FMR1 reduction alters cellular and circuit properties in human cortex
Singh, A.; Abbaspoor, S.; Chung, L.; Heinrich, M. J.; Stone, S.; Lidov, H.; Maio, B.; Tran, T. P.; Yoon, J.; Teng, J.; Reyes, C. M.; Hammarlund, E.; Xu, X.; Rotenberg, A.; Gavornik, J.; Ferguson, B.; Farrell, J. S.; Osterweil, E. K.
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Transcriptional silencing of FMR1 results in Fragile X syndrome (FXS), the leading inherited cause of intellectual disability (ID) and autism. The Fmr1-/y mouse model has been used to identify FXS disease mechanisms, whereas mechanistic insights from human brain are lacking. By leveraging organotypic human cortical slices and viral tools to reduce FMR1 expression, we create a new model that captures cell type-specific transcriptomic changes similar to FXS patient cortex that are not seen in the Fmr1-/y mouse. Among these are ion channel subunit changes in deep layer pyramidal neurons, which are consistent with a robust hyperexcitability seen by whole-cell patch-clamp recordings, and increased synchronized activity revealed by 2-photon calcium imaging. Together, this work defines the impact of FMR1 reduction in human cortex and provides a new model for testing therapeutic interventions in FXS.
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