Thalamocortical organoids reveal axonogenesis phenotypes of 22q11.2 microdeletion [scRNA-seq]
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Project description:Dysfunction of the thalamocortical pathway has been implicated in multiple psychiatric disorders, but mechanisms by which these defects emerge remain poorly understood. We explored this question in the context of the 22q11.2 microdeletion, which represents a significant genetic risk for schizophrenia, leveraging emerging technologies of in vitro brain organogenesis using chimeric brain organoids derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells. Here we show that the 22q11.2 microdeletion leads to transcriptional dysregulation in thalamic organoids that is enriched for psychiatric disease risk genes, including elevated expression of FOXP2, which represents the most significantly dysregulated transcription factor in glutamatergic neurons and astroctyes. In a co-culture model fusing thalamic and cortical organoids, we demonstrate that the 22q11.2 deletion mediates an overgrowth of thalamic axons via overexpression of FOXP2, which then subsequently mediates the overgrowth of reciprocal corticothalamic axons. Dysregulation of FOXP2 leads to downregulation of ROBO2, an axon repulsive receptor important for thalamocortical axon pathfinding, and knockdown of ROBO2 in control organoids phenocopies excessive outgrowth of thalamic axons. Together, our study suggests that early steps in thalamocortical pathway development may be dysregulated in a model of genetic risk for schizophrenia, and contribute to neural phenotypes in 22q11.2 microdeletion syndrome.
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Project description:The 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11.2DS) is the most common copy number variant (CNV)-associated syndrome, leading to congenital and neuropsychiatric anomalies. Patient-derived, induced pluripotent stem cell (iPS) models have provided important insight into the mechanisms of phenotypic features of this condition. However, patient-derived iPSC models may harbor underlying genetic heterogeneity that can confound analysis of pathogenic CNV effects. Furthermore, the ~1.5 Mb “A-B” deletion at this locus is inherited at higher frequency than the more common ~2.7 Mb “A-D” deletion, but remains under-studied due to lack of relevant models. To address these issues, here we leveraged a CRISPR-based strategy in Cas9-expressing iPS cells to engineer novel isogenic models of the 22q11.2 “A-B” deletion. After in vitro differentiation to excitatory neurons, integrated transcriptomic and cell surface proteomics identified deletion-associated alterations in surface adhesion markers. Furthermore, implantation of iPS-derived neuronal progenitor cells into the cortex of neonatal mice found decreased proliferation and accelerated neuronal maturation within a relevant microenvironment. Taken together, our results suggest potential pathogenic mechanisms of the 22q11.2 “A-B” deletion in driving neuronal and neurodevelopmental phenotypes. We further propose that the isogenic models generated here will provide a unique resource to study this less-common variant of the 22q11.2 microdeletion syndrome.
2023-05-11 | PXD032075 | Pride
Project description:Among the fundamental unresolved questions in psychiatry is why symptoms of psychosis, such as auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia, fail to appear until early adulthood. Here we report that in mouse models of 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11DS), a leading genetic cause of schizophrenia, synaptic transmission at thalamocortical inputs to the auditory cortex becomes disrupted later in life, thereby recapitulating the adult onset of psychosis. Age-dependent disruption of thalamocortical synaptic transmission in 22q11DS is mediated by dopamine receptor Drd2-targeting microRNA miR-338-3p, which is enriched in the thalamus but becomes depleted due to haploinsufficiency of the microRNA-processing 22q11DS gene Dgcr8. Deletion/knockdown of miR-338-3p causes the Drd2 increase in the auditory thalamus and abnormal sensitivity of 22q11DS thalamocortical inputs to antipsychotics, replicates auditory synaptic and behavioral abnormalities in 22q11DS, and eliminates age dependence of these auditory deficits. These results suggest that miR-338-3p mediates the pathogenic mechanism of 22q11DS-related psychosis and controls its late onset.
