Lipid metabolic stress in development defines which genetically-susceptible DYT-TOR1Amice develop disease

Author:

Cascalho Ana,Foroozandeh Joyce,Rous Stef,Martínez Vizcaíno Natalia,Gallego Sandra F.,Goodchild Rose E.

Abstract

SummaryThere has been enormous progress defining the genetic landscape of disease. However, genotypes rarely fully predict neurological phenotypes, and we rarely understand why.TOR1A+/Δgag that causes dystonia with ~30% penetrance is a classic case. Here we show, in inbred mice, that +/Δgag affects embryonic brain lipid metabolism with sex-skewed reduced penetrance. Penetrance is affected by environmental context, including maternal diet. The lipid metabolic defect resolves during post-natal development. Nevertheless, we discover dystonia-like symptoms in ~30% of juvenile femaleTor1a+/Δgagmice, and prevent these symptoms by genetically suppressing abnormal lipid metabolism. We conclude thatTor1a+/Δgagembryos poorly buffer metabolic stressin utero, resulting in a period of abnormal metabolism that hardwires the brain for dystonia in later life. The data show unexpected and profound impacts of sex, and thus highlight the importance of examining male and female animal models of disease.Significance StatementThe genetic landscape of neurological disease is relatively well mapped. However, we typically cannot explain why some mutations only cause disease in a subset of individuals. A classic case is DYT-TOR1Adystonia that only develops in 30% ofTOR1A+/Δgagcarriers. We now find that ~30% of inbred femaleTor1a+/Δgagmice develop abnormal brain lipid metabolism as embryos, while males are spared. The percentage is affected by maternal diet. Further, this period of abnormal lipid metabolism causes dystonia-like symptoms in juvenile mice. These data show how an environmentally-sensitive event of development defines which genetically-susceptible individuals develop disease in later life. They also highlight the importance of examining male and female animal models of disease.

Publisher

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

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