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Autism and Schizophrenia-Associated CYFIP1 Regulates the Balance of Synaptic Excitation and Inhibition

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Davenport, Elizabeth C., Szulc, Blanka R., Drew, James, Taylor, James, Morgan, Toby, Higgs, Nathalie F., López-Doménech, Guillermo, Kittler, Josef T.·2019·Cell Reports

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Altered excitatory/inhibitory balance is implicated in neuropsychiatric disorders but the genetic aetiology of this is still poorly understood. Copy number variations in CYFIP1 are associated with autism, schizophrenia and intellectual disability but the role of CYFIP1 in regulating synaptic inhibition or excitatory/inhibitory balance remains unclear. We show, CYFIP1, and its paralogue CYFIP2, are enriched at inhibitory postsynaptic sites. While upregulation of CYFIP1 or CYFIP2 increased excitatory synapse number and the frequency of miniature excitatory postsynaptic currents (mEPSCs), it had the opposite effect at inhibitory synapses, decreasing their size and the amplitude of miniature inhibitory postsynaptic currents (mIPSCs). Contrary to CYFIP1 upregulation, its loss in vivo, upon conditional knockout in neocortical principal cells, increased expression of postsynaptic GABA A receptor β2/3-subunits and neuroligin 3 and enhanced synaptic inhibition. Thus, CYFIP1 dosage can bi-directionally impact inhibitory synaptic structure and function, potentially leading to altered excitatory/inhibitory balance and circuit dysfunction in CYFIP1-associated neurodevelopmental disorders.

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  • CYFIP1 haploinsufficiency is likely to be a significant contributor to the 15q11.2(BP1-BP2)del psychiatric phenotype.

    “CYFIP1 haploinsufficiency is likely to be a significant contributor to the 15q11.2(BP1–BP2)del psychiatric phenotype due to its known involvement in several key brain plasticity-related functions such as dendritic spine morphology and branching [7, 8], and the interaction between CYFIP1 and fragile X mental retardation 1 (FMR1) [9].”

    From Linking haploinsufficiency of the autism- and schizophrenia-associated gene Cyfip1 with striatal-limbic-cortical network dysfunction and cognitive inflexibility (2024) · cites this paper as [8]

    The Introduction and Discussion (page unavailable) link altered CYFIP1 dosage to synaptic changes and suggest that CYFIP1 deletion could contribute to cognitive changes in people with 15q11.2 microdeletions. The paper does not establish that CYFIP1 haploinsufficiency is likely to be a significant contributor to the deletion’s psychiatric phenotype; its conclusion is more tentative. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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  • The overexpression of CYFIP1 in cultured hippocampal neurons increases the mEPSC frequency and decreases the mIPSC amplitude.

    “The overexpression of CYFIP1 in cultured hippocampal neurons increases the mEPSC frequency and decreases the mIPSC amplitude.”
  • Excitatory neuron-specific CYFIP1 deletion in mice increases the levels of neuroligin 3 and GABAA receptor β2/3 subunits and increases inhibitory postsynaptic clustering and mIPSC.

    “In contrast, excitatory neuron-specific CYFIP1 deletion in mice increases the levels of the neuroligin 3 and GABAA receptor β2/3 subunits and increases inhibitory postsynaptic clustering and mIPSC67.”
  • CYFIP1-overexpressing neurons and transgenic mice overexpressing CYFIP1 display immature dendritic spines.

    “CYFIP1-overexpressing neurons and transgenic mice overexpressing CYFIP1 display immature dendritic spines67,68.”

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Authors
Davenport, E. C., Szulc, B. R., Drew, J., Taylor, J., Morgan, T., Higgs, N. F., López-Doménech, G., & Kittler, J. T.
Affiliations
University College London (GB)
Corresponding author
Kittler, Josef T.
Venue
Cell Reports
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2019-02
Volume
26
Issue
8
Pages
2037-2051.e6
ISSN
2211-1247 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2915805767
Cited by
125
References
101
Citations by year
2026: 6 · 2025: 15 · 2024: 14 · 2023: 16 · 2022: 15 · 2021: 17 · 2020: 32 · 2019: 10
FWCI
8.84
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
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  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
  • Edinburgh Research Explorer (University of Edinburgh) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
  • Medical Research Council (G0802377, MR/N025644/1)
  • European Research Council (282430)
  • MRC
  • Lister Institute for Preventive Medicine
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
Keywords
CYFIP1, CYFIP2, excitation-inhibition balance, synaptic inhibition, copy number variation, autism spectrum disorder, schizophrenia, intellectual disability, miniature postsynaptic currents, neuroligin-3, conditional knockout, dosage effect
MeSH terms
Animals, Autistic Disorder, Brain, Cells, Cultured, Chlorocebus aethiops, Female, Male, Membrane Proteins, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Nerve Tissue Proteins, Schizophrenia, Synapses, Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Gene Deletion, Receptors, GABA, COS Cells, Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials, Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing, Mice, Rats, Inhibitory Postsynaptic Potentials, Miniature Postsynaptic Potentials

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