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PMID: 11988536 Published · ppublish English Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

Sp1 and TAFII130 transcriptional activity disrupted in early Huntington's disease.

Science (New York, N.Y.) ·Vol. 296 ·No. 5576 ·2002-06-21 ·Pages 2238-43

Dunah AW, Jeong H, Griffin A, Kim YM, Standaert DG, Hersch SM, Mouradian MM, Young AB, Tanese N, Krainc D

Abstract

Huntington's disease (HD) is an inherited neurodegenerative disease caused by expansion of a polyglutamine tract in the huntingtin protein. Transcriptional dysregulation has been implicated in HD pathogenesis. Here, we report that huntingtin interacts with the transcriptional activator Sp1 and coactivator TAFII130. Coexpression of Sp1 and TAFII130 in cultured striatal cells from wild-type and HD transgenic mice reverses the transcriptional inhibition of the dopamine D2 receptor gene caused by mutant huntingtin, as well as protects neurons from huntingtin-induced cellular toxicity. Furthermore, soluble mutant huntingtin inhibits Sp1 binding to DNA in postmortem brain tissues of both presymptomatic and affected HD patients. Understanding these early molecular events in HD may provide an opportunity to interfere with the effects of mutant huntingtin before the development of disease symptoms.

MeSH Terms
Animals Brain/metabolism Caudate Nucleus/metabolism Cell Death Cell Line Cell Nucleus/metabolism Cells, Cultured Corpus Striatum/cytology,embryology,metabolism DNA/metabolism DNA-Binding Proteins/chemistry,metabolism Down-Regulation Gene Expression Regulation Humans Huntingtin Protein Huntington Disease/genetics,metabolism Mice Mice, Transgenic Mutation Nerve Tissue Proteins/chemistry,genetics,metabolism Neurons/physiology Nuclear Proteins/chemistry,genetics,metabolism Peptides Promoter Regions, Genetic Rats Receptors, Dopamine D2/genetics Solubility Sp1 Transcription Factor/chemistry,metabolism TATA-Binding Protein Associated Factors Transcription Factor TFIID Transcription Factors/chemistry,metabolism Transcription, Genetic Transfection Trinucleotide Repeat Expansion Two-Hybrid System Techniques
Chemicals
DNA-Binding Proteins HTT protein, human Htt protein, mouse Htt protein, rat Huntingtin Protein Nerve Tissue Proteins Nuclear Proteins Peptides Receptors, Dopamine D2 Sp1 Transcription Factor TAF4 protein, human TAF4 protein, mouse TATA-Binding Protein Associated Factors Transcription Factor TFIID Transcription Factors polyglutamine DNA
Authors & Affiliations
10 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Dunah Anthone W
Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Center for Aging, Genetics and Neurodegeneration, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA.
Jeong Hyunkyung
Griffin April
Kim Yong-Man
Standaert David G
Hersch Steven M
Mouradian M Maral
Young Anne B
Tanese Naoko
Krainc Dimitri
Article Info
Journal
Science (New York, N.Y.)
Abbr.
Science
ISSN
1095-9203
Published
2002-06-21
Epub
2002-00-02
Pages
2238-43
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
0404511
Subset
IM
Grants
NIA NIH HHS · 5R37AG13617 · United States
NCCIH NIH HHS · AT00613 · United States
NINDS NIH HHS · NS02174 · United States
NINDS NIH HHS · NS34361 · United States
NINDS NIH HHS · NS35255 · United States
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