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Do Fragile X Syndrome and Other Intellectual Disorders Converge at Aberrant Pre-mRNA Splicing

Shah, Sneha
Richter, Joel D.
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Fragile X Syndrome is a neuro-developmental disorder caused by the silencing of the FMR1 gene, resulting in the loss of its protein product, FMRP. FMRP binds mRNA and represses general translation in the brain. Transcriptome analysis of the Fmr1-deficient mouse hippocampus reveals widespread dysregulation of alternative splicing of pre-mRNAs. Many of these aberrant splicing changes coincide with those found in post-mortem brain tissue from individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) as well as in mouse models of intellectual disability such as PTEN hamartoma syndrome (PHTS) and Rett Syndrome (RTT). These splicing changes could result from chromatin modifications (e.g., in FXS, RTT) and/or splicing factor alterations (e.g., PTEN, autism). Based on the identities of the RNAs that are mis-spliced in these disorders, it may be that they are at least partly responsible for some shared pathophysiological conditions. The convergence of splicing aberrations among these autism spectrum disorders might be crucial to understanding their underlying cognitive impairments.

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Shah S, Richter JD. Do Fragile X Syndrome and Other Intellectual Disorders Converge at Aberrant Pre-mRNA Splicing? Front Psychiatry. 2021 Sep 10;12:715346. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2021.715346. PMID: 34566717; PMCID: PMC8460907. Link to article on publisher's site

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10.3389/fpsyt.2021.715346
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