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ArticleMolecular psychiatry2016

Micro-electrode array recordings reveal reductions in both excitation and inhibition in cultured cortical neuron networks lacking Shank3.

C Lu, Q Chen, T Zhou, D Bozic, Z Fu, J Q Pan, G Feng

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Article in Molecular psychiatry, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

C LuMcGovern Institute for Brain Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Q ChenMcGovern Institute for Brain Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
T ZhouStanley Center for Psychiatric Research, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.
D BozicDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Z FuStanley Center for Psychiatric Research, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.
J Q PanStanley Center for Psychiatric Research, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.
G FengMcGovern Institute for Brain Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Broad Institute · USMassachusetts Institute of Technology · USMcGovern Institute for Brain Research · US

Funding

High-Throughput Screens for CaV3.3 Selective T-type Calcium Channel ModulatorsR01MH115045 · NIMH · BROAD INSTITUTE, INC. · PI COTTRELL, JEFFREY RICHARD, PAN, JEN QIAN · 2018 to 2020
$2.3M
Shank3 in Synaptic Function and AutismR01MH097104 · NIMH · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI FENG, GUOPING · 2012 to 2016
$2.0M
Functional Studies of Variants of the Bipolar Risk Gene CACNA1C in Human NeuronsR21MH099448 · NIMH · BROAD INSTITUTE, INC. · PI PAN, JEN QIAN · 2012 to 2013
$467k
NIMH NIH HHS R01MH097104NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH115045NIMH NIH HHS R21 MH099448NIMH NIH HHS R21MH099448
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Numerous risk genes have recently been implicated in susceptibility to autism and schizophrenia. Translating such genetic findings into disease-relevant neurobiological mechanisms is challenging due to the lack of throughput assays that can be used to assess their functions on an appropriate scale. To address this issue, we explored the feasibility of using a micro-electrode array (MEA) as a potentially scalable assay to identify the electrical network phenotypes associated with risk genes. We first characterized local and global network firing in cortical neurons with MEAs, and then developed methods to analyze the alternation between the network active period (NAP) and the network inactive period (NIP), each of which lasts tens of seconds. We then evaluated the electric phenotypes of neurons derived from Shank3 knockout (KO) mice. Cortical neurons cultured on MEAs displayed a rich repertoire of spontaneous firing, and Shank3 deletion led to reduced firing activity. Enhancing excitation with CX546 rescued the deficit in the spike rate in the Shank3 KO network. In addition, the Shank3 KO network produced a shorter NIP, and this altered network firing pattern was normalized by clonazepam, a positive modulator of the GABAA receptor. MEA recordings revealed electric phenotypes that displayed altered excitation and inhibition in the network lacking Shank3. Thus, our study highlights MEAs as an experimental framework for measuring multiple robust neurobiological end points in dynamic networks and as an assay system that could be used to identify electric phenotypes in cultured neuronal networks and to analyze additional risk genes identified in psychiatric genetics.

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Action PotentialsAnimalsCells, CulturedCerebral CortexMiceMice, KnockoutMicro-Electrical-Mechanical SystemsMicroelectrodesMicrofilament ProteinsNerve NetNerve Tissue ProteinsNeuronsRisk FactorsSchizophreniaMicrofilament ProteinsNerve Tissue ProteinsShank3 protein, mouse

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PMID26598066
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