2016
Altered mGluR5-Homer scaffolds and corticostriatal connectivity in a Shank3 complete knockout model of autism
Wang X, Bey AL, Katz BM, Badea A, Kim N, David LK, Duffney LJ, Kumar S, Mague SD, Hulbert SW, Dutta N, Hayrapetyan V, Yu C, Gaidis E, Zhao S, Ding JD, Xu Q, Chung L, Rodriguiz RM, Wang F, Weinberg RJ, Wetsel WC, Dzirasa K, Yin H, Jiang YH. Altered mGluR5-Homer scaffolds and corticostriatal connectivity in a Shank3 complete knockout model of autism. Nature Communications 2016, 7: 11459. PMID: 27161151, PMCID: PMC4866051, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11459.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAutism Spectrum DisorderBehavior, AnimalCerebral CortexCorpus StriatumFemaleHomer Scaffolding ProteinsHumansLong-Term Synaptic DepressionMaleMiceMice, KnockoutMicrofilament ProteinsModels, NeurologicalNerve NetNerve Tissue ProteinsReceptor, Metabotropic Glutamate 5Sequence DeletionSocial BehaviorConceptsASD-like behaviorsCircuit mechanismsStriatal synaptic plasticityAutism spectrum disorderAbnormal brain morphologyPathophysiology of ASDNeural circuit mechanismsHuman neuroimaging studiesKnockout mouse modelAberrant neural connectivityCircuit abnormalitiesStriatal neuronsStriatal synapsesCorticostriatal connectivityBehavioral deficitsAberrant structural connectivityMouse modelThalamic circuitsExcessive groomingSynaptic plasticityBrain morphologyNeuroimaging studiesSHANK3 geneNeural connectivityKnockout models
1997
De novo truncating mutations in E6-AP ubiquitin-protein ligase gene (UBE3A) in Angelman syndrome
Matsuura T, Sutcliffe J, Fang P, Galjaard R, Jiang Y, Benton C, Rommens J, Beaudet A. De novo truncating mutations in E6-AP ubiquitin-protein ligase gene (UBE3A) in Angelman syndrome. Nature Genetics 1997, 15: 74-77. PMID: 8988172, DOI: 10.1038/ng0197-74.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGene productsAngelman syndromeNovo truncating mutationsUbiquitin protein ligase geneUbiquitin-dependent proteolytic pathwayE6-AP ubiquitin-protein ligaseHuman genetic disordersUbiquitin-protein ligaseUBE3A geneTruncating mutationsEvidence of expressionUnlikely candidate geneGenetic disordersLigase geneParental allelesAS genesHuman chromosomesPaternal uniparental disomyCandidate genesDe novo truncating mutationsProteolytic pathwayNovo nonsense mutationGenesIntragenic mutationsMolecular defects