Altered functional brain network connectivity and glutamate system function in transgenic mice expressing truncated Disrupted-in-Schizophrenia 1

Dawson, Neil and Kurihara, Mai and Thomson, D. M. and Winchester, C. L. and McVie, A. and Hedde, J. R. and Randall, A. D. and Shen, Sanbing and Seymour, P. A. and Hughes, Z. A. and Dunlop, John and Brown, J. T. and Brandon, N. J. and Morris, B. J. and Pratt, Judith A. (2015) Altered functional brain network connectivity and glutamate system function in transgenic mice expressing truncated Disrupted-in-Schizophrenia 1. Translational Psychiatry, 5.

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Abstract

Considerable evidence implicates DISC1 as a susceptibility gene for multiple psychiatric diseases. DISC1 has been intensively studied at the molecular, cellular and behavioral level, but its role in regulating brain connectivity and brain network function remains unknown. Here, we utilize a set of complementary approaches to assess the functional brain network abnormalities present in mice expressing a truncated Disc1 gene (Disc1tr Hemi mice). Disc1tr Hemi mice exhibited hypometabolism in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) and reticular thalamus along with a reorganization of functional brain network connectivity that included compromised hippocampal-PFC connectivity. Altered hippocampal-PFC connectivity in Disc1tr Hemi mice was confirmed by electrophysiological analysis, with Disc1tr Hemi mice showing a reduced probability of presynaptic neurotransmitter release in the monosynaptic glutamatergic hippocampal CA1-PFC projection. Glutamate system dysfunction in Disc1tr Hemi mice was further supported by the attenuated cerebral metabolic response to the NMDA receptor (NMDAR) antagonist ketamine and decreased hippocampal expression of NMDAR subunits 2A and 2B in these animals. These data show that the Disc1 truncation in Disc1tr Hemi mice induces a range of translationally relevant endophenotypes underpinned by glutamate system dysfunction and altered brain connectivity.

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Translational Psychiatry
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/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2800/2803
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?? CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR NEUROSCIENCEPSYCHIATRY AND MENTAL HEALTHBIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY ??
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18 Jun 2015 05:58
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