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Lipidomics and Transcriptomics in Neurological Diseases
Published on: March 18, 2022
Farnesol brain transcriptomics in CNS inflammatory demyelination
William J Doyle1, Dana Walters2, Xutong Shi2
1Department of Biological Sciences, Boise State University, Boise, ID 83725, USA.
Background:
Farnesol (FOL) prevents the onset of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), a murine model of multiple sclerosis (MS).
Objective:
We examined the transcriptomic profile of the brains of EAE mice treated with daily oral FOL using next-generation sequencing (RNA-seq).
Methods:
Transcriptomics from whole brains of treated and untreated EAE mice at the peak of EAE was performed.
Results:
EAE-induced mice, compared to naïve, healthy mice, overall showed increased expression in pathways for immune response, as well as an increased cytokine signaling pathway, with downregulation of cellular stress proteins. FOL downregulates pro-inflammatory pathways and attenuates the immune response in EAE. FOL downregulated the expression of genes involved in misfolded protein response, MAPK activation/signaling, and pro-inflammatory response.
Conclusion:
This study provides insight into the molecular impact of FOL in the brain and identifies potential therapeutic targets of the isoprenoid pathway in MS patients.
