| 1 | WDR62-deficiency Causes Autism-like Behaviors Independent of Microcephaly in Mice显示文摘Brain size abnormality is correlated with an increased frequency of autism spectrum disorder(ASD)in offspring.Genetic analysis indicates that heterozygous mutations of the WD repeat domain 62(WDR62)are associated with ASD.However,biological evidence is still lacking.Our study showed that Wdr62 knockout(KO)led to reduced brain size with impaired learning and memory,as well as ASD-like behaviors in mice.Interestingly,Wdr62 Nex-cKO mice(depletion of WDR62 in differentiated neurons)had a largely normal brain size but with aberrant social interactions and repetitive behaviors.WDR62 regulated dendritic spinogenesis and excitatory synaptic transmission in cortical pyramidal neurons.Finally,we revealed that retinoic acid gavages significantly alleviated ASD-like behaviors in mice with WDR62 haploinsufficiency,probably by complementing the expression of ASD and synapse-related genes.Our findings provide a new perspective on the relationship between the microcephaly gene WDR62 and ASD etiology that will benefit clinical diagnosis and intervention of ASD. | Dan Xu Yiqiang Zhi Xinyi Liu Le Guan Jurui Yu Dan Zhang Weiya Zhang Yaqing Wang Wucheng Tao Zhiheng Xu | 2023 | Neuroscience Bulletin2023，39，9： | 0 |
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