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Mice carrying a human GLUD2 gene recapitulate aspects of human transcriptome and metabolome development
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- National Academy of Sciences, 2016.
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Abstract
- Significance A novel version of the glutamate dehydrogenase gene, GLUD2 , evolved in the common ancestors of humans and apes. Based on sequence and expression pattern, GLUD2 has been suggested to play a role in glutamate metabolism in human and ape brains. We have generated transgenic mice carrying a human GLUD2 gene. Analysis of transcriptome and metabolome changes induced by GLUD2 in the cerebral cortex revealed no changes in glutamate concentration but instead changes to metabolic pathways centering on the TCA cycle during early postnatal development. These changes mirrored differences seen between human and macaque during cortex development, suggesting that GLUD2 may play a role during brain development in apes and humans, possibly by providing precursors for the biosynthesis of lipids.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
Male
Citric Acid Cycle
GLUD2
Glutamic Acid
Mice, Transgenic
Biology
Q1
Transcriptome
QH301
03 medical and health sciences
Mice
Glutamate Dehydrogenase
Species Specificity
Lipid biosynthesis
Metabolome
Animals
Humans
skin and connective tissue diseases
Gene
Genetics
Multidisciplinary
Glutamate dehydrogenase
Glutamate receptor
Brain
Biological Sciences
Recombinant Proteins
Citric acid cycle
Mice, Inbred C57BL
030104 developmental biology
Receptors, Glutamate
sense organs
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00278424
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....1ab5bca0f52514e3f3152605682409e9