Artículos
Título:
Dendritic spine pathologies in hippocampal pyramidal neurons from Rett syndrome brain and after expression of Rett-associated MECP2 mutations.
Autor/es:
CHAPLEAU CA, CALFA GD, LANE MC, ALBERTSON AJ, LARIMORE JL, KUDO S, ARMSTRONG DL, PERCY AK, POZZO-MILLER L.
Editorial:
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
Referencias:
Año: 2009 vol. 35 p. 219 - 219
Resumen:
ett syndrome (RTT) is an X chromosome-linked neurodevelopmental
disorder associated with the characteristic neuropathology of dendritic
spines common in diseases presenting with mental retardation (MR). Here,
we present the first quantitative analyses of dendritic spine density
in postmortem brain tissue from female RTT individuals, which revealed
that hippocampal CA1 pyramidal neurons have lower spine density than
age-matched non-MR female control individuals. The majority of RTT
individuals carry mutations in MECP2, the gene coding for a methylated
DNA-binding transcriptional regulator. While altered synaptic
transmission and plasticity has been demonstrated in Mecp2-deficient
mouse models of RTT, observations regarding dendritic spine density and
morphology have produced varied results. We investigated the
consequences of MeCP2 dysfunction on dendritic spine structure by
overexpressing ( approximately twofold) MeCP2-GFP constructs encoding
either the wil