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p53是驱动由C9orf72poly (PR) 引起的神经退行的一种中央调节剂
Maya Maor-Nof1, Zohar Shipony1, Rodrigo Lopez-Gonzalez2
1Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Cell
|January 22, 2021
概括
C9orf72基因扩张导致ALS和FTD. 针对神经元中的p53转录因子完全挽救了小鼠,iPSC和模型中的神经退化,提供了一个新的治疗策略.
科学领域:
- 神经科学
- 遗传学
- 分子生物学
背景情况:
- C9orf72基因GGGCC重复扩张是肌缩侧面硬化 (ALS) 和前性痴呆 (FTD) 最常见的遗传原因.
- 了解导致C9orf72相关疾病神经退行的分子机制对于开发有效疗法至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 在C9orf72介导的神经退行过程中研究神经元中的染色质可访问性和转录性变化.
- 确定参与神经退行过程的关键分子参与者,特别是转录因子.
主要方法:
- 开发一个平台来分析退化的神经元中的染色质可访问性和转录程序.
- 使用小鼠模型,来自患者的诱导多能干细胞 (iPSC) 衍生的运动神经元和C9orf72模型.
- 研究转录因子p53及其下游目标的作用,如Puma.
主要成果:
- 表达C9orf72双重复蛋白的神经元激活由转录因子p53驱动的特定转录程序.
- 在C9orf72小鼠模型中,切除p53完全挽救了神经元的退化,并显著改善了存活率.
- 在C9orf72模型中,降低p53还挽救了轴突退化,改善了患者衍生的iPSC运动神经元的存活率,并减轻了神经退化.
- 已被证明p53可以激活像Puma这样的下游目标,这些目标有助于神经退行.
结论:
- 转录因子p53在C9orf72介导的神经退行中起着关键作用.
- 针对p53代表了由C9orf72重复扩张引起的ALS和FTD的有希望的治疗策略.
- 这项研究提供了使用染色体可访问性和转录程序概况来理解和对抗神经退行性疾病的框架.
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