Skip to main content

Table 4 Levels of HMGN1 expression in different mouse models and cell lines

From: Shaking up the silence: consequences of HMGN1 antagonizing PRC2 in the Down syndrome brain

Mouse model

Triplicated regions/genes

Expression of HMGN1

References

Ts16

Harbors triplication of Mmu16

1.6- fold increase in HMGN1 mRNA in the brain and a 3.3-fold increase in the whole trunk of fetuses

Pash et al. [192]

Ts65Dn

Contains a fusion of the region of Mmu16 orthologous to Hsa21 and the centromeric region of Mmu17, containing a segment of non-DS-related genes

Increase in HMGN1 mRNA expression found in E15.5 embryonic forebrain tissue

Guedj et al. [197]

Ts1Cje

Harbors partial triplication of Mmu16 (Sod1-Zbtb21 region)

Analysis of raw gene expression data from the Gene Expression Omnibus for Ts1Cje and euploid cerebellar tissue revealed upregulation of HMGN1 mRNA

Kong et al. [201]

HMGN1 was identified as one of 18 differentially expressed genes in the cerebellum of Ts1Cje mice versus disomic mice

Ling et al. [194]

HMGN1 mRNA increase in the cerebellum at P0, P15, and P30

Potier et al. [195]

Dp1Tyb

Contains an additional copy of 63% of Mmu16 genes, orthologous to HSA21 genes

Increased HMGN1 mRNA expression in the hippocampus of adult mice

Lana-Elola et al. [199]

TcMAC21

Incorporates 93% of HSA21 protein coding genes as a separate chromosome

Increase in HMGN1 mRNA in forebrain tissue at P1

Kazuki et al. [200]

Gene expression omnibus of the national center for biotechnology information data from human DS brain tissue

Triplication of HSA21

HMGN1 mRNA overexpressed in the hippocampus, cerebellar cortex, primary visual cortex, and pre-frontal cortex

Rodriguez-Ortiz et al. [203]

HMGN1 mRNA upregulated 1.5 times in human DS tissue

Kong et al. [201]

Human DS fibroblasts

Triplication of HSA21

1.6 fold increase in HMGN1 mRNA and 1.8 fold increase in HMGN1 protein levels in human DS fibroblasts

Pash et al. [193]

Post-mortem DS tissue

Triplication of HSA21

1.6-fold increase in HMGN1 mRNA expression in the cerebellum and dorsal prefrontal cortex across multiple developmental periods

Olmos-Serrano et al. [202]

  1. Summary of the relevant studies discussed in this review