ArticleEMBO reports2021
Regional heterogeneity of astrocyte morphogenesis dictated by the formin protein, Daam2, modifies circuit function.
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- The Role of Astrocytes in the Molecular Pathophysiology of Schizophrenia: Between Neurodevelopment and Neurodegeneration.Biomolecules · 2025Review
- The dishevelled associated activator of morphogenesis protein 2 (Daam2) regulates neural tube closure.Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists · 2024Article
- Astrocytic Slc4a4 regulates blood-brain barrier integrity in healthy and stroke brains via a CCL2-CCR2 pathway and NO dysregulation.Cell reports · 2024Article
- Dysregulated NFrontiers of medicine · 2024Article
- Daam2 phosphorylation by CK2α negatively regulates Wnt activity during white matter development and injury.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023Article
- Sculpting Astrocyte Diversity through Circuits and Transcription.The Neuroscientist : a review journal bringing neurobiology, neurology and psychiatry · 2023Review
- Very-long-chain fatty acids induce glial-derived sphingosine-1-phosphate synthesis, secretion, and neuroinflammation.Cell metabolism · 2023Article
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- A closer look at astrocyte morphology: Development, heterogeneity, and plasticity at astrocyte leaflets.Current opinion in neurobiology · 2022Review
- Regional heterogeneity of astrocyte morphogenesis dictated by the formin protein, Daam2, modifies circuit function.EMBO reports · 2021Article
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Abstract
Astrocytes display extraordinary morphological complexity that is essential to support brain circuit development and function. Formin proteins are key regulators of the cytoskeleton; however, their role in astrocyte morphogenesis across diverse brain regions and neural circuits is unknown. Here, we show that loss of the formin protein Daam2 in astrocytes increases morphological complexity in the cortex and olfactory bulb, but elicits opposing effects on astrocytic calcium dynamics. These differential physiological effects result in increased excitatory synaptic activity in the cortex and increased inhibitory synaptic activity in the olfactory bulb, leading to altered olfactory behaviors. Proteomic profiling and immunoprecipitation experiments identify Slc4a4 as a binding partner of Daam2 in the cortex, and combined deletion of Daam2 and Slc4a4 restores the morphological alterations seen in Daam2 mutants. Our results reveal new mechanisms regulating astrocyte morphology and show that congruent changes in astrocyte morphology can differentially influence circuit function.
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