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The influence of epigenetic alterations on synaptic function and memory

dc.contributor.advisorFischer, André Prof. Dr.
dc.contributor.authorSchroeder, Henning
dc.date.accessioned2022-08-24T13:08:19Z
dc.date.available2022-08-31T00:50:28Z
dc.date.issued2022-08-24
dc.identifier.urihttp://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?ediss-11858/14219
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.53846/goediss-9417
dc.language.isoengde
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject.ddc570de
dc.titleThe influence of epigenetic alterations on synaptic function and memoryde
dc.typedoctoralThesisde
dc.contributor.refereeDean, Camin Ph.D.
dc.date.examination2021-10-15de
dc.description.abstractengWhile memory formation is traditionally linked to changes in synaptic structure, the transcriptional processes enabling these changes are often understudied. Even though novel protein synthesis is the basis of long-term memory formation, the exact interplay between synaptic stimulation and transcriptional regulation remain elusive. In a former study, the Fischer lab could show that changes in the epigenetic code, one of the regulators of transcription, can be directly linked to memory performance in mice. The manipulation of this code via the inhibition of proteins that actively change it by adding or removing chemical groups, or marks, to the chromatin, directly influences the transcriptional levels of neuronal genes. In this thesis I focus on a group of proteins that „read“ a chromatin marks shown to be relevant for the expression of memory related genes and which, if reinstated in old mice, is beneficial for certain aspects of their memory performance. The chromatin readers in question, BET (bromodomain extra-terminal domain-containing) chromatin readers named after their functional groups, play a prominent role in cancer, which led to the development of small molecule inhibitors targeting their binding pockets. Published experiments we performed using these inhibitors on mice in memory tasks revealed a beneficial effect, contrary to what we expected from former studies. BET inhibitors are however not specific to single members of the BET protein family. In this these we utilized cKO mouse lines and viral-induced overexpression of specific BETs in combination with next generation sequencing, bioinformatics, behavior, immunohistochemistry, live cell imaging and code-based analysis thereof, to link the influence of BETs on transcription in neurons and brains to behavioral as well as physiological phenotypes in order to assess their potential as drug targets for alleviation of memory-related symptoms in neurodegenerative diseases. We could show that BETs not only play an important role in the regulation of neuronal gene expression, development and function, but also that the pharmacological manipulation of their binding capabilities could have potentially detrimental effects on the organism as a whole and memory performance specifically.de
dc.contributor.coRefereeOuteiro, Tiago Fleming Prof. Dr.
dc.contributor.thirdRefereeHeinrich, Ralf Prof. Dr.
dc.contributor.thirdRefereeClemens, Jan Dr.
dc.contributor.thirdRefereeDresbach, Thomas Prof. Dr.
dc.subject.engchromatin readersde
dc.subject.engBETde
dc.subject.engneurobiologyde
dc.subject.engbehaviorde
dc.subject.engepigeneticsde
dc.subject.engRNAseqde
dc.subject.englearning & memoryde
dc.subject.engNGSde
dc.subject.engbioinformaticsde
dc.identifier.urnurn:nbn:de:gbv:7-ediss-14219-7
dc.affiliation.instituteGöttinger Graduiertenschule für Neurowissenschaften, Biophysik und molekulare Biowissenschaften (GGNB)de
dc.subject.gokfullBiologie (PPN619462639)de
dc.description.embargoed2022-08-31de
dc.identifier.ppn1815210982
dc.notes.confirmationsentConfirmation sent 2022-08-24T13:15:01de


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