亨廷顿舞蹈症中星形胶质细胞转录异质性分析
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1.南京医科大学基础学院神经生物学系;2.延安大学生命科学学院多肽药物研究中心//陕西省区域生物资源保护与利用工程技术研究中心;3.军事科学院军事医学研究院军事认知与脑科学研究所

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国家自然科学基金项目(面上项目,重点项目,重大项目)


The Transcriptional Heterogeneity of Astrocytes in Huntington's Disease
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Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Nanjing Medical University

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National Natural Science Foundation of China (General Program; Key Program; Major Program)

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    目的:解析亨廷顿舞蹈症(Huntington's disease, HD)病程中小鼠大脑内星形胶质细胞活化状态及转录异质性,筛选和鉴定HD病程相关的核心分子。方法:(1)利用免疫荧光考察HD病程早期和后期星形胶质细胞的激活情况,采用RT-qPCR分析星形胶质细胞激活表型;(2)利用单细胞解离和磁珠分选技术分离小鼠脑星形胶质细胞,进行转录组学测序;(3)结合生物信息学分析,分别对HD早期和后期转录组学数据进行差异表达基因(differentially expressed genes, DEGs)及功能富集分析;(4)筛选HD病程相关基因进行蛋白质相互作用网络(Protein-protein interaction network, PPI-network)分析,并验证核心基因的表达。结果:在HD病程后期,星形胶质细胞转变为A1型反应性星形胶质细胞;病程早期,HD小鼠星形胶质细胞的差异基因主要与突触间隙和突触结构维持等突触相关功能有关,而病程后期则主要涉及趋化活性、信号转导和细胞响应等功能;最后,HD病程中星形胶质细胞的核心基因功能主要体现在血管发生、RNA剪接与代谢以及肌肉运动方面。结论:HD病程早期星形胶质细胞影响神经元发育和突触形成,病程后期星形胶质细胞转变为具有神经毒性的A1型反应性星形胶质细胞;排除衰老过程影响的星形胶质细胞异质性基因可作为HD病理进展和预测的有效分子标志物,这有望为HD早期发现和诊疗提供新的实验证据。

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    Objective: This study aims to elucidate the activation status and transcriptional heterogeneity of astrocytes in the mouse brain during the progression of Huntington’s disease (HD) and to screen for and identify differentially expressed molecules on the key issue. Methods: (1) Immunofluorescence was employed to examine the transformation of HD astrocytes into reactive astrocytes at both the early and late stages of the disease, and this transformation was subsequently verified by RT-qPCR; (2) Single-cell dissociation and magnetic bead sorting techniques were utilized to isolate astrocytes from mouse brains for subsequent transcriptome sequencing; (3) Bioinformatics analysis was conducted to identify differentially expressed genes (DEGs) and to perform GO functional enrichment analysis on the transcriptome data from the early and late stages of HD; (4) Genes related to the progression of HD were selected for Protein-protein interaction network (PPI-network) analysis, and the expression of core genes was validated. Results: In the late stage of HD, astrocytes transform into A1-type reactive astrocytes; in the early stage of the disease, DEGs in HD mouse astrocytes were predominantly associated with synaptic functions, such as synaptic cleft and the maintenance of synaptic structure, whereas in the late stage, they were mainly involved in chemotactic activity, signal transduction, and cellular response functions; core genes of astrocytes during HD progression were mainly related to angiogenesis, RNA splicing, metabolism, and muscle movement. Conclusion: In the early stage of HD, astrocytes influence neuronal development and synaptogenesis. Later in the disease course, they transform into neurotoxic type A1 reactive astrocytes. Astrocyte heterogeneity genes that are independent of the aging process can serve as effective molecular markers for the progression and prediction of HD, and the findings are expected to provide a new reference for the early detection and treatment of HD.

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  • 收稿日期:2024-11-24
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