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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2023

Multimodal epigenetic changes and altered NEUROD1 chromatin binding in the mouse hippocampus underlie FOXG1 syndrome.

Ipek Akol, Annalisa Izzo, Fabian Gather, Stefanie Strack, Stefanie Heidrich, Darren Ó hAilín, Alejandro Villarreal, Christine Hacker, Tudor Rauleac, Chiara Bella and 3 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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13 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Ipek AkolDepartment Molecular Embryology, Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Medical Faculty, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0842-6201
Annalisa IzzoDepartment Molecular Embryology, Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Medical Faculty, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5826-7945
Fabian GatherDepartment Molecular Embryology, Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Medical Faculty, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9715-1582
Stefanie StrackDepartment Molecular Embryology, Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Medical Faculty, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany.
Stefanie HeidrichDepartment Molecular Embryology, Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Medical Faculty, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany.
Darren Ó hAilínDepartment Molecular Embryology, Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Medical Faculty, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-4783-4833
Alejandro VillarrealAUC School of Medicine, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-8624-8119
Christine HackerDepartment Molecular Embryology, Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Medical Faculty, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-6545-0104
Tudor RauleacDepartment Molecular Embryology, Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Medical Faculty, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-4059-2499
Chiara BellaMax Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, 79108 Freiburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1057-429X
Andre FischerDepartment for Systems Medicine and Epigenetics, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Göttingen 37075, Germany.
Thomas MankeMax Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, 79108 Freiburg, Germany.
Tanja VogelDepartment Molecular Embryology, Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Medical Faculty, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0602-9133
University of Freiburg · DEMax Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics · DEConsejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas · ARGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Forkhead box G1 (FOXG1) has important functions in neuronal differentiation and balances excitatory/inhibitory network activity. Thus far, molecular processes underlying FOXG1 function are largely unexplored. Here, we present a multiomics data set exploring how FOXG1 impacts neuronal maturation at the chromatin level in the mouse hippocampus. At a genome-wide level, FOXG1 i) both represses and activates transcription, ii) binds mainly to enhancer regions, iii) reconfigures the epigenetic landscape through bidirectional alteration of H3K27ac, H3K4me3, and chromatin accessibility, and iv) operates synergistically with NEUROD1. Interestingly, we could not detect a clear hierarchy of FOXG1 and NEUROD1, but instead, provide the evidence that they act in a highly cooperative manner to control neuronal maturation. Genes affected by the chromatin alterations impact synaptogenesis and axonogenesis. Inhibition of histone deacetylases partially rescues transcriptional alterations upon FOXG1 reduction. This integrated multiomics view of changes upon FOXG1 reduction reveals an unprecedented multimodality of FOXG1 functions converging on neuronal maturation. It fuels therapeutic options based on epigenetic drugs to alleviate, at least in part, neuronal dysfunction.

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Forkhead Transcription FactorsRett SyndromeAnimalsBasic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsChromatinEpigenesis, GeneticHippocampusMiceNerve Tissue ProteinsBasic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsChromatinForkhead Transcription FactorsFoxg1 protein, mouseNerve Tissue ProteinsNeurod1 protein, mouseATACaxonogenesishistone modificationneuronal differentiationRett-syndrome

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PMID36598943
PMCPMC9926245
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