Communications Biology (Mar 2023)

Sustained overexpression of spliced X-box-binding protein-1 in neurons leads to spontaneous seizures and sudden death in mice

  • Zhuoran Wang,
  • Qiang Li,
  • Brad J. Kolls,
  • Brian Mace,
  • Shu Yu,
  • Xuan Li,
  • Wei Liu,
  • Eduardo Chaparro,
  • Yuntian Shen,
  • Lihong Dang,
  • Ángela del Águila,
  • Joshua D. Bernstock,
  • Kory R. Johnson,
  • Junjie Yao,
  • William C. Wetsel,
  • Scott D. Moore,
  • Dennis A. Turner,
  • Wei Yang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-04594-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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XBP1s is a key effector of the unfolded protein response. Neuron-specific overexpression of Xbp1s in the brain leads to impaired GABAergic signaling and recurrent spontaneous seizures in mice.