Cruz-Gamero Jose M, Ballardin Demetra, Lecis Barbara, Zhang Chun-Lei, Cobret Laetitia, Gast Alexander, Morisset-Lopez Severine, Piskorowski Rebecca, Langui Dominique, Jose Joachim, Chevreux Guillaume, Rebholz Heike
Université Paris Cité, Institute of Psychiatry and Neuroscience of Paris (IPNP), INSERM U1266, Laboratory of Signaling mechanisms in neurological disorders, 75014, Paris, France.
GHU-Paris Psychiatrie et Neurosciences, Hôpital Sainte Anne, F-75014, Paris, France.
Mol Psychiatry. 2025 Apr;30(4):1497-1509. doi: 10.1038/s41380-024-02762-8. Epub 2024 Oct 4.
Exome sequencing has enabled the identification of causative genes of monogenic forms of autism, amongst them, in 2016, CSNK2A1, the gene encoding the catalytic subunit of the kinase CK2, linking this kinase to Okur-Chung Neurodevelopmental Syndrome (OCNDS), a newly described neurodevelopmental condition with many symptoms resembling those of autism spectrum disorder. Thus far, no preclinical model of this condition exists. Here we describe a knock-in mouse model that harbors the K198R mutation in the activation segment of the α subunit of CK2. This region is a mutational hotspot, representing one-third of patients. These mice exhibit behavioral phenotypes that mirror patient symptoms. Homozygous knock-in mice die mid-gestation while heterozygous knock-in mice are born at half of the expected mendelian ratio and are smaller in weight and size than wildtype littermates. Heterozygous knock-in mice showed alterations in cognition and memory-assessing paradigms, enhanced stereotypies, altered circadian activity patterns, and nesting behavior. Phosphoproteome analysis from brain tissue revealed alterations in the phosphorylation status of major pre- and postsynaptic proteins of heterozygous knock-in mice. In congruence, we detect reduced synaptic maturation in hippocampal neurons and attenuated long-term potentiation in the hippocampus of knock-in mice. Taken together, heterozygous knock-in mice (CK2α) exhibit significant face validity, presenting ASD-relevant phenotypes, synaptic deficits, and alterations in synaptic plasticity, all of which strongly validate this line as a mouse model of OCNDS.
外显子组测序已能够鉴定出单基因形式自闭症的致病基因,其中在2016年发现了CSNK2A1,该基因编码激酶CK2的催化亚基,将这种激酶与奥库尔-钟神经发育综合征(OCNDS)联系起来,OCNDS是一种新描述的神经发育疾病,有许多症状与自闭症谱系障碍相似。到目前为止,还不存在这种疾病的临床前模型。在此,我们描述了一种敲入小鼠模型,该模型在CK2的α亚基激活片段中携带K198R突变。该区域是一个突变热点,三分之一的患者存在该区域突变。这些小鼠表现出与患者症状相似的行为表型。纯合敲入小鼠在妊娠中期死亡,而杂合敲入小鼠出生时的孟德尔比率仅为预期的一半,体重和体型比野生型同窝小鼠小。杂合敲入小鼠在认知和记忆评估范式上出现改变,刻板行为增强,昼夜活动模式改变,筑巢行为也发生变化。对脑组织进行的磷酸化蛋白质组分析显示,杂合敲入小鼠主要突触前和突触后蛋白的磷酸化状态发生改变。与此一致的是,我们在敲入小鼠的海马神经元中检测到突触成熟度降低,海马体中的长时程增强减弱。综上所述,杂合敲入小鼠(CK2α)具有显著的表面效度,呈现出与自闭症谱系障碍相关的表型、突触缺陷以及突触可塑性改变,所有这些都有力地验证了该品系作为OCNDS小鼠模型的有效性。
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