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| Status |
Public on Dec 22, 2016 |
| Title |
Impaired Amino Acid Transport at the Blood Brain Barrier Is a Cause of Autism Spectrum Disorder |
| Organism |
Mus musculus |
| Experiment type |
Expression profiling by high throughput sequencing
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| Summary |
Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are a group of genetic disorders often overlapping with other neurological conditions. We previously described abnormalities in the branched chain amino acid (BCAA) catabolic pathway as a cause of ASD. Here we show that the solute carrier transporter 7a5 (SLC7A5), a large neutral amino acid transporter localized at the blood brain barrier (BBB), has an essential role in maintaining normal levels of brain BCAAs. In mice, deletion of Slc7a5 from the endothelial cells of the BBB leads to decreased levels of brain BCAAs, abnormal mRNA translation and severe neurological abnormalities. Furthermore, we identified several patients with autistic traits and motor delay carrying deleterious homozygous mutations in the SLC7A5 gene. Finally, we demonstrate that BCAA intracerebroventricular administration ameliorates abnormal behaviors in adult mutant mice. Our data elucidate a neurological syndrome defined by SLC7A5 mutations and support an essential role for the BCAA in human brain function.
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| Overall design |
RNA-sequencing of cerebellum from 3 wildtype mice and 3 Slc7a5 KO mice
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| Contributor(s) |
Tarlungeanu DC, Dotter CP, Novarino G |
| Citation(s) |
27912058 |
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| Submission date |
Oct 11, 2016 |
| Last update date |
May 15, 2019 |
| Contact name |
Christoph P Dotter |
| E-mail(s) |
christoph.dotter@ist.ac.at
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| Organization name |
IST Austria
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| Lab |
Gaia Novarino
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| Street address |
Am Campus 1
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| City |
Klosterneuburg |
| ZIP/Postal code |
3400 |
| Country |
Austria |
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| Platforms (1) |
| GPL17021 |
Illumina HiSeq 2500 (Mus musculus) |
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| Samples (6)
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| Relations |
| BioProject |
PRJNA347654 |
| SRA |
SRP091374 |
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