期刊
MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY
卷 12, 期 4, 页码 385-397出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4001954
关键词
DNMT1; GAD(67); reelin; laser-assisted microdissection; schizophrenia; epigenetics
资金
- NIMH NIH HHS [R01 MH62682, MH 070855, MH 071667] Funding Source: Medline
Among the most consistent results of studies of post-mortem brain tissue from schizophrenia patients (SZP) is the finding that in this disease, several genes expressed by GABAergic neurons are downregulated. This downregulation may be caused by hypermethylation of the relevant promoters in affected neurons. Indeed, increased numbers of GABAergic interneurons expressing DNA methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1) mRNA have been demonstrated in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) of SZP using in situ hybridization. The present study expands upon these findings using nested competitive reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction combined with laser-assisted microdissection to quantitate the extent of DNMT1 mRNA overexpression in distinct populations of GABAergic neurons obtained from either layer I or layer V of the PFC of SZP. In a cohort of eight SZP and eight non-psychiatric subject (NPS) post-mortem BA9 tissue samples, DNMT1 mRNA was found to be selectively expressed in GABAergic interneurons and virtually absent in pyramidal neurons. DNMT1 mRNA expression was approximately threefold higher in GABAergic interneurons microdissected from layer I of SZP relative to the same neurons microdissected from NPS. GABAergic interneurons obtained from layer V of the same samples displayed no difference in DNMT1 mRNA expression between groups. In the same samples, the GABAergic neuron-specific glutamic acid-decarboxylase(67) (GAD(67)) and reelin mRNAs were underexpressed twofold in GABAergic interneurons isolated from layer I of SZP relative to GABAergic interneurons microdissected from layer I of NPS, and unaltered in GABAergic interneurons of layer V. These findings implicate an epigenetically mediated layer I GABAergic dysfunction in the pathogenesis of schizophrenia, and suggest novel strategies for treatment of the disease.
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