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Decoding Genome-wide Dysregulation of Translation in eIF2B-mutant Astrocytes: Implications for Vanishing White Matter Disease

ABSTRACT: eIF2B is a master regulator of translation initiation and mediator of the integrated stress response (ISR). Partial-loss-of function mutations are associated with eIF2B-leukodystrophy termed Vanishing White Matter Disease (VWMD), a recessive neurodegenerative disorder. Astrocytes, the brain homeostasis keepers, are central to VWMD owing to their hyper-sensitivity to eIF2B activity, as manifested by their phenotypic deficits due to the mutation. Here we used astrocytes isolated from the brains of WT and eIF2B5R132H/R132H mice to assess their transcriptome and translatome responses upon cytokine-mediated activation, an mTOR-driven process critical for brain homeostasis. We found that: (i) a mild eIF2B mutation has the power to disrupt translation regulation programs involving ~30% of the expressed genes; (ii) a common compensatory strategy to overcome the translation regulation failure is manipulation of mRNA abundance; and (iii) dysregulation of functionally related genes can be used to reliably predict deficits of corresponding cellular functions. Specifically, the study illuminates the molecular anomalies responsible for the impaired ribogenesis and mitochondrial respiration of eIF2B-mutant astrocytes. Moreover, it reliably predicts, for the first time, impaired cholesterol biosynthesis in eIF2B-mutant astrocytes. This work demonstrates the strength of combined transcriptome/translatome approach to decipher links between mild expression anomalies and downstream cellular defects associated with VWMD.

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

PROVIDER: GSE252362 | GEO | 2025/03/19

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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Project description:Purpose: The integrated stress response (ISR) attenuates the rate of protein synthesis while inducing expression of stress proteins in cells. Various insults activate kinases that phosphorylate the GTPase eIF2 leading to inhibition of its exchange factor eIF2B. Vanishing White Matter (VWM) is a neurological disease caused by eIF2B mutations that, like phosphorylated eIF2, reduce its activity. We performed RNA-seq analysis of cerebellum collected from mice harboring a homozygous point mutation in eIF2B5 (HO R191H), a mutation that causes a severe form of VWM in humans and compared gene expression to wildtype age-matched littermates to identify transcriptomic differences at early, mid and late time points during disease progression. We also performed RNA-seq on cerebellum collected from animals treated with the eIF2B activator 2BAct for 1 month to determine to what extent small molecule treatment could normalize the VWM transcriptome. Methods: Samples were collected at 2, 5, and 7 months of age. In addition, HO R191H and WT mice treated with and without with the eIF2B activator 2BAct for 1 month were profiled. RNA-seq libraries were prepared using purified RNA isolated from frozen tissue using the RNeasy Mini kit. RNA quality and concentration were assayed using a Fragment Analyzer instrument. RNA-seq libraries were prepared using the TruSeq Stranded Total RNA kit paired with the Ribo-Zero rRNA removal kit. Libraries were sequenced on an Illumina HiSeq 4000 instrument. For the experiment comparing different ages, N = 3 males/genotype/time point. For the 4-week 2BAct treatment experiment, N = 3 females/condition. Conclusions: HO R191H mutant brains show an elevated gene expression signature of the Integrated Stress Reponse in mice as early as 2 months, preceding the appearance of overt pathology in these animals. The expression of the ISR-related genes does not significantly increases at 5 months and 7 months of age. One month of treatment with 2BAct completely prevented the expression of ISR-related in genes in 2 month old animals.

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Decoding Genome-wide Dysregulation of Translation in eIF2B-mutant Astrocytes: Implications for Vanishing White Matter Disease

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