Nature Communications (Nov 2021)

Fat mass and obesity-associated protein regulates RNA methylation associated with depression-like behavior in mice

  • Shu Liu,
  • Jianbo Xiu,
  • Caiyun Zhu,
  • Kexin Meng,
  • Chen Li,
  • Rongrong Han,
  • Tingfu Du,
  • Lanlan Li,
  • Lingdan Xu,
  • Renjie Liu,
  • Wanwan Zhu,
  • Yan Shen,
  • Qi Xu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27044-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Post-transcriptional modification of RNA can contribute to regulating behavior. Here, the authors show that modulating the expression of Fto results in epitranscriptomic changes in the mouse hippocampus associated with depression-like behavior.