Changes in the miRNA-mRNA Regulatory Network Precede Motor Symptoms in a Mouse Model of Multiple System Atrophy: Clinical Implications.
Multiple system atrophy (MSA) is a fatal rapidly progressive α-synucleinopathy, characterized by α-synuclein accumulation in oligodendrocytes. It is accepted that the pathological α-synuclein accumulation in the brain of MSA patients plays a leading role in the disease process, but little is known a...
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| author | Simon Schafferer Rimpi Khurana Violetta Refolo Serena Venezia Edith Sturm Paolo Piatti Clara Hechenberger Hubert Hackl Roman Kessler Michaela Willi Ronald Gstir Anne Krogsdam Alexandra Lusser Werner Poewe Gregor K Wenning Alexander Hüttenhofer Nadia Stefanova |
| author_facet | Simon Schafferer Rimpi Khurana Violetta Refolo Serena Venezia Edith Sturm Paolo Piatti Clara Hechenberger Hubert Hackl Roman Kessler Michaela Willi Ronald Gstir Anne Krogsdam Alexandra Lusser Werner Poewe Gregor K Wenning Alexander Hüttenhofer Nadia Stefanova |
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| description | Multiple system atrophy (MSA) is a fatal rapidly progressive α-synucleinopathy, characterized by α-synuclein accumulation in oligodendrocytes. It is accepted that the pathological α-synuclein accumulation in the brain of MSA patients plays a leading role in the disease process, but little is known about the events in the early stages of the disease. In this study we aimed to define potential roles of the miRNA-mRNA regulatory network in the early pre-motor stages of the disease, i.e., downstream of α-synuclein accumulation in oligodendroglia, as assessed in a transgenic mouse model of MSA. We investigated the expression patterns of miRNAs and their mRNA targets in substantia nigra (SN) and striatum, two brain regions that undergo neurodegeneration at a later stage in the MSA model, by microarray and RNA-seq analysis, respectively. Analysis was performed at a time point when α-synuclein accumulation was already present in oligodendrocytes at neuropathological examination, but no neuronal loss nor deficits of motor function had yet occurred. Our data provide a first evidence for the leading role of gene dysregulation associated with deficits in immune and inflammatory responses in the very early, non-symptomatic disease stages of MSA. While dysfunctional homeostasis and oxidative stress were prominent in SN in the early stages of MSA, in striatum differential gene expression in the non-symptomatic phase was linked to oligodendroglial dysfunction, disturbed protein handling, lipid metabolism, transmembrane transport and altered cell death control, respectively. A large number of putative miRNA-mRNAs interaction partners were identified in relation to the control of these processes in the MSA model. Our results support the role of early changes in the miRNA-mRNA regulatory network in the pathogenesis of MSA preceding the clinical onset of the disease. The findings thus contribute to understanding the disease process and are likely to pave the way towards identifying disease biomarkers for early diagnosis of MSA. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-40afa1d6303546e095d2e4162e6a0a062025-08-20T02:34:12ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032016-01-01113e015070510.1371/journal.pone.0150705Changes in the miRNA-mRNA Regulatory Network Precede Motor Symptoms in a Mouse Model of Multiple System Atrophy: Clinical Implications.Simon SchaffererRimpi KhuranaVioletta RefoloSerena VeneziaEdith SturmPaolo PiattiClara HechenbergerHubert HacklRoman KesslerMichaela WilliRonald GstirAnne KrogsdamAlexandra LusserWerner PoeweGregor K WenningAlexander HüttenhoferNadia StefanovaMultiple system atrophy (MSA) is a fatal rapidly progressive α-synucleinopathy, characterized by α-synuclein accumulation in oligodendrocytes. It is accepted that the pathological α-synuclein accumulation in the brain of MSA patients plays a leading role in the disease process, but little is known about the events in the early stages of the disease. In this study we aimed to define potential roles of the miRNA-mRNA regulatory network in the early pre-motor stages of the disease, i.e., downstream of α-synuclein accumulation in oligodendroglia, as assessed in a transgenic mouse model of MSA. We investigated the expression patterns of miRNAs and their mRNA targets in substantia nigra (SN) and striatum, two brain regions that undergo neurodegeneration at a later stage in the MSA model, by microarray and RNA-seq analysis, respectively. Analysis was performed at a time point when α-synuclein accumulation was already present in oligodendrocytes at neuropathological examination, but no neuronal loss nor deficits of motor function had yet occurred. Our data provide a first evidence for the leading role of gene dysregulation associated with deficits in immune and inflammatory responses in the very early, non-symptomatic disease stages of MSA. While dysfunctional homeostasis and oxidative stress were prominent in SN in the early stages of MSA, in striatum differential gene expression in the non-symptomatic phase was linked to oligodendroglial dysfunction, disturbed protein handling, lipid metabolism, transmembrane transport and altered cell death control, respectively. A large number of putative miRNA-mRNAs interaction partners were identified in relation to the control of these processes in the MSA model. Our results support the role of early changes in the miRNA-mRNA regulatory network in the pathogenesis of MSA preceding the clinical onset of the disease. The findings thus contribute to understanding the disease process and are likely to pave the way towards identifying disease biomarkers for early diagnosis of MSA.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0150705 |
| spellingShingle | Simon Schafferer Rimpi Khurana Violetta Refolo Serena Venezia Edith Sturm Paolo Piatti Clara Hechenberger Hubert Hackl Roman Kessler Michaela Willi Ronald Gstir Anne Krogsdam Alexandra Lusser Werner Poewe Gregor K Wenning Alexander Hüttenhofer Nadia Stefanova Changes in the miRNA-mRNA Regulatory Network Precede Motor Symptoms in a Mouse Model of Multiple System Atrophy: Clinical Implications. PLoS ONE |
| title | Changes in the miRNA-mRNA Regulatory Network Precede Motor Symptoms in a Mouse Model of Multiple System Atrophy: Clinical Implications. |
| title_full | Changes in the miRNA-mRNA Regulatory Network Precede Motor Symptoms in a Mouse Model of Multiple System Atrophy: Clinical Implications. |
| title_fullStr | Changes in the miRNA-mRNA Regulatory Network Precede Motor Symptoms in a Mouse Model of Multiple System Atrophy: Clinical Implications. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Changes in the miRNA-mRNA Regulatory Network Precede Motor Symptoms in a Mouse Model of Multiple System Atrophy: Clinical Implications. |
| title_short | Changes in the miRNA-mRNA Regulatory Network Precede Motor Symptoms in a Mouse Model of Multiple System Atrophy: Clinical Implications. |
| title_sort | changes in the mirna mrna regulatory network precede motor symptoms in a mouse model of multiple system atrophy clinical implications |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0150705 |
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