--- _id: '412' abstract: - lang: eng text: Clathrin-mediated endocytosis (CME) is a cellular trafficking process in which cargoes and lipids are internalized from the plasma membrane into vesicles coated with clathrin and adaptor proteins. CME is essential for many developmental and physiological processes in plants, but its underlying mechanism is not well characterised compared to that in yeast and animal systems. Here, we searched for new factors involved in CME in Arabidopsis thaliana by performing Tandem Affinity Purification of proteins that interact with clathrin light chain, a principal component of the clathrin coat. Among the confirmed interactors, we found two putative homologues of the clathrin-coat uncoating factor auxilin previously described in non-plant systems. Overexpression of AUXILIN-LIKE1 and AUXILIN-LIKE2 in A. thaliana caused an arrest of seedling growth and development. This was concomitant with inhibited endocytosis due to blocking of clathrin recruitment after the initial step of adaptor protein binding to the plasma membrane. By contrast, auxilin-like(1/2) loss-of-function lines did not present endocytosis-related developmental or cellular phenotypes under normal growth conditions. This work contributes to the on-going characterization of the endocytotic machinery in plants and provides a robust tool for conditionally and specifically interfering with CME in A. thaliana. acknowledgement: We thank James Matthew Watson, Monika Borowska, and Peggy Stolt-Bergner at ProTech Facility of the Vienna Biocenter Core Facilities for the CRISPR/CAS9 construct; Anna Müller for assistance with molecular cloning; Sebastian Bednarek, Liwen Jiang, and Daniël Van Damme for sharing published material; Matyáš Fendrych, Daniël Van Damme, and Lindy Abas for valuable discussions; and Martine De Cock for help with correcting the manuscript. This work was supported by the European Research Council under the European Union Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013)/ERC Grant 282300 and by the Ministry of Education of the Czech Republic/MŠMT project NPUI-LO1417. article_processing_charge: No article_type: original author: - first_name: Maciek full_name: Adamowski, Maciek id: 45F536D2-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Adamowski orcid: 0000-0001-6463-5257 - first_name: Madhumitha full_name: Narasimhan, Madhumitha id: 44BF24D0-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Narasimhan orcid: 0000-0002-8600-0671 - first_name: Urszula full_name: Kania, Urszula id: 4AE5C486-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Kania - first_name: Matous full_name: Glanc, Matous id: 1AE1EA24-02D0-11E9-9BAA-DAF4881429F2 last_name: Glanc orcid: 0000-0003-0619-7783 - first_name: Geert full_name: De Jaeger, Geert last_name: De Jaeger - first_name: Jirí full_name: Friml, Jirí id: 4159519E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Friml orcid: 0000-0002-8302-7596 citation: ama: Adamowski M, Narasimhan M, Kania U, Glanc M, De Jaeger G, Friml J. A functional study of AUXILIN LIKE1 and 2 two putative clathrin uncoating factors in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell. 2018;30(3):700-716. doi:10.1105/tpc.17.00785 apa: Adamowski, M., Narasimhan, M., Kania, U., Glanc, M., De Jaeger, G., & Friml, J. (2018). A functional study of AUXILIN LIKE1 and 2 two putative clathrin uncoating factors in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell. American Society of Plant Biologists. https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.17.00785 chicago: Adamowski, Maciek, Madhumitha Narasimhan, Urszula Kania, Matous Glanc, Geert De Jaeger, and Jiří Friml. “A Functional Study of AUXILIN LIKE1 and 2 Two Putative Clathrin Uncoating Factors in Arabidopsis.” The Plant Cell. American Society of Plant Biologists, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.17.00785. ieee: M. Adamowski, M. Narasimhan, U. Kania, M. Glanc, G. De Jaeger, and J. Friml, “A functional study of AUXILIN LIKE1 and 2 two putative clathrin uncoating factors in Arabidopsis,” The Plant Cell, vol. 30, no. 3. American Society of Plant Biologists, pp. 700–716, 2018. ista: Adamowski M, Narasimhan M, Kania U, Glanc M, De Jaeger G, Friml J. 2018. A functional study of AUXILIN LIKE1 and 2 two