Publication
Title
MIR137 variants identified in psychiatric patients affect synaptogenesis and neuronal transmission gene sets
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Abstract
Sequence analysis of 13 microRNA (miRNA) genes expressed in the human brain and located in genomic regions associated with schizophrenia and/or bipolar disorder, in a northern Swedish patient/control population, resulted in the discovery of two functional variants in the MIR137 gene. On the basis of their location and the allele frequency differences between patients and controls, we explored the hypothesis that the discovered variants impact the expression of the mature miRNA and consequently influence global mRNA expression affecting normal brain functioning. Using neuronal-like SH-SY5Y cells, we demonstrated significantly reduced mature miR-137 levels in the cells expressing the variant miRNA gene. Subsequent transcriptome analysis showed that the reduction in miR-137 expression led to the deregulation of gene sets involved in synaptogenesis and neuronal transmission, all implicated in psychiatric disorders. Our functional findings add to the growing data, which implicate that miR-137 has an important role in the etiology of psychiatric disorders and emphasizes its involvement in nervous system development and proper synaptic function.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Molecular psychiatry. - London
Publication
London : 2015
ISSN
1359-4184
DOI
10.1038/MP.2014.53
Volume/pages
20 :4 (2015) , p. 472-481
ISI
000351780800008
Pubmed ID
24888363
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Creation 31.10.2014
Last edited 09.10.2023
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