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ArticleTranslational psychiatry2025

A role for astrocytic miR-129-5p in frontotemporal dementia.

Lalit Kaurani, Ranjit Pradhan, Sophie Schröder, Susanne Burkhardt, Anna-Lena Schuetz, Dennis M Krüger, Tonatiuh Pena, Peter Heutink, Farahnaz Sananbenesi, Andre Fischer

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Article in Translational psychiatry, 2025. 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.

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10 authors.

Lalit KauraniDepartment for Systems Medicine and Epigenetics, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Göttingen, Germany. lalit.kaurani@dzne.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2304-6111
Ranjit PradhanDepartment for Systems Medicine and Epigenetics, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Göttingen, Germany.
Sophie SchröderDepartment for Systems Medicine and Epigenetics, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Göttingen, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0002-7589-657X
Susanne BurkhardtDepartment for Systems Medicine and Epigenetics, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Göttingen, Germany.
Anna-Lena SchuetzResearch Group for Genome Dynamics in Brain Diseases, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Göttingen, Germany.
Dennis M KrügerDepartment for Systems Medicine and Epigenetics, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Göttingen, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1950-9547
Tonatiuh PenaDepartment for Systems Medicine and Epigenetics, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Göttingen, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9329-8912
Peter HeutinkGerman Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Tübingen, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5218-1737
Farahnaz SananbenesiResearch Group for Genome Dynamics in Brain Diseases, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, Göttingen, Germany. fsananb@gwdg.de.
Andre FischerDepartment for Systems Medicine and Epigenetics, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Göttingen, Germany. andre.fischer@dzne.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8546-1161

Funding

Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft, Forschung und Technologie (Federal Ministry for Education, Science, Research and Technology) GoBIO miRassay
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Frontotemporal dementia is a debilitating neurodegenerative disorder characterized by frontal and temporal lobe degeneration, resulting in behavioral changes, language difficulties, and cognitive decline. In this study, smallRNA sequencing was conducted on postmortem brain tissues obtained from the frontal and temporal of FTD patients with GRN, MAPT, or C9ORF72 mutations. Our analysis identified miR-129-5p as consistently deregulated across all analyzed mutation conditions and brain regions. Functional investigations in in-vitro models revealed a novel role of miR-129-5p in astrocytes, where its loss led to neuroinflammation and impaired neuronal support functions, including reduced glutamate uptake. Depletion of miR-129-5p in astrocytes also resulted in the loss of neuronal spines and altered neuronal network activity in a cell culture system. These findings highlight miR-129-5p as a potential therapeutic target in neurodegenerative diseases and also sheds light on the role of astrocytes in Frontotemporal dementia pathogenesis.

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AstrocytesFrontotemporal DementiaMicroRNAsAgedBrainC9orf72 ProteinFemaleGlutamic AcidHumansMaleMiddle AgedMutationProgranulinstau ProteinsC9orf72 ProteinC9orf72 protein, humanGlutamic AcidGRN protein, humanMAPT protein, humanMicroRNAsMirn129 microRNA, humanProgranulinstau Proteins

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PMID40216778
PMCPMC11992244

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