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NEUROBIOLOGY OF AGING
卷 29, 期 3, 页码 452-463出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2006.10.026
关键词
chromatin; brain; myelin; disease; histone; inhibitors
资金
- NINDS NIH HHS [R01-NS42925, R01 NS042925-05A1, R01 NS042925] Funding Source: Medline
In this study, we address the hypothesis that aging modifies the intrinsic properties of oligodendrocytes, the myelin-forming cells of the brain. According to our model, an epigenetic memory is stored in the chromatin of the oligodendrocyte lineage cells and is responsible for the maintenance of a mature phenotype, characterized by low levels of expression of transcriptional inhibitors. We report here an age-related decline of histone deacetylation and methylation, the molecular mechanisms responsible for the establishment and maintenance of this epigenetic memory of the differentiated state. We further show that lack of histone methylation and increased acetylation in mature oligodendrocytes are associated with global changes in gene expression, that include the re-expression of bHLH inhibitors (i.e. Hes5 and Id4) and precursor markers (i.e. Sox2). These changes characteristic of the aging oligodendrocytes can be recapitulated in vitro, by treating primary oligodendrocyte cultures with histone deacetylase inhibitors. Thus, we conclude that the epigenetic memory loss detected in white matter tracts of older mice induces global changes of gene expression that modify the intrinsic properties of aged oligodendrocytes and may functionally modulate the responsiveness of these cells to external stimuli. (C) 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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