Differential expression of m5C RNA methyltransferase genes NSUN6 and NSUN7 in Alzheimer's disease and traumatic brain injury

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Epigenetic processes have become increasingly relevant in understanding disease-modifying mechanisms. 5-Methylcytosine methylations of DNA (5mC) and RNA (m5C) have functional transcriptional and RNA translational consequences and are tightly regulated by writer, reader and eraser effector proteins. To investigate the involvement of 5mC/5hmC and m5C effector proteins contributing to the development of dementia neuropathology, RNA sequencing data of 31 effector proteins across four brain regions was examined in 56 aged non-affected and 51 Alzheimer's disease (AD) individuals obtained from the Aging, Dementia and Traumatic Brain Injury Study. Gene expression profiles were compared between AD and controls, between neuropathological Braak and CERAD scores and in individuals with a history of traumatic brain injury (TBI). We found an increase in the DNA methylation writers DNMT1, DNMT3A and DNMT3B messenger RNA (mRNA) and a decrease in the reader UHRF1 mRNA in AD samples across three brain regions whilst the DNA erasers GADD45B and AICDA showed changes in mRNA abundance within neuropathological load groupings. RNA methylation writers NSUN6 and NSUN7 showed significant expression differences with AD and, along with the reader ALYREF, differences in expression for neuropathologic ranking. A history of TBI was associated with a significant increase in the DNA readers ZBTB4 and MeCP2 (p < 0.05) and a decrease in NSUN6 (p < 0.001) mRNA. These findings implicate regulation of protein pathways disrupted in AD and TBI via multiple pre- and post-transcriptional mechanisms including potentially acting upon transfer RNAs, enhancer RNAs as well as nuclear-cytoplasmic shuttling and cytoplasmic translational control. The targeting of such processes provides new therapeutic avenues for neurodegenerative brain conditions.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:60

Enthalten in:

Molecular neurobiology - 60(2023), 4 vom: 17. Apr., Seite 2223-2235

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

PerezGrovas-Saltijeral, Adriana [VerfasserIn]
Rajkumar, Anto P [VerfasserIn]
Knight, Helen Miranda [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

5-Methylcytosine methylation
63231-63-0
Alzheimer’s disease
CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins
EC 2.1.1.-
EC 2.3.2.27
Journal Article
Methyltransferases
NOL1/NOP2/sun domain family genes
NSUN6
NSUN6 protein, human
RNA
RNA, Messenger
TRNA Methyltransferases
Traumatic brain injury
UHRF1 protein, human
Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases

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Date Completed 07.03.2023

Date Revised 09.03.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s12035-022-03195-6

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM351578498