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ArticleMolecular psychiatry2013

Comparative RNA editing in autistic and neurotypical cerebella.

A Eran, J B Li, K Vatalaro, J McCarthy, F Rahimov, C Collins, K Markianos, D M Margulies, E N Brown, S E Calvo and 2 more

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Article in Molecular psychiatry, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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46 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 71 citations in OpenAlex.

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  20. The cell line A-to-I RNA editing catalogue.Nucleic acids research · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

A EranHarvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
J B Li
K Vatalaro
J McCarthy
F Rahimov
C Collins
K Markianos
D M Margulies
E N Brown
S E Calvo
I S Kohane
L M Kunkel
Harvard University · USBoston Children's Hospital · USHarvard–MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology · USBroad Institute · USStanford University · US

Funding

SYNAPTIC MECHANISMS IN HIPPOCAMPAL EPILEPTOGENESISP30HD018655 · NICHD · CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL BOSTON · PI POMEROY, SCOTT LOREN · 1985 to 2015
$26.2M
A Natonal Resource for Postmortem Brain ResearchR24MH068855 · NIMH · MC LEAN HOSPITAL (BELMONT, MA) · PI BENES, FRANCINE M. · 2003 to 2012
$14.8M
RNA Expression Patterns in AutismR01MH085143 · NIMH · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI KUNKEL, LOUIS M · 2008 to 2012
$3.6M
Profiling and Dissecting the Dynamic Regulation of RNA EditingR01GM102484 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI LI, JIN BILLY · 2013 to 2021
$3.1M
Autism Speaks AS1968NICHD NIH HHS HHSN275200900011CNICHD NIH HHS N01-HD-9-0011NICHD NIH HHS NIH-P30-HD18655NICHD NIH HHS P30 HD018655NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM102484NIMH NIH HHS 1R01MH085143-01NIMH NIH HHS MH068855NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH085143NIMH NIH HHS R24 MH068855
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adenosine-to-inosine (A-to-I) RNA editing is a neurodevelopmentally regulated epigenetic modification shown to modulate complex behavior in animals. Little is known about human A-to-I editing, but it is thought to constitute one of many molecular mechanisms connecting environmental stimuli and behavioral outputs. Thus, comprehensive exploration of A-to-I RNA editing in human brains may shed light on gene-environment interactions underlying complex behavior in health and disease. Synaptic function is a main target of A-to-I editing, which can selectively recode key amino acids in synaptic genes, directly altering synaptic strength and duration in response to environmental signals. Here, we performed a high-resolution survey of synaptic A-to-I RNA editing in a human population, and examined how it varies in autism, a neurodevelopmental disorder in which synaptic abnormalities are a common finding. Using ultra-deep (>1000 × ) sequencing, we quantified the levels of A-to-I editing of 10 synaptic genes in postmortem cerebella from 14 neurotypical and 11 autistic individuals. A high dynamic range of editing levels was detected across individuals and editing sites, from 99.6% to below detection limits. In most sites, the extreme ends of the population editing distributions were individuals with autism. Editing was correlated with isoform usage, clusters of correlated sites were identified, and differential editing patterns examined. Finally, a dysfunctional form of the editing enzyme adenosine deaminase acting on RNA B1 was found more commonly in postmortem cerebella from individuals with autism. These results provide a population-level, high-resolution view of A-to-I RNA editing in human cerebella and suggest that A-to-I editing of synaptic genes may be informative for assessing the epigenetic risk for autism.

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Adenosine DeaminaseAdolescentAutistic DisorderCerebellumChildChild, PreschoolDNA Mutational AnalysisFemaleFilaminsGene LibraryHumansKv1.1 Potassium ChannelMaleNumerical Analysis, Computer-AssistedProtein IsoformsReceptors, AMPAADARB1 protein, humanAdenosine DeaminaseFilaminsKv1.1 Potassium ChannelProtein IsoformsReceptors, AMPAReceptor, Serotonin, 5-HT2CRNA-Binding Proteins

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PMID22869036
PMCPMC3494744
OpenAlexW2037667858

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