Histone demethylases in neuronal differentiation, plasticity, and disease.

Histone demethylases in neuronal differentiation, plasticity, and disease.
Curr Opin Neurobiol. 2019 Mar 14;59:9-15
Authors: Swahari V, West AE
Abstract
For more than 40 years after its discovery, histone methylation was thought to be largely irreversible. However, the first histone demethylase (HDM) was identified in 2004, challenging this notion. Since that time, more than 20 HDMs have been identified and characterized, and many have been shown to have critical roles in organismal development, cell fate, and disease. Here, we highlight some of the recent advances in our understanding of the function of HDMs in the context of neuronal development, plasticity, and disease. We focus, in particular, on molecular genetic studies of LSD1, Kdm6b, and Kdm5c that have elucidated both enzymatic and non-enzymatic gene regulatory functions of these HDMs in neurons.
PMID: 30878844 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Current Opinion in Neurobiology - March 13, 2019 Category: Neurology Authors: Swahari V, West AE Tags: Curr Opin Neurobiol Source Type: research