The Role of Transposable Elements in Healthy Aging and in Alzheimer's Disease

转座元件在健康衰老和阿尔茨海默病中的作用

基本信息

  • 批准号:
    10670482
  • 负责人:
  • 金额:
    $ 135.82万
  • 依托单位:
  • 依托单位国家:
    美国
  • 项目类别:
  • 财政年份:
    2022
  • 资助国家:
    美国
  • 起止时间:
    2022-09-15 至 2024-08-31
  • 项目状态:
    已结题

项目摘要

PROJECT ABSTRACT/SUMMARY Transposable Elements (TEs) comprise roughly 25% of human DNA and represent the largest class of biochemically functional DNA elements in mammalian genomes. Around 8% of the TEs in the human genome are human endogenous retroviruses (HERVs). A HERV consists of a set of genes (Gag, Pol, Env) that facilitate retrotransposition, and two promoter-containing identical long terminal repeats (LTRs) that flank these genes; a complete HERV typically spans several kilobases. Most HERVs are fragments or solitary LTRs. Since their identification numerous studies have looked for causative roles for HERVs in disease processes with findings that suggest a causative role in some cancers, autoimmune disorders and neurological disorders, and it is thought that dysregulation of HERVs plays a critical role in the pathophysiology of neurodegeneration and aging. In preliminary data, we have used our bioinformatic pipeline Telescope to identify differentially regulated HERVs in bulk RNAseq data and found district patterns of HERV expression across brain regions and neuronal cell types in AD and aging. In a tauopathy mouse model, we also found that the hyperactive Cyclic GMP-AMP synthase (cGAS)-Stimulator of interferon genes (STING) signaling (cGAS) pathway contributes to tau toxicity since genetic reduction of cGAS protected against tau-mediated spatial learning and memory deficits in a tauopathy mouse model of AD. This led us to the hypothesis that HERVs are a source of viral nucleic acid that stimulate cGAS-STING leading to neuroinflammation, contributing to the etiology of AD. In three specific aims, we will first characterize and validate HERV expression from cell and brain samples from across the lifespan, and from age and sex matched patients with AD. Using our new bioinformatics pipeline, Stellarscope, we will determine differential expression of HERVs from single-nuclei RNA-sequencing data with loci-specific precision. Second, we will determine neuronal-associated gene- and HERV-expression pathways modulated by aging and AD, using participant-derived cell models of directly induced neurons (iNs). Unlike the immature neuronal populations generated from induced pluripotent stem cells, iNs retain neuron-specific, aging-associated gene- expression characteristics of the donor. We will determine if differences in HERV expression are reflective of accelerated age- and/or additional AD-associated transcriptional signatures are evident through the retrotranscriptional phenotyping of iNs derived from age-matched young cohorts and age-matched elder cohorts. Finally, we will ascertain how TEs can cause Tauopathy in a mouse model of AD. We will determine any beneficial effects of a cGAS inhibitor on TE expression before or after the onset of cognitive deficit in tauopathy mice and whether cGAS deletion changes TE expression. We will assess whether suppression of TEs will protect against tauopathy, and how inhibitors of cGAS change TE expression. Completion of the proposed study will identify novel mechanisms of TE expression in aging and in AD, and provide new therapeutic directions for pharmacological intervention.
项目摘要/总结 转座因子(Transposable Elements,TE)约占人类DNA的25%,是人类基因组中最大的一类。 哺乳动物基因组中具有生化功能的DNA元件。人类基因组中大约8%的TE 是人内源性逆转录病毒(HERV)。HERV由一组基因(Gag,Pol,Env)组成,这些基因促进了HERV的表达。 逆转录转座,和两个启动子含有相同的长末端重复序列(LTR)侧翼这些基因; 完整的HERV通常跨越几个酶。大多数HERV是片段或孤立的LTR。因为他们的 许多研究已经寻找了HERV在疾病过程中的致病作用, 这表明它在某些癌症、自身免疫性疾病和神经系统疾病中起着致病作用, 认为HERVs的失调在神经变性和衰老的病理生理学中起着关键作用。 在初步数据中,我们使用生物信息学管道望远镜来识别差异调节的HERV 在大量RNAseq数据中,发现了HERV在大脑区域和神经元细胞中表达区域模式 AD和衰老的类型。在tau蛋白病小鼠模型中,我们还发现, 合成酶(cGAS)-干扰素基因(STING)信号传导(cGAS)途径的刺激因子有助于tau毒性 由于cGAS的遗传减少保护了tau介导的空间学习和记忆缺陷, tau蛋白病小鼠模型。这使我们假设HERV是病毒核酸的来源, 刺激cGAS-STING,导致神经炎症,有助于AD的病因学。在三个具体目标中, 我们将首先从细胞和大脑样本中表征和验证HERV在整个生命周期中的表达, 年龄和性别匹配的AD患者。使用我们新的生物信息学管道Stellarscope,我们将 以基因座特异性的精确度从单核RNA测序数据确定HERV的差异表达。 其次,我们将确定神经元相关基因和HERV表达途径受衰老的调节, AD,使用直接诱导神经元(iN)的参与者衍生的细胞模型。不像未成熟的神经元 从诱导多能干细胞产生的群体中,iNs保留了神经元特异性的、与衰老相关的基因, 供体的表达特征。我们将确定HERV表达的差异是否反映了 加速的年龄-和/或额外的AD-相关的转录特征是明显的,通过 来自年龄匹配的年轻组群和年龄匹配的老年组群的iN的逆转录表型。 最后,我们将确定TE如何在AD小鼠模型中引起Tau病。我们将确定任何 cGAS抑制剂对tau蛋白病认知缺陷发作前后TE表达的有益作用 小鼠和cGAS缺失是否改变TE表达。我们将评估抑制TE是否会保护 以及cGAS抑制剂如何改变TE表达。完成拟议的研究将 鉴定TE在衰老和AD中表达的新机制,并为以下方面提供新的治疗方向: 药物干预

