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Sekar T, Sebire NJ. Renal Pathology of Ciliopathies. Pediatr Dev Pathol 2024:10935266241242173. [PMID: 38616607 DOI: 10.1177/10935266241242173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/16/2024]
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Renal ciliopathies are a group of genetic disorders that affect the function of the primary cilium in the kidney, as well as other organs. Since primary cilia are important for regulation of cell signaling pathways, ciliary dysfunction results in a range of clinical manifestations, including renal failure, cyst formation, and hypertension. We summarize the current understanding of the pathophysiological and pathological features of renal ciliopathies in childhood, including autosomal dominant and recessive polycystic kidney disease, nephronophthisis, and Bardet-Biedl syndrome, as well as skeletal dysplasia associated renal ciliopathies. The genetic basis of these disorders is now well-established in many cases, with mutations in a large number of cilia-related genes such as PKD1, PKD2, BBS, MKS, and NPHP being responsible for the majority of cases. Renal ciliopathies are broadly characterized by development of interstitial fibrosis and formation of multiple renal cysts which gradually enlarge and replace normal renal tissue, with each condition demonstrating subtle differences in the degree, location, and age-related development of cysts and fibrosis. Presentation varies from prenatal diagnosis of congenital multisystem syndromes to an asymptomatic childhood with development of complications in later adulthood and therefore clinicopathological correlation is important, including increasing use of targeted genetic testing or whole genome sequencing, allowing greater understanding of genetic pathophysiological mechanisms.
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- Thivya Sekar
- Histopathology Department, Level 3 CBL Labs, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK
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- Histopathology Department, Level 3 CBL Labs, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK
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Wang SX, Streit A. Shared features in ear and kidney development - implications for oto-renal syndromes. Dis Model Mech 2024; 17:dmm050447. [PMID: 38353121 PMCID: PMC10886756 DOI: 10.1242/dmm.050447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2024] Open
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The association between ear and kidney anomalies has long been recognized. However, little is known about the underlying mechanisms. In the last two decades, embryonic development of the inner ear and kidney has been studied extensively. Here, we describe the developmental pathways shared between both organs with particular emphasis on the genes that regulate signalling cross talk and the specification of progenitor cells and specialised cell types. We relate this to the clinical features of oto-renal syndromes and explore links to developmental mechanisms.
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- Scarlet Xiaoyan Wang
- Centre for Craniofacial and Regenerative Biology, King's College London, London SE1 9RT, UK
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- Centre for Craniofacial and Regenerative Biology, King's College London, London SE1 9RT, UK
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Horwitz A, Levi-Carmel N, Shnaider O, Birk R. BBS genes are involved in accelerated proliferation and early differentiation of BBS-related tissues. Differentiation 2024; 135:100745. [PMID: 38215537 DOI: 10.1016/j.diff.2024.100745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2023] [Revised: 01/01/2024] [Accepted: 01/02/2024] [Indexed: 01/14/2024]
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Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is an inherited disorder primarily ciliopathy with pleiotropic multi-systemic phenotypic involvement, including adipose, nerve, retinal, kidney, Etc. Consequently, it is characterized by obesity, cognitive impairment and retinal, kidney and cutaneous abnormalities. Initial studies, including ours have shown that BBS genes play a role in the early developmental stages of adipocytes and β-cells. However, this role in other BBS-related tissues is unknown. We investigated BBS genes involvement in the proliferation and early differentiation of different BBS cell types. The involvement of BBS genes in cellular proliferation were studied in seven in-vitro and transgenic cell models; keratinocytes (hHaCaT) and Ras-transfected keratinocytes (Ras-hHaCaT), neuronal cell lines (hSH-SY5Y and rPC-12), silenced BBS4 neural cell lines (siBbs4 hSH-SY5Y and siBbs4 rPC-12), adipocytes (m3T3L1), and ex-vivo transformed B-cells obtain from BBS4 patients, using molecular and biochemical methodologies. RashHaCaT cells showed an accelerated proliferation rate in parallel to significant reduction in the transcript levels of BBS1, 2, and 4. BBS1, 2, and 4 transcripts linked with hHaCaT cell cycle arrest (G1 phase) using both chemical (CDK4 inhibitor) and serum deprivation methodologies. Adipocyte (m3T3-L1) Bbs1, 2 and 4 transcript levels corresponded to the cell cycle phase (CDK4 inhibitor and serum deprivation). SiBBS4 hSH-SY5Y cells exhibited early cell proliferation and differentiation (wound healing assay) rates. SiBbs4 rPC-12 models exhibited significant proliferation and differentiation rate corresponding to Nestin expression levels. BBS4 patients-transformed B-cells exhibited an accelerated proliferation rate (LPS-induced methodology). In conclusions, the BBS4 gene plays a significant, similar and global role in the cellular proliferation of various BBS related tissues. These results highlight the universal role of the BBS gene in the cell cycle, and further deepen the knowledge of the mechanisms underlying the development of BBS.
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- Avital Horwitz
- Nutrition Department, Health Sciences Faculty, Ariel University, Israel
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- Nutrition Department, Health Sciences Faculty, Ariel University, Israel
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- Nutrition Department, Health Sciences Faculty, Ariel University, Israel.
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Shikwambana MM, Fourie JV. Supporting a Tsonga learner living with Bardet-Biedl syndrome, a rare complex disability. Afr J Disabil 2023; 12:1181. [PMID: 38204908 PMCID: PMC10777427 DOI: 10.4102/ajod.v12i0.1181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2022] [Accepted: 06/30/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024] Open
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Background Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a rare, systemic, hereditary disorder characterised by obesity, polydactyly, visual and auditory impairment, and cognitive disability. Providing quality education in appropriