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Dysregulation of miRNA-9 in a Subset of Schizophrenia Patient-Derived Neural Progenitor Cells.

ABSTRACT: Converging evidence indicates that microRNAs (miRNAs) may contribute to disease risk for schizophrenia (SZ). We show that microRNA-9 (miR-9) is abundantly expressed in control neural progenitor cells (NPCs) but also significantly downregulated in a subset of SZ NPCs. We observed a strong correlation between miR-9 expression and miR-9 regulatory activity in NPCs as well as between miR-9 levels/activity, neural migration, and diagnosis. Overexpression of miR-9 was sufficient to ameliorate a previously reported neural migration deficit in SZ NPCs, whereas knockdown partially phenocopied aberrant migration in control NPCs. Unexpectedly, proteomic- and RNA sequencing (RNA-seq)-based analysis revealed that these effects were mediated primarily by small changes in expression of indirect miR-9 targets rather than large changes in direct miR-9 targets; these indirect targets are enriched for migration-associated genes. Together, these data indicate that aberrant levels and activity of miR-9 may be one of the many factors that contribute to SZ risk, at least in a subset of patients.

SUBMITTER: Topol A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4856588 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Dysregulation of miRNA-9 in a Subset of Schizophrenia Patient-Derived Neural Progenitor Cells.

Topol Aaron A Zhu Shijia S Hartley Brigham J BJ English Jane J Hauberg Mads E ME Tran Ngoc N Rittenhouse Chelsea Ann CA Simone Anthony A Ruderfer Douglas M DM Johnson Jessica J Readhead Ben B Hadas Yoav Y Gochman Peter A PA Wang Ying-Chih YC Shah Hardik H Cagney Gerard G Rapoport Judith J Gage Fred H FH Dudley Joel T JT Sklar Pamela P Mattheisen Manuel M Cotter David D Fang Gang G Brennand Kristen J KJ

Cell reports 20160421 5

Converging evidence indicates that microRNAs (miRNAs) may contribute to disease risk for schizophrenia (SZ). We show that microRNA-9 (miR-9) is abundantly expressed in control neural progenitor cells (NPCs) but also significantly downregulated in a subset of SZ NPCs. We observed a strong correlation between miR-9 expression and miR-9 regulatory activity in NPCs as well as between miR-9 levels/activity, neural migration, and diagnosis. Overexpression of miR-9 was sufficient to ameliorate a previo ...[more]

PMID: 27117414

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Dysregulation of miRNA-9 in a Subset of Schizophrenia Patient-Derived Neural Progenitor Cells.

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Dysregulation of miRNA-9 in a Subset of Schizophrenia Patient-Derived Neural Progenitor Cells.

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