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ArticleLife science alliance2019

Sex-regulated gene dosage effect of PPARα on synaptic plasticity.

Nathalie Pierrot, Laurence Ris, Ilie-Cosmin Stancu, Anna Doshina, Floriane Ribeiro, Donatienne Tyteca, Eric Baugé, Fanny Lalloyer, Liza Malong, Olivier Schakman and 7 more

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Article in Life science alliance, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 28 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 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Nathalie PierrotUniversité Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium nathalie.pierrot@uclouvain.be.ORCID 0000-0001-9273-3532
Laurence RisLaboratory of Neuroscience, Health Institute, University of Mons, Mons, Belgium.
Ilie-Cosmin StancuUniversité Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-4271-0193
Anna DoshinaUniversité Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
Floriane RibeiroUniversité Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
Donatienne TytecaUniversité Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
Eric BaugéUniversité de Lille EGID, Inserm, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Lille, France.
Fanny LalloyerUniversité de Lille EGID, Inserm, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Lille, France.
Liza MalongUniversité Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-1464-8989
Olivier SchakmanUniversité Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
Karelle LeroyLaboratory of Histology and Neuropathology, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
Pascal Kienlen-CampardUniversité Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-1086-2942
Philippe GaillyUniversité Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-9259-3813
Jean-Pierre BrionLaboratory of Histology and Neuropathology, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-1917-775X
Ilse DewachterUniversité Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
Bart StaelsUniversité de Lille EGID, Inserm, CHU Lille, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Lille, France.
Jean-Noël OctaveUniversité Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
UCLouvain · BEInserm · FRHasselt University · BEUniversité Libre de Bruxelles · BEde Duve Institute · BEUniversity of Mons · BE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mechanisms driving cognitive improvements following nuclear receptor activation are poorly understood. The peroxisome proliferator-activated nuclear receptor alpha (PPARα) forms heterodimers with the nuclear retinoid X receptor (RXR). We report that PPARα mediates the improvement of hippocampal synaptic plasticity upon RXR activation in a transgenic mouse model with cognitive deficits. This improvement results from an increase in GluA1 subunit expression of the alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA) receptor, eliciting an AMPA response at the excitatory synapses. Associated with a two times higher PPARα expression in males than in females, we show that male, but not female, PPARα null mutants display impaired hippocampal long-term potentiation. Moreover, PPARα knockdown in the hippocampus of cognition-impaired mice compromises the beneficial effects of RXR activation on synaptic plasticity only in males. Furthermore, selective PPARα activation with pemafibrate improves synaptic plasticity in male cognition-impaired mice, but not in females. We conclude that striking sex differences in hippocampal synaptic plasticity are observed in mice, related to differences in PPARα expression levels.

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AnimalsBenzoxazolesButyratesCells, CulturedCognitive DysfunctionFemaleGene DosageGene Knockdown TechniquesHippocampusLong-Term PotentiationMaleMiceMice, TransgenicNeuronal PlasticityPPAR alphaRatsBenzoxazolesButyratesPPAR alphaPpara protein, mouse(R)-2-(3-((benzoxazol-2-yl-d4 (3-(4-methoxyphenoxy-d7)propyl)amino)methyl)phenoxy) butanoic acidReceptors, AMPARetinoid X Receptors

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PMID30894406
PMCPMC6427998
OpenAlexW2921103197

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