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ArticleHuman molecular genetics2022

Alpha-synuclein overexpression induces epigenomic dysregulation of glutamate signaling and locomotor pathways.

Samantha L Schaffner, Zinah Wassouf, Diana F Lazaro, Mary Xylaki, Nicole Gladish, David T S Lin, Julia MacIsaac, Katia Ramadori, Thomas Hentrich, Julia M Schulze-Hentrich and 2 more

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Article in Human molecular genetics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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12 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Samantha L SchaffnerDepartment of Medical Genetics, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, British Columbia Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 4H4, Canada.
Zinah WassoufDepartment of Experimental Neurodegeneration, Center for Biostructural Imaging of Neurodegeneration, University Medical Center Göttingen, 37073 Göttingen, Germany.
Diana F LazaroDepartment of Experimental Neurodegeneration, Center for Biostructural Imaging of Neurodegeneration, University Medical Center Göttingen, 37073 Göttingen, Germany.
Mary XylakiDepartment of Experimental Neurodegeneration, Center for Biostructural Imaging of Neurodegeneration, University Medical Center Göttingen, 37073 Göttingen, Germany.
Nicole GladishDepartment of Medical Genetics, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, British Columbia Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 4H4, Canada.
David T S LinDepartment of Medical Genetics, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, British Columbia Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 4H4, Canada.
Julia MacIsaacDepartment of Medical Genetics, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, British Columbia Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 4H4, Canada.
Katia RamadoriDepartment of Medical Genetics, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, British Columbia Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 4H4, Canada.
Thomas HentrichInstitute of Medical Genetics and Applied Genomics, University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
Julia M Schulze-HentrichInstitute of Medical Genetics and Applied Genomics, University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
Tiago F OuteiroDepartment of Experimental Neurodegeneration, Center for Biostructural Imaging of Neurodegeneration, University Medical Center Göttingen, 37073 Göttingen, Germany.
Michael S KoborDepartment of Medical Genetics, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, British Columbia Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 4H4, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-4140-1743
University of British Columbia · CAGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases · DEUniversitätsmedizin Göttingen · DEUniversity of Tübingen · DE

Funding

CIHR EGM-141897
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurological disorder with complex interindividual etiology that is becoming increasingly prevalent worldwide. Elevated alpha-synuclein levels can increase risk of PD and may influence epigenetic regulation of PD pathways. Here, we report genome-wide DNA methylation and hydroxymethylation alterations associated with overexpression of two PD-linked alpha-synuclein variants (wild-type and A30P) in LUHMES cells differentiated to dopaminergic neurons. Alpha-synuclein altered DNA methylation at thousands of CpGs and DNA hydroxymethylation at hundreds of CpGs in both genotypes, primarily in locomotor behavior and glutamate signaling pathway genes. In some cases, epigenetic changes were associated with transcription. SMITE network analysis incorporating H3K4me1 ChIP-seq to score DNA methylation and hydroxymethylation changes across promoters, enhancers, and gene bodies confirmed epigenetic and transcriptional deregulation of glutamate signaling modules in both genotypes. Our results identify distinct and shared impacts of alpha-synuclein variants on the epigenome, and associate alpha-synuclein with the epigenetic etiology of PD.

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alpha-SynucleinParkinson DiseaseEpigenesis, GeneticEpigenomicsGlutamatesHumansSignal Transductionalpha-SynucleinGlutamates

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PMID35567546
PMCPMC9616577
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