Loss of the transcription factor NEUROD2 causes a spectrum of neurobehavioral phenotypes in mice and humans
Bugeon, S.; Lafi, S.; Beurrier, C.; Sahu, S.; Runge, K.; Schaller, F.; Loubat, A.; Mathieu, R.; Herault, L.; Gaillard, S.; Cahuc, M.; Pallesi-Pocachard, E.; Montheil, A.; Bosio, A.; Represa, A.; Cardoso, C.; Cremer, H.; de Chevigny, A.; Rosenfeld, J. A.; Hudson, E.; Lindstrom, K.; Mercimek-Andrews, S.; Jeffries, L.; Van Haeringen, A.; Vanakker, O.; Pichon, B.; Van Hecke, A.; Amrom, D.; Kury, S.; Gamble, C.
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We identified seven families associating NEUROD2 pathogenic mutations with ASD and intellectual disability. To get insight into the pathophysiological mechanisms, we analyzed cortical development in Neurod2 KO mice. Cortical projection neurons (CPNs) over-migrated during embryogenesis, inducing abnormal thickness and laminar positioning of cortical layers. At juvenile ages, dendritic spine turnover and intrinsic excitability were increased in L5 CPNs. Differentially expressed genes in Neurod2 KO mice were enriched for voltage-gated ion channels, and the human orthologs of these genes were strongly associated with ASD. Furthermore, adult Neurod2 KO mice exhibited core ASD-like behavioral abnormalities. Finally, by generating Neurod2 conditional mutant mice we demonstrate that forebrain excitatory neuron-specific Neurod2 deletion recapitulates cellular and behavioral ASD phenotypes found in full KO mice. Our findings demonstrate crucial roles for Neurod2 in cortical development and function, whose alterations likely account for ASD and related symptoms in the newly defined NEUROD2 mutation syndrome.
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