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ArticleNature communications2020

Topoisomerase 3β knockout mice show transcriptional and behavioural impairments associated with neurogenesis and synaptic plasticity.

Yuyoung Joo, Yutong Xue, Yue Wang, Ross A McDevitt, Nirnath Sah, Simone Bossi, Shuaikun Su, Seung Kyu Lee, Wei Peng, Aoji Xie and 13 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

23 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yuyoung JooLaboratory of Genetics and Genomics, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8951-4961
Yutong XueLaboratory of Genetics and Genomics, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA.
Yue WangNeuroscience, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA.
Ross A McDevittThe Comparative Medicine Section, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA.
Nirnath SahNeuroscience, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9895-6091
Simone BossiLaboratory of Genetics and Genomics, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA.
Shuaikun SuLaboratory of Genetics and Genomics, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA.
Seung Kyu LeeLaboratory of Genetics and Genomics, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA.
Wei PengLaboratory of Genetics and Genomics, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA.
Aoji XieLaboratory of Genetics and Genomics, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA.
Yongqing ZhangLaboratory of Genetics and Genomics, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA.
Yi DingLaboratory of Epigenome Biology, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.
Wai Lim KuLaboratory of Epigenome Biology, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8859-6771
Soumita GhoshClinical Investigation, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA.
Kenneth FishbeinClinical Investigation, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA.
Weiping ShenLaboratory of Genetics and Genomics, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA.
Richard SpencerClinical Investigation, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA.
Kevin BeckerLaboratory of Genetics and Genomics, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA.
Keji ZhaoLaboratory of Epigenome Biology, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5559-6233
Mark P MattsonNeuroscience, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9816-4155
Henriette van PraagNeuroscience, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5727-434X
Alexei SharovLaboratory of Genetics and Genomics, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA. SharovAl@grc.nia.nih.gov.
Weidong WangLaboratory of Genetics and Genomics, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA. wangw@grc.nia.nih.gov.ORCID 0000-0002-0658-7928
National Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Genome-wide mapping of histone modificationsZIAHL005801 · NHLBI · NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE · PI ZHAO, KEJI · 2009 to 2025
$24.0M
Investigation of an RNA topoisomerase complex involved in Fragile X syndromeZIAAG000689 · NIA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING · PI WANG, WEIDONG · 2011 to 2025
$6.9M
ISOLATION OF PROTEIN COMPLEX INVOLVED IN BLOOM SYNDROMEZ01AG000657 · NIA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING · PI WANG, WEIDONG · 2000 to 2008
$636k
Intramural NIH HHS Z01 AG000657
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Topoisomerase 3β (Top3β) is the only dual-activity topoisomerase in animals that can change topology for both DNA and RNA, and facilitate transcription on DNA and translation on mRNAs. Top3β mutations have been linked to schizophrenia, autism, epilepsy, and cognitive impairment. Here we show that Top3β knockout mice exhibit behavioural phenotypes related to psychiatric disorders and cognitive impairment. The mice also display impairments in hippocampal neurogenesis and synaptic plasticity. Notably, the brains of the mutant mice exhibit impaired global neuronal activity-dependent transcription in response to fear conditioning stress, and the affected genes include many with known neuronal functions. Our data suggest that Top3β is essential for normal brain function, and that defective neuronal activity-dependent transcription may be a mechanism by which Top3β deletion causes cognitive impairment and psychiatric disorders.

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AnimalsBehavior, AnimalBehavior Observation TechniquesCognitive DysfunctionDisease Models, AnimalDNA Topoisomerases, Type IFemaleHippocampusHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMental DisordersMiceMice, KnockoutNeurogenesisNeuronal PlasticityDNA Topoisomerases, Type ITop3B protein, mouse

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PMID32561719
PMCPMC7305123
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