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@ARTICLE{Grabrucker:164199,
author = {Grabrucker, Stefanie and Pagano, Jessica and Schweizer,
Johanna and Urrutia-Ruiz, Carolina and Schön, Michael and
Thome, Kevin and Ehret, Günter and Grabrucker, Andreas M
and Zhang, Rong and Hengerer, Bastian and Bockmann, Jürgen
and Verpelli, Chiara and Sala, Carlo and Böckers, Tobias},
title = {{A}ctivation of the medial preoptic area ({MPOA})
ameliorates loss of maternal behavior in a {S}hank2 mouse
model for autism.},
journal = {The EMBO journal},
volume = {40},
number = {5},
issn = {0261-4189},
address = {Hoboken, NJ [u.a.]},
publisher = {Wiley},
reportid = {DZNE-2022-00855},
pages = {e104267},
year = {2021},
abstract = {Impairments in social relationships and awareness are
features observed in autism spectrum disorders (ASDs).
However, the underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood.
Shank2 is a high-confidence ASD candidate gene and localizes
primarily to postsynaptic densities (PSDs) of excitatory
synapses in the central nervous system (CNS). We show here
that loss of Shank2 in mice leads to a lack of social
attachment and bonding behavior towards pubs independent of
hormonal, cognitive, or sensitive deficits. Shank2-/- mice
display functional changes in nuclei of the social
attachment circuit that were most prominent in the medial
preoptic area (MPOA) of the hypothalamus. Selective
enhancement of MPOA activity by DREADD technology
re-established social bonding behavior in Shank2-/- mice,
providing evidence that the identified circuit might be
crucial for explaining how social deficits in ASD can
arise.},
keywords = {Animals / Autistic Disorder: drug therapy / Autistic
Disorder: etiology / Autistic Disorder: metabolism /
Autistic Disorder: pathology / Disease Models, Animal /
Female / Interpersonal Relations / Male / Maternal Behavior:
drug effects / Mice / Mice, Inbred C57BL / Mice, Knockout /
Nerve Tissue Proteins: physiology / Piperazines:
pharmacology / Preoptic Area: drug effects / Preoptic Area:
metabolism / Preoptic Area: pathology / Synapses / SHANK3
(Other) / autism spectrum disorders (Other) / bonding
(Other) / social behavior (Other) / synapse (Other) / DREADD
agonist compound 21 (NLM Chemicals) / Nerve Tissue Proteins
(NLM Chemicals) / Piperazines (NLM Chemicals) / Shank2
protein, mouse (NLM Chemicals)},
cin = {AG Böckers},
ddc = {570},
cid = {I:(DE-2719)1910002},
pnm = {352 - Disease Mechanisms (POF4-352)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-352},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:33491217},
pmc = {pmc:PMC7917557},
doi = {10.15252/embj.2019104267},
url = {https://pub.dzne.de/record/164199},
}