Differential contributions of Caenorhabditis elegans histone deacetylases to huntingtin polyglutamine toxicity

The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society for Neuroscience
Emily A BatesAnne C Hart

Abstract

Expansion of a polyglutamine tract in the huntingtin protein causes neuronal degeneration and death in Huntington's disease patients, but the molecular mechanisms underlying polyglutamine-mediated cell death remain unclear. Previous studies suggest that expanded polyglutamine tracts alter transcription by sequestering glutamine rich transcriptional regulatory proteins, thereby perturbing their function. We tested this hypothesis in Caenorhabditis elegans neurons expressing a human huntingtin fragment with an expanded polyglutamine tract (Htn-Q150). Loss of function alleles and RNA interference (RNAi) were used to examine contributions of C. elegans cAMP response element-binding protein (CREB), CREB binding protein (CBP), and histone deacetylases (HDACs) to polyglutamine-induced neurodegeneration. Deletion of CREB (crh-1) or loss of one copy of CBP (cbp-1) enhanced polyglutamine toxicity in C. elegans neurons. Loss of function alleles and RNAi were then used to systematically reduce function of each C. elegans HDAC. Generally, knockdown of individual C. elegans HDACs enhanced Htn-Q150 toxicity, but knockdown of C. elegans hda-3 suppressed toxicity. Neuronal expression of hda-3 restored Htn-Q150 toxicity and suggested that C. ele...Continue Reading

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