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Altered gene expression and DNA damage in peripheral blood cells from Friedreich's ataxia patients: cellular model of pathology.

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2010-01-15
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Haugen, Astrid C
Di Prospero, Nicholas A
Parker, Joel S
Fannin, Rick D
Chou, Jeff
Meyer, Joel N
Halweg, Christopher
Collins, Jennifer B
Durr, Alexandra
Fischbeck, Kenneth
Van Houten, Bennett
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Abstract
The neurodegenerative disease Friedreich's ataxia (FRDA) is the most common autosomal-recessively inherited ataxia and is caused by a GAA triplet repeat expansion in the first intron of the frataxin gene. In this disease, transcription of frataxin, a mitochondrial protein involved in iron homeostasis, is impaired, resulting in a significant reduction in mRNA and protein levels. Global gene expression analysis was performed in peripheral blood samples from FRDA patients as compared to controls, which suggested altered expression patterns pertaining to genotoxic stress. We then confirmed the presence of genotoxic DNA damage by using a gene-specific quantitative PCR assay and discovered an increase in both mitochondrial and nuclear DNA damage in the blood of these patients (p<0.0001, respectively). Additionally, frataxin mRNA levels correlated with age of onset of disease and displayed unique sets of gene alterations involved in immune response, oxidative phosphorylation, and protein synthesis. Many of the key pathways observed by transcription profiling were downregulated, and we believe these data suggest that patients with prolonged frataxin deficiency undergo a systemic survival response to chronic genotoxic stress and consequent DNA damage detectable in blood. In conclusion, our results yield insight into the nature and progression of FRDA, as well as possible therapeutic approaches. Furthermore, the identification of potential biomarkers, including the DNA damage found in peripheral blood, may have predictive value in future clinical trials.
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Journal article
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Adolescent
Adult
Cells, Cultured
Child
Cohort Studies
DNA Damage
Female
Friedreich Ataxia
Gene Expression
Humans
Iron-Binding Proteins
Male
Middle Aged
RNA
Young Adult
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https://hdl.handle.net/10161/4460
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10.1371/journal.pgen.1000812
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Haugen, Astrid C; Di Prospero, Nicholas A; Parker, Joel S; Fannin, Rick D; Chou, Jeff; Meyer, Joel N; ... Van Houten, Bennett (2010). Altered gene expression and DNA damage in peripheral blood cells from Friedreich's ataxia patients: cellular model of pathology. PLoS Genet, 6(1). pp. e1000812. 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000812. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/4460.
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Joel Meyer

Associate Professor of Environmental Genomics in the Division of Environmental Sciences and Policy
Dr. Meyer studies the effects of toxic agents and stressors on human and wildlife health. He is particularly interested in understanding the mechanisms by which environmental agents cause DNA damage, the molecular processes that organisms employ to protect prevent and repair DNA damage, and genetic differences that may lead to increased or decreased sensitivity to DNA damage. Mitochondrial DNA damage and repair, as well as mitochondrial function in general, are a particular focus. He studies
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