Distinct, dosage-sensitive requirements for the autism-associated factor CHD8 during cortical development / S. HURLEY in Molecular Autism, 12 (2021)  

Public ISBD [article]  inMolecular Autism > 12 (2021) . - 16 p. Titre : Distinct, dosage-sensitive requirements for the autism-associated factor CHD8 during cortical development Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : S. HURLEY, Auteur ; C. MOHAN, Auteur ; P. SUETTERLIN, Auteur ; R. ELLINGFORD, Auteur ; K. L. H. RIEGMAN, Auteur ; J. ELLEGOOD, Auteur ; A. CARUSO, Auteur ; C. MICHETTI, Auteur ; O. BROCK, Auteur ; R. EVANS, Auteur ; F. RUDARI, Auteur ; A. DELOGU, Auteur ; M. L. SCATTONI, Auteur ; J. P. LERCH, Auteur ; C. FERNANDES, Auteur ; M. A. BASSON, Auteur Article en page(s) : 16 p. Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Animals  Animals, Newborn  Autistic Disorder/genetics  Behavior, Animal  Brain/diagnostic imaging/embryology/growth & development  Cell Proliferation  DNA-Binding Proteins/deficiency/genetics  Disease Models, Animal  Female  Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental  Mice, Transgenic  Phenotype  Pregnancy  Stem Cells  Tumor Suppressor Protein p53/genetics  Apoptosis  Autism  Chd8  Chromatin  Conditional knockout  Cortex  Gene expression  Hypomorph  Intermediate progenitor  Mouse  Neural progenitor  Proliferation  Tbr2  p53  Pathways plc. This work is unrelated to COMPASS Pathways plc. No other competing  interests to declare. Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : BACKGROUND: CHD8 haploinsufficiency causes autism and macrocephaly with high penetrance in the human population. Chd8 heterozygous mice exhibit relatively subtle brain overgrowth and little gene expression changes in the embryonic neocortex. The purpose of this study was to generate new, sub-haploinsufficient Chd8 mouse models to allow us to identify and study the functions of CHD8 during embryonic cortical development. METHODS: To examine the possibility that certain phenotypes may only appear at sub-heterozygous Chd8 levels in the mouse, we created an allelic series of Chd8-deficient mice to reduce CHD8 protein levels to approximately 35% (mild hypomorph), 10% (severe hypomorph) and 0% (neural-specific conditional knockout) of wildtype levels. We used RNA sequencing to compare transcriptional dysregulation, structural MRI and brain weight to investigate effects on brain size, and cell proliferation, differentiation and apoptosis markers in immunostaining assays to quantify changes in neural progenitor fate. RESULTS: Mild Chd8 hypomorphs displayed significant postnatal lethality, with surviving animals exhibiting more pronounced brain hyperplasia than heterozygotes. Over 2000 genes were dysregulated in mild hypomorphs, including autism-associated neurodevelopmental and cell cycle genes. We identify increased proliferation of non-ventricular zone TBR2+ intermediate progenitors as one potential cause of brain hyperplasia in these mutants. Severe Chd8 hypomorphs displayed even greater transcriptional dysregulation, including evidence for p53 pathway upregulation. In contrast to mild hypomorphs, these mice displayed reduced brain size and increased apoptosis in the embryonic neocortex. Homozygous, conditional deletion of Chd8 in early neuronal progenitors resulted in pronounced brain hypoplasia, partly caused by p53 target gene derepression and apoptosis in the embryonic neocortex. Limitations Our findings identify an important role for the autism-associated factor CHD8 in controlling the proliferation of intermediate progenitors in the mouse neocortex. We propose that CHD8 has a similar function in human brain development, but studies on human cells are required to confirm this. Because many of our mouse mutants with reduced CHD8 function die shortly after birth, it is not possible to fully determine to what extent reduced CHD8 function results in autism-associated behaviours in mice. CONCLUSIONS: Together, these findings identify important, dosage-sensitive functions for CHD8 in p53 pathway repression, neurodevelopmental gene expression and neural progenitor fate in the embryonic neocortex. We conclude that brain development is acutely sensitive to reduced CHD8 expression and that the varying sensitivities of different progenitor populations and cellular processes to CHD8 dosage result in non-linear effects on gene transcription and brain growth. Shaun Hurley, Conor Mohan and Philipp Suetterlin have contributed equally to this work. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13229-020-00409-3 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=459 [article] Distinct, dosage-sensitive requirements for the autism-associated factor CHD8 during cortical development [texte imprimé] / S. HURLEY, Auteur ; C. MOHAN, Auteur ; P. SUETTERLIN, Auteur ; R. ELLINGFORD, Auteur ; K. L. H. RIEGMAN, Auteur ; J. ELLEGOOD, Auteur ; A. CARUSO, Auteur ; C. MICHETTI, Auteur ; O. BROCK, Auteur ; R. EVANS, Auteur ; F. RUDARI, Auteur ; A. DELOGU, Auteur ; M. L. SCATTONI, Auteur ; J. P. LERCH, Auteur ; C. FERNANDES, Auteur ; M. A. BASSON, Auteur . - 16 p. