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ArticleScientific reports2019

Elimination of the four extracellular matrix molecules tenascin-C, tenascin-R, brevican and neurocan alters the ratio of excitatory and inhibitory synapses.

Christine Gottschling, David Wegrzyn, Bernd Denecke, Andreas Faissner

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Article in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 71 papers.

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4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Christine GottschlingDepartment of Cell Morphology and Molecular Neurobiology, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitaetsstr. 150, building NDEF 05, D-44801, Bochum, Germany.
David WegrzynDepartment of Cell Morphology and Molecular Neurobiology, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitaetsstr. 150, building NDEF 05, D-44801, Bochum, Germany.
Bernd DeneckeIZKF Aachen, RWTH Aachen, D-52074, Aachen, Germany.
Andreas FaissnerDepartment of Cell Morphology and Molecular Neurobiology, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitaetsstr. 150, building NDEF 05, D-44801, Bochum, Germany. Andreas.faissner@rub.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2211-8259
Ruhr University Bochum · DERWTH Aachen University · DEUniversity Hospitals of the Ruhr-University of Bochum · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The synaptic transmission in the mammalian brain is not limited to the interplay between the pre- and the postsynapse of neurons, but involves also astrocytes as well as extracellular matrix (ECM) molecules. Glycoproteins, proteoglycans and hyaluronic acid of the ECM pervade the pericellular environment and condense to special superstructures termed perineuronal nets (PNN) that surround a subpopulation of CNS neurons. The present study focuses on the analysis of PNNs in a quadruple knockout mouse deficient for the ECM molecules tenascin-C (TnC), tenascin-R (TnR), neurocan and brevican. Here, we analysed the proportion of excitatory and inhibitory synapses and performed electrophysiological recordings of the spontaneous neuronal network activity of hippocampal neurons in vitro. While we found an increase in the number of excitatory synaptic molecules in the quadruple knockout cultures, the number of inhibitory synaptic molecules was significantly reduced. This observation was complemented with an enhancement of the neuronal network activity level. The in vivo analysis of PNNs in the hippocampus of the quadruple knockout mouse revealed a reduction of PNN size and complexity in the CA2 region. In addition, a microarray analysis of the postnatal day (P) 21 hippocampus was performed unravelling an altered gene expression in the quadruple knockout hippocampus.

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Excitatory Postsynaptic PotentialsInhibitory Postsynaptic PotentialsAnimalsBrevicanCA2 Region, HippocampalCells, CulturedFemaleGene DeletionMaleMiceNerve Tissue ProteinsNeurocanProteoglycansSynapsesTenascinBcan protein, mouseBrevicanNcan protein, mouseNerve Tissue ProteinsNeurocanProteoglycansTenascintenascin RTnc protein, mouse

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PMID31558805
PMCPMC6763627
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