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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | A Upf3b-mutant mouse model with behavioral and neurogenesis defects |
Author: | Huang, L. Shum, E. Jones, S. Lou, C.-H. Dumdie, J. Kim, H. Roberts, A. Jolly, L. Espinoza, J. Skarbrevik, D. Phan, M. Cook-Andersen, H. Swerdlow, N. Gecz, J. Wilkinson, M. |
Citation: | Molecular Psychiatry, 2018; 23(8):1773-1776 |
Publisher: | Springer |
Issue Date: | 2018 |
ISSN: | 1359-4184 1476-5578 |
Statement of Responsibility: | L Huang, E Y Shum, S H Jones, C-H Lou, J Dumdie, H Kim, A J Roberts, L A Jolly, J L Espinoza, D M Skarbrevik, M H Phan, H Cook-Andersen, N R Swerdlow, J Gecz and M F Wilkinson |
Abstract: | Nonsense-mediated RNA decay (NMD) is a highly conserved and selective RNA degradation pathway that acts on RNAs terminating their reading frames in specific contexts. NMD is regulated in a tissue-specific and developmentally controlled manner, raising the possibility that it influences developmental events. Indeed, loss or depletion of NMD factors have been shown to disrupt developmental events in organisms spanning the phylogenetic scale. In humans, mutations in the NMD factor gene, UPF3B, cause intellectual disability (ID) and are strongly associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and schizophrenia (SCZ). Here, we report the generation and characterization of mice harboring a null Upf3b allele. These Upf3b-null mice exhibit deficits in fear-conditioned learning, but not spatial learning. Upf3b-null mice also have a profound defect in prepulse inhibition (PPI), a measure of sensorimotor gating commonly deficient in individuals with SCZ and other brain disorders. Consistent with both their PPI and learning defects, cortical pyramidal neurons from Upf3b-null mice display deficient dendritic spine maturation in vivo. In addition, neural stem cells from Upf3b-null mice have impaired ability to undergo differentiation and require prolonged culture to give rise to functional neurons with electrical activity. RNA sequencing (RNAseq) analysis of the frontal cortex identified UPF3B-regulated RNAs, including direct NMD target transcripts encoding proteins with known functions in neural differentiation, maturation and disease. We suggest Upf3b-null mice serve as a novel model system to decipher cellular and molecular defects underlying ID and neurodevelopmental disorders. |
Keywords: | Pyramidal Cells Cerebral Cortex Dendritic Spines Cells, Cultured Animals Mice, Inbred C57BL Mice, Knockout Disease Models, Animal RNA-Binding Proteins Random Allocation Transcription, Genetic Phenotype Mutation Female Male Neurogenesis Neural Stem Cells Prepulse Inhibition Neurodevelopmental Disorders Learning Disabilities |
Description: | Advance online publication, 26 September 2017 |
Rights: | © 2018 Macmillan Publishers Limited, part of Springer Nature. All rights reserved |
DOI: | 10.1038/mp.2017.173 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/mp.2017.173 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 3 Molecular and Biomedical Science publications |
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