Single-nuclei transcriptome analysis of Huntington disease iPSC and mouse astrocytes implicates maturation and functional deficits

Autor: Andrea M. Reyes-Ortiz, Edsel M. Abud, Mara S. Burns, Jie Wu, Sarah J. Hernandez, Nicolette McClure, Keona Q. Wang, Corey J. Schulz, Ricardo Miramontes, Alice Lau, Neethu Michael, Emily Miyoshi, David Van Vactor, John C. Reidling, Mathew Blurton-Jones, Vivek Swarup, Wayne W. Poon, Ryan G. Lim, Leslie M. Thompson
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: iScience, Vol 26, Iss 1, Pp 105732- (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2589-0042
DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.105732
Popis: Summary: Huntington disease (HD) is a neurodegenerative disorder caused by expanded CAG repeats in the huntingtin gene that alters cellular homeostasis, particularly in the striatum and cortex. Astrocyte signaling that establishes and maintains neuronal functions are often altered under pathological conditions. We performed single-nuclei RNA-sequencing on human HD patient-induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived astrocytes and on striatal and cortical tissue from R6/2 HD mice to investigate high-resolution HD astrocyte cell state transitions. We observed altered maturation and glutamate signaling in HD human and mouse astrocytes. Human HD astrocytes also showed upregulated actin-mediated signaling, suggesting that some states may be cell-autonomous and human specific. In both species, astrogliogenesis transcription factors may drive HD astrocyte maturation deficits, which are supported by rescued climbing deficits in HD drosophila with NFIA knockdown. Thus, dysregulated HD astrocyte states may induce dysfunctional astrocytic properties, in part due to maturation deficits influenced by astrogliogenesis transcription factor dysregulation.
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