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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2026

Estradiol modulates neuronal network hyperexcitability in select NDD risk genes.

April Pruitt, Liang Yang, Seoyeon Lee, Novin Balafkan, Carina Seah, Yi Dai, Elizabeth Davidson, Suha Khan, Annabel Sen, Jenny Liu and 16 more

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Article in bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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26 authors.

April PruittInterdepartmental Neuroscience Program, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06511.ORCID 0000-0002-5807-5422
Liang YangDepartment of Psychiatry, Division of Molecular Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06511.
Seoyeon LeeDepartment of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06511.ORCID 0000-0003-3158-9666
Novin BalafkanDepartment of Psychiatry, Division of Molecular Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06511.ORCID 0000-0001-8868-3800
Carina SeahDepartment of Psychiatry, Division of Molecular Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06511.ORCID 0000-0003-1604-1838
Yi DaiDepartment of Biostatistics, Yale University School of Public Health, New Haven, CT 06510.
Elizabeth DavidsonChild Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06511.
Suha KhanChild Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06511.
Annabel SenDepartment of Psychiatry, Division of Molecular Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06511.ORCID 0009-0003-2012-4668
Jenny LiuDepartment of Psychiatry, Division of Molecular Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06511.
Isabel WoodDepartment of Psychiatry, Division of Molecular Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06511.
Gang XuDepartment of Biostatistics, Yale University School of Public Health, New Haven, CT 06510.
Xiayuan HuangDepartment of Biostatistics, Yale University School of Public Health, New Haven, CT 06510.
Marina CarlsonInterdepartmental Neuroscience Program, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06511.
Dejian ZhaoDepartment of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06511.
Priyanka JamadagniChild Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06511.
Grace DossouChild Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06511.
Kayla Retallick-TownsleyDepartment of Psychiatry, Division of Molecular Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06511.ORCID 0000-0003-4706-5752
Xinyun LiInterdepartmental Neuroscience Program, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06511.
P J Michael DeansDepartment of Psychiatry, Division of Molecular Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06511.
Meilin Fernandez GarciaDepartment of Psychiatry, Division of Molecular Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06511.ORCID 0000-0002-8745-9775
Huanyao GaoDepartment of Psychiatry, Division of Molecular Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06511.ORCID 0000-0002-9441-9579
Zuoheng WangDepartment of Biostatistics, Yale University School of Public Health, New Haven, CT 06510.ORCID 0000-0002-7251-3687
Laura M HuckinsInterdepartmental Neuroscience Program, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06511.ORCID 0000-0002-5369-6502
Ellen J HoffmanInterdepartmental Neuroscience Program, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06511.ORCID 0000-0002-5083-1369
Kristen J BrennandInterdepartmental Neuroscience Program, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06511.ORCID 0000-0003-0993-5956

Funding

Medical Scientist Training ProgramT32GM136651 · NIGMS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI BARBARA I KAZMIERCZAK · 2020 to 2026
$16.5M
RESEARCH TRAINING - BIOLOGICAL SCIENCEST32MH014276 · NIMH · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI Marina R Picciotto · 1985 to 2026
$7.2M
High-throughput in vivo and in vitro functional and multi-omics screens of neuropsychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorder risk genesRM1MH132648 · NIMH · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI Kristen Jennifer Brennand, Rong Fan · 2023 to 2026
$5.6M
Modeling the interaction of physiological and environmental stressors on common variants to psychiatric traitsR01ES033630 · NIEHS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI Kristen Jennifer Brennand · 2022 to 2026
$4.6M
High-throughput Functional Analysis of Autism Risk GenesR01MH116002 · NIMH · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI ELLEN J HOFFMAN · 2018 to 2026
$4.5M
Cell-type-specific NRXN1alpha alternative splicing changes in psychiatric diseaseR01MH121074 · NIMH · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI BRENNAND, KRISTEN JENNIFER, FANG, GANG · 2019 to 2023
$4.4M
Functional convergence following disruption of diverse genes associated with neurodevelopmental disordersR01MH123155 · NIMH · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI BRENNAND, KRISTEN JENNIFER, RUDERFER, DOUGLAS · 2021 to 2025
$4.1M
Predicting the multi-omic impact of psychiatric GWAS associationsR01MH118278 · NIMH · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI HUCKINS, LAURA MARIANNE · 2019 to 2023
$3.6M
3/7 Psychiatric Genomics Consortium: Advancing Discovery and ImpactR01MH124839 · NIMH · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI ANDREASSEN, OLE A, HUCKINS, LAURA MARIANNE · 2021 to 2025
$2.0M
Investigating the Translatome in Genetic Models of AutismR21MH133245 · NIMH · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI HOFFMAN, ELLEN J · 2023 to 2024
$459k
Massively Parallel Characterization of Cell-type and Context Specific Regulatory Risk Elements Across Psychiatric Disorders in a Stem Cell Model of NeurodevelopmentF31MH130122 · NIMH · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI RETALLICK-TOWNSLEY, KAYLA · 2022 to 2024
$123k
NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES033630NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM136651NIMH NIH HHS F31 MH130122NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH116002NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH118278NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH121074NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH123155NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH124839NIMH NIH HHS R21 MH133245NIMH NIH HHS RM1 MH132648NIMH NIH HHS T32 MH014276
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The biological basis for the male sex bias in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is poorly understood. Differential exposure to sex hormones during neurodevelopment has been proposed as a potential modulator of risk. To test the hypothesis that early exposure to the principal biologically active estrogen, 17β-estradiol, confers a protective effect against mutations in ASD and neurodevelopmental disorder (NDD) genes, we conduct a dual-system multi-modal screen of 36 functionally diverse, large-effect ASD/NDD genes in human induced pluripotent stem cell and larval zebrafish models. We uncover estradiol-dependent effects across genes and modalities, revealing convergent and divergent gene-by-estradiol interactions at the transcriptomic, circuit, and behavioral levels. Estradiol broadly ameliorates ASD/NDD gene expression patterns across all knockouts examined and selectively dampens network hyperexcitability phenotypes in human neurons and zebrafish brains in a subset of ASD/NDD genes (

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autism spectrum disorderCRISPR screenglutamatergic neuronsHuman induced pluripotent stem cellsneurodevelopmental disorderszebrafish

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PMID41757108
PMCPMC12934954

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