Journal
NEUROBIOLOGY OF DISEASE
Volume 22, Issue 2, Pages 233-241Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2005.11.001
Keywords
chromatin immunoprecipitation; transcription; gene regulation; transcription factor; Huntington's disease; polyglutamine
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- NINDS NIH HHS [NS38106, NS32765, NS16367, NS045242] Funding Source: Medline
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Huntington's disease (HD) is a neurodegenerative disease caused by expansion of a polyglutamine tract within the huntingtin protein. Transcriptional dysregulation has been implicated in HD pathogenesis; recent evidence suggests a defect in Sp1-mediated transcription. We used chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assays followed by real-time PCR to quantify the association of Sp1 with individual genes. We find that, despite normal protein levels and normal to increased overall nuclear binding activity, Still has decreased binding to specific promoters of susceptible genes in transgenic HD Mouse brain, in striatal HD cells, and in human HD brain. Genes whose mRNA levels are decreased in HD have abnormal Sp1-DNA binding, whereas genes with unchanged mRNA levels have normal levels of Slat association. Moreover, the altered binding seen with Sp1 is not found with another transcription factor, NF-Y. These findings suggest that mutant huntingtin dissociates Sp1 from target promoters, inhibiting transcription of specific genes. (c) 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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