Essential Role of the Histone Methyltransferase G9a in Cocaine-Induced Plasticity
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- 8 January 2010
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 327 (5962), 213-216
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1179438
Abstract
Cocaine Addiction and Histone Methylation: Long-lasting behavioral syndromes associated with chronic cocaine exposure may result from dysregulation of the global transcriptional machinery. Maze et al. (p. 213 ) observed that histone lysine methylation in the nucleus accumbens plays a critical role in mediating the regulation of gene expression in response to repeated cocaine self-administration. Chronic cocaine was linked to overall reductions in dimethylation of lysine 9 of histone 3 (H3K9) in this brain region. Repressing H3K9 after chronic cocaine administration facilitated reward-related changes in behavior. The authors identifed the methyltransferase G9a as an essential mediator and an important regulator of dendritic spine plasticity. Downregulation of G9a was linked to the transcription factor ΔFosB.Keywords
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