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ELIFE
卷 10, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
eLIFE SCIENCES PUBL LTD
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.64833
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- National Institutes of Health [R01NS057819, F30HD09787, R01MH093727, R01NS112917, RF1MH114269, F31NS103427, 5U54HD083092]
Rett syndrome, caused by mutations in MECP2, results in motor dysfunction. Deleting Mecp2 from the cerebellum delays motor learning and leads to irregular firing rates of Purkinje cells and altered chromatin structure. This suggests that cerebellar dysfunction contributes to the motor deficits in Rett syndrome.
Rett syndrome is a devastating childhood neurological disorder caused by mutations in MECP2. Of the many symptoms, motor deterioration is a significant problem for patients. In mice, deleting Mecp2 from the cortex or basal ganglia causes motor dysfunction, hypoactivity, and tremor, which are abnormalities observed in patients. Little is known about the function of Mecp2 in the cerebellum, a brain region critical for motor function. Here we show that deleting Mecp2 from the cerebellum, but not from its neuronal subtypes, causes a delay in motor learning that is overcome by additional training. We observed irregular firing rates of Purkinje cells and altered heterochromatin architecture within the cerebellum of knockout mice. These findings demonstrate that the motor deficits present in Rett syndrome arise, in part, from cerebellar dysfunction. For Rett syndrome and other neurodevelopmental disorders, our results highlight the importance of understanding which brain regions contribute to disease phenotypes.
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