Schaffner Samantha L, Wassouf Zinah, Hentrich Thomas, Nuesch-Germano Melanie, Kobor Michael S, Schulze-Hentrich Julia M
Edwin S. H. Leong Centre for Healthy Aging, Faculty of Medicine, 117-2194 Health Sciences Mall, University of British Columbia, V6T 1Z3 Vancouver, BC, Canada; Department of Medical Genetics, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, British Columbia Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of British Columbia, V5Z 4H4 Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Institute of Medical Genetics and Applied Genomics, University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
Neurobiol Dis. 2023 Oct 1;186:106274. doi: 10.1016/j.nbd.2023.106274. Epub 2023 Aug 28.
Elevated alpha-synuclein (SNCA) gene expression is associated with transcriptional deregulation and increased risk of Parkinson's disease, which may be partially ameliorated by environmental enrichment. At the molecular level, there is emerging evidence that excess alpha-synuclein protein (aSyn) impacts the epigenome through direct and/or indirect mechanisms. However, the extents to which the effects of both aSyn and the environment converge at the epigenome and whether epigenetic alterations underpin the preventive effects of environmental factors on transcription remain to be elucidated. Here, we profiled five DNA and histone modifications in the hippocampus of wild-type and transgenic mice overexpressing human SNCA. Mice of each genotype were housed under either standard conditions or in an enriched environment (EE) for 12 months. SNCA overexpression induced hippocampal CpG hydroxymethylation and histone H3K27 acetylation changes that associated with genotype more than environment. Excess aSyn was also associated with genotype- and environment-dependent changes in non-CpG (CpH) DNA methylation and H3K4 methylation. These H3K4 methylation changes included loci where the EE ameliorated the impacts of the transgene as well as loci resistant to the effects of environmental enrichment in transgenic mice. In addition, select H3K4 monomethylation alterations were associated with changes in mRNA expression. Our results suggested an environment-dependent impact of excess aSyn on some functionally relevant parts of the epigenome, and will ultimately enhance our understanding of the molecular etiology of Parkinson's disease and other synucleinopathies.
α-突触核蛋白(SNCA)基因表达升高与转录失调及帕金森病风险增加相关,环境富集可能部分改善这种情况。在分子水平上,越来越多的证据表明过量的α-突触核蛋白(aSyn)通过直接和/或间接机制影响表观基因组。然而,aSyn和环境的影响在表观基因组上的汇聚程度以及表观遗传改变是否是环境因素对转录预防作用的基础仍有待阐明。在这里,我们分析了野生型和过表达人类SNCA的转基因小鼠海马体中的五种DNA和组蛋白修饰。每种基因型的小鼠分别饲养在标准条件下或丰富环境(EE)中12个月。SNCA过表达诱导海马体CpG羟甲基化和组蛋白H3K27乙酰化变化,这些变化与基因型的关联大于与环境的关联。过量的aSyn还与非CpG(CpH)DNA甲基化和H3K4甲基化的基因型和环境依赖性变化有关。这些H3K4甲基化变化包括EE减轻转基因影响的位点以及转基因小鼠中对环境富集影响有抗性的位点。此外,特定的H3K4单甲基化改变与mRNA表达变化相关。我们的结果表明过量aSyn对表观基因组某些功能相关部分有环境依赖性影响,并最终将增进我们对帕金森病和其他突触核蛋白病分子病因的理解。
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