than DNA replication. Thus, postmitotic neurons would seem to be their own worst enemy: Genes used for neuronal function are the very genes put most at risk of somatic mutation. Science , this issue p. 94 ; see also p. 37

Funder

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

National Institute of Mental Health

National Institute on Aging

National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)

NIGMS

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

National Center for Research Resources

Paul G. Allen Family Foundation

Leonard and Isabelle Goldenson Research Fellowship

Louis Lange III Scholarship in Translational Research

Eleanor and Miles Shore Fellowship

Manton Center for Orphan Disease Research

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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