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An evaluation of a SVA retrotransposon in the FUS promoter as a transcriptional regulator and its association to ALS

An evaluation of a SVA retrotransposon in the FUS promoter as a transcriptional regulator and its association to ALS
An evaluation of a SVA retrotransposon in the FUS promoter as a transcriptional regulator and its association to ALS
Genetic mutations of FUS have been linked to many diseases including Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration. A primate specific and polymorphic retrotransposon of the SINE-VNTR-Alu (SVA) family is present upstream of the FUS gene. Here we have demonstrated that this retrotransposon can act as a classical transcriptional regulatory domain in the context of a reporter gene construct both in vitro in the human SK-N-AS neuroblastoma cell line and in vivo in a chick embryo model. We have also demonstrated that the SVA is composed of multiple distinct regulatory domains, one of which is a variable number tandem repeat (VNTR). The ability of the SVA and its component parts to direct reporter gene expression supported a hypothesis that this region could direct differential FUS expression in vivo. The SVA may therefore contribute to the modulation of FUS expression exhibited in and associated with neurological disorders including ALS where FUS regulation may be an important parameter in progression of the disease. As VNTRs are often clinical associates for disease progression we determined the extent of polymorphism within the SVA. In total 2 variants of the SVA were identified based within a central VNTR. Preliminary analysis addressed the association of these SVA variants within a small sporadic ALS cohort but did not reach statistical significance, although we did not include other parameters such as SNPs within the SVA or an environmental factor in this analysis. The latter may be particularly important as the transcriptional and epigenetic properties of the SVA are likely to be directed by the environment of the cell.
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Ryu, Hoon, Savage, Abigail L., Wilm, Thomas P., Khursheed, Kejhal, Shatunov, Aleksey, Morrison, Karen E., Shaw, Pamela J., Shaw, Christopher E., Smith, Bradley, Breen, Gerome, Al-Chalabi, Ammar, Moss, Diana, Bubb, Vivien J. and Quinn, John P. (2014) An evaluation of a SVA retrotransposon in the FUS promoter as a transcriptional regulator and its association to ALS. PLoS ONE, 9 (3), 1-8. (doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0090833). (PMID:24608899)

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Genetic mutations of FUS have been linked to many diseases including Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration. A primate specific and polymorphic retrotransposon of the SINE-VNTR-Alu (SVA) family is present upstream of the FUS gene. Here we have demonstrated that this retrotransposon can act as a classical transcriptional regulatory domain in the context of a reporter gene construct both in vitro in the human SK-N-AS neuroblastoma cell line and in vivo in a chick embryo model. We have also demonstrated that the SVA is composed of multiple distinct regulatory domains, one of which is a variable number tandem repeat (VNTR). The ability of the SVA and its component parts to direct reporter gene expression supported a hypothesis that this region could direct differential FUS expression in vivo. The SVA may therefore contribute to the modulation of FUS expression exhibited in and associated with neurological disorders including ALS where FUS regulation may be an important parameter in progression of the disease. As VNTRs are often clinical associates for disease progression we determined the extent of polymorphism within the SVA. In total 2 variants of the SVA were identified based within a central VNTR. Preliminary analysis addressed the association of these SVA variants within a small sporadic ALS cohort but did not reach statistical significance, although we did not include other parameters such as SNPs within the SVA or an environmental factor in this analysis. The latter may be particularly important as the transcriptional and epigenetic properties of the SVA are likely to be directed by the environment of the cell.

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Accepted/In Press date: 2 February 2014
Published date: 7 March 2014
Organisations: Medical Education

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Local EPrints ID: 398323
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/398323
ISSN: 1932-6203
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ORCID for Karen E. Morrison: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-0216-5717

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Author: Hoon Ryu
Author: Abigail L. Savage
Author: Thomas P. Wilm
Author: Kejhal Khursheed
Author: Aleksey Shatunov
Author: Karen E. Morrison ORCID iD
Author: Pamela J. Shaw
Author: Christopher E. Shaw
Author: Bradley Smith
Author: Gerome Breen
Author: Ammar Al-Chalabi
Author: Diana Moss
Author: Vivien J. Bubb
Author: John P. Quinn

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