Zhu Xiyu, Gomes Felipe V, Grace Anthony A
Departments of Neuroscience, Psychiatry and Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
J Neurochem. 2017 Nov;143(3):264-267. doi: 10.1111/jnc.14133. Epub 2017 Sep 5.
This Editorial highlights an article by Gulchina and colleagues in the current issue of the Journal of Neurochemistry, in which the authors describe molecular and epigenetic changes in the developing prefrontal cortex of the rats exposed to methylazoxymethanol acetate (MAM). They found an NMDAR hypofunction present in the prefrontal cortex of juvenile MAM rats which was associated with abnormal epigenetic regulation of the Grin2b gene. These changes may be related to early cognitive impairments observed in MAM rats and schizophrenia patients.
本社论重点介绍了古尔奇娜及其同事在本期《神经化学杂志》上发表的一篇文章,作者在文中描述了暴露于乙酸甲基偶氮甲醇(MAM)的大鼠发育中的前额叶皮质的分子和表观遗传变化。他们发现幼年MAM大鼠的前额叶皮质存在NMDAR功能减退,这与Grin2b基因的异常表观遗传调控有关。这些变化可能与在MAM大鼠和精神分裂症患者中观察到的早期认知障碍有关。