putative clathrin uncoating factors in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell. 30(3), 700–716. mla: Adamowski, Maciek, et al. “A Functional Study of AUXILIN LIKE1 and 2 Two Putative Clathrin Uncoating Factors in Arabidopsis.” The Plant Cell, vol. 30, no. 3, American Society of Plant Biologists, 2018, pp. 700–16, doi:10.1105/tpc.17.00785. short: M. Adamowski, M. Narasimhan, U. Kania, M. Glanc, G. De Jaeger, J. Friml, The Plant Cell 30 (2018) 700–716. date_created: 2018-12-11T11:46:20Z date_published: 2018-04-09T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2024-03-28T23:30:06Z day: '09' ddc: - '580' department: - _id: JiFr doi: 10.1105/tpc.17.00785 ec_funded: 1 external_id: isi: - '000429441400018' pmid: - '29511054' file: - access_level: open_access checksum: 4e165e653b67d3f0684697f21aace5a1 content_type: application/pdf creator: dernst date_created: 2022-05-23T09:12:38Z date_updated: 2022-05-23T09:12:38Z file_id: '11406' file_name: 2018_PlantCell_Adamowski.pdf file_size: 4407538 relation: main_file success: 1 file_date_updated: 2022-05-23T09:12:38Z has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 30' isi: 1 issue: '3' language: - iso: eng license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ month: '04' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: 700 - 716 pmid: 1 project: - _id: 25716A02-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FP7 grant_number: '282300' name: Polarity and subcellular dynamics in plants publication: The Plant Cell publication_identifier: eissn: - 1532-298X issn: - 1040-4651 publication_status: published publisher: American Society of Plant Biologists publist_id: '7417' quality_controlled: '1' related_material: record: - id: '6269' relation: dissertation_contains status: public scopus_import: '1' status: public title: A functional study of AUXILIN LIKE1 and 2 two putative clathrin uncoating factors in Arabidopsis tmp: image: /images/cc_by.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) short: CC BY (4.0) type: journal_article user_id: c635000d-4b10-11ee-a964-aac5a93f6ac1 volume: 30 year: '2018' ... --- _id: '5914' abstract: - lang: eng text: With the advent of optogenetics, it became possible to change the activity of a targeted population of neurons in a temporally controlled manner. To combine the advantages of 60-channel in vivo tetrode recording and laser-based optogenetics, we have developed a closed-loop recording system that allows for the actual electrophysiological signal to be used as a trigger for the laser light mediating the optogenetic intervention. We have optimized the weight, size, and shape of the corresponding implant to make it compatible with the size, force, and movements of a behaving mouse, and we have shown that the system can efficiently block sharp wave ripple (SWR) events using those events themselves as a trigger. To demonstrate the full potential of the optogenetic recording system we present a pilot study addressing the contribution of SWR events to learning in a complex behavioral task. article_number: e0087 article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Dámaris K full_name: Rangel Guerrero, Dámaris K id: 4871BCE6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Rangel Guerrero orcid: 0000-0002-8602-4374 - first_name: James G. full_name: Donnett, James G. last_name: Donnett - first_name: Jozsef L full_name: Csicsvari, Jozsef L id: 3FA14672-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Csicsvari orcid: 0000-0002-5193-4036 - first_name: Krisztián full_name: Kovács, Krisztián id: 2AB5821E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Kovács orcid: 0000-0001-6251-1007 citation: ama: 'Rangel Guerrero DK, Donnett JG, Csicsvari JL, Kovács K. Tetrode recording from the hippocampus of behaving mice coupled with four-point-irradiation closed-loop optogenetics: A technique to study the contribution of Hippocampal SWR events to learning. eNeuro. 