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Public on May 01, 2017 |
Title |
Acetyl CoA metabolism by ACSS2 regulates neuronal histone acetylation and hippocampal memory [RNA-seq In Vitro] |
Organism |
Mus musculus |
Experiment type |
Expression profiling by high throughput sequencing
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Summary |
Metabolic production of acetyl-CoA has been linked to histone acetylation and gene regulation, however the mechanisms are largely unknown. We show that the metabolic enzyme acetyl-CoA synthetase 2 (ACSS2) is a critical and direct regulator of histone acetylation in neurons and of mammalian spatial object memory. We observe increased nuclear ACSS2 in differentiating neurons in vitro. Genome-wide, ACSS2 binding corresponds with increased histone acetylation and gene expression of key neuronal genes. These data indicate that ACSS2 functions as a chromatin-bound co-activator to increase local concentrations of acetyl-CoA and to locally promote histone acetylation for transcription of neuron-specific genes. Remarkably, in vivo attenuation of hippocampal ACSS2 expression in adult mice impairs long-term spatial memory, a cognitive process reliant on histone acetylation. ACSS2 reduction in hippocampus also leads to a defect in upregulation of key neuronal genes involved in memory, and these hippocampal genes are pre-bound by ACSS2. These results reveal a unique connection between cellular metabolism, gene regulation, and neural plasticity, establishing a link between generation of acetyl-CoA “on-site” at chromatin of critical neuronal genes.
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Overall design |
Includes two replicates of RNA-seq from differentiated CAD neurons with or without ACSS2 inhibitor (four samples total)
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Contributor(s) |
Mews P, Donahue G, Drake AM, Luczak V, Abel T, Berger SL |
Citation(s) |
28562591 |
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Submission date |
Dec 05, 2016 |
Last update date |
May 15, 2019 |
Contact name |
Shelley L. Berger |
E-mail(s) |
[email protected]
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Organization name |
University of Pennsylvania
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Department |
Cell and Developmental Biology
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Lab |
Berger
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Street address |
3400 CIVIC CENTER BLVD
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City |
Philadelphia |
State/province |
Pennsylvania |
ZIP/Postal code |
19104 |
Country |
USA |
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Platforms (1) |
GPL19057 |
Illumina NextSeq 500 (Mus musculus) |
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Samples (4)
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This SubSeries is part of SuperSeries: |
GSE76854 |
Acetyl-CoA metabolism by ACSS2 regulates neuronal histone acetylation and long-term memory |
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Relations |
BioProject |
PRJNA356210 |
SRA |
SRP094545 |