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ISCIENCE
Volume 23, Issue 6, Pages -Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2020.101183
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- MEXT [16H06528, 18H02538, 16K07021, 16H06524, 16H06531]
- SRPBS from AMED [JP19dm0107085]
- Naito Foundation, Japan
- Takeda Foundation, Japan
- Uehara Memorial Foundation, Japan
- Suzuken Memorial Foundation, Japan
- Princess Takamatsu Cancer Research Fund, Japan
- Intramural Research Grant [30-9, 1-4]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [16H06531, 16H06528, 16K07021, 16H06524, 18H02538] Funding Source: KAKEN
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Impairments in synapse development are thought to cause numerous psychiatric disorders. Autism susceptibility candidate 2 (AUTS2) gene has been associated with various psychiatric disorders, such as autism and intellectual disabilities. Although roles for AUTS2 in neuronal migration and neuritogenesis have been reported, its involvement in synapse regulation remains unclear. In this study, we found that excitatory synapses were specifically increased in the Auts2-deficient primary cultured neurons as well as Auts2 mutant forebrains. Electrophysiological recordings and immunostaining showed increases in excitatory synaptic in puts as well as c-fos expression in Auts2 mutant brains, suggesting that an altered balance of excitatory and inhibitory inputs enhances brain excitability. Auts2 mutant mice exhibited autistic-like behaviors including impairments in social interaction and altered vocal communication. Together, these findings suggest that AUTS2 regulates excitatory synapse number to coordinate E/I balance in the brain, whose impairment may underlie the pathology of psychiatric disorders in individuals with AUTS2 mutations.
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