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ArticleNeurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology2022

Altered nuclear architecture in blood cells from Huntington's disease patients.

Inês J de Castro, Brian Toner, Sheila Q Xie, James Swingland, Angela Hodges, Sarah J Tabrizi, Federico Turkheimer, Ana Pombo, André Khalil

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Article in Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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9 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Inês J de Castro *Genome Function Group, MRC London Institute for Medical Sciences, London, W12 0NN, UK. ines.castro@med.uni-heidelberg.de.
Brian Toner *CompuMAINE Lab, Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, University of Maine, Orono, ME, 04469, USA.
Sheila Q XieGenome Function Group, MRC London Institute for Medical Sciences, London, W12 0NN, UK.
James SwinglandInstitute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, SE5 8AF, UK.
Angela HodgesInstitute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, SE5 8AF, UK.
Sarah J TabriziUCL Institute of Neurology, Box 104, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery Queen Square, University College London, London, WC1N 3BG, UK.
Federico TurkheimerInstitute of Psychiatry, King's College London, London, SE5 8AF, UK.
Ana PomboGenome Function Group, MRC London Institute for Medical Sciences, London, W12 0NN, UK.
André KhalilCompuMAINE Lab, Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, University of Maine, Orono, ME, 04469, USA. andre.khalil@maine.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6020-2665
King's College London · GBMax Delbrück Center · DEUniversity of Maine · USMRC London Institute of Medical Sciences · GBNational Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery · GB

Funding

Fundacao ciencia tecnologia BD / 43516 / 2008Helmholtz Association N/AMedical research council (UK) N/A
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCell nuclear architecture has been explored in cancer and laminopathies but not in neurodegenerative disorders. Huntington's disease (HD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that leads to neuronal death. Chromosome-wide changes in gene expression have been reported in HD, not only in the brain but also in peripheral blood cells, but whether this translates into nuclear and chromosome architecture alterations has not yet been studied.

methodsWe investigate nuclear structure and chromosome organization in HD blood cells using fluorescence in situ hybridization in ultrathin cryosections (cryoFISH), coupled with machine learning image analysis to evaluate size, distribution, and morphology of nuclei and chromosomes. Four chromosomes were analyzed based on up- or downregulation of gene expression in HD.

resultsWe show that blood cells from HD patients display increased nuclear size and filamentary shape, increased size of gene-rich chromosome 19, decreased filamentary shape of gene-rich chromosome 22, and a more radially centralized position for chromosome 19, whereas chromosomes 4 and 5 do not show detectable differences.

conclusionsWe identify gross changes in nuclear architecture and chromosome organization associated with HD in blood. This adds a new layer of information onto disrupting mechanisms in HD and increases the potential of using blood to survey HD.

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Huntington DiseaseBlood CellsBrainGene ExpressionHumansIn Situ Hybridization, FluorescenceChromosome organizationCryo-FISHHuntington’s diseaseImage analysisNuclear architecture

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