Abstract
AbstractHuntington’s disease (HD) is a disorder caused by an abnormal expansion of trinucleotide CAG repeats within the huntingtin (Htt) gene. Under normal conditions, the CREB Binding Protein interacts with CREB elements and acetylates Lysine 27 of Histone 3 to direct the expression of several genes. However, mutant Htt causes depletion of CBP which in turn induces altered histone acetylation patterns and transcriptional deregulation.Here, we have studied differential expression analysis and H3K27ac variation in 4- and 6-week-old R6/2 mice as a model of juvenile HD. Analysis of differential gene expression and acetylation levels were integrated into Gene Regulatory Networks revealing key regulators involved in the altered transcription cascade.Our results show changes in acetylation and gene expression levels that are related to impaired neuronal development and key regulators clearly defined in 6-week-old mice are proposed to drive the downstream regulatory cascade in HD.Here we describe the first approach to determine the relationship among epigenetic changes in the early stages of HD. We determined the existence of changes in pre-symptomatic stages of HD, a starting point for early onset indicators of the progression of this disease.
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
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