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ArticleBiology open2023

Deficiency of the Heterogeneous Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein U locus leads to delayed hindbrain neurogenesis.

Francesca Mastropasqua, Marika Oksanen, Cristina Soldini, Shemim Alatar, Abishek Arora, Roberto Ballarino, Maya Molinari, Federico Agostini, Axel Poulet, Michelle Watts and 15 more

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Article in Biology open, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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14 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

25 authors at 6 institutions in 4 countries.

Francesca MastropasquaCenter of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (KIND), Centre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institute, Region Stockholm, 17164 Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0003-4237-2446
Marika OksanenCenter of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (KIND), Centre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institute, Region Stockholm, 17164 Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0003-4140-4282
Cristina SoldiniCenter of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (KIND), Centre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institute, Region Stockholm, 17164 Stockholm, Sweden.
Shemim AlatarCenter of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (KIND), Centre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institute, Region Stockholm, 17164 Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0009-0009-0738-2340
Abishek AroraCenter of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (KIND), Centre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institute, Region Stockholm, 17164 Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-6149-4417
Roberto BallarinoDepartment of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, 17164 Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-7812-0940
Maya MolinariDepartment of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 17176 Solna, Sweden.
Federico AgostiniScience for Life Laboratory, Tomtebodavägen 23A, 17165 Solna, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-5453-2737
Axel PouletDepartment of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3415-8960
Michelle WattsCenter of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (KIND), Centre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institute, Region Stockholm, 17164 Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-3178-3429
Ielyzaveta RabkinaCenter of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (KIND), Centre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institute, Region Stockholm, 17164 Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-5890-4115
Martin BeckerCenter of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (KIND), Centre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institute, Region Stockholm, 17164 Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-8442-4246
Danyang LiCenter of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (KIND), Centre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institute, Region Stockholm, 17164 Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-7470-6645
Britt-Marie AnderlidDepartment of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, 17177 Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-2488-6024
Johan IsakssonCenter of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (KIND), Centre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institute, Region Stockholm, 17164 Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0003-1033-2618
Karl Lundin RemneliusCenter of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (KIND), Centre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institute, Region Stockholm, 17164 Stockholm, Sweden.
Mohsen MoslemDepartment of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 17176 Solna, Sweden.
Yannick JacobDepartment of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4741-0755
Anna FalkDepartment of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 17176 Solna, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0003-1634-8610
Nicola CrosettoDepartment of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, 17164 Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-3019-6978
Magda BienkoDepartment of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, 17164 Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-6499-9082
Emanuela SantiniDepartment of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 17176 Solna, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-8948-9652
Anders BorgkvistDepartment of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, 17176 Solna, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0003-1698-0288
Sven BölteCenter of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (KIND), Centre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institute, Region Stockholm, 17164 Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-4579-4970
Kristiina TammimiesCenter of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (KIND), Centre for Psychiatry Research, Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institute, Region Stockholm, 17164 Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-8324-4697
Karolinska University Hospital · SEKarolinska Institutet · SEScience for Life Laboratory · SEYale University · USLund University · SEUppsala University · SE

Funding

Understanding the roles of histone H3 variants in promoting genomic and epigenomic stability during DNA replication and agingR35GM128661 · NIGMS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI YANNICK JACOB · 2018 to 2026
$4.0M
NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM128661NIH HHS R35GM128661
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Genetic variants affecting Heterogeneous Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein U (HNRNPU) have been identified in several neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs). HNRNPU is widely expressed in the human brain and shows the highest postnatal expression in the cerebellum. Recent studies have investigated the role of HNRNPU in cerebral cortical development, but the effects of HNRNPU deficiency on cerebellar development remain unknown. Here, we describe the molecular and cellular outcomes of HNRNPU locus deficiency during in vitro neural differentiation of patient-derived and isogenic neuroepithelial stem cells with a hindbrain profile. We demonstrate that HNRNPU deficiency leads to chromatin remodeling of A/B compartments, and transcriptional rewiring, partly by impacting exon inclusion during mRNA processing. Genomic regions affected by the chromatin restructuring and host genes of exon usage differences show a strong enrichment for genes implicated in epilepsies, intellectual disability, and autism. Lastly, we show that at the cellular level HNRNPU downregulation leads to an increased fraction of neural progenitors in the maturing neuronal population. We conclude that the HNRNPU locus is involved in delayed commitment of neural progenitors to differentiate in cell types with hindbrain profile.

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Heterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein UNeurodevelopmental DisordersChromatinHumansNeurogenesisRhombencephalonChromatinHeterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein UHNRNPU protein, humanHiC-sequencingHindbrainHNRNPUNeurodevelopmental disordersNeurogenesisRNA-sequencing

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PMID37815090
PMCPMC10581386
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