GlyT2-Dependent Preservation of MECP2-Expression in Inhibitory Neurons Improves Early Respiratory Symptoms but Does Not Rescue Survival in a Mouse Model of Rett Syndrome.
Mutations in methyl-CpG-binding protein 2 (MECP2) gene have been shown to manifest in a neurodevelopmental disorder that is called Rett syndrome. A typical problem that occurs during development is a disturbance of breathing. To address the role of inhibitory neurons, we generated a mouse line that restores MECP2 in inhibitory neurons in the brainstem by crossbreeding a mouse line that expresses the Cre-recombinase (Cre) in inhibitory neurons under the control of the glycine transporter 2 (GlyT2, slc6a5) promotor (GlyT2-Cre) with a mouse line that has a floxed-stop mutation of the Mecp2 gene (Mecp2 (stop/y)). Unrestrained whole-body-plethysmography at postnatal day P60 revealed a low respiratory rate and prolonged respiratory pauses in Mecp2 (stop/y) mice. In contrast, GlyT2-Cre positive Mecp2 (stop/y) mice (Cre(+) ; Mecp2 (stop/y)) showed greatly improved respiration and were indistinguishable from wild type littermates. These data support the concept that alterations in inhibitory neurons are important for the development of the respiratory phenotype in Rett syndrome.
Clinic for Anesthesiology, University Medical CenterGöttingen, Germany; Center for Nanoscale Microscopy and Molecular Physiology of the BrainGöttingen, Germany.
Swen
S
Hülsmann
Clinic for Anesthesiology, University Medical CenterGöttingen, Germany; Center for Nanoscale Microscopy and Molecular Physiology of the BrainGöttingen, Germany.
Guillaume
G
Mesuret
Clinic for Anesthesiology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Germany.
Julia
J
Dannenberg
Clinic for Anesthesiology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Germany.
Mauricio
M
Arnoldt
Center for Nanoscale Microscopy and Molecular Physiology of the BrainGöttingen, Germany; Institute of Neuro- and Sensory Physiology, University Medical Center GöttingenGöttingen, Germany.
Marcus
M
Niebert
autism spectrum; inhibition; neurodevelopmental disorders
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