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SELENBP1 overexpression in the prefrontal cortex underlies negative symptoms of schizophrenia

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NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2203711119

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SELENBP1; schizophrenia; social behavior; frontal cortex; Brodmann area 9

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  1. Chungnam National University [2017-0376-02]
  2. Korean government (Ministry of Science and ICT), the Republic of Korea [2020M3E5D9080734, 2020R1A2C2102134]
  3. NIH (NIGMS), Center for Psychiatric Neuroscience COBRE grant [P30 GM103328]
  4. Bio & Medical Technology Development Program of the National Research Foundation (NRF)
  5. National Research Foundation of Korea [2020M3E5D9080734, 2020R1A2C2102134] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)

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Previous studies have shown the upregulation of SELENBP1 in the prefrontal cortex of schizophrenia patients, but no causal connection has been established. This study provides evidence linking the upregulation of SELENBP1 with negative symptoms of schizophrenia in mice. The results suggest that increased SELENBP1 levels in the prefrontal cortex lead to social withdrawal and other negative behaviors associated with schizophrenia.
The selenium-binding protein 1 (SELENBP1) has been reported to be up-regulated in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) of schizophrenia patients in postmortem reports. However, no causative link between SELENBP1 and schizophrenia has yet been established. Here, we provide evidence linking the upregulation of SELENBP1 in the PFC of mice with the negative symptoms of schizophrenia. We verified the levels of SELENBP1 transcripts in postmortem PFC brain tissues from patients with schizophrenia and matched healthy controls. We also generated transgenic mice expressing human SELENBP1 (hSELENBP1 Tg) and examined their neuropathological features, intrinsic firing properties of PFC 2/3-layer pyramidal neurons, and frontal cortex (FC) electroencephalographic (EEG) responses to auditory stimuli. Schizophrenia-like behaviors in hSELENBP1 Tg mice and mice expressing Selenbp1 in the FC were assessed. SELENBP1 transcript levels were higher in the brains of patients with schizophrenia than in those of matched healthy controls. The hSELENBP1 Tg mice displayed negative endophenotype behaviors, including heterotopias- and ectopias-like anatomical deformities in upper-layer cortical neurons and social withdrawal, deficits in nesting, and anhedonia-like behavior. Additionally, hSELENBP1 Tg mice exhibited reduced excitabilities of PFC 2/3-layer pyramidal neurons and abnormalities in EEG biomarkers observed in schizophrenia. Furthermore, mice overexpressing Selenbp1 in FC showed deficits in sociability. These results suggest that upregulation of SELENBP1 in the PFC causes asociality, a negative symptom of schizophrenia.

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