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Enhancers active in dopamine neurons are a primary link between genetic variation and neuropsychiatric disease
Abstract
Enhancers function as DNA logic gates and may control specialized functions of billions of neurons. Here we show a tailored program of noncoding genome elements active in situ in physiologically distinct dopamine neurons of the human brain. We found 71,022 transcribed noncoding elements, many of which were consistent with active enhancers and with regulatory mechanisms in zebrafish and mouse brains. Genetic variants associated with schizophrenia, addiction, and Parkinson's disease were enriched in these elements. Expression quantitative trait locus analysis revealed that Parkinson's disease-associated variants on chromosome 17q21 cis-regulate the expression of an enhancer RNA in dopamine neurons. This study shows that enhancers in dopamine neurons link genetic variation to neuropsychiatric traits.
| Type | Journal |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 1546-1726 (Electronic) 1097-6256 (Linking) |
| Authors | Dong, X.; Liao, Z.; Gritsch, D.; Hadzhiev, Y.; Bai, Y.; Locascio, J. J.; Guennewig, B.; Liu, G.; Blauwendraat, C.; Wang, T.; Adler, C. H.; Hedreen, J. C.; Faull, R. L. M.; Frosch, M. P.; Nelson, P. T.; Rizzu, P.; Cooper, A. A.; Heutink, P.; Beach, T. G.; Mattick, J. S.; Muller, F.; Scherzer, C. R. |
| Responsible Garvan Author | Associate Professor Antony Cooper |
| Publisher Name | NATURE NEUROSCIENCE |
| Published Date | 2018-09-17 |
| Published Volume | 21 |
| Published Issue | 10 |
| Published Pages | 1482-1492 |
| Status | Published in-print |
| DOI | 10.1038/s41593-018-0223-0 |
| URL link to publisher's version | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30224808 |
| OpenAccess link to author's accepted manuscript version | https://publications.gimr.garvan.org.au/open-access/14749 |