2018;5(4). doi:10.1523/ENEURO.0087-18.2018' apa: 'Rangel Guerrero, D. K., Donnett, J. G., Csicsvari, J. L., & Kovács, K. (2018). Tetrode recording from the hippocampus of behaving mice coupled with four-point-irradiation closed-loop optogenetics: A technique to study the contribution of Hippocampal SWR events to learning. ENeuro. Society of Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0087-18.2018' chicago: 'Rangel Guerrero, Dámaris K, James G. Donnett, Jozsef L Csicsvari, and Krisztián Kovács. “Tetrode Recording from the Hippocampus of Behaving Mice Coupled with Four-Point-Irradiation Closed-Loop Optogenetics: A Technique to Study the Contribution of Hippocampal SWR Events to Learning.” ENeuro. Society of Neuroscience, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1523/ENEURO.0087-18.2018.' ieee: 'D. K. Rangel Guerrero, J. G. Donnett, J. L. Csicsvari, and K. Kovács, “Tetrode recording from the hippocampus of behaving mice coupled with four-point-irradiation closed-loop optogenetics: A technique to study the contribution of Hippocampal SWR events to learning,” eNeuro, vol. 5, no. 4. Society of Neuroscience, 2018.' ista: 'Rangel Guerrero DK, Donnett JG, Csicsvari JL, Kovács K. 2018. Tetrode recording from the hippocampus of behaving mice coupled with four-point-irradiation closed-loop optogenetics: A technique to study the contribution of Hippocampal SWR events to learning. eNeuro. 5(4), e0087.' mla: 'Rangel Guerrero, Dámaris K., et al. “Tetrode Recording from the Hippocampus of Behaving Mice Coupled with Four-Point-Irradiation Closed-Loop Optogenetics: A Technique to Study the Contribution of Hippocampal SWR Events to Learning.” ENeuro, vol. 5, no. 4, e0087, Society of Neuroscience, 2018, doi:10.1523/ENEURO.0087-18.2018.' short: D.K. Rangel Guerrero, J.G. Donnett, J.L. Csicsvari, K. Kovács, ENeuro 5 (2018). date_created: 2019-02-03T22:59:16Z date_published: 2018-07-27T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2024-03-28T23:30:10Z day: '27' ddc: - '570' department: - _id: JoCs doi: 10.1523/ENEURO.0087-18.2018 ec_funded: 1 external_id: isi: - '000443994700007' file: - access_level: open_access checksum: f4915d45fc7ad4648b7b7a13fdecca01 content_type: application/pdf creator: dernst date_created: 2019-02-05T12:48:36Z date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:47:13Z file_id: '5921' file_name: 2018_ENeuro_Guerrero.pdf file_size: 3746884 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2020-07-14T12:47:13Z has_accepted_license: '1' intvolume: ' 5' isi: 1 issue: '4' language: - iso: eng month: '07' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version project: - _id: 25681D80-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FP7 grant_number: '291734' name: International IST Postdoc Fellowship Programme - _id: 257D4372-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FWF grant_number: I2072-B27 name: Interneuron plasticity during spatial learning publication: eNeuro publication_status: published publisher: Society of Neuroscience quality_controlled: '1' related_material: record: - id: '6849' relation: dissertation_contains status: public scopus_import: '1' status: public title: 'Tetrode recording from the hippocampus of behaving mice coupled with four-point-irradiation closed-loop optogenetics: A technique to study the contribution of Hippocampal SWR events to learning' tmp: image: /images/cc_by.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) short: CC BY (4.0) type: journal_article user_id: c635000d-4b10-11ee-a964-aac5a93f6ac1 volume: 5 year: '2018' ... --- _id: '402' abstract: - lang: eng text: During metastasis, malignant cells escape the primary tumor, intravasate lymphatic vessels, and reach draining sentinel lymph nodes before they colonize distant organs via the blood circulation. Although lymph node metastasis in cancer patients correlates with poor prognosis, evidence is lacking as to whether and how tumor cells enter the bloodstream via lymph nodes. To investigate this question, we delivered carcinoma cells into the lymph nodes of mice by microinfusing the cells into afferent lymphatic vessels. We found that tumor cells rapidly infiltrated the lymph node parenchyma, invaded blood vessels, and seeded lung metastases without involvement of the thoracic duct. These results suggest that the lymph node blood vessels can serve as an exit route for systemic dissemination of cancer cells in experimental mouse models. Whether this form of tumor cell spreading occurs in cancer patients remains to be determined. acknowledged_ssus: - _id: Bio acknowledgement: "M.B. was supported by the Cell Communication in Health and Disease graduate study program of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) and the Medical University of Vienna. M.S. was supported by the European Research Council (grant ERC GA 281556) and an FWF START award.