Language
English
Publication Date
10-1-2023
Journal
PLoS Genetics
DOI
10.1371/journal.pgen.1010952
PMID
37782669
PMCID
PMC10569524
PubMedCentral® Posted Date
10-2-2023
PubMedCentral® Full Text Version
Post-print
Abstract
Heterozygous de novo loss-of-function mutations in the gene expression regulator HNRNPU cause an early-onset developmental and epileptic encephalopathy. To gain insight into pathological mechanisms and lay the potential groundwork for developing targeted therapies, we characterized the neurophysiologic and cell-type-specific transcriptomic consequences of a mouse model of HNRNPU haploinsufficiency. Heterozygous mutants demonstrated global developmental delay, impaired ultrasonic vocalizations, cognitive dysfunction and increased seizure susceptibility, thus modeling aspects of the human disease. Single-cell RNA-sequencing of hippocampal and neocortical cells revealed widespread, yet modest, dysregulation of gene expression across mutant neuronal subtypes. We observed an increased burden of differentially-expressed genes in mutant excitatory neurons of the subiculum-a region of the hippocampus implicated in temporal lobe epilepsy. Evaluation of transcriptomic signature reversal as a therapeutic strategy highlights the potential importance of generating cell-type-specific signatures. Overall, this work provides insight into HNRNPU-mediated disease mechanisms and provides a framework for using single-cell RNA-sequencing to study transcriptional regulators implicated in disease.
Keywords
Animals, Humans, Mice, Haploinsufficiency, Heterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoproteins, Neurons, RNA, Seizures, Transcriptome
Published Open-Access
yes
Recommended Citation
Dugger, Sarah A; Dhindsa, Ryan S; Sampaio, Gabriela De Almeida; et al., "Neurodevelopmental Deficits and Cell-Type-Specific Transcriptomic Perturbations in a Mouse Model of HNRNPU Haploinsufficiency" (2023). Faculty and Staff Publications. 2362.
https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/baylor_docs/2362
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