RNA-seq analyses of kdm5[A512P] and enzymatically inactive kdm5[JmjC*] in adult heads

The goal of this study was to generate a Drosophila model of intellectual disability caused by mutations in kdm5. RNA-seq was used to define the transcriptional defects of a mutation in Drosophila that is analogous to a human intellectual disability-associated allele, kdm5[A512p]. These data revealed a total of 1609 dysregulated genes, 778 of which were upregulated and 831 were downregulated. To determine whether these transcriptional defects were due to the loss of KDM5-induced histone demethylation, we also carried out RNA-seq from a enzymatic inactive strain, kdm5[Jmjc*]. These data revealed a striking similarity between the two datasets and suggest that the primary defect of KDM5[A512P] is loss of histone demethylase activity. 3-5 day old adult heads from wildtype, kdm5[A512P] and kdm5[JmjC*] were used to generate RNA that was subsequently subjected to deep sequencing.