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ArticleJournal of neurodevelopmental disorders2021

Shared developmental gait disruptions across two mouse models of neurodevelopmental disorders.

Rachel M Rahn, Claire T Weichselbaum, David H Gutmann, Joseph D Dougherty, Susan E Maloney

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Rachel M RahnDepartment of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, MO, 63110-1093, USA.
Claire T WeichselbaumDepartment of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, MO, 63110-1093, USA.
David H GutmannIntellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, MO, 63110-1093, USA.
Joseph D Dougherty *Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, MO, 63110-1093, USA.
Susan E Maloney *Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid Avenue, St. Louis, MO, 63110-1093, USA. maloneys@wustl.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-5585-4722

Funding

WUIDDRC Supplement-Supporting the health and well-being of children with intellectual and developmental disability during COVID-19 pandemicP50HD103525 · NICHD · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI JOSEPH D DOUGHERTY, Natasha Marrus · 2020 to 2026
$15.5M
Defining the Mechanistic Basis for Neurofibromatosis-1 Nervous System Disease HeterogeneityR35NS097211 · NINDS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI GUTMANN, DAVID H · 2017 to 2024
$5.7M
REGULATION OF MAMMALIAN SOCIAL BEHAVIOR BY THE GTF2I FAMILY OF PROTEINSR01MH107515 · NIMH · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI DOUGHERTY, JOSEPH D · 2016 to 2020
$2.4M
Functional Connectivity Across Development in a Mouse Model of Rett SyndromeF31NS110222 · NINDS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI RAHN, RACHEL M · 2019 to 2021
$71k
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development P50HD103525NICHD NIH HHS P50 HD103525NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH107515NIMH NIH HHS R01MH107515NINDS NIH HHS F31 NS110222NINDS NIH HHS F31NS110222NINDS NIH HHS R35 NS097211NINDS NIH HHS R35NS097211
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Abstract

backgroundMotor deficits such as abnormal gait are an underappreciated yet characteristic phenotype of many neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs), including Williams Syndrome (WS) and Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1). Compared to cognitive phenotypes, gait phenotypes are readily and comparably assessed in both humans and model organisms and are controlled by well-defined CNS circuits. Discovery of a common gait phenotype between NDDs might suggest shared cellular and molecular deficits and highlight simple outcome variables to potentially quantify longitudinal treatment efficacy in NDDs.

methodsWe characterized gait using the DigiGait assay in two different murine NDD models: the complete deletion (CD) mouse, which models hemizygous loss of the complete WS locus, and the Nf1

resultsCompared to wildtype littermate controls, both models displayed markedly similar spatial, temporal, and postural gait abnormalities during development. Developing CD mice also displayed significant decreases in variability metrics. Multiple gait abnormalities observed across development in the Nf1

conclusionsThese findings suggest that the subcomponents of gait affected in NDDs show overlap between disorders as well as some disorder-specific features, which may change over the course of development. Our incorporation of spatial, temporal, and postural gait measures also provides a template for gait characterization in other NDD models and a platform to examining circuits or longitudinal therapeutics.

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Neurodevelopmental DisordersAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalGaitHumansMiceGaitmiceneurodevelopmental disordersNeurofibromatosis Type 1precision medicineWilliams Syndrome

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