Cited by 111Genetics and Neurodevelopmental DisordersAutism Spectrum Disorder ResearchFOXO transcription factor regulation

FoxP1 orchestration of ASD-relevant signaling pathways in the striatum

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Araujo, Daniel J., Anderson, Ashley G., Berto, Stefano, Runnels, Wesley, Harper, Matthew, Ammanuel, Simon, Rieger, Michael A., Huang, Hung-Chung +7 more·2015·Genes & Development

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Mutations in the transcription factor Forkhead box p1 ( FOXP1 ) are causative for neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism. However, the function of FOXP1 within the brain remains largely uncharacterized. Here, we identify the gene expression program regulated by FoxP1 in both human neural cells and patient-relevant heterozygous Foxp1 mouse brains. We demonstrate a role for FoxP1 in the transcriptional regulation of autism-related pathways as well as genes involved in neuronal activity. We show that Foxp1 regulates the excitability of striatal medium spiny neurons and that reduction of Foxp1 correlates with defects in ultrasonic vocalizations. Finally, we demonstrate that FoxP1 has an evolutionarily conserved role in regulating pathways involved in striatal neuron identity through gene expression studies in human neural progenitors with altered FOXP1 levels. These data support an integral role for FoxP1 in regulating signaling pathways vulnerable in autism and the specific regulation of striatal pathways important for vocal communication.

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  • Evidence for enrichment of ASD genes among genes dysregulated in iPSC models of CHD8 or FOXP1 was strongest for genes dysregulated in trans.

    “Indeed, evidence for the enrichment of ASD genes amongi genes that are dysregulated in iPSC models of CHD8 (Sugathan et al., 2014) or FOXP1 (Araujo et al., 2015) was strongest for genes that were dysregulated in trans.”

    From Getting to the cores of autism (2019) · cites this paper as Araujo et al., 2015

  • Transcriptomic analysis of developing brain in transgenic mouse models of SETD5, FOXP1, and TBR1 suggests that mutations in these genes lead to dysregulation of ASD genes in trans.

    “Similarly transcriptomic analysis of developing brain in transgenic mouse models of SETD5 (Pizzo et al., 2018), FOXP1 (Araujo et al., 2015), TBR1 (Notwell et al., 2016) suggests that mutations in these genes leads to the dysregulation of ASD genes in trans.”

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Araujo, D. J., Anderson, A. G., Berto, S., Runnels, W., Harper, M., Ammanuel, S., Rieger, M. A., Huang, H.-C., Rajkovich, K., Loerwald, K. W., Dekker, J. D., Tucker, H. O., Dougherty, J. D., Gibson, J. R., & Konopka, G.
Affiliations
  • The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (US)
  • Washington University in St. Louis (US)
  • Jackson State University (US)
  • The University of Texas at Austin (US)
Venue
Genes & Development
Published
2015-10-15
Volume
29
Issue
20
Pages
2081-2096
ISSN
  • 0890-9369 (ISSN-L)
  • 1549-5477
OpenAlex
W2120966119
Cited by
111
References
82
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Language
en
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Licence
cc-by-nc
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  • Genes & Development (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Digital Commons@Becker (Washington University School of Medicine) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Science Foundation (2013162469)
  • National Institutes of Health (T32MH076690, T32GM007067, R01CA31534, R00MH090238, R01MH102603)
  • Lymphoma Foundation
  • Cancer Prevention Research Institute of Texas (RP100612, RP120348)
  • Marie Betzner Morrow Centennial Endowment
  • McDonnell Center for Systems Neuroscience
  • March of Dimes Foundation (5-FY13-19)
  • Once Upon a Time Foundation
  • Autism Research at University of Texas Southwestern Endowment
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 › Molecular Biology › FOXO transcription factor regulation
Keywords
FOXP1, autism spectrum disorder, striatum, medium spiny neurons, neuronal excitability, ultrasonic vocalizations, vocal communication, transcriptional regulation, neuronal identity, neurodevelopmental disorders
MeSH terms
Autism Spectrum Disorder, Animals, Cells, Cultured, Corpus Striatum, Disease Models, Animal, Gene Expression Regulation, Hippocampus, Humans, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Mutation, Neurons, Repressor Proteins, Verbal Behavior, Signal Transduction, Mice, Forkhead Transcription Factors, Haploinsufficiency

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