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Rescue of behavioral phenotype and neuronal protrusion morphology in Fmr1 KO mice

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de Vrij, Femke M.S., Levenga, Josien, van der Linde, Herma C., Koekkoek, Sebastiaan K., De Zeeuw, Chris I., Nelson, David L., Oostra, Ben A., Willemsen, Rob·2008·Neurobiology of Disease

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Lack of fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP) causes Fragile X Syndrome, the most common form of inherited mental retardation. FMRP is an RNA-binding protein and is a component of messenger ribonucleoprotein complexes, associated with brain polyribosomes, including dendritic polysomes. FMRP is therefore thought to be involved in translational control of specific mRNAs at synaptic sites. In mice lacking FMRP, protein synthesis-dependent synaptic plasticity is altered and structural malformations of dendritic protrusions occur. One hypothesized cause of the disease mechanism is based on exaggerated group I mGluR receptor activation. In this study, we examined the effect of the mGluR5 antagonist MPEP on Fragile X related behavior in Fmr1 KO mice. Our results demonstrate a clear defect in prepulse inhibition of startle in Fmr1 KO mice, that could be rescued by MPEP. Moreover, we show for the first time a structural rescue of Fragile X related protrusion morphology with two independent mGluR5 antagonists.

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de Vrij, F. M. S., Levenga, J., van der Linde, H. C., Koekkoek, S. K., De Zeeuw, C. I., Nelson, D. L., Oostra, B. A., & Willemsen, R.
Affiliations
  • Erasmus MC (NL)
  • Baylor College of Medicine (US)
Corresponding author
Willemsen, Rob
Venue
Neurobiology of Disease
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2008-07
Volume
31
Issue
1
Pages
127-132
ISSN
0969-9961 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1969498835
Cited by
313
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22.28
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Language
en
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Funders
  • FRAXA Research Foundation
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R01 HD38038, P30HD024064, R01HD038038)
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 › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
Keywords
fragile X syndrome, FMRP, Fmr1 knockout mice, mGluR5 antagonist, MPEP, synaptic plasticity, translational regulation
MeSH terms
Animals, Behavior, Animal, Cells, Cultured, Fragile X Syndrome, Hippocampus, Imidazoles, Neurons, Phenotype, Pyridines, Reflex, Startle, Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate, Mice, Knockout, Microscopy, Confocal, Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists, Mice, Fragile X Messenger Ribonucleoprotein 1, Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein, Receptor, Metabotropic Glutamate 5

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