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Deletion of Gba in neurons, but not microglia, causes neurodegeneration in a Gaucher mouse model

GSE247436 Mus musculus (mouse) RNA-seq (gene expression) 32 samples Submitted 2024/10/02 Platform GPL24247
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RNA-seq (gene expression) · mouse · 32 samples

What it is
RNA-seq (gene expression)Gene activity measured by sequencing. The summary does not mention single-cell work, so this is most likely bulk: one average per sample, the usual starting point for comparing groups.
Organism
Mus musculus (mouse)
Samples
32 samples: 7 conditions, mostly with about 4 replicates eachGroups are read from the sample names, not from the paper. Check the list below.
Data you can get
A processed table (series matrix) and supplementary files from NCBI; the raw sequencing reads from ENA. Which of these hold counts depends on the study, so check the file list.
Paper
Deletion of Gba in neurons, but not microglia, causes neurodegeneration in a Gaucher mouse modelJCI insight · 2024
Summary (written by the submitters)
Gaucher disease, the most prevalent lysosomal storage disease, is caused by homozygous mutations at the GBA gene, which is responsible for encoding the enzyme glucocerebrosidase. Neuronopathic Gaucher disease is associated with microgliosis, astrogliosis, and neurodegeneration. However, the role that microglia, astrocytes, and neurons play in the disease remains to be determined.
Read the full summary ↓
In the current study, we developed inducible, cell-type specific Gba KO mice to understand the individual impacts of Gba deficiencies on microglia and neurons. Gba was conditionally knocked out either exclusively in microglia or neurons, or throughout the body. These mouse models were developed using a tamoxifen-inducible Cre system, with tamoxifen administration commencing at weaning. Microglia-specific Gba KO mice showed no signs of disease. However, the neuron-specific Gba KO resulted in a shortened lifespan, severe weight loss, and ataxia. These mice also had significant neurodegeneration, microgliosis, and astrogliosis accompanied by the accumulation of glucosylceramide and glucosylsphingosine, recapitulating Gaucher disease-like symptoms. These surprising findings reveal that, unlike the neuron-specific Gba deficiency, microglia-specific Gba deficiency alone does not induce disease. The neuronal Gaucher disease mouse model, with a median survival of 16 weeks, may be useful for future studies of pathogenesis and the evaluation of therapies.
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Deletion of Gba in neurons, but not microglia, causes neurodegeneration in a Gaucher mouse model
Duffy HBD, Byrnes C, Zhu H et al. · JCI insight 2024 · PMID 39312723 · doi:10.1172/jci.insight.179126
This dataset
Download · which file do I need?

Direct links to NCBI and ENA, no account and no request form. Pick by what you want to do: take the small processed table to look, the supplementary files to re-analyse, or the original raw data to start over.

1 · Just have a look

Processed table

The series matrix: one table of values per sample as the submitters processed it. The smallest download, and it opens in Excel or R. Start here to see what the data look like.

2 · Re-analyse it

Supplementary files

The count tables and other files the authors uploaded. Take only the samples you need, or the whole study as GSE247436_RAW.tar (it can run to tens of gigabytes).

3 · Start from the raw reads

Raw sequencing reads

The original FASTQ files, straight from the sequencer, held at ENA. Large, and you align them yourself, so only choose this if you need to re-process the study from scratch.

What the files usually look like: For RNA-seq the counts are usually a table among the supplementary files (look for 'counts', 'expression', 'FPKM' or 'TPM' in the file name). The series matrix of a sequencing study is sometimes nearly empty.

Also filed as BioProject PRJNA1037555 and SRA study SRP471095. Searching any of these in the dataset finder brings you back here.

Study design
7 conditions, mostly with about 4 replicates each
Control, GBA nKO, E ×6 GBA nKO, E ×6 GBA mKO, Z ×5 Control, GBA mKO, Z ×4 Control, GBA mmKO, W ×4 GBA mmKO, W ×4 Control, GBA mKO, X ×2 GBA mKO, X ×1

Supports a between-group comparison across 31 samples.

How we read this: 7 replicated groups read from 32 sample titles; they account for 31 of them. These groups are guessed from the sample names, not taken from the paper, so check them against the sample list below before relying on them.

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