Publikationsdatum:
2010-11-12
Beschreibung:
Mutations in the X-linked MECP2 gene, which encodes the transcriptional regulator methyl-CpG-binding protein 2 (MeCP2), cause Rett syndrome and several neurodevelopmental disorders including cognitive disorders, autism, juvenile-onset schizophrenia and encephalopathy with early lethality. Rett syndrome is characterized by apparently normal early development followed by regression, motor abnormalities, seizures and features of autism, especially stereotyped behaviours. The mechanisms mediating these features are poorly understood. Here we show that mice lacking Mecp2 from GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid)-releasing neurons recapitulate numerous Rett syndrome and autistic features, including repetitive behaviours. Loss of MeCP2 from a subset of forebrain GABAergic neurons also recapitulates many features of Rett syndrome. MeCP2-deficient GABAergic neurons show reduced inhibitory quantal size, consistent with a presynaptic reduction in glutamic acid decarboxylase 1 (Gad1) and glutamic acid decarboxylase 2 (Gad2) levels, and GABA immunoreactivity. These data demonstrate that MeCP2 is critical for normal function of GABA-releasing neurons and that subtle dysfunction of GABAergic neurons contributes to numerous neuropsychiatric phenotypes.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3057962/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉 〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3057962/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Chao, Hsiao-Tuan -- Chen, Hongmei -- Samaco, Rodney C -- Xue, Mingshan -- Chahrour, Maria -- Yoo, Jong -- Neul, Jeffrey L -- Gong, Shiaoching -- Lu, Hui-Chen -- Heintz, Nathaniel -- Ekker, Marc -- Rubenstein, John L R -- Noebels, Jeffrey L -- Rosenmund, Christian -- Zoghbi, Huda Y -- 29709/PHS HHS/ -- F31MH078678/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/ -- HD024064/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/ -- HD053862/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/ -- K08 NS052240/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- K08 NS052240-01/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- K08 NS052240-02/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- K08 NS052240-03/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- K08 NS052240-04/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- K08 NS052240-05/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- P30 HD024064/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/ -- P30 HD024064-22/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/ -- R01 HD062553/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/ -- R01 NS048884/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- R01 NS057819/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- R01 NS057819-04/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- R01 NS057819-05/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- Howard Hughes Medical Institute/ -- England -- Nature. 2010 Nov 11;468(7321):263-9. doi: 10.1038/nature09582.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉]Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21068835" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Schlagwort(e):
Animals
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Autistic Disorder/complications/genetics/pathology/*physiopathology
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Brain/cytology
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Compulsive Behavior/complications/genetics/physiopathology
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Disease Models, Animal
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Electroencephalography
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Genotype
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Glutamate Decarboxylase/metabolism
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Hippocampus/pathology/physiopathology
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Homeodomain Proteins/genetics
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Inhibitory Postsynaptic Potentials
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Long-Term Potentiation
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Male
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Methyl-CpG-Binding Protein 2/*deficiency/genetics/*metabolism
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Mice
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Mice, Transgenic
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Neural Inhibition
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Neuronal Plasticity
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Neurons/metabolism
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Phenotype
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Presynaptic Terminals/metabolism
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Psychomotor Disorders/complications/genetics/physiopathology
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Reflex, Startle/genetics
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Respiration
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Rett Syndrome/complications/genetics/pathology/*physiopathology
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Self-Injurious Behavior/complications/genetics/physiopathology
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*Signal Transduction
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Stereotypic Movement Disorder/complications/genetics/pathology/*physiopathology
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Survival Rate
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Synaptic Transmission
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Vesicular Inhibitory Amino Acid Transport Proteins/genetics
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gamma-Aminobutyric Acid/*metabolism
Print ISSN:
0028-0836
Digitale ISSN:
1476-4687
Thema:
Biologie
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Chemie und Pharmazie
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Medizin
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Allgemeine Naturwissenschaft
,
Physik
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