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Hippocampal Transcriptomic and Proteomic Alterations in the BTBR Mouse Model of Autism Spectrum Disorder.

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Daimon, CM; Jasien, JM; Wood, WH; Zhang, Y; Becker, KG; Silverman, JL; Crawley, JN; Martin, B; Maudsley, S
Published in: Front Physiol
2015

Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are complex heterogeneous neurodevelopmental disorders of an unclear etiology, and no cure currently exists. Prior studies have demonstrated that the black and tan, brachyury (BTBR) T+ Itpr3tf/J mouse strain displays a behavioral phenotype with ASD-like features. BTBR T+ Itpr3tf/J mice (referred to simply as BTBR) display deficits in social functioning, lack of communication ability, and engagement in stereotyped behavior. Despite extensive behavioral phenotypic characterization, little is known about the genes and proteins responsible for the presentation of the ASD-like phenotype in the BTBR mouse model. In this study, we employed bioinformatics techniques to gain a wide-scale understanding of the transcriptomic and proteomic changes associated with the ASD-like phenotype in BTBR mice. We found a number of genes and proteins to be significantly altered in BTBR mice compared to C57BL/6J (B6) control mice controls such as BDNF, Shank3, and ERK1, which are highly relevant to prior investigations of ASD. Furthermore, we identified distinct functional pathways altered in BTBR mice compared to B6 controls that have been previously shown to be altered in both mouse models of ASD, some human clinical populations, and have been suggested as a possible etiological mechanism of ASD, including "axon guidance" and "regulation of actin cytoskeleton." In addition, our wide-scale bioinformatics approach also discovered several previously unidentified genes and proteins associated with the ASD phenotype in BTBR mice, such as Caskin1, suggesting that bioinformatics could be an avenue by which novel therapeutic targets for ASD are uncovered. As a result, we believe that informed use of synergistic bioinformatics applications represents an invaluable tool for elucidating the etiology of complex disorders like ASD.

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Front Physiol

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1664-042X

Publication Date

2015

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6

Start / End Page

324

Location

Switzerland

Related Subject Headings

  • 3208 Medical physiology
  • 3101 Biochemistry and cell biology
  • 1701 Psychology
  • 1116 Medical Physiology
  • 0606 Physiology
 

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Daimon, C. M., Jasien, J. M., Wood, W. H., Zhang, Y., Becker, K. G., Silverman, J. L., … Maudsley, S. (2015). Hippocampal Transcriptomic and Proteomic Alterations in the BTBR Mouse Model of Autism Spectrum Disorder. Front Physiol, 6, 324. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2015.00324
Daimon, Caitlin M., Joan M. Jasien, William H. Wood, Yongqing Zhang, Kevin G. Becker, Jill L. Silverman, Jacqueline N. Crawley, Bronwen Martin, and Stuart Maudsley. “Hippocampal Transcriptomic and Proteomic Alterations in the BTBR Mouse Model of Autism Spectrum Disorder.Front Physiol 6 (2015): 324. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2015.00324.
Daimon CM, Jasien JM, Wood WH, Zhang Y, Becker KG, Silverman JL, et al. Hippocampal Transcriptomic and Proteomic Alterations in the BTBR Mouse Model of Autism Spectrum Disorder. Front Physiol. 2015;6:324.
Daimon, Caitlin M., et al. “Hippocampal Transcriptomic and Proteomic Alterations in the BTBR Mouse Model of Autism Spectrum Disorder.Front Physiol, vol. 6, 2015, p. 324. Pubmed, doi:10.3389/fphys.2015.00324.
Daimon CM, Jasien JM, Wood WH, Zhang Y, Becker KG, Silverman JL, Crawley JN, Martin B, Maudsley S. Hippocampal Transcriptomic and Proteomic Alterations in the BTBR Mouse Model of Autism Spectrum Disorder. Front Physiol. 2015;6:324.

Published In

Front Physiol

DOI

ISSN

1664-042X

Publication Date

2015

Volume

6

Start / End Page

324

Location

Switzerland

Related Subject Headings

  • 3208 Medical physiology
  • 3101 Biochemistry and cell biology
  • 1701 Psychology
  • 1116 Medical Physiology
  • 0606 Physiology