Nature Communications (Oct 2022)

Rescue of deficits by Brwd1 copy number restoration in the Ts65Dn mouse model of Down syndrome

  • Sasha L. Fulton,
  • Wendy Wenderski,
  • Ashley E. Lepack,
  • Andrew L. Eagle,
  • Tomas Fanutza,
  • Ryan M. Bastle,
  • Aarthi Ramakrishnan,
  • Emma C. Hays,
  • Arianna Neal,
  • Jaroslav Bendl,
  • Lorna A. Farrelly,
  • Amni Al-Kachak,
  • Yang Lyu,
  • Bulent Cetin,
  • Jennifer C. Chan,
  • Tina N. Tran,
  • Rachael L. Neve,
  • Randall J. Roper,
  • Kristen J. Brennand,
  • Panos Roussos,
  • John C. Schimenti,
  • Allyson K. Friedman,
  • Li Shen,
  • Robert D. Blitzer,
  • Alfred J. Robison,
  • Gerald R. Crabtree,
  • Ian Maze

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34200-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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The molecular mechanisms underlying deficits in Down syndrome remain unclear. Here, the authors show that copy number restoration of a chromatin remodeler in trisomic mice is sufficient to rescue epigenomic, physiological and cognitive deficits.