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Molecular Autism > 12 (2021) . - 16 p. Mots-clés : Animals  Animals, Newborn  Autistic Disorder/genetics  Behavior, Animal  Brain/diagnostic imaging/embryology/growth & development  Cell Proliferation  DNA-Binding Proteins/deficiency/genetics  Disease Models, Animal  Female  Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental  Mice, Transgenic  Phenotype  Pregnancy  Stem Cells  Tumor Suppressor Protein p53/genetics  Apoptosis  Autism  Chd8  Chromatin  Conditional knockout  Cortex  Gene expression  Hypomorph  Intermediate progenitor  Mouse  Neural progenitor  Proliferation  Tbr2  p53  Pathways plc. This work is unrelated to COMPASS Pathways plc. No other competing  interests to declare. Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : BACKGROUND: CHD8 haploinsufficiency causes autism and macrocephaly with high penetrance in the human population. Chd8 heterozygous mice exhibit relatively subtle brain overgrowth and little gene expression changes in the embryonic neocortex. The purpose of this study was to generate new, sub-haploinsufficient Chd8 mouse models to allow us to identify and study the functions of CHD8 during embryonic cortical development. METHODS: To examine the possibility that certain phenotypes may only appear at sub-heterozygous Chd8 levels in the mouse, we created an allelic series of Chd8-deficient mice to reduce CHD8 protein levels to approximately 35% (mild hypomorph), 10% (severe hypomorph) and 0% (neural-specific conditional knockout) of wildtype levels. We used RNA sequencing to compare transcriptional dysregulation, structural MRI and brain weight to investigate effects on brain size, and cell proliferation, differentiation and apoptosis markers in immunostaining assays to quantify changes in neural progenitor fate. RESULTS: Mild Chd8 hypomorphs displayed significant postnatal lethality, with surviving animals exhibiting more pronounced brain hyperplasia than heterozygotes. Over 2000 genes were dysregulated in mild hypomorphs, including autism-associated neurodevelopmental and cell cycle genes. We identify increased proliferation of non-ventricular zone TBR2+ intermediate progenitors as one potential cause of brain hyperplasia in these mutants. Severe Chd8 hypomorphs displayed even greater transcriptional dysregulation, including evidence for p53 pathway upregulation. In contrast to mild hypomorphs, these mice displayed reduced brain size and increased apoptosis in the embryonic neocortex. Homozygous, conditional deletion of Chd8 in early neuronal progenitors resulted in pronounced brain hypoplasia, partly caused by p53 target gene derepression and apoptosis in the embryonic neocortex. Limitations Our findings identify an important role for the autism-associated factor CHD8 in controlling the proliferation of intermediate progenitors in the mouse neocortex. We propose that CHD8 has a similar function in human brain development, but studies on human cells are required to confirm this. Because many of our mouse mutants with reduced CHD8 function die shortly after birth, it is not possible to fully determine to what extent reduced CHD8 function results in autism-associated behaviours in mice. CONCLUSIONS: Together, these findings identify important, dosage-sensitive functions for CHD8 in p53 pathway repression, neurodevelopmental gene expression and neural progenitor fate in the embryonic neocortex. We conclude that brain development is acutely sensitive to reduced CHD8 expression and that the varying sensitivities of different progenitor populations and cellular processes to CHD8 dosage result in non-linear effects on gene transcription and brain growth. Shaun Hurley, Conor Mohan and Philipp Suetterlin have contributed equally to this work. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13229-020-00409-3 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=459

Early developmental trajectories of expressive vocabulary and gesture production in a longitudinal cohort of Italian infants at high-risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder / V. RIVA in Autism Research, 14-7 (July 2021)  

Public ISBD [article]  inAutism Research > 14-7 (July 2021) . - p.1421-1433 Titre : Early developmental trajectories of expressive vocabulary and gesture production in a longitudinal cohort of Italian infants at high-risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : V. RIVA, Auteur ; A. CARUSO, Auteur ; Fabio APICELLA, Auteur ; G. VALERI, Auteur ; S. VICARI, Auteur ; M. MOLTENI, Auteur ; M. L. SCATTONI, Auteur Article en page(s) : p.1421-1433 Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Autism Spectrum Disorder  Child  Gestures  Humans  Infant  Italy  Language Development Disorders  Vocabulary  developmental trajectory  expressive language  gesture  infant sibling Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Delays in language are a hallmark feature of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). However, little is known about the predictive role of language developmental trajectories on ASD. The present study aimed at identifying early different language developmental profiles of infants at high familial risk for ASD (HR-ASD) and testing their predictive role on ASD symptoms at 2 years. The role of gestures on