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Article Dans Une Revue Neurobiology of Disease Année : 2014

Oxidative brain damage in Mecp2-mutant murine models of Rett syndrome.

Claudio de Felice
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Cinzia Signorini
Laura Ricceri
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Rett syndrome (RTT) is a rare neurodevelopmental disorder affecting almost exclusively females, caused in the overwhelmingmajority of the cases by loss-of-functionmutations in the gene encodingmethyl-CpG binding protein 2 (MECP2). High circulating levels of oxidative stress (OS) markers in patients suggest the involvement of OS in the RTT pathogenesis. To investigate the occurrence of oxidative brain damage in Mecp2 mutant mouse models, several OS markers were evaluated in whole brains of Mecp2-null (pre-symptomatic, symptomatic, and rescued) and Mecp2-308 mutated (pre-symptomatic and symptomatic) mice, and compared to those of wild type littermates. Selected OS markers included non-protein-bound iron, isoprostanes (F2-isoprostanes, F4-neuroprostanes, F2-dihomo-isoprostanes) and 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal protein adducts. Our findings indicate that oxidative brain damage 1) occurs in both Mecp2-null (both −/y and stop/y) and Mecp2-308 (both 308/y males and 308/+ females) mouse models of RTT; 2) precedes the onset of symptoms in both Mecp2-null and Mecp2-308models; and 3) is rescued by Mecp2 brain specific gene reactivation. Our data provide direct evidence of the link between Mecp2 deficiency, oxidative stress and RTT pathology, as demonstrated by the rescue of the brain oxidative homeostasis following brain-specifically Mecp2-reactivated mice. The present study indicates that oxidative brain damage is a previously unrecognized hallmark feature of murine RTT, and suggests that Mecp2 is involved in the protection of the brain from oxidative stress.
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Claudio de Felice, Floriana Della Ragione, Cinzia Signorini, Silvia Leoncini, Alessandra Pecorelli, et al.. Oxidative brain damage in Mecp2-mutant murine models of Rett syndrome.. Neurobiology of Disease, 2014, 68, pp.66-77. ⟨10.1016/j.nbd.2014.04.006⟩. ⟨hal-00997408⟩
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