\r\nWe thank C. Moussion for establishing the intralymphatic injection at IST Austria and for providing anti-PNAd hybridoma supernatant, R. Förster and A. Braun for sharing the intralymphatic injection technology, K. Vaahtomeri for the lentiviral constructs, M. Hons for establishing in vivo multiphoton imaging, the Sixt lab for intellectual input, M. Schunn for help with the design of the in vivo experiments, F. Langer for technical assistance with the in vivo experiments, the bioimaging facility of IST Austria for support, and R. Efferl for providing the CT26 cell line." article_processing_charge: No article_type: original author: - first_name: Markus full_name: Brown, Markus id: 3DAB9AFC-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Brown - first_name: Frank P full_name: Assen, Frank P id: 3A8E7F24-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Assen orcid: 0000-0003-3470-6119 - first_name: Alexander F full_name: Leithner, Alexander F id: 3B1B77E4-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Leithner orcid: 0000-0002-1073-744X - first_name: Jun full_name: Abe, Jun last_name: Abe - first_name: Helga full_name: Schachner, Helga last_name: Schachner - first_name: Gabriele full_name: Asfour, Gabriele last_name: Asfour - first_name: Zsuzsanna full_name: Bagó Horváth, Zsuzsanna last_name: Bagó Horváth - first_name: Jens full_name: Stein, Jens last_name: Stein - first_name: Pavel full_name: Uhrin, Pavel last_name: Uhrin - first_name: Michael K full_name: Sixt, Michael K id: 41E9FBEA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Sixt orcid: 0000-0002-6620-9179 - first_name: Dontscho full_name: Kerjaschki, Dontscho last_name: Kerjaschki citation: ama: Brown M, Assen FP, Leithner AF, et al. Lymph node blood vessels provide exit routes for metastatic tumor cell dissemination in mice. Science. 2018;359(6382):1408-1411. doi:10.1126/science.aal3662 apa: Brown, M., Assen, F. P., Leithner, A. F., Abe, J., Schachner, H., Asfour, G., … Kerjaschki, D. (2018). Lymph node blood vessels provide exit routes for metastatic tumor cell dissemination in mice. Science. American Association for the Advancement of Science. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aal3662 chicago: Brown, Markus, Frank P Assen, Alexander F Leithner, Jun Abe, Helga Schachner, Gabriele Asfour, Zsuzsanna Bagó Horváth, et al. “Lymph Node Blood Vessels Provide Exit Routes for Metastatic Tumor Cell Dissemination in Mice.” Science. American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aal3662. ieee: M. Brown et al., “Lymph node blood vessels provide exit routes for metastatic tumor cell dissemination in mice,” Science, vol. 359, no. 6382. American Association for the Advancement of Science, pp. 1408–1411, 2018. ista: Brown M, Assen FP, Leithner AF, Abe J, Schachner H, Asfour G, Bagó Horváth Z, Stein J, Uhrin P, Sixt MK, Kerjaschki D. 2018. Lymph node blood vessels provide exit routes for metastatic tumor cell dissemination in mice. Science. 359(6382), 1408–1411. mla: Brown, Markus, et al. “Lymph Node Blood Vessels Provide Exit Routes for Metastatic Tumor Cell Dissemination in Mice.” Science, vol. 359, no. 6382, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2018, pp. 1408–11, doi:10.1126/science.aal3662. short: M. Brown, F.P. Assen, A.F. Leithner, J. Abe, H. Schachner, G. Asfour, Z. Bagó Horváth, J. Stein, P. Uhrin, M.K. Sixt, D. Kerjaschki, Science 359 (2018) 1408–1411. date_created: 2018-12-11T11:46:16Z date_published: 2018-03-23T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2024-03-28T23:30:09Z day: '23' department: - _id: MiSi doi: 10.1126/science.aal3662 ec_funded: 1 external_id: isi: - '000428043600047' pmid: - '29567714' intvolume: ' 359' isi: 1 issue: '6382' language: - iso: eng main_file_link: - open_access: '1' url: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aal3662 month: '03' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: 1408 - 1411 pmid: 1 project: - _id: 25A8E5EA-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FWF