New gene discoveries highlight functional convergence in autism and related neurodevelopmental disorders

M Moyses-Oliveira, R Yadav, S Erdin… - Current Opinion in …, 2020 - Elsevier
Highlights•Exome sequencing on unprecedented scale has identified 400 genes associated
with ASD and NDD.•Functional networks disrupted in NDD converge on distinct …

Immediate and deferred epigenomic signatures of in vivo neuronal activation in mouse hippocampus

J Fernandez-Albert, M Lipinski… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Activity-driven transcription plays an important role in many brain processes, including those
underlying memory and epilepsy. Here we combine genetic tagging of nuclei and ribosomes …

CBP/p300 in brain development and plasticity: disentangling the KAT's cradle

M Lipinski, B Del Blanco, A Barco - Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 2019 - Elsevier
Highlights•CBP and p300 (KAT3s) interact with dozens of TFs and acetylate hundreds of
substrates.•KAT3s have both unique and overlapping functions during neural …

Dysregulation of histone acetylation pathways in hippocampus and frontal cortex of Alzheimer's disease patients

E Schueller, I Paiva, F Blanc, XL Wang… - European …, 2020 - Elsevier
Memory impairment is the main feature of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Initial impairments
originate in the temporal lobe area and propagate throughout the brain in a sequential …

KAT3-dependent acetylation of cell type-specific genes maintains neuronal identity in the adult mouse brain

M Lipinski, R Muñoz-Viana, B Del Blanco… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The lysine acetyltransferases type 3 (KAT3) family members CBP and p300 are important
transcriptional co-activators, but their specific functions in adult post-mitotic neurons remain …

Kdm1a safeguards the topological boundaries of PRC2-repressed genes and prevents aging-related euchromatinization in neurons

B Del Blanco, S Niñerola, AM Martín-González… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Kdm1a is a histone demethylase linked to intellectual disability with essential roles during
gastrulation and the terminal differentiation of specialized cell types, including neurons, that …

[HTML][HTML] CBP is required for establishing adaptive gene programs in the adult mouse brain

M Lipinski, S Niñerola, M Fuentes-Ramos… - Journal of …, 2022 - Soc Neuroscience
Environmental factors and life experiences impinge on brain circuits triggering adaptive
changes. Epigenetic regulators contribute to this neuroadaptation by enhancing or …

An enriched environment improves maternal sleep deprivation‐induced cognitive deficits and synaptic plasticity via hippocampal histone acetylation

YM Zhang, RM Wei, MZ Ni, QT Wu, Y Li… - Brain and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Growing evidence clearly demonstrates that maternal rodents exposure to sleep
deprivation (SD) during late pregnancy impairs learning and memory in their offspring …

SRF in neurochemistry: overview of recent advances in research on the nervous system

A Tabuchi, D Ihara - Neurochemical Research, 2022 - Springer
Serum response factor (SRF) is a representative transcription factor that plays crucial roles
in various biological phenomena by regulating immediate early genes (IEGs) and genes …

Transcriptome analysis of iPSC-derived neurons from Rubinstein-Taybi patients reveals deficits in neuronal differentiation

L Calzari, M Barcella, V Alari, D Braga… - Molecular …, 2020 - Springer
Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome (RSTS) is a rare multisystem developmental disorder with
moderate to severe intellectual disability caused by heterozygous mutations of either …