Alteration in global DNA methylation status following preconditioning injury influences axon growth competence of the sensory neurons
EXPERIMENTAL NEUROLOGY(2020)
摘要
Preconditioning peripheral nerve injury primes the sensory neurons in the dorsal root ganglia (DRGs) to acquire axon regeneration competence. Transcription of a large set of regeneration-associated-genes (RAGs) contributes to the enhanced intrinsic axonal regeneration capacity. However, the mechanism underlying the coordinated upregulation of RAGs orchestrated by preconditioning injury is unclear. We sought to determine potential influence of DNA methylation change on transcriptional activation of RAGs in the L4-L6 DRGs following sciatic nerve injury. Genome-wide sequencing revealed that about 20% of the methylated DNA fragments were differentially methylated, and >3000 genes contained differentially methylated regions. Not only demethylation but also increased methylation was observed to a similar extent. The change in the global DNA methylation did not correlate with the gene expression level of most genes, including the well-documented RAGs. However, pharmacological inhibition or activation of DNA methylation markedly attenuated the axon growth capacity of the preconditioned DRG neurons. Pharmacological perturbation of DNA methylation resulted in simultaneous downregulation of many highly overlapping non-transcription factor RAGs, which was accompanied by a concurrent, robust upregulation of SOCS3 and Serpinel. Overexpression of SOCS3 and Serpinel in the DRG neurons overrode injury-induced axon growth competence, corroborating their roles as the negative regulators of axon regeneration. We conclude that the injury-induced global alteration of DNA methylome strongly influences the axon growth competence in preconditioned DRG neurons. Our results also suggest a possibility that perturbing DNA methylome changes might lead to the upregulation of negative regulator RAGs thereby attenuating axon growth capacity.
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DNA methylation,Axon regeneration,Regeneration-associated genes,Preconditioning injury,SOCS3,Serpinel
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