grant_number: Y 564-B12 name: Cytoskeletal force generation and transduction of leukocytes (FWF) - _id: 25A603A2-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FP7 grant_number: '281556' name: Cytoskeletal force generation and force transduction of migrating leukocytes (EU) publication: Science publication_status: published publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science publist_id: '7428' quality_controlled: '1' related_material: record: - id: '6947' relation: dissertation_contains status: public scopus_import: '1' status: public title: Lymph node blood vessels provide exit routes for metastatic tumor cell dissemination in mice type: journal_article user_id: c635000d-4b10-11ee-a964-aac5a93f6ac1 volume: 359 year: '2018' ... --- _id: '395' abstract: - lang: eng text: 'Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are a group of genetic disorders often overlapping with other neurological conditions. Despite the remarkable number of scientific breakthroughs of the last 100 years, the treatment of neurodevelopmental disorders (e.g. autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability, epilepsy) remains a great challenge. Recent advancements in geno mics, like whole-exome or whole-genome sequencing, have enabled scientists to identify numerous mutations underlying neurodevelopmental disorders. Given the few hundred risk genes that were discovered, the etiological variability and the heterogeneous phenotypic outcomes, the need for genotype -along with phenotype- based diagnosis of individual patients becomes a requisite. Driven by this rationale, in a previous study our group described mutations, identified via whole - exome sequencing, in the gene BCKDK – encoding for a key regulator of branched chain amin o acid (BCAA) catabolism - as a cause of ASD. Following up on the role of BCAAs, in the study described here we show that the solute carrier transporter 7a5 (SLC7A5), a large neutral amino acid transporter localized mainly at the blood brain barrier (BBB), has an essential role in maintaining normal levels of brain BCAAs. In mice, deletion of Slc7a5 from the endothelial cells of the BBB leads to atypical brain amino acid profile, abnormal mRNA translation and severe neurolo gical abnormalities. Additionally, deletion of Slc7a5 from the neural progenitor cell population leads to microcephaly. Interestingly, we demonstrate that BCAA intracerebroventricular administration ameliorates abnormal behaviors in adult mutant mice. Furthermore, whole - exome sequencing of patients diagnosed with neurological dis o r ders helped us identify several patients with autistic traits, microcephaly and motor delay carrying deleterious homozygous mutations in the SLC7A5 gene. In conclusion, our data elucidate a neurological syndrome defined by SLC7A5 mutations and support an essential role for t he BCAA s in human bra in function. Together with r ecent studies (described in chapter two) that have successfully made the transition into clinical practice, our findings on the role of B CAAs might have a crucial impact on the development of novel individualized therapeutic strategies for ASD. ' acknowledged_ssus: - _id: PreCl - _id: EM-Fac - _id: Bio alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Dora-Clara full_name: Tarlungeanu, Dora-Clara id: 2ABCE612-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Tarlungeanu citation: ama: Tarlungeanu D-C. The branched chain amino acids in autism spectrum disorders . 2018. doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:th_992 apa: Tarlungeanu, D.-C. (2018). The branched chain amino acids in autism spectrum disorders . Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:th_992 chicago: Tarlungeanu, Dora-Clara. “The Branched Chain Amino Acids in Autism Spectrum Disorders .” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2018. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:th_992. ieee: D.-C. Tarlungeanu, “The branched chain amino acids in autism spectrum disorders ,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2018. ista: Tarlungeanu D-C. 2018. The branched chain amino acids in autism spectrum disorders . Institute of Science and Technology Austria. mla: Tarlungeanu, Dora-Clara. The Branched Chain Amino Acids in Autism Spectrum Disorders . Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2018, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:th_992. short: D.-C. Tarlungeanu, The Branched Chain Amino Acids in Autism Spectrum Disorders , Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2018. date_created: 2018-12-11T11:46:14Z date_published: 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-09-07T12:38:59Z day: '01' ddc: - '570' - '616' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: GaNo doi: 10.15479/AT:ISTA:th_992 file: - access_level: closed checksum: 9f5231c96e0ad945040841a8630232da content_type: application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document creator: dernst date_created: 2019-04-05T09:19:17Z date_updated: 2021-02-11T23:30:15Z embargo_to: open_access file_id: '6217' file_name: 2018_Thesis_Tarlungeanu_source.docx file_size: 43684035 relation: source_file - access_level: open_access checksum: 0c33c370aa2010df5c552db57a6d01e9 content_type: application/pdf creator: dernst date_created: 2019-04-05T09:19:17Z date_updated: 2021-02-11T11:17:16Z embargo: 2018-03-15 file_id: '6218' file_name: 2018_Thesis_Tarlungeanu.pdf file_size: 30511532 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2021-02-11T23:30:15Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '03' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '88' project: - _id: 25473368-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: FWF grant_number: F03523 name: Transmembrane Transporters in Health and Disease publication_identifier: issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria publist_id: '7434' pubrep_id: '992' related_material: record: - id: '1183' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Gaia full_name: Novarino, Gaia id: 3E57A680-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Novarino orcid: 0000-0002-7673-7178 title: 'The branched chain amino acids in autism spectrum disorders ' tmp: image: /images/cc_by.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0) short: CC BY (4.0) type: dissertation user_id: c635000d-4b10-11ee-a964-aac5a93f6ac1 year: '2018' ... --- _id: '51' abstract: - lang: eng text: Asymmetries have long been known about in the central nervous system. From gross anatomical differences, such as the presence of the parapineal organ in only one hemisphere of the developing zebrafish, to more subtle differences in activity between both hemispheres, as seen in freely roaming animals or human participants under PET and fMRI imaging analysis. The presence of asymmetries has been demonstrated to have huge behavioural implications, with their disruption often leading to the generation of neurological disorders, memory problems, changes in personality, and in an organism's health and well-being. For my Ph.D. work I aimed to tackle two important avenues of research. The first being the process of input-side dependency in the hippocampus, with the goal of finding a key gene responsible for its development (Gene X). The second project was to do with experience-induced laterality formation in the hippocampus. Specifically, how laterality in the synapse density of the CA1 stratum radiatum (s.r.) could be induced purely through environmental enrichment. Through unilateral tracer injections into the CA3, I was able to selectively measure the properties of synapses within the CA1 and investigate how they differed based upon which hemisphere the presynaptic neurone originated. Having found the existence of a previously unreported reversed (left-isomerism) i.v. mutant, through morpholocal examination of labelled terminals in the CA1 s.r., I aimed to elucidate a key gene responsible for the process of left or right determination of inputs to the CA1 s.r.. This work relates to the previous finding of input-side dependent asymmetry in the wild-type rodent, where the origin of the projecting neurone to the CA1 will determine the morphology of a synapse, to a greater degree than the hemisphere in which the projection terminates. Using left- and right-isomerism i.v. mice, in combination with whole genome sequence analysis, I highlight Ena/VASP-like (Evl) as a potential target for Gene X. In relation to this topic, I also highlight my work in the recently published paper of how