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Epigenetic contributions to hemisphere asymmetry in healthy brain, aging, and Parkinson’s disease

Li, P.; Ensink, E.; Lang, S.; Marshall, L.; Schilthuis, M.; Lamp, J.; Vega, I.; Labrie, V.

2019-10-07 neuroscience
10.1101/794255 bioRxiv
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Hemispheric asymmetry in neuronal processes is a fundamental feature of the human brain and drives symptom lateralization in Parkinsons disease (PD), but its molecular determinants are unknown. Here, we determine epigenetic differences involved in hemispheric asymmetry in the healthy and the PD brain. Neurons of the healthy brain exhibit numerous hemispheric differences in DNA methylation, which affect genes implicated in neurodegenerative diseases. In PD patients, hemispheric asymmetry in DNA methylation is even greater and involves many PD risk genes. The lateralization of clinical PD symptoms involves epigenetic, transcriptional, and proteomic differences across hemispheres that affect neurodevelopment, immune activation, and synaptic transmission. During aging, healthy neurons show a progressive loss of hemispheric asymmetry in the epigenome, which is amplified in PD. For PD patients, a long disease course is associated with greater hemispheric asymmetry in neuronal epigenomes than a short disease course. Hemispheric differences in epigenetic gene regulation are prevalent in neurons and may affect the progression and symptoms of PD.

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