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Mitochondria show plasticity in morphology and function in response to neuronal activity, and previous research has reported impairments in mitochondrial morphology and function in disease. We and others have previously reported abnormalities in distinct types of homeostatic plasticity in FXS. It remains unknown if or how activity deprivation triggering homeostatic plasticity affects mitochondria in axons and\/or dendrites and whether impairments occur in neurodevelopmental disorders. Here, we test the hypothesis that mitochondria are structurally and functionally modified in a compartment-specific manner during homeostatic plasticity using a model of activity deprivation in cortical neurons from wild-type mice and that this plasticity-induced regulation is altered in <jats:italic>Fmr1<\/jats:italic>-knockout (KO) neurons. We uncovered dendrite-specific regulation of the mitochondrial surface area, whereas axon initial segment (AIS) mitochondria show changes in polarity; both responses are lost in the <jats:italic>Fmr1<\/jats:italic> KO. Taken together, our results demonstrate impairments in mitochondrial plasticity in FXS, which has not previously been reported. These results suggest that mitochondrial dysregulation in FXS could contribute to abnormal neuronal plasticity, with broader implications to other neurodevelopmental disorders and therapeutic strategies.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3389\/fcell.2021.702020","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,7,19]],"date-time":"2021-07-19T12:51:46Z","timestamp":1626699106000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["Mitochondrial Structure and Polarity in Dendrites and the Axon Initial Segment Are Regulated by Homeostatic Plasticity and Dysregulated in Fragile X Syndrome"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"9","author":[{"given":"Pernille","family":"B\u00fclow","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Peter A.","family":"Wenner","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Victor","family":"Faundez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Gary J.","family":"Bassell","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,7,19]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1378","DOI":"10.1016\/j.celrep.2019.01.035","article-title":"Homeostatic Intrinsic Plasticity Is Functionally Altered in Fmr1 KO Cortical Neurons.","volume":"26","author":"Bulow","year":"2019","journal-title":"Cell Rep."},{"key":"B2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1186\/s13041-021-00783-w","article-title":"FMRP attenuates activity dependent modifications in the mitochondrial proteome.","volume":"14","author":"Bulow","year":"2021","journal-title":"Mol. 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