PMID- 30184490 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20191125 LR - 20201113 IS - 2211-1247 (Electronic) VI - 24 IP - 10 DP - 2018 Sep 4 TI - Nuclear Localization of Huntingtin mRNA Is Specific to Cells of Neuronal Origin. PG - 2553-2560.e5 LID - S2211-1247(18)31239-7 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.07.106 [doi] AB - Huntington's disease (HD) is a monogenic neurodegenerative disorder representing an ideal candidate for gene silencing with oligonucleotide therapeutics (i.e., antisense oligonucleotides [ASOs] and small interfering RNAs [siRNAs]). Using an ultra-sensitive branched fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) method, we show that approximately 50% of wild-type HTT mRNA localizes to the nucleus and that its nuclear localization is observed only in neuronal cells. In mouse brain sections, we detect Htt mRNA predominantly in neurons, with a wide range of Htt foci observed per cell. We further show that siRNAs and ASOs efficiently eliminate cytoplasmic HTT mRNA and HTT protein, but only ASOs induce a partial but significant reduction of nuclear HTT mRNA. We speculate that, like other mRNAs, HTT mRNA subcellular localization might play a role in important neuronal regulatory mechanisms. CI - Published by Elsevier Inc. FAU - Didiot, Marie-Cecile AU - Didiot MC AD - RNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA. Electronic address: marie.didiot@umassmed.edu. FAU - Ferguson, Chantal M AU - Ferguson CM AD - RNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA. FAU - Ly, Socheata AU - Ly S AD - RNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA. FAU - Coles, Andrew H AU - Coles AH AD - RNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA. FAU - Smith, Abigail O AU - Smith AO AD - RNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA. FAU - Bicknell, Alicia A AU - Bicknell AA AD - RNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA. FAU - Hall, Lauren M AU - Hall LM AD - RNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA. FAU - Sapp, Ellen AU - Sapp E AD - MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA. FAU - Echeverria, Dimas AU - Echeverria D AD - RNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA. FAU - Pai, Athma A AU - Pai AA AD - RNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA. FAU - DiFiglia, Marian AU - DiFiglia M AD - MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA. FAU - Moore, Melissa J AU - Moore MJ AD - RNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA. FAU - Hayward, Lawrence J AU - Hayward LJ AD - Department of Neurology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA. FAU - Aronin, Neil AU - Aronin N AD - RNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA; Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA. FAU - Khvorova, Anastasia AU - Khvorova A AD - RNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA; Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA. Electronic address: anastasia.khvorova@umassmed.edu. LA - eng GR - R01 NS104022/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - S10 OD020012/OD/NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Cell Rep JT - Cell reports JID - 101573691 RN - 0 (Oligonucleotides, Antisense) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (RNA, Small Interfering) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cell Nucleus/metabolism MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Female MH - Gene Silencing MH - HeLa Cells MH - Humans MH - Huntington Disease/*metabolism MH - In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence MH - Mice MH - Neurons/*cytology/*metabolism MH - Oligonucleotides, Antisense/genetics MH - RNA, Messenger/genetics/*metabolism MH - RNA, Small Interfering/genetics/physiology MH - Trinucleotide Repeat Expansion/genetics PMC - PMC6245656 MID - NIHMS1506727 OTO - NOTNLM OT - ASOs OT - CAG repeat RNA foci OT - HTT mRNA OT - Huntington's disease OT - RNA fluorescence in situ hybridization OT - confocal microscopy OT - siRNAs EDAT- 2018/09/06 06:00 MHDA- 2019/11/26 06:00 PMCR- 2018/11/20 CRDT- 2018/09/06 06:00 PHST- 2017/12/20 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/06/30 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2018/07/30 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/09/06 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/09/06 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/11/26 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/11/20 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S2211-1247(18)31239-7 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.07.106 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cell Rep. 2018 Sep 4;24(10):2553-2560.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.07.106.