Journal
NEUROTOXICOLOGY
Volume 45, Issue -, Pages 178-184Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2014.10.008
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Epigenetics; Sirtuins; Neurotoxicity; Gene expression
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- Intramural Research Program of the DHHS/NIH/NIDA
- Thailand Research Fund (TRF) - Royal Golden Jubilee Ph.D. Program
- Mahidol University
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Methamphetamine use disorder is characterized by recurrent binge episodes. Humans addicted to methamphetamine experience various degrees of cognitive deficits and show evidence of neurodegenerative processes in the brain. Binge injections of METH to rodents also cause significant toxic changes in the brain. In addition, this pattern of METH injections can alter gene expression in the dorsal striatum. Gene expression is regulated, in part, by histone deacetylation. We thus tested the possibility that METH toxic doses might cause changes in the mRNA levels of histone deacetylases (HDACs). We found that METH did produce significant decreases in the mRNA expression of HDAC8, which is a class I HDAC. METH also decreased expression of HDAC6, HDAC9, and HDAC10 that are class II HDACs. The expression of the class IV HDAC, HDAC11, was also suppressed by METH. The expression of Sirt2, Sirt5, and Sirt6 that are members of class III HDACs was also downregulated by METH injections. Our findings implicate changes in HDAC expression may be an early indicator of impending METH-induced neurotoxicity in the striatum. This idea is consistent with the accumulated evidence that some HDACs are involved in neurodegenerative processes in the brain. Published by Elsevier Inc.
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