Project description:Gene expression profiling of striatum in R6/2 Huntington’s disease (HD) model mouse. Striatum gene set contained gene expression alterations in other neuronal populations, such as oligodendrocyte, astrocyte, microglia and interneuron.
Project description:Analysis of proteomic consequences of Tyrobp deletion in a Huntington's disease mouse model. Examination of protein expression alterations in the striatum of mutant huntingtin-Q175 with and without TYROBP (protein tyrosine kinase-binding protein).
Project description:To investigate the effects of the drug candidate CMS121 on transcrptional changes in the striatum of the R6/2 mouse model of Huntington's disease at 14 weeks of age.
Project description:Evaluation of transcriptional changes in the striatum may be an effective approach to understanding the natural history of changes in expression contributing to the pathogenesis of Huntington disease (HD). We have performed genome-wide expression profiling of the YAC128 transgenic mouse model of HD at 12 and 24 months of age using two platforms in parallel; Affymetrix and Illumina. We performed gene expression profiling on the same striatal mRNA across both platforms. Keywords: time course,disease state analysis
Project description:Evaluation of transcriptional changes in the striatum may be an effective approach to understanding the natural history of changes in expression contributing to the pathogenesis of Huntington disease (HD). We have performed genome-wide expression profiling of the YAC128 transgenic mouse model of HD at 12 and 24 months of age using two platforms in parallel; Affymetrix and Illumina. We performed gene expression profiling on the same striatal mRNA across both platforms.
Project description:Evaluation of transcriptional changes in the striatum may be an effective approach to understanding the natural history of changes in expression contributing to the pathogenesis of Huntington disease (HD). We have performed genome-wide expression profiling of the YAC128 transgenic mouse model of HD at 12 and 24 months of age using two platforms in parallel; Affymetrix and Illumina. We performed gene expression profiling on the same striatal mRNA across both platforms. Transgenic mice expressing human HD huntingtin with 120 CAG repeats (YAC128) and wildtype littermates were used for the described experiments. The mice were group housed in polystyrene cages under a normal light-dark cycle (6 am to 8 pm) in a clean facility and with free access to water and standard rodent chow. All experiments were performed in accordance with the University of British Columbia animal care committee. Striatal tissue was collected from 12 and 24 month old YAC128 mice and wildtype littermates.
Project description:Huntington’s disease (HD) involves marked early neurodegeneration in the striatum whereas the cerebellum is relatively spared despite the ubiquitous expression of full-length mutant huntingtin, implying that inherent tissue-specific differences determine susceptibility to the HD CAG mutation. To understand this tissue specificity, we compared early mutant huntingtin-induced gene expression changes in striatum to those in cerebellum in young Hdh CAG knock-in mice, prior to onset of evident pathological alterations. Endogenous levels of full-length mutant huntingtin caused qualitatively similar, but quantitatively different gene expression changes in the two brain regions. Importantly, the quantitatively different responses in striatum and cerebellum in mutant mice were well accounted for by the intrinsic molecular differences in gene expression between striatum and cerebellum in wild-type animals. Tissue-specific gene expression changes in response to the HD mutation, therefore, appear to reflect the different inherent capacities of these tissues to buffer qualitatively similar effects of mutant huntingtin. These findings highlight a role for intrinsic quantitative tissue differences in contributing to HD pathogenesis, and likely to other neurodegenerative disorders exhibiting tissue-specificity, thereby guiding the search for effective therapeutic interventions. Total RNA was isolated from striatum and cerebellum of Hdh CAG knock-in mice (HdhQ111/HdhQ111) and wild-type mice (Hdh+/Hdh+, 3~10 weeks) for gene expression profiling using Affymetrix MG430 2.0 arrays.
Project description:A challenge in treating Huntington's disease (HD) is the complexity of affected brain regions and cell types. We carried out a systematic analysis of cell type-specific changes in cortex and striatum from R6/2 mice at 8 and 12w, and discovered major expression changes in oligodendrocytes (OLs) and oligodendrocyte precursors (OPCs), suggesting that many OLs were arrested in an immature state. Causal gene network analysis implicates PRKCE and SWI/SNF in abnormal OL maturation. PRKCE protein was dramatically decreased. Disrupted cell-to-cell signaling between medium spinyneurons and OL that may contribute to neuronal dysfunction was identified in R6/2 mice using ligand-receptor analysis. These findings reveal novel insights into OL pathology, span multiple brain regions in humans and mice and suggest therapeutic strategies.