Cyfip1 Haploinsufficiency Increases Compulsive-Like Behavior and Modulates Palatable Food Intake in Mice: Dependence on Cyfip2 Genetic Background, Parent-of Origin, and Sex.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

9-4-2019

Keywords

JMG

JAX Source

G3 (Bethesda) 2019 Sep 4; 9(9):3009-3022

Volume

9

Issue

9

First Page

3009

Last Page

3022

ISSN

2160-1836

PMID

31324746

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1534/g3.119.400470

Grant

DA041668

Abstract

Binge eating (BE) is a heritable trait associated with eating disorders and involves episodes of rapid, large amounts of food consumption. We previously identified cytoplasmic FMR1-interacting protein 2 (Cyfip2) as a genetic factor underlying compulsive-like BE in mice. CYFIP2 is a homolog of CYFIP1 which is one of four paternally-deleted genes in patients with Type I Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS), a neurodevelopmental disorder whereby 70% of cases involve paternal 15q11-q13 deletion. PWS symptoms include hyperphagia, obesity (if untreated), cognitive deficits, and obsessive-compulsive behaviors. We tested whether Cyfip1 haploinsufficiency (+/-) would enhance compulsive-like behavior and palatable food (PF) intake in a parental origin- and sex-dependent manner on two Cyfip2 genetic backgrounds, including the BE-prone C57BL/6N (Cyfip2 N/N) background and the BE-resistant C57BL/6J (Cyfip2 J/J) background. Cyfip1 +/- mice showed increased compulsive-like behavior on both backgrounds and increased PF intake on the Cyfip2 N/N background. In contrast, maternal Cyfip1 haploinsufficiency on the BE-resistant Cyfip2 J/J background induced a robust escalation in PF intake in wild-type Cyfip1 J/J males while having no effect in Cyfip1 J/- males. Notably, induction of behavioral phenotypes in wild-type males following maternal Fmr1 +/- has previously been reported. In the hypothalamus, there was a paternally-enhanced reduction in CYFIP1 protein whereas in the nucleus accumbens, there was a maternally-enhanced reduction in CYFIP1 protein. Nochange in FMR1 protein (FMRP) was observed in Cyfip1 +/- mice, regardless of parental origin. To summarize, Cyfip1 haploinsufficiency increased compulsive-like behavior and induced genetic background-dependent, sex-dependent, and parent-of-origin-dependent effects on PF consumption and CYFIP1 expression that could have relevance for neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric disorders.

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