TY - JOUR
T1 - Metformin ameliorates core deficits in a mouse model of fragile X syndrome
AU - Gantois, Ilse
AU - Khoutorsky, Arkady
AU - Popic, Jelena
AU - Aguilar-Valles, Argel
AU - Freemantle, Erika
AU - Cao, Ruifeng
AU - Sharma, Vijendra
AU - Pooters, Tine
AU - Nagpal, Anmol
AU - Skalecka, Agnieszka
AU - Truong, Vinh T.
AU - Wiebe, Shane
AU - Groves, Isabelle A.
AU - Jafarnejad, Seyed Mehdi
AU - Chapat, Clément
AU - McCullagh, Elizabeth A.
AU - Gamache, Karine
AU - Nader, Karim
AU - Lacaille, Jean Claude
AU - Gkogkas, Christos G.
AU - Sonenberg, Nahum
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2017/6/1
Y1 - 2017/6/1
N2 - Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is the leading monogenic cause of autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Trinucleotide repeat expansions in FMR1 abolish FMRP expression, leading to hyperactivation of ERK and mTOR signaling upstream of mRNA translation. Here we show that metformin, the most widely used drug for type 2 diabetes, rescues core phenotypes in Fmr1-/y mice and selectively normalizes ERK signaling, eIF4E phosphorylation and the expression of MMP-9. Thus, metformin is a potential FXS therapeutic.
AB - Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is the leading monogenic cause of autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Trinucleotide repeat expansions in FMR1 abolish FMRP expression, leading to hyperactivation of ERK and mTOR signaling upstream of mRNA translation. Here we show that metformin, the most widely used drug for type 2 diabetes, rescues core phenotypes in Fmr1-/y mice and selectively normalizes ERK signaling, eIF4E phosphorylation and the expression of MMP-9. Thus, metformin is a potential FXS therapeutic.
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U2 - 10.1038/nm.4335
DO - 10.1038/nm.4335
M3 - Article
C2 - 28504725
AN - SCOPUS:85020311542
SN - 1078-8956
VL - 23
SP - 674
EP - 677
JO - Nature Medicine
JF - Nature Medicine
IS - 6
ER -