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ArticleNature neuroscience2010

Olig1 and Olig2 triplication causes developmental brain defects in Down syndrome.

Lina Chakrabarti, Tyler K Best, Nathan P Cramer, Rosalind S E Carney, John T R Isaac, Zygmunt Galdzicki, Tarik F Haydar

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Article in Nature neuroscience, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 139 papers.

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139citing papers in PubMed
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139 citing papers in PubMed, 269 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Lina ChakrabartiCenter for Neuroscience Research, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.
Tyler K Best
Nathan P Cramer
Rosalind S E Carney
John T R Isaac
Zygmunt Galdzicki
Tarik F Haydar
Children's National · USUniformed Services University of the Health Sciences · USNational Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · US

Funding

NEUROIMAGING COREP30HD040677 · NICHD · CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI VITTORIO GALLO, VITTORIO GALLO VITTORIO GALLO · 2001 to 2015
$15.9M
Mechanisms of Synaptic Plasticity and Development of Circuit FunctionZIANS003011 · NINDS · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE · PI ISAAC, JOHN · 2009 to 2010
$3.7M
Rescue of Forebrain Defects in Mouse Models of Down syndromeR01NS076503 · NINDS · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI GALDZICKI, ZYGMUNT, HAYDAR, TARIK F · 2011 to 2015
$2.2M
Forebrain Development in Down Syndrome and in Ts65Dn model miceR01HD057580 · NICHD · CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI HAYDAR, TARIK F · 2009 to 2010
$1.1M
NICHD NIH HHS P30 HD040677NICHD NIH HHS P30 HD40677NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD057580NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD05780NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS076503
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Over-inhibition is thought to be one of the underlying causes of the cognitive deficits in Ts65Dn mice, the most widely used model of Down syndrome. We found a direct link between gene triplication and defects in neuron production during embryonic development. These neurogenesis defects led to an imbalance between excitatory and inhibitory neurons and to increased inhibitory drive in the Ts65Dn forebrain. We discovered that Olig1 and Olig2, two genes that are triplicated in Down syndrome and in Ts65Dn mice, were overexpressed in the Ts65Dn forebrain. To test the hypothesis that Olig triplication causes the neurological phenotype, we used a genetic approach to normalize the dosage of these two genes and thereby rescued the inhibitory neuron phenotype in the Ts65Dn brain. These data identify seminal alterations during brain development and suggest a mechanistic relationship between triplicated genes and these brain abnormalities in the Ts65Dn mouse.

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AnimalsBasic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsBlotting, WesternBrainBrain DiseasesDisease Models, AnimalDown SyndromeEmbryonic DevelopmentImmunohistochemistryInhibitory Postsynaptic PotentialsIn Situ HybridizationMiceMicroscopy, ConfocalNerve Tissue ProteinsNeuronsOligodendrocyte Transcription Factor 2Basic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsNerve Tissue ProteinsOlig1 protein, mouseOlig2 protein, mouseOligodendrocyte Transcription Factor 2

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PMID20639873
PMCPMC3249618
OpenAlexW2032903160

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