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Prionic protein gene dosage is critical for maintenance of neuronal homeostasis of hippocampal circuits

ABSTRACT: We demonstrate that Prnp dosage is critical for the maintenance of neuronal homeostasis since both its absence and, more relevantly, its overexpression induce higher sensitivity to kainate (KA) damage. These data correlate with electrophysiological results in freely behaving mutant mice showing an imbalance in activity-dependent synaptic processes, as determined from input/output curves, paired-pulse facilitation, and LTP studies. Gene expression profiling showed that 129 genes involved in canonical pathways such as Ubiquitination or Neurotransmission among others were co-regulated in knockout and PrPc overexpressing mice. RT-qPCR analysis of neurotransmission-related genes confirmed GABA-A and AMPA-Kainate receptor subunit transcriptional co-regulation in both Prnp -/- and Tg20 mice. Our results demonstrate that PrPc is necessary for the proper homeostatic functioning of hippocampal circuits, because of its interactions with GABAA and AMPA-Kainate receptors. Keywords: steady state expression; adult brain tissue; hippocampus; genetic modification; transgenic gain of function mutation; targetted deletion loss of function mutation We performed a global transcriptome analysis of three strains that differ in their Prnp gene dose using Illumina Sentrix 6 mouse v1.1 beadarrays. We analyzed mRNA expression in the hippocampi of four individual male mice from each of three strains: 1) Tg20, with a 30 exogenous copies of the Prnp gene within a Prnp -/- background that overexpresses PrPc about 6-7 times the normal wild type levels; 2) littermates lacking the transgene and therefore carrying only the homozygous knock out Prnp -/- strain which lacks expression of PrPc; and 3) their wild type counterparts carrying two copies of the intact Prnp gene and expressing normal levels of PrPc

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

SUBMITTER: Alejandra Rangel

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-16223 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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Regulation of GABA(A) and glutamate receptor expression, synaptic facilitation and long-term potentiation in the hippocampus of prion mutant mice.

Rangel Alejandra A Madroñal Noelia N Gruart Agnès A Gavín Rosalina R Llorens Franc F Sumoy Lauro L Torres Juan María JM Delgado-García José María JM Del Río José Antonio JA

PloS one 20091026 10

<h4>Background</h4>Prionopathies are characterized by spongiform brain degeneration, myoclonia, dementia, and periodic electroencephalographic (EEG) disturbances. The hallmark of prioniopathies is the presence of an abnormal conformational isoform (PrP(sc)) of the natural cellular prion protein (PrP(c)) encoded by the Prnp gene. Although several roles have been attributed to PrP(c), its putative functions in neuronal excitability are unknown. Although early studies of the behavior of Prnp knocko ...[more]

PMID: 19855845

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Project description:A key event in the pathogenic process of prion diseases is the conversion of the cellular prion protein (PrPC) to an abnormal and protease-resistant isoform (PrPSc). Mice lacking PrP are resistant to prion infection, and down-regulation of PrPC during prion infection prevents neuronal loss and the progression to clinical disease. These results are suggestive of the potential beneficial effect of silencing PrPC during prion diseases. However, the silencing of a protein that is widely expressed throughout the CNS could be detrimental to brain homeostasis. The physiological role of PrPC remains still unclear, but several putative functions have been proposed. Among these, several lines of evidence support PrPC function in neuronal development and maintenance. To assess the influence of PrPC on gene expression profile during development in the mouse brain, we undertook a microarray analysis by using RNA isolated from the hippocampus, at two different developmental stages: newborn (4-day-old) and adult (3-month-old) mice, both from Prnp+/+ and Prnp0/0 animals. The comparison of the different datasets allowed us to identify “commonly” co-regulated genes and “uniquely” de-regulated genes during postnatal development in these animal models. The lack of PrPC during neuronal development affected several biological pathways, among which the most representative were cell signaling, cell-cell communication and transduction process. In addition, the absence of PrPC influenced genes involved in calcium homeostasis, nervous system development, synaptic transmission and cell adhesion. There was only a moderate alteration of the gene expression profile during neuronal development in the animal models we studied. PrPC deficiency does not lead to a dramatic alteration of gene expression profile, and produces moderate altered gene expression levels from young to adult animals. Thus, our results may provide additional support to silencing endogenous PrPC levels as a therapeutic approach to prion diseases. To analyze the influence of PrPC expression on CNS gene expression profile during development, we investigated WT PrPC (Prnp+/+) and Prnp0/0 mice at two different developmental stages: in neonatal animals (postnatal day 4, P4) and in adult animals (3 months old). For each developmental stage, hippocampi of 3 (pups) or 4 (adult) animals were dissected immediately after animal sacrifice and promptly processed for RNA extraction and purification, for a total of 14 samples.

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Prionic protein gene dosage is critical for maintenance of neuronal homeostasis of hippocampal circuits

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Regulation of GABA(A) and glutamate receptor expression, synaptic facilitation and long-term potentiation in the hippocampus of prion mutant mice.

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