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ArticleeLife2026

Spine nanostructure profiling of cultured neurons from mouse models reveals a schizophrenia-linked role for Ecrg4.

Yutaro Kashiwagi, Qingrui Liu, Yasuhiro Go, Ryo Saito, Atsu Aiba, Takanobu Nakazawa, Shigeo Okabe

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Yutaro KashiwagiDepartment of Cellular Neurobiology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8034-3729
Qingrui LiuDepartment of Cellular Neurobiology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0006-6021-1012
Yasuhiro GoGraduate School of Information Science, University of Hyogo, Kobe, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4581-0325
Ryo SaitoLaboratory of Animal Resources, Center for Disease Biology and Integrated Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0009-3180-3918
Atsu AibaLaboratory of Animal Resources, Center for Disease Biology and Integrated Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8192-0778
Takanobu NakazawaDepartment of Bioscience, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4863-1277
Shigeo OkabeDepartment of Cellular Neurobiology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1216-8890

Funding

Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development JP19dm0207071Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development JP19gm1310003Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development JP22jm0210097Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development JP23wm0625001Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology 20H00481Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology 20H05894Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology 20H05895Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology 25H01038
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dendritic spine dysfunction may contribute to the etiology and symptom expression of neuropsychiatric disorders. The intimate relationship between spine morphology and function suggests that decoding disease-related abnormalities from spine morphology can aid in developing synapse-targeted interventions. Here, we describe a population analysis of dendritic spine nanostructure applied to the objective grouping of multiple mouse models of neuropsychiatric disorders. This method has identified two major groups of spine phenotypes linked to schizophrenia and autism spectrum disorder (ASD). An increase in spine subpopulation with small volumes characterized the spines of schizophrenia-associated mouse models, whereas a spine subset with large volumes increased in ASD models. Schizophrenia-associated mouse models showed higher similarity in spine morphology, driven by reduced size and growth of nascent spines. The expression of

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Dendritic SpinesNeuronsSchizophreniaAnimalsCells, CulturedDisease Models, AnimalMiceautism spectum disorderdendritic spineEcrg4mouseneuroscienceschizophreniasuper-resolution microscopysynapse

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PMID42576600
PMCPMC13461148

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