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HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS
卷 25, 期 14, 页码 2893-2904出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddw142
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- EU FP7 Health Call [261358, 305121]
- Medical Research Council [MR/J003832/1, MR/L010305/1, MR/L02053X/1]
- Rosetrees Trust [JS16/M220]
- CHDI [A-5053, A-9412]
- National Institute for Health Research University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre [BRC54/NS/RA, BRC230/NS/RA/101410]
- Brain Research Trust
- Medical Research Council
- Medical Research Council [MR/L02053X/1, MR/J003832/1, MR/L010305/1, MR/P007015/1, 1354752] Funding Source: researchfish
- National Institute for Health Research [ACF-2009-18-016] Funding Source: researchfish
- Rosetrees Trust [M220] Funding Source: researchfish
- Wellcome Trust [200181/Z/15/Z] Funding Source: researchfish
- MRC [MR/J003832/1, MR/L02053X/1] Funding Source: UKRI
Innate immune activation beyond the central nervous system is emerging as a vital component of the pathogenesis of neurodegeneration. Huntington's disease (HD) is a fatal neurodegenerative disorder caused by a CAG repeat expansion in the huntingtin gene. The systemic innate immune system is thought to act as a modifier of disease progression; however, the molecular mechanisms remain only partially understood. Here we use RNA-sequencing to perform whole transcriptome analysis of primary monocytes from thirty manifest HD patients and thirty-three control subjects, cultured with and without a proinflammatory stimulus. In contrast with previous studies that have required stimulation to elicit phenotypic abnormalities, we demonstrate significant transcriptional differences in HD monocytes in their basal, unstimulated state. This includes previously undetected increased resting expression of genes encoding numerous proinflammatory cytokines, such as IL6. Further pathway analysis revealed widespread resting enrichment of proinflammatory functional gene sets, while upstream regulator analysis coupled with Western blotting suggests that abnormal basal activation of the NF kappa B pathway plays a key role in mediating these transcriptional changes. That HD myeloid cells have a proinflammatory phenotype in the absence of stimulation is consistent with a priming effect of mutant huntingtin, whereby basal dysfunction leads to an exaggerated inflammatory response once a stimulus is encountered. These data advance our understanding of mutant huntingtin pathogenesis, establish resting myeloid cells as a key source of HD immune dysfunction, and further demonstrate the importance of systemic immunity in the potential treatment of HD and the wider study of neurodegeneration.
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