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ArticleNature communications2025

Neuronal hyperactivity in neurons derived from individuals with gray matter heterotopia.

Francesco Di Matteo, Rebecca Bonrath, Veronica Pravata, Hanna Schmidt, Ane Cristina Ayo Martin, Rossella Di Giaimo, Danusa Menegaz, Stephan Riesenberg, Femke M S de Vrij, Giuseppina Maccarrone and 6 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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16 authors.

Francesco Di MatteoDivision of Physiological Genomics, Biomedical Center (BMC), Faculty of Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU), Munich, Germany.
Rebecca BonrathDivision of Physiological Genomics, Biomedical Center (BMC), Faculty of Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU), Munich, Germany.
Veronica PravataDivision of Physiological Genomics, Biomedical Center (BMC), Faculty of Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU), Munich, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0081-9310
Hanna SchmidtMax Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany.
Ane Cristina Ayo MartinInternational Max Planck Research School for Translational Psychiatry (IMPRS-TP), Munich, Germany.
Rossella Di GiaimoDivision of Physiological Genomics, Biomedical Center (BMC), Faculty of Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU), Munich, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3604-3697
Danusa MenegazMax Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany.
Stephan RiesenbergMax Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8171-1717
Femke M S de VrijDepartment of Psychiatry, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0825-3806
Giuseppina MaccarroneMax Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany.
Maria HolzapfelMax Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany.
Tobias StraubBioinformatics Core, Biomedical Center (BMC), Faculty of Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU), Munich, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0547-0453
Steven A KushnerDepartment of Psychiatry, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9777-3338
Stephen P RobertsonDepartment of Women's and Children's Health, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5181-7809
Matthias EderMax Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany. eder@psych.mpg.de.
Silvia CappelloDivision of Physiological Genomics, Biomedical Center (BMC), Faculty of Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU), Munich, Germany. silvia.cappello@bmc.med.lmu.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1553-6775

Funding

EC | EC Seventh Framework Programm | FP7 Ideas: European Research Council (FP7-IDEAS-ERC - Specific Programme: "Ideas" Implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for Research, Technological Development and Demonstration Activities (2007 to 2013)) 101043959
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Periventricular heterotopia (PH), a common form of gray matter heterotopia associated with developmental delay and drug-resistant seizures, poses a challenge in understanding its neurophysiological basis. Human cerebral organoids (hCOs) derived from patients with causative mutations in FAT4 or DCHS1 mimic PH features. However, neuronal activity in these 3D models has not yet been investigated. Here we show that silicon probe recordings reveal exaggerated spontaneous spike activity in FAT4 and DCHS1 hCOs, suggesting functional changes in neuronal networks. Transcriptome and proteome analyses identify changes in neuronal morphology and synaptic function. Furthermore, patch-clamp recordings reveal a decreased spike threshold specifically in DCHS1 neurons, likely due to increased somatic voltage-gated sodium channels. Additional analyses reveal increased morphological complexity of PH neurons and synaptic alterations contributing to hyperactivity, with rescue observed in DCHS1 neurons by wild-type DCHS1 expression. Overall, we provide new comprehensive insights into the cellular changes underlying symptoms of gray matter heterotopia.

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Gray MatterNeuronsPeriventricular Nodular HeterotopiaCadherin Related ProteinsHumansMutationOrganoidsPatch-Clamp TechniquesCadherin Related Proteins

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PMID39966398
PMCPMC11836124

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