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ArticleNature communications2025

Pre- and postsynaptic upregulation of FasII synergistically underlies neuropathological and behavioral phenotypes in a Drosophila model of myotonic dystrophy.

Alex Chun Koon, Ka Yee Winnie Yeung, Yitao Wu, Lok I Leong, John Tsun Po Cheung, Zhefan Stephen Chen, Shaohong Isaac Peng, Noah S Armstrong, C Andrew Frank, Paul Magneron and 16 more

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

26 authors.

Alex Chun Koon *School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin N.T, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4274-7052
Ka Yee Winnie Yeung *School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin N.T, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Yitao WuSchool of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin N.T, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Lok I LeongSchool of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin N.T, Hong Kong SAR, China.
John Tsun Po CheungSchool of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin N.T, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Zhefan Stephen ChenSchool of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin N.T, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9276-0378
Shaohong Isaac PengSchool of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin N.T, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Noah S ArmstrongInterdisciplinary Graduate Program in Neuroscience, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4949-1480
C Andrew FrankInterdisciplinary Graduate Program in Neuroscience, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9599-421X
Paul MagneronSorbonne Université, Inserm, Institut de Myologie, Centre de Recherche en Myologie, Paris, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1135-5854
Mário Gomes-PereiraSorbonne Université, Inserm, Institut de Myologie, Centre de Recherche en Myologie, Paris, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3533-0873
Joyce Man See FungSchool of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin N.T, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Ariadna BargielaCIBER de Enfermedades Raras, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
Nerea MorenoCIBER de Enfermedades Raras, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
Javier Poyatos-GarciaCIBER de Enfermedades Raras, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.
Juan VilchezCIBER de Enfermedades Raras, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0532-2872
Aline Huguet-LachonSorbonne Université, Inserm, Institut de Myologie, Centre de Recherche en Myologie, Paris, France.
Cassandra Kussius BrewerDepartment of Neurobiology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.
Max ZinterDepartment of Neurobiology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.
Erin S BeckDepartment of Neurology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7839-7958
Rubén ArteroCIBER de Enfermedades Raras, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1596-047X
Genevieve GourdonSorbonne Université, Inserm, Institut de Myologie, Centre de Recherche en Myologie, Paris, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3319-1347
Vivian BudnikDepartment of Neurobiology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7030-7847
Travis ThomsonDepartment of Neurobiology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8994-8241
Brian D McCabeBrain Mind Institute, EPFL - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1620-0501
Ho Yin Edwin ChanSchool of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin N.T, Hong Kong SAR, China. hyechan@cuhk.edu.hk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4307-474X

Funding

Research Grants Council, University Grants Committee (RGC, UGC) 14102220
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Myotonic dystrophy type 1 is a multisystemic disorder that has been extensively studied for decades, yet our understanding of its neuropathological aspect remains rudimentary. Building on an established Drosophila model, we study the neuropathological features of the disease by expressing untranslated expanded CUG repeats at the Drosophila larval neuromuscular junction. In this model, we show that both pre- and postsynaptic expressions of CUG repeats participate in inducing phenotypes in synaptic boutons, arbors, transmission and larval locomotor activity. Furthermore, expression of CUG repeats in either motorneurons or body wall muscles induces upregulation of the cell adhesion molecule FasII (NCAM1 in mammals), and the knockdown of fasII is sufficient to rescue the phenotypes. Overexpression of FasII-C, a FasII isoform with no cytoplasmic domain, mimics the phenotypes of expanded CUG expression at the neuromuscular junction. In contrary, overexpression of FasII-A-PEST+ rescues the synaptic and behavioral defects. Our study provides insights into the fundamental mechanisms underlying synapse dysregulation in myotonic dystrophy type 1.

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Cell Adhesion Molecules, NeuronalDrosophila ProteinsMyotonic DystrophyNeuromuscular JunctionAnimalsAnimals, Genetically ModifiedBehavior, AnimalDisease Models, AnimalDrosophila melanogasterLarvaPhenotypePresynaptic TerminalsSynapsesUp-RegulationCell Adhesion Molecules, NeuronalDrosophila Proteins

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PMCPMC12847815

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