PLX038361

GSE115437: HDAC1 modulates OGG1-initiated oxidative DNA damage repair, brain aging, and Alzheimers disease pathology

• Organsim mouse
• Type RNASEQ
• Target gene
• Project ARCHS4

Unrepaired DNA damage contributes to brain aging and neurodegenerative diseases. However, the factors stimulating DNA repair activity to stave off age-associated functional decline remain obscure. Here, we show that histone deacetylase 1 (HDAC1) modulates DNA repair in the aging brain via targeting OGG1 of the base excision repair pathway. Mice deficient in HDAC1 display age-associated accumulation of DNA damage in the brain and cognitive impairment. HDAC1 interacts with and positively stimulates OGG1, a DNA glycosylase that primarily acts on 8-oxoguanine (8-oxoG), a type of oxidative DNA damage associated with transcriptional repression. Loss of HDAC1 leads to impaired OGG1 activity, 8-oxoG accumulation at the promoters of a subset of genes critical for brain function, and transcriptional repression. Moreover, we observe elevated 8-oxoG lesions along with reduced HDAC1 activity and downregulation of a similar set genes in the 5XFAD mouse model of Alzheimers disease (AD). Notably, pharmacological activation of HDAC1 confers protection against the deleterious effects of 8-oxoG lesions in the brains of aged wild-type and 5XFAD mice. Our work uncovers an important role for HDAC1 in the repair of 8-oxoG lesions and highlights HDAC1 activation as a novel therapeutic strategy to counter functional decline during brain aging and neurodegeneration. SOURCE: Li-Huei Tsai (lhtsai_geo@hotmail.com) - Li-Huei Tsai MIT