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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2016

Loss of Nicastrin from Oligodendrocytes Results in Hypomyelination and Schizophrenia with Compulsive Behavior.

Daniel R Dries, Yi Zhu, Mieu M Brooks, Diego A Forero, Megumi Adachi, Basar Cenik, James M West, Yu-Hong Han, Cong Yu, Jennifer Arbella and 7 more

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors at 8 institutions in 4 countries.

Daniel R DriesFrom the Departments of Neuroscience, the Chemistry Department, Juniata College, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania 16652.
Yi ZhuFrom the Departments of Neuroscience.
Mieu M BrooksFrom the Departments of Neuroscience.
Diego A Forerothe Laboratory of NeuroPsychiatric Genetics, Biomedical Sciences Research Group, School of Medicine, Universidad Antonio Nariño, 37-94 Bogotá, Colombia.
Megumi AdachiPsychiatry, and.
Basar CenikFrom the Departments of Neuroscience.
James M WestFrom the Departments of Neuroscience.
Yu-Hong HanFrom the Departments of Neuroscience.
Cong YuFrom the Departments of Neuroscience.
Jennifer Arbellathe Chemistry Department, Juniata College, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania 16652.
Annelie Nordinthe Division of Psychiatry, Department of Clinical Sciences, Umea University, SE-901 87 Umea, Sweden.
Rolf Adolfssonthe Division of Psychiatry, Department of Clinical Sciences, Umea University, SE-901 87 Umea, Sweden.
Jurgen Del-Faverothe Applied Molecular Genomics Unit, VIB Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Antwerp, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium.
Q Richard Luthe Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229, and Developmental Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas 75390.
Patrick Callaertsthe Laboratory of Behavioral and Developmental Genetics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Center for Human Genetics, VIB Center for the Biology of Disease, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
Shari G BirnbaumPsychiatry, and.
Gang YuFrom the Departments of Neuroscience, gang.yu@utsouthwestern.edu.
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · USSociety for Neuroscience · USUmeå University · SECincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center · USJuniata College · USUniversidad Antonio Nariño · COUniversity of Antwerp · BEVIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology · BE

Funding

Molecular Mechanisms of Oligodendrocyte Differentiation and MyelinationR01NS072427 · NINDS · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI LU, QING R · 2010 to 2018
$3.6M
Chromatin remodeling control of myelination and remyelinationR01NS075243 · NINDS · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI LU, QING R · 2012 to 2018
$2.6M
Gamma-Secretase and Myelin: A Paradigm Shift in Brain DisordersR01NS079796 · NINDS · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI YU, GANG · 2013 to 2017
$1.7M
Molecular and signaling mechanisms of peripheral nerve sheath tumorigenesisR37NS096359 · NINDS · CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR · PI LU, QING R · 2016 to 2018
$1.6M
gamma-Secretase: The First Enzymology-Based Study of Intramembrane ProteolysisF32AG031625 · NIA · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI DRIES, DANIEL R. · 2007 to 2009
$148k
NIA NIH HHS F32 AG031625NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS072427NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS075243NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS079796NINDS NIH HHS R37 NS096359
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The biological underpinnings and the pathological lesions of psychiatric disorders are centuries-old questions that have yet to be understood. Recent studies suggest that schizophrenia and related disorders likely have their origins in perturbed neurodevelopment and can result from a large number of common genetic variants or multiple, individually rare genetic alterations. It is thus conceivable that key neurodevelopmental pathways underline the various genetic changes and the still unknown pathological lesions in schizophrenia. Here, we report that mice defective of the nicastrin subunit of γ-secretase in oligodendrocytes have hypomyelination in the central nervous system. These mice have altered dopamine signaling and display profound abnormal phenotypes reminiscent of schizophrenia. In addition, we identify an association of the nicastrin gene with a human schizophrenia cohort. These observations implicate γ-secretase and its mediated neurodevelopmental pathways in schizophrenia and provide support for the "myelination hypothesis" of the disease. Moreover, by showing that schizophrenia and obsessive-compulsive symptoms could be modeled in animals wherein a single genetic factor is altered, our work provides a biological basis that schizophrenia with obsessive-compulsive disorder is a distinct subtype of schizophrenia.

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Compulsive BehaviorAmyloid Precursor Protein SecretasesAnimalsFemaleHumansMaleMembrane GlycoproteinsMiceMice, KnockoutMiddle AgedMyelin SheathOligodendrogliaSchizophreniaAmyloid Precursor Protein SecretasesMembrane Glycoproteinsnicastrin proteinAlzheimer diseasegamma-secretasegene knockouthypomyelinationmyelinnicastrinobsessive-compulsive disorderoligodendrocyteschizophreniawhite matter

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PMID27008863
PMCPMC4882434
OpenAlexW2307094084

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