Rho GTPases in intellectual disability: from genetics to therapeutic opportunities

V Zamboni, R Jones, A Umbach, A Ammoni… - International Journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Rho-class small GTPases are implicated in basic cellular processes at nearly all brain
developmental steps, from neurogenesis and migration to axon guidance and synaptic …

Rho GTPase regulators and effectors in autism spectrum disorders: animal models and insights for therapeutics

D Guo, X Yang, L Shi - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
The Rho family GTPases are small G proteins that act as molecular switches shuttling
between active and inactive forms. Rho GTPases are regulated by two classes of regulatory …

The gephyrin scaffold modulates cortical layer 2/3 pyramidal neuron responsiveness to single whisker stimulation

YC Tsai, M Hleihil, K Otomo, A Abegg, A Cavaccini… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Gephyrin is the main scaffolding protein at inhibitory postsynaptic sites, and its clusters are
the signaling hubs where several molecular pathways converge. Post-translational …

Identification of a core amino acid motif within the α subunit of GABAARs that promotes inhibitory synaptogenesis and resilience to seizures

AJ Nathanson, Y Zhang, JL Smalley, TA Ollerhead… - Cell reports, 2019 - cell.com
The fidelity of inhibitory neurotransmission is dependent on the accumulation of γ-
aminobutyric acid type A receptors (GABA A Rs) at the appropriate synaptic sites. Synaptic …

Trophic factor BDNF inhibits GABAergic signaling by facilitating dendritic enrichment of SUMO E3 ligase PIAS3 and altering gephyrin scaffold

ZS Thirouin, M Figueiredo, M Hleihil, R Gill… - Journal of Biological …, 2022 - ASBMB
Posttranslational addition of a small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO) moiety (SUMOylation)
has been implicated in pathologies such as brain ischemia, diabetic peripheral neuropathy …

Deep survey of GABAergic interneurons: emerging insights from gene-isoform transcriptomics

L Que, J Winterer, C Földy - Frontiers in molecular neuroscience, 2019 - frontiersin.org
GABAergic interneuron diversity is a key feature in the brain that helps to create different
brain activity patterns and behavioral states. Cell type classification schemes—based on …

Triptolide injection reduces Alzheimer's disease‐like pathology in mice

R Mao, S Xu, G Sun, Y Yu, Z Zuo, Y Wang, K Yang… - Synapse, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Triptolide is an epoxidized diterpene lactone isolated from Tripterygium wilfordii. Studies
have shown that triptolide exerts organ‐protective effects. However, it remains unknown …

[HTML][HTML] Genome-wide analysis reveals the functional and expressional correlation between RhoGAP and RhoGEF in mouse

Z Gai, J Zhao - Genomics, 2020 - Elsevier
Rho GTPases play essential roles in various life activities. Rho GTPase-activating protein
(RhoGAP) and Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor (RhoGEF) are the main regulators …

Mastication stimuli enhance the learning ability of weaning-stage rats, altering the hippocampal neuron transcriptome and micromorphology

A Yasuoka, T Nagai, S Lee, H Miyaguchi… - Frontiers in Behavioral …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Mastication stimuli are known to relieve senile dementia in human and animal studies.
However, few studies have focused on its effect on weaning-stage animals and the …

Cellular mechanisms contributing to the functional heterogeneity of GABAergic synapses

BFN Campbell, SK Tyagarajan - Frontiers in molecular neuroscience, 2019 - frontiersin.org
GABAergic inhibitory neurotransmission contributes to diverse aspects of brain development
and adult plasticity, including the expression of complex cognitive processes. This is …