Harold F Gómez1,2, Leonie Hodel1, Odyssé Michos1,2, Dagmar Iber3,4. 1. Department of Biosystems, Science and Engineering (D-BSSE), ETH Zurich, Mattenstraße 26, 4058, Basel, Switzerland. 2. Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (SIB), Mattenstraße 26, 4058, Basel, Switzerland. 3. Department of Biosystems, Science and Engineering (D-BSSE), ETH Zurich, Mattenstraße 26, 4058, Basel, Switzerland. dagmar.iber@bsse.ethz.ch. 4. Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (SIB), Mattenstraße 26, 4058, Basel, Switzerland. dagmar.iber@bsse.ethz.ch.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) encompasses a group of neurodevelopmental conditions that remain poorly understood due to their genetic complexity. CHD8 is a risk allele strongly associated with ASD, and heterozygous Chd8 loss-of-function mice have been reported to exhibit macrocephaly in early postnatal stages. In this work, we sought to identify measurable brain alterations in early embryonic development. RESULTS: We performed light-sheet fluorescence microscopy imaging of N-cadherin stained and optically cleared Chd8+/- and wild-type mouse brains at embryonic day 12.5 (E12.5). We report a detailed morphometric characterization of embryonic brain shapes and cortical neuroepithelial apical architecture. While Chd8+/- characteristic expansion of the forebrain and midbrain was not observed this early in embryogenesis, a tendency for a decreased lateral ventricular sphericity and an increased intraocular distance in Chd8+/- brains was found compared to controls. This study advocates the use of high-resolution microscopy technologies and multi-scale morphometric analyses of target brain regions to explore the etiology and cellular basis of Chd8 haploinsufficiency.
OBJECTIVE:Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) encompasses a group of neurodevelopmental conditions that remain poorly understood due to their genetic complexity. CHD8 is a risk allele strongly associated with ASD, and heterozygous Chd8 loss-of-function mice have been reported to exhibit macrocephaly in early postnatal stages. In this work, we sought to identify measurable brain alterations in early embryonic development. RESULTS: We performed light-sheet fluorescence microscopy imaging of N-cadherin stained and optically cleared Chd8+/- and wild-type mouse brains at embryonic day 12.5 (E12.5). We report a detailed morphometric characterization of embryonic brain shapes and cortical neuroepithelial apical architecture. While Chd8+/- characteristic expansion of the forebrain and midbrain was not observed this early in embryogenesis, a tendency for a decreased lateral ventricular sphericity and an increased intraocular distance in Chd8+/- brains was found compared to controls. This study advocates the use of high-resolution microscopy technologies and multi-scale morphometric analyses of target brain regions to explore the etiology and cellular basis of Chd8 haploinsufficiency.
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