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Project description:The 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11.2DS) is the most common copy number variant (CNV)-associated syndrome, leading to congenital, cognitive, and neuropsychiatric anomalies in patients. The clinical presentation of the disease phenotypes is variable, posing significant challenges for prognosis of inheritance risk and clinical outcomes for the CNV carriers. ~85% of patients and almost all available human-centered models of this condition reflect the ~2.7 Mb “A-D” deletion at this locus. Leveraging a CRISPR/Cas9-based engineering strategy and induced pluripotent stems cells, we generated novel isogenic models for the smaller, commonly inherited 1.5 Mb “A-B” deletion found in ~5-10% of 22q11.2DS patients. The bulk RNA-seq data included here reflects paired-end 100 bp sequencing of iPSC-derived neuronal progenitor cells and excitatory neurons. These data reflect three independent clones either carrying the designed 22q11.2 deletion or control comparators (2 clones nucleofected with same sgRNA but with no deletion generated; 1 clone derived from the parental Cas9-expressing iPSC line). We anticipate that these novel, isogenic models will carry significant utility for the study of 22q11.2 deletion syndrome.
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2023-08-11 | GSE230430 | GEO
Project description:Recurrent deletions at the 22q11.2 locus have been established as a strong genetic risk factor for the development of schizophrenia and cognitive dysfunction. Individuals with 22q11.2 deletions have a range of well-defined volumetric abnormalities in a number of critical brain structures. A mouse model of the 22q11.2 deletion (Df(16)A(+/-)) has previously been utilized to characterize disease-associated abnormalities on synaptic, cellular, neurocircuitry, and behavioral levels. We performed a high-resolution MRI analysis of mutant mice compared with wild-type littermates. Our analysis revealed a striking similarity in the specific volumetric changes of Df(16)A(+/-) mice compared with human 22q11.2 deletion carriers, including in cortico-cerebellar, cortico-striatal and cortico-limbic circuits. In addition, higher resolution magnetic resonance imaging compared with neuroimaging in human subjects allowed the detection of previously unknown subtle local differences. The cerebellar findings in Df(16)A(+/-) mice are particularly instructive as they are localized to specific areas within both the deep cerebellar nuclei and the cerebellar cortex. Our study indicates that the Df(16)A(+/-)mouse model recapitulates most of the hallmark neuroanatomical changes observed in 22q11.2 deletion carriers. Our findings will help guide the design and interpretation of additional complementary studies and thereby advance our understanding of the abnormal brain development underlying the emergence of 22q11.2 deletion-associated psychiatric and cognitive symptoms.
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Project description:22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11DS) is a common cause of developmental neuropsychiatric disorders, including psychosis, autism and epilepsy. This highly penetrant genetic syndrome provides a unique opportunity to mitigate the challenges raised by the heterogeneity of complex mental disorders and to identify specific neuronal phenotypes. Here, we generated induced pluripotent stem cells from subjects carrying a 3 Mb deletion at the 22q11.2 locus and from controls and differentiated these cells in vitro into three-dimensional organoid resembling the developing cerebral cortex. We performed single-cell RNA-sequencing to establish the reliability and reproducibility of cortical organoid differentiation in 22q11DS.
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Project description:Df16(A)+/- mice line is a model of human 22q11 microdeletion syndrome. We conducted an unbiased evaluation of the transcriptional difference in the prefrontal cortex between mutant and wild type animals at exon level. These mice were generated by chromosomal engineering and carry a microdeltion of ~1.3Mb in the mouse locus syntenic to the human 22q11.1 The reasoning behind this expression profiling is that consistent alterations in transcriptional programs reflect either downstream (immediate or remote) effects of the deficiency or reactive (compensatory) changes, and can thus point to affected biological processes and molecular functions. Df(16)A+/- mice line is a model of human 22q11 microdeletion syndrome.
2013-10-21 | GSE45935 | GEO
Project description:Df16(A)+/- mice line is a model of human 22q11 microdeletion syndrome. We conducted an unbiased evaluation of the transcriptional difference in the prefrontal cortex between mutant and wild type animals at exon level. These mice were generated by chromosomal engineering and carry a microdeltion of ~1.3Mb in the mouse locus syntenic to the human 22q11.1 The reasoning behind this expression profiling is that consistent alterations in transcriptional programs reflect either downstream (immediate or remote) effects of the deficiency or reactive (compensatory) changes, and can thus point to affected biological processes and molecular functions. Df(16)A+/- mice line is a model of human 22q11 microdeletion syndrome. Adult mutant mice and their wild type littermate were selected. Prefrontal cortex tissues were dissected, total RNA were extracted, processed and hybridized on Affymetrix microarrays. We sought to obtain difference of expression profiles between mutant and wild mice at exon level.
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