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Expression and regulation of genes associated with CNS regeneration and plasticity

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dc.contributor.advisor김, 병곤-
dc.contributor.author신, 혜영-
dc.date.accessioned2016-11-29T05:41:06Z-
dc.date.available2016-11-29T05:41:06Z-
dc.date.issued2016-
dc.identifier.urihttp://repository.ajou.ac.kr/handle/201003/13037-
dc.description.tableofcontentsI. INTRODUCTION 1

A. Spinal cord injury pathophysiology 1

B. Factors for the failure of CNS axon regeneration 2

C. Conditioning injury (CI)-induced axon regeneration 3

D. Regeneration associated genes (RAGs) 4

E. Epigenetics 5

F. Neuroepigenetics in CNS injury 8

G. Next generation sequencing (NGS) in epigenomic studies 10

H. Aims of this study 11

II. Materials and methods 13

1. Animals and surgical procedures 13

2. In vivo 5-aza and SAM administration 13

3. Primary culture of dissociated adult DRG neurons 14

4. Genomic DNA extraction for MeDIP-seq 14

5. Methylated DNA immunoprecipitation and sequencing 15

6. Bioinformatics analysis 15

7. Bisulfite sequencing 17

8. Chromatin immunoprecipitation assay 18

9. ChIP-PCR primers 19

10. qRT-PCR primers 20

11. Methylation assay 21

12. Tissue processing and immunohistochemistry 21

13. Quantification 22

14. Production of recombinant adeno-associated virus (AAV) 23

15. Statistical Analysis 23

III. RESULTS 25

Part A. Changes in DNA methylation landscape in DRG sensory neurons after conditioning injury 25

1. Changes in global DNA methylation landscape following conditioning injury 25

2. Correlation between DNA methylation and RNA transcription 34

3. Functional significance of DNA methylation 37

Part B. Demethylation of c-Myc gene triggers transcription of a group of RAGs in DRG sensory neurons following conditioning injury 42

1. Transcription factor gene selection using Oreganno-analysis 42

2. c-Myc expression is upregulated in DRGs in response to CI 44

3. The effects of c-Myc overexpression by AAV5 without CI 49

4. Histone modifications involvement in the regulation of c-Myc after CI 57

IV. DISCUSSION 60

V. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION 68

REFERENCES 69

국문요약 85
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dc.language.isoen-
dc.titleExpression and regulation of genes associated with CNS regeneration and plasticity-
dc.title.alternative중추신경계 재생 및 가소성에 관여하는 유전자 발현 및 조절-
dc.typeThesis-
dc.identifier.urlhttp://dcoll.ajou.ac.kr:9080/dcollection/jsp/common/DcLoOrgPer.jsp?sItemId=000000021963-
dc.subject.keywordAxon regeneration-
dc.subject.keywordconditioning injury-
dc.subject.keywordRAGs-
dc.subject.keywordepigenetics-
dc.description.degreeDoctor-
dc.contributor.department대학원 의생명과학과-
dc.contributor.affiliatedAuthor신, 혜영-
dc.date.awarded2016-
dc.type.localTheses-
dc.citation.date2016-
dc.embargo.liftdate9999-12-31-
dc.embargo.terms9999-12-31-
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