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Loss of MeCP2 function is associated with distinct gene expression changes in the striatum


ABSTRACT: Rett syndrome (RTT) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by developmental regression around 6-18 months after birth, followed by a lifetime of intellectual disability, stereotyped behaviors, and motor deficits. RTT is caused by mutations in MeCP2, a methyl-CpG binding protein that was traditionally believed to repress gene expression. Gene expression studies of individual brain regions, however, have revealed that MeCP2 loss-of-function leads to the subtle activation and repression of its gene targets. However, these results may be confounded by the extensive neuronal cell heterogeneity inherent in these brain structures. To minimalize this issue of heterogeneity, we assessed whether Mecp2-null mice exhibited alterations in gene expression patterns in the striatum, a brain nucleus with relatively homogenous neuronal types and is highly relevant to the motor deficits observed in RTT. Despite the homogeneity of the tissue, the fold-change of the 127 differentially expressed genes we identified remained low with a mean change consistent with other studies. However, many of those genes differentially expressed in the striatum have not been previously identified in gene expression analyses of other brain regions. This suggests therefore that the differential expression of genes following loss of MeCP2 occurs in a tissue, or cell-type specific manner and thus MeCP2 function should be understood in a cellular context.

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

PROVIDER: GSE42895 | GEO | 2013/07/13

SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA183727

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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