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Loss of histone methyltransferase ASH1L in the developing mouse brain causes autistic-like behaviors

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COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY
卷 4, 期 1, 页码 -

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NATURE RESEARCH
DOI: 10.1038/s42003-021-02282-z

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  1. National Institutes of Health [R01GM127431]

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The study shows that loss of ASH1L gene in developing mouse brain can cause multiple developmental defects, core autistic-like behaviors, and impaired cognitive memory. Gene expression analyses uncover critical roles of ASH1L in regulating gene expression during neural cell development.
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disease associated with various gene mutations. Recent genetic and clinical studies report that mutations of the epigenetic gene ASH1L are highly associated with human ASD and intellectual disability (ID). However, the causality and underlying molecular mechanisms linking ASH1L mutations to genesis of ASD/ID remain undetermined. Here we show loss of ASH1L in the developing mouse brain is sufficient to cause multiple developmental defects, core autistic-like behaviors, and impaired cognitive memory. Gene expression analyses uncover critical roles of ASH1L in regulating gene expression during neural cell development. Thus, our study establishes an ASD/ID mouse model revealing the critical function of an epigenetic factor ASH1L in normal brain development, a causality between Ash1L mutations and ASD/ID-like behaviors in mice, and potential molecular mechanisms linking Ash1L mutations to brain functional abnormalities. Yuen Gao et al. characterize deficits in brain morphology, behavior, and gene expression following genetic ablation of the histone methyltransferase, ASH1L, during brain development in mice. Their results provide new insight into links between ASH1L activity and neurodevelopmental disorders.

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