Delayed forebrain excitatory and inhibitory neurogenesis inSTRADA-related megalencephaly via mTOR hyperactivity
Pan, T.; Lin, G.; Li, X.; VanHeyningen, D.; Walker, J. C.; Kohli, S.; Saravanan, A.; Amrita, A.; Jaklic, D. C.; Pantoja-Gutierrez, S.; Vaid, S.; Sturza, J.; Inoki, K.; Imamichi, T.; Chang, W.; Dang, L. T.
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Biallelic pathogenic variants in STRADA, an upstream regulator of the mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway, result in megalencephaly, drug-resistant epilepsy, and severe intellectual disability. This study explores how mTOR pathway hyperactivity alters cell fate specification in dorsal and ventral forebrain development using STRADA knock-out human stem cell derived brain organoids. In both dorsal and ventral forebrain STRADA knock-out organoids, neurogenesis is delayed, with a predilection for progenitor renewal and proliferation and an increase in outer radial glia. Ventrally, interneuron subtypes shift to an increase in neuropeptide-Y expressing cells. Inhibition of the mTOR pathway with rapamycin results in rescue for most phenotypes. When mTOR pathway variants are present in all cells of the developing brain, overproduction of interneurons and altered interneuron cell fate may underlie mechanisms of megalencephaly, epilepsy, and cognitive impairment. Our findings suggest mTOR inhibition during fetal brain development as a potential therapeutic strategy in STRADA deficiency.
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