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Chronic administration of AFQ056/Mavoglurant restores social behaviour in Fmr1 knockout mice

Gantois, Ilse, Pop, Andreea S., de Esch, Celine E.F., Buijsen, Ronald A.M., Pooters, Tine, Gomez-Mancilla, Baltazar, Gasparini, Fabrizio, Oostra, Ben A. +2 more·2013·Behavioural Brain Research

Abstract

Fragile X syndrome is caused by lack of FMR1 protein (FMRP) leading to severe symptoms, including intellectual disability, hyperactivity and autistic-like behaviour. FMRP is an RNA binding protein involved in the regulation of translation of specific target mRNAs upon stimulation of metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5) at the synapse. The absence of FMRP leads to enhanced activity of mGluR5 signal transduction pathways. Many conflicting results have been reported regarding social behaviour deficits in Fmr1 knockout mice, and little is known about the involvement of mGluR5 pathways on social behaviour. In this study, a three-chambered task was used to determine sociability and preference for social novelty in Fmr1 knockout mice. Disruption of Fmr1 functioning resulted in enhanced interaction with stranger mouse during sociability while no significant changes were observed during preference for social novelty assay. Chronic administration of a specific mGluR5 antagonist, AFQ056/Mavoglurant, was able to restore sociability behaviour of Fmr1 knockout mice to levels of wild type littermates. These results support the importance of mGluR5 signalling pathways on social interaction behaviour and that AFQ056/Mavoglurant might be useful as potential therapeutic intervention to rescue various behavioural aspects of the fragile X phenotype.

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  • Pharmacological mGluR5 antagonists rescue protein synthesis and many classic outcome measures in mouse and fly FXS models.

    “have demonstrated that dampening mGluR5 signalling rescues protein synthesis and many of the classic outcome measures (TABLE 1) used in the mouse and fly models30–35.”
  • Rescue of these behavioural phenotypes has been difficult to consolidate and to use as a guide for clinical studies.

    “As a result, the rescue of these behavioural phenotypes has been difficult to consolidate and to use as a guide for clinical studies30,49,56,64,65.”
  • Many classic behavioural phenotypes used as preclinical outcome measures are inconsistently observed in Fmr1-knockout mice.

    “many of the other classic behavioural phenotypes used as outcome measures in preclinical studies are inconsistently observed in Fmr1-KO mice (such as open field, rotarod, elevated plus-maze, marble burying, self-grooming and most social paradigms).”
  • In Fmr1-knockout mice, mGluR antagonists, GABAB agonists, and gene reinstatement beginning in young adult or adult mice can fully correct most behavioural, physiological, biochemical, and neuroanatomical alterations.

    “treatment with mGluR antagonists (mavoglurant) and GABAB agonists (arbaclofen), as well as gene reinstatement in Fmr1-KO mice starting in young adult or adult mice, can fully correct most behavioural, physiological, biochemical and neuroanatomical alterations30,32,37.”
  • Treatment with an mGluR5 antagonist in young adult or fully adult mice produced comprehensive correction of Fmr1-knockout phenotypes.

    “Moreover, a comprehensive correction of Fmr1-KO phenotypes was achieved with mGluR5 antagonist treatment of young adult or fully adult mice30,32.”

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Gantois, I., Pop, A. S., de Esch, C. E. F., Buijsen, R. A. M., Pooters, T., Gomez-Mancilla, B., Gasparini, F., Oostra, B. A., D’Hooge, R., & Willemsen, R.
Affiliations
  • KU Leuven (BE)
  • Erasmus MC (NL)
  • Novartis (Switzerland) (CH)
Corresponding author
Gantois, Ilse
Venue
Behavioural Brain Research
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2013-02
Volume
239
Pages
72-79
ISSN
0166-4328 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1997037252
Cited by
100
References
59
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FWCI
6.72
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Behavioural Brain Research (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • EUR Research Repository (Erasmus University Rotterdam) (submittedVersion)
  • The Novartis Repository (Novartis) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
Keywords
fragile X syndrome, FMRP, Fmr1 knockout mice, mGluR5, metabotropic glutamate receptor 5, mGluR5 antagonist, social behavior, sociability, social novelty preference, autism-like behavior, translational therapy
MeSH terms
Animals, Disease Models, Animal, Fragile X Syndrome, Indoles, Male, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Social Behavior, Time Factors, Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate, Mice, Knockout, Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists, Mice, Fragile X Messenger Ribonucleoprotein 1, Receptor, Metabotropic Glutamate 5

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