Department of Biotechnology
inStem (Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine)

Cortical neurons derived from human pluripotent stem cells lacking FMRP display altered spontaneous firing patterns.

Publication Type

Journal Article

Date of Publication

June 19, 2020

Journal

Molecular autism

Volume/Issue

11/1

ISSN

2040-2392

Fragile X syndrome (FXS), a neurodevelopmental disorder, is a leading monogenetic cause of intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorder. Notwithstanding the extensive studies using rodent and other pre-clinical models of FXS, which have provided detailed mechanistic insights into the pathophysiology of this disorder, it is only relatively recently that human stem cell-derived neurons have been employed as a model system to further our understanding of the pathophysiological events that may underlie FXS. Our study assesses the physiological properties of human pluripotent stem cell-derived cortical neurons lacking fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP).

Alternate Journal

Mol Autism

PubMed ID

32560741

PubMed Central ID

PMC7304215

Authors

Shreya Das Sharma
Rakhi Pal
Bharath Kumar Reddy
Bhuvaneish T Selvaraj
Nisha Raj
Krishna Kumar Samaga
Durga J Srinivasan
Loren Ornelas
Dhruv Sareen
Matthew R Livesey
Gary J Bassell
Clive N Svendsen
Peter C Kind
Siddharthan Chandran
Sumantra Chattarji
David J A Wyllie

Keywords

Adolescent
Animals
Young Adult
Cell Differentiation
Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein
Action Potentials
Mice
Cerebral Cortex
Male
Child, Preschool
Humans
Indoles
Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
Riluzole
Neurons
Sodium Channels
Veratridine