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ReviewTranslational psychiatry2017

Novel schizophrenia risk factor pathways regulate FEZ1 to advance oligodendroglia development.

Xianjun Chen, Li Ku, Ruyi Mei, Guanglu Liu, Chongchong Xu, Zhexing Wen, Xiaofeng Zhao, Fei Wang, Lan Xiao, Yue Feng

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Review in Translational psychiatry, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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16citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. Accelerated evolution of oligodendrocytes in the human brain.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Xianjun ChenDepartment of Histology and Embryology, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Neurobiology, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400038, China.
Li KuDepartment of Pharmacology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA.
Ruyi MeiInstitute of Developmental and Regenerative Biology, Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Organ Development and Regeneration, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, 310036, China.
Guanglu LiuDepartment of Pharmacology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA.
Chongchong XuDepartment of Psychiatry and Cell Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Zhexing WenDepartment of Psychiatry and Cell Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1518-3845
Xiaofeng ZhaoDepartment of Pharmacology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA.
Fei WangDepartment of Histology and Embryology, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Neurobiology, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400038, China.
Lan XiaoDepartment of Histology and Embryology, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Neurobiology, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400038, China. xiaolan35@hotmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0391-6909
Yue FengDepartment of Pharmacology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA. yfeng@emory.edu.
Emory University · USArmy Medical University · CNHangzhou Normal University · CN

Funding

Translation regulation of BDNF in brain functionR01NS070526 · NINDS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI FENG, YUE · 2011 to 2015
$1.8M
Role of QKI in oligodendroglia and myelin developmentR01NS056097 · NINDS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI FENG, YUE · 2007 to 2011
$1.7M
Novel control of CDK5 function in the brainR01NS093016 · NINDS · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI FENG, YUE · 2015 to 2019
$1.7M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS056097NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS070526NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS093016
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neuropsychiatric disorders, represented by schizophrenia, affect not only neurons but also myelinating oligodendroglia (OL), both contribute to the complex etiology. Although numerous susceptibility genes for schizophrenia have been identified, their function has been primarily studied in neurons. Whether malfunction of risk genes underlies OL defects in schizophrenia pathogenesis remains poorly understood. In this study, we investigated the function and regulation of the well-recognized schizophrenia risk factor, Fasciculation and Elongation Protein Zeta-1 (FEZ1), in OL. We found that FEZ1 is expressed in oligodendroglia progenitor cells (OPCs) derived from rodent brains and human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) in culture and in myelinating oligodendrocytes in the brain. In addition, a vigorous upregulation of FEZ1 occurs during OPC differentiation and myelinogenesis, whereas knockdown of FEZ1 significantly attenuates the development of OL process arbors. We further showed that transcription of the Fez1 gene in OL cells is governed by a sophisticated functional interplay between histone acetylation-mediated chromatin modification and transcription factors that are dysregulated in schizophrenia. At the post-transcriptional level, the selective RNA-binding protein QKI, a glia-specific risk factor of schizophrenia, binds FEZ1 mRNA. Moreover, QKI deficiency results in a marked reduction of FEZ1 specifically in OL cells of the quakingviable (qk

Indexed as

Adaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingAnimalsHumansNerve Tissue ProteinsNeurogenesisOligodendrogliaRisk FactorsSchizophreniaAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingFEZ1 protein, humanNerve Tissue Proteins

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PMID29249816
PMCPMC5802537
OpenAlexW2773279478

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