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Changes in the Coding and Non-coding Transcriptome and DNA Methylome that Define the Schwann Cell Repair Phenotype after Nerve Injury

Arthur-Farraj, PJ; Morgan, CC; Adamowicz, M; Gomez-Sanchez, JA; Fazal, SV; Beucher, A; Razzaghi, B; ... Aitman, TJ; + view all (2017) Changes in the Coding and Non-coding Transcriptome and DNA Methylome that Define the Schwann Cell Repair Phenotype after Nerve Injury. Cell Reports , 20 (11) pp. 2719-2734. 10.1016/j.celrep.2017.08.064. Green open access

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Abstract

Repair Schwann cells play a critical role in orchestrating nerve repair after injury, but the cellular and molecular processes that generate them are poorly understood. Here, we perform a combined whole-genome, coding and non-coding RNA and CpG methylation study following nerve injury. We show that genes involved in the epithelial-mesenchymal transition are enriched in repair cells, and we identify several long non-coding RNAs in Schwann cells. We demonstrate that the AP-1 transcription factor C-JUN regulates the expression of certain micro RNAs in repair Schwann cells, in particular miR-21 and miR-34. Surprisingly, unlike during development, changes in CpG methylation are limited in injury, restricted to specific locations, such as enhancer regions of Schwann cell-specific genes (e.g., Nedd4l), and close to local enrichment of AP-1 motifs. These genetic and epigenomic changes broaden our mechanistic understanding of the formation of repair Schwann cell during peripheral nervous system tissue repair.

Type: Article
Title: Changes in the Coding and Non-coding Transcriptome and DNA Methylome that Define the Schwann Cell Repair Phenotype after Nerve Injury
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2017.08.064
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2017.08.064
Language: English
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Keywords: Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Cell Biology, EPITHELIAL-MESENCHYMAL TRANSITION, WALLERIAN DEGENERATION, C-JUN, AXONAL REGENERATION, NEGATIVE REGULATOR, METHYLATION, MYELINATION, EXPRESSION, DIFFERENTIATION, PLASTICITY
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences > Cell and Developmental Biology
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10025138
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