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Gene expression dysregulation domains are not a specific feature of Down syndrome

Ahlfors, H; Anyanwu, N; Pakanavicius, E; Dinischiotu, N; Lana-Elola, E; Watson-Scales, S; Tosh, J; ... Tybulewicz, VLJ; + view all (2019) Gene expression dysregulation domains are not a specific feature of Down syndrome. Nature Communications , 10 (1) , Article 2489. 10.1038/s41467-019-10129-9. Green open access

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Abstract

Down syndrome (DS), trisomy of human chromosome 21 (Hsa21), results in a broad range of phenotypes. A recent study reported that DS cells show genome-wide transcriptional changes in which up- or down-regulated genes are clustered in gene expression dysregulation domains (GEDDs). GEDDs were also reported in fibroblasts derived from a DS mouse model duplicated for some Hsa21-orthologous genes, indicating cross-species conservation of this phenomenon. Here we investigate GEDDs using the Dp1Tyb mouse model of DS, which is duplicated for the entire Hsa21-orthologous region of mouse chromosome 16. Our statistical analysis shows that GEDDs are present both in DS cells and in Dp1Tyb mouse fibroblasts and hippocampus. However, we find that GEDDs do not depend on the DS genotype but occur whenever gene expression changes. We conclude that GEDDs are not a specific feature of DS but instead result from the clustering of co-regulated genes, a function of mammalian genome organisation.

Type: Article
Title: Gene expression dysregulation domains are not a specific feature of Down syndrome
Location: England
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-10129-9
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10129-9
Language: English
Additional information: © The Author(s) 2019. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Keywords: Chromatin structure, Experimental models of disease, Gene expression, Gene regulation, Transcription
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UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology > Department of Neuromuscular Diseases
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology > UK Dementia Research Institute
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UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Mathematics
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10076218
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