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  • 批准号:
    10690934
  • 财政年份:
    2022
  • 资助金额:
    $ 135.82万
  • 项目类别:
Development of Brain Organoids to Study the Impact of HIV-1, Drugs of Abuse and Aging on Cognitive Impairment
开发大脑类器官来研究 HIV-1、滥用药物和衰老对认知障碍的影响
  • 批准号:
    10208846
  • 财政年份:
    2020
  • 资助金额:
    $ 135.82万
  • 项目类别:
Development of Brain Organoids to Study the Impact of HIV-1, Drugs of Abuse and Aging on Cognitive Impairment
开发大脑类器官来研究 HIV-1、滥用药物和衰老对认知障碍的影响
  • 批准号:
    10398244
  • 财政年份:
    2020
  • 资助金额:
    $ 135.82万
  • 项目类别:
Development of Brain Organoids to Study the Impact of HIV-1, Drugs of Abuse and Aging on Cognitive Impairment
开发大脑类器官来研究 HIV-1、滥用药物和衰老对认知障碍的影响
  • 批准号:
    10063343
  • 财政年份:
    2020
  • 资助金额:
    $ 135.82万
  • 项目类别:
Genetic Risk of HIV Acquisition: Mechanisms of Resilience
感染艾滋病毒的遗传风险:恢复机制
  • 批准号:
    10077116
  • 财政年份:
    2020
  • 资助金额:
    $ 135.82万
  • 项目类别:
Development of Brain Organoids to Study the Impact of HIV-1, Drugs of Abuse and Aging on Cognitive Impairment
开发大脑类器官来研究 HIV-1、滥用药物和衰老对认知障碍的影响
  • 批准号:
    10613440
  • 财政年份:
    2020
  • 资助金额:
    $ 135.82万
  • 项目类别:
Genetic Risk of HIV Acquisition: Mechanisms of Resilience
感染艾滋病毒的遗传风险:恢复机制
  • 批准号:
    10251347
  • 财政年份:
    2020
  • 资助金额:
    $ 135.82万
  • 项目类别:
Elimination of HIV using HERV specific T cells
使用 HERV 特异性 T 细胞消除 HIV
  • 批准号:
    9744988
  • 财政年份:
    2019
  • 资助金额:
    $ 135.82万
  • 项目类别:
HIV induced anti-cancer HERV immunity in prostate, breast and colon cancers
HIV 诱导前列腺癌、乳腺癌和结肠癌中的抗癌 HERV 免疫
  • 批准号:
    9129387
  • 财政年份:
    2016
  • 资助金额:
    $ 135.82万
  • 项目类别:
BELIEVE: Bench to Bed Enhanced Lymphocyte Infusions to Engineer Viral Eradication
相信:从床到床增强淋巴细胞输注可实现病毒根除
  • 批准号:
    9315726
  • 财政年份:
    2016
  • 资助金额:
    $ 135.82万
  • 项目类别:

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