RRC ID |
62331
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Author |
Sawada T, Chater TE, Sasagawa Y, Yoshimura M, Fujimori-Tonou N, Tanaka K, Benjamin KJM, Paquola ACM, Erwin JA, Goda Y, Nikaido I, Kato T.
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Title |
Developmental excitation-inhibition imbalance underlying psychoses revealed by single-cell analyses of discordant twins-derived cerebral organoids.
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Journal |
Mol Psychiatry
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Abstract |
Despite extensive genetic and neuroimaging studies, detailed cellular mechanisms underlying schizophrenia and bipolar disorder remain poorly understood. Recent progress in single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) technologies enables identification of cell-type-specific pathophysiology. However, its application to psychiatric disorders is challenging because of methodological difficulties in analyzing human brains and the confounds due to a lifetime of illness. Brain organoids derived from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) of the patients are a powerful avenue to investigate the pathophysiological processes. Here, we generated iPSC-derived cerebral organoids from monozygotic twins discordant for psychosis. scRNA-seq analysis of the organoids revealed enhanced GABAergic specification and reduced cell proliferation following diminished Wnt signaling in the patient, which was confirmed in iPSC-derived forebrain neuronal cells. Two additional monozygotic twin pairs discordant for schizophrenia also confirmed the excess GABAergic specification of the patients' neural progenitor cells. With a well-controlled genetic background, our data suggest that unbalanced specification of excitatory and inhibitory neurons during cortical development underlies psychoses.
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Volume |
25(11)
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Pages |
2695-2711
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Published |
2020-11-1
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DOI |
10.1038/s41380-020-0844-z
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PII |
10.1038/s41380-020-0844-z
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PMID |
32764691
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PMC |
PMC7577852
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MeSH |
Cerebral Cortex* / cytology
Cerebral Cortex* / pathology
Humans
Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells / pathology
Male
Organoids* / cytology
Organoids* / pathology
Psychotic Disorders / genetics*
Psychotic Disorders / pathology*
Sequence Analysis, RNA
Single-Cell Analysis*
Twins, Monozygotic / genetics*
Twins, Monozygotic / psychology*
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IF |
12.384
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Resource |
Human and Animal Cells |
409B2(HPS0076)
NB1RGB(RCB0222) |