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Germline Chd8 haploinsufficiency alters brain development in mouse

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Gompers, Andrea L, Su-Feher, Linda, Ellegood, Jacob, Copping, Nycole A, Riyadh, M Asrafuzzaman, Stradleigh, Tyler W, Pride, Michael C, Schaffler, Melanie D +16 more·2017·Nature Neuroscience

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The chromatin remodeling gene CHD8 represents a central node in neurodevelopmental gene networks implicated in autism. We examined the impact of germline heterozygous frameshift Chd8 mutation on neurodevelopment in mice. Chd8+/del5 mice displayed normal social interactions with no repetitive behaviors but exhibited cognitive impairment correlated with increased regional brain volume, validating that phenotypes of Chd8+/del5 mice overlap pathology reported in humans with CHD8 mutations. We applied network analysis to characterize neurodevelopmental gene expression, revealing widespread transcriptional changes in Chd8+/del5 mice across pathways disrupted in neurodevelopmental disorders, including neurogenesis, synaptic processes and neuroimmune signaling. We identified a co-expression module with peak expression in early brain development featuring dysregulation of RNA processing, chromatin remodeling and cell-cycle genes enriched for promoter binding by Chd8, and we validated increased neuronal proliferation and developmental splicing perturbation in Chd8+/del5 mice. This integrative analysis offers an initial picture of the consequences of Chd8 haploinsufficiency for brain development.

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  • Studies on CHD8 and iPS-derived ASD neurons indicate the dysregulation of proliferation and macrocephaly in ASD could be linked to the disruption of these signaling pathways and shortened G1/S transition.

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Gompers, A. L., Su-Feher, L., Ellegood, J., Copping, N. A., Riyadh, M. A., Stradleigh, T. W., Pride, M. C., Schaffler, M. D., Wade, A. A., Catta-Preta, R., Zdilar, I., Louis, S., Kaushik, G., Mannion, B. J., Plajzer-Frick, I., Afzal, V., Visel, A., Pennacchio, L. A., Dickel, D. E., Lerch, J. P., Crawley, J. N., Zarbalis, K. S., Silverman, J. L., & Nord, A. S.
Affiliations
  • University of California, Davis (US)
  • Hospital for Sick Children (CA)
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children - Northern California (US)
  • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (US)
  • University of Toronto (CA)
Corresponding author
Nord, Alex S
Venue
Nature Neuroscience
Published
2017-06-26
Volume
20
Issue
8
Pages
1062-1073
ISSN
  • 1097-6256 (ISSN-L)
  • 1546-1726
OpenAlex
W2687519416
Cited by
266
References
98
Citations by year
2026: 18 · 2025: 22 · 2024: 23 · 2023: 21 · 2022: 21 · 2021: 52 · 2020: 48 · 2019: 27 · 2018: 26 · 2017: 8
FWCI
19.79
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nature Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (acceptedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • U.S. Department of Energy (-AC02-05CH11231, 05CH11231, DE AC02 05CH11231, Contract DE-AC02-05CH11231., DE-AC02-)
  • University of California Berkeley (DE-AC02-05CH11231)
  • Ontario Brain Institute
  • Fondation Brain Canada
  • MIND Institute, University of California, Davis (U54 HD 079125, HD079125)
  • Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (DE-AC02-05CH11231)
  • National Institutes of Health (DE-AC02–05CH11231, GM008799, GM119831, GM007377)
  • University of California, Davis (T32-GM008799, U54 HD079125, GM007377)
  • Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center (U54-HD079125)
  • Ciência sem Fronteiras
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (R24HL123879, UM1HL098166)
  • National Human Genome Research Institute (U54HG006997, R01HG003988)
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences (T32GM008799, T32GM007377, DE-AC02-05CH11231, GM119831, GM007377, GM008799, R35GM119831)
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (R01NS085709)
  • National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (U01DE024427)
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (U54HD079125)
  • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (UM1HL098166, AC02‐05CH11231, DE-AC02-05CH11231, R24HL123879, U54HG006997, R01HG003988, 05CH11231, U01DE024427)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genomic variations and chromosomal abnormalities
Keywords
CHD8, haploinsufficiency, autism spectrum disorder, brain development, chromatin remodeling, cognitive impairment, regional brain volume, neurogenesis, synaptic processes, neuroimmune signaling, RNA processing, alternative splicing, neuronal proliferation, promoter binding
MeSH terms
Animals, Brain, Chromatin, DNA-Binding Proteins, Mice, Transgenic, Mutation, Phenotype, Transcription Factors, Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, Cell Cycle Proteins, Gene Regulatory Networks, Haploinsufficiency

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