socio-communicative skills has also been explored. Trajectories of expressive vocabulary were investigated in 137 HR-ASD infants at 12, 18, and, 24 months of age. Parents were requested to complete the Italian version of the MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory and ASD symptoms were measured by ADOS-2. Latent class growth analysis defined four trajectories: above average language development group (above-average LD, 18.2%), normal language development group (NLD, 38.7%), late-onset language development group (late-onset LD, 11.7%), and a group of children with stable language delay (SLD, 31.4%). Results showed that the SLD group obtained higher communicative difficulties and restricted/repetitive behavior compared to the other groups. Examining early increase of produced gestures in the different language classes, we found fewer produced gestures between 12 and 18 months in the SLD group compared to the late-onset LD group. The results identified clusters of HR infants who follow similar estimated trajectories based on individual differences in language development. These patterns of early language acquisition, together with produced gestures, may be predictive of later ASD symptoms and useful for planning prompt intervention. LAY SUMMARY: Language/gesture deficits are hallmark features of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), but the predictive role of communicative trajectories on ASD remains unclear. In a longitudinal Italian sample of infants at high familial risk for ASD (HR-ASD), we tested if language trajectories and their link with gestures can predict ASD symptoms. We found four trajectories and HR infants with a stable language delay (SLD) trajectory showed more ASD symptoms later on. SLD infants produced fewer gestures compared to late-onset language development group that show more typical communicative skills. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aur.2493 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=449 [article] Early developmental trajectories of expressive vocabulary and gesture production in a longitudinal cohort of Italian infants at high-risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder [texte imprimé] / V. RIVA, Auteur ; A. CARUSO, Auteur ; Fabio APICELLA, Auteur ; G. VALERI, Auteur ; S. VICARI, Auteur ; M. MOLTENI, Auteur ; M. L. SCATTONI, Auteur . - p.1421-1433. Langues : Anglais (eng) in Autism Research > 14-7 (July 2021) . - p.1421-1433 Mots-clés : Autism Spectrum Disorder  Child  Gestures  Humans  Infant  Italy  Language Development Disorders  Vocabulary  developmental trajectory  expressive language  gesture  infant sibling Index. décimale : PER Périodiques Résumé : Delays in language are a hallmark feature of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). However, little is known about the predictive role of language developmental trajectories on ASD. The present study aimed at identifying early different language developmental profiles of infants at high familial risk for ASD (HR-ASD) and testing their predictive role on ASD symptoms at 2 years. The role of gestures on socio-communicative skills has also been explored. Trajectories of expressive vocabulary were investigated in 137 HR-ASD infants at 12, 18, and, 24 months of age. Parents were requested to complete the Italian version of the MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventory and ASD symptoms were measured by ADOS-2. Latent class growth analysis defined four trajectories: above average language development group (above-average LD, 18.2%), normal language development group (NLD, 38.7%), late-onset language development group (late-onset LD, 11.7%), and a group of children with stable language delay (SLD, 31.4%). Results showed that the SLD group obtained higher communicative difficulties and restricted/repetitive behavior compared to the other groups. Examining early increase of produced gestures in the different language classes, we found fewer produced gestures between 12 and 18 months in the SLD group compared to the late-onset LD group. The results identified clusters of HR infants who follow similar estimated trajectories based on individual differences in language development. These patterns of early language acquisition, together with produced gestures, may be predictive of later ASD symptoms and useful for planning prompt intervention. LAY SUMMARY: Language/gesture deficits are hallmark features of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), but the predictive role of communicative trajectories on ASD remains unclear. In a longitudinal Italian sample of infants at high familial risk for ASD (HR-ASD), we tested if language trajectories and their link with gestures can predict ASD symptoms. We found four trajectories and HR infants with a stable language delay (SLD) trajectory showed more ASD symptoms later on. SLD infants produced fewer gestures compared to late-onset language development group that show more typical communicative skills. En ligne : http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aur.2493 Permalink : https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=449

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