Journal
AGING-US
Volume 10, Issue 12, Pages 4024-4041Publisher
IMPACT JOURNALS LLC
DOI: 10.18632/aging.101691
Keywords
alpha-synuclein; Parkinson's disease; age; midlife; gene-environment interaction; gene expression analysis; systems biology
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- decipherPD transnational consortium on Epigenomics of Complex Diseases (BMBF) [01KU1503]
- Interdisciplinary Center of Clinical Research Tubingen (IZKF) [2262-0-0]
- Margarete-von-Wrangell fellowship - Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Wurttemberg
- German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
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Synucleinopathies like Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies originate from a complex and still largely enigmatic interplay of genetic predisposition, age, and environmental factors. While progressively declining motor functions hallmark late-life symptoms, first signs of the disease often surface already decades earlier during midlife. To better understand early disease stages with respect to the genetic, temporal, and environmental dimension, we interrogated hippocampal transcriptome data obtained during midlife for a mouse model overexpressing human SNCA, a pivotal gene in synucleinopathies, under different environments. To relate differentially expressed genes to human, we integrated expression signatures for aging and Parkinson's disease. We identified two distinctive modes of age-dependent disturbances: First, cellular processes seemingly activated too early that reflected advanced stages of age and, second, typical longitudinal adaptations of the system that no longer occurred during midlife. Environmental enrichment prevented both disturbances modes despite persistent SNCA overload. Together, our results caution the view that expression changes characterising early stages of SNCA-related pathology reflect accelerated aging alone. Instead, we provide evidence that failure to undergo healthy adaptions during midlife represents a second origin of disturbances. This bimodal disturbance principle could inform therapeutic efforts to distinguish between preventive and restorative attempts to target the disease.
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