RRC ID 87182
著者 Fujita Y, Masuda K, Bando M, Nakato R, Katou Y, Tanaka T, Nakayama M, Takao K, Miyakawa T, Tanaka T, Ago Y, Hashimoto H, Shirahige K, Yamashita T.
タイトル Decreased cohesin in the brain leads to defective synapse development and anxiety-related behavior.
ジャーナル J Exp Med
Abstract Abnormal epigenetic regulation can cause the nervous system to develop abnormally. Here, we sought to understand the mechanism by which this occurs by investigating the protein complex cohesin, which is considered to regulate gene expression and, when defective, is associated with higher-level brain dysfunction and the developmental disorder Cornelia de Lange syndrome (CdLS). We generated conditional Smc3-knockout mice and observed greater dendritic complexity and larger numbers of immature synapses in the cerebral cortex of Smc3+/- mice. Smc3+/- mice also exhibited more anxiety-related behavior, which is a symptom of CdLS. Further, a gene ontology analysis after RNA-sequencing suggested the enrichment of immune processes, particularly the response to interferons, in the Smc3+/- mice. Indeed, fewer synapses formed in their cortical neurons, and this phenotype was rescued by STAT1 knockdown. Thus, low levels of cohesin expression in the developing brain lead to changes in gene expression that in turn lead to a specific and abnormal neuronal and behavioral phenotype.
巻・号 214(5)
ページ 1431-1452
公開日 2017-5-1
DOI 10.1084/jem.20161517
PII jem.20161517
PMID 28408410
PMC PMC5413336
MeSH Animals Anxiety / etiology* Anxiety / physiopathology Brain / metabolism Brain / physiopathology* Brain Chemistry / physiology Cell Cycle Proteins / deficiency* Cell Cycle Proteins / physiology Chondroitin Sulfate Proteoglycans / physiology Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone / deficiency* Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone / physiology Cohesins Female Gene Expression Regulation / physiology Male Mice Mice, Inbred C57BL Mice, Knockout Synapses / physiology*
リソース情報
実験動物マウス RBRC01828