knockout of PirB can lead to a lack of input-side dependency in the murine hippocampus. For the second question, I show that the environmental enrichment paradigm will lead to an asymmetry in the synapse densities in the hippocampus of mice. I also highlight that the nature of the enrichment is of less consequence than the process of enrichment itself. I demonstrate that the CA3 region will dramatically alter its projection targets, in relation to environmental stimulation, with the asymmetry in synaptic density, caused by enrichment, relying heavily on commissural fibres. I also highlight the vital importance of input-side dependent asymmetry, as a necessary component of experience-dependent laterality formation in the CA1 s.r.. However, my results suggest that it isn't the only cause, as there appears to be a CA1 dependent mechanism also at play. Upon further investigation, I highlight the significant, and highly important, finding that the changes seen in the CA1 s.r. were predominantly caused through projections from the left-CA3, with the right-CA3 having less involvement in this mechanism. alternative_title: - ISTA Thesis article_processing_charge: No author: - first_name: Matthew J full_name: Case, Matthew J id: 44B7CA5A-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Case citation: ama: 'Case MJ. From the left to the right: A tale of asymmetries, environments, and hippocampal development. 2018. doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:th_1032' apa: 'Case, M. J. (2018). From the left to the right: A tale of asymmetries, environments, and hippocampal development. Institute of Science and Technology Austria. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:th_1032' chicago: 'Case, Matthew J. “From the Left to the Right: A Tale of Asymmetries, Environments, and Hippocampal Development.” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2018. https://doi.org/10.15479/AT:ISTA:th_1032.' ieee: 'M. J. Case, “From the left to the right: A tale of asymmetries, environments, and hippocampal development,” Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2018.' ista: 'Case MJ. 2018. From the left to the right: A tale of asymmetries, environments, and hippocampal development. Institute of Science and Technology Austria.' mla: 'Case, Matthew J. From the Left to the Right: A Tale of Asymmetries, Environments, and Hippocampal Development. Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2018, doi:10.15479/AT:ISTA:th_1032.' short: 'M.J. Case, From the Left to the Right: A Tale of Asymmetries, Environments, and Hippocampal Development, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, 2018.' date_created: 2018-12-11T11:44:22Z date_published: 2018-06-27T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2023-09-07T12:39:22Z day: '27' ddc: - '571' - '576' degree_awarded: PhD department: - _id: RySh doi: 10.15479/AT:ISTA:th_1032 file: - access_level: closed checksum: dcc7b55619d8509dd62b8e99d6cdee44 content_type: application/msword creator: dernst date_created: 2019-04-09T07:16:26Z date_updated: 2021-02-11T23:30:13Z embargo_to: open_access file_id: '6251' file_name: 2018_Thesis_Case_Source.doc file_size: 141270528 relation: source_file - access_level: open_access checksum: f69fdd5c8709c4e618aa8c1a1221153d content_type: application/pdf creator: dernst date_created: 2019-04-09T07:16:23Z date_updated: 2021-02-11T11:17:14Z embargo: 2019-07-05 file_id: '6252' file_name: 2018_Thesis_Case.pdf file_size: 15193621 relation: main_file file_date_updated: 2021-02-11T23:30:13Z has_accepted_license: '1' language: - iso: eng month: '06' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: '186' publication_identifier: issn: - 2663-337X publication_status: published publisher: Institute of Science and Technology Austria publist_id: '8003' pubrep_id: '1032' related_material: record: - id: '682' relation: part_of_dissertation status: public status: public supervisor: - first_name: Ryuichi full_name: Shigemoto, Ryuichi id: 499F3ABC-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Shigemoto orcid: 0000-0001-8761-9444 title: 'From the left to the right: A tale of asymmetries, environments, and hippocampal development' type: dissertation user_id: c635000d-4b10-11ee-a964-aac5a93f6ac1 year: '2018' ...