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Brain region-specific and systemic transcriptomic dysregulation in a human alpha-synuclein overexpressing rat model


ABSTRACT: Synucleinopathies are age-dependent neurodegenerative diseases characterized by alpha-synuclein accumulation with distinct vulnerabilities across brain regions. Understanding early disease stages is essential to uncover initial molecular changes that might enable earlier diagnosis and causal therapy. Here, we profiled longitudinal and brain region-resolved gene expression changes in a rat model of synucleinopathies overexpressing human SNCA. Transcriptomic analyses on gene and transcript level of striatal, frontocortical, and cerebellar tissue in 5- and 12-month-old transgenic (BAC SNCA) and wild type rats revealed that SNCA overexpression leads to age-dependent transcriptomic changes that largely occur region-specific. In frontal cortex, dysregulation of myelination-associated genes agreed with Parkinson patient data as shown before. In addition, BAC SNCA rats displayed more gene expression changes at younger age, with a common and distinctive dysregulation pattern across all three examined brain regions. We also identified a cross-regional set of differential genes with similar perturbation patterns that were affected by SNCA overload. This set was also partially reflected in the gut transcriptome of the same rat model, suggesting a systemic impact of SNCA overload. Taken together, our findings highlight both brain region-specific vulnerabilities and global molecular perturbations associated with alpha-synuclein biology and provide insights into early transcriptomic changes in synucleinopathies.

ORGANISM(S): Rattus norvegicus

PROVIDER: GSE281984 | GEO | 2025/04/01

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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