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MULTIMODAL SPATIAL TRANSCRIPTOMICS DETERMINES REPEAT EXPANSION, HUNTINGTIN AGGREGATION, AND SELECTIVE CORTICAL NEURON LOSS IN HUNTINGTON’S DISEASE
Sonia Vazquez-Sanchezand 6 co-authors
UCSD
FENS Forum 2026 (2026)
Barcelona, Spain
Board PS05-09AM-275
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Huntington’s disease (HD) is caused by CAG expansion in HTT, yet how somatic repeat instability and huntingtin aggregation relate to selective cell loss in the human brain remains unclear. We have developed a multimodal spatial transcriptomics approach that enables defining transcriptional programs with subcellular resolution, somatic CAG repeat lengths, and six other pathology marks including huntingtin aggregates in every cell of intact brain sections. Imaging 428,173 cells in HD cortex revealed selective vulnerability: L5–6 NP and L6b deep-layer excitatory neurons undergo >50% loss, closely linked to very large (>380±55) somatic expansions. Intranuclear aggregation was most prevalent at intermediate somatic repeat expansion (220-300 CAGs) and was accompanied by broader transcriptional changes. In contrast, chandelier and somatostatin+ inhibitory interneurons are lost despite only modest repeat expansion or aggregation. These data provide a comprehensive resource and establish a broadly applicable framework for connecting repeat expansion and protein pathology across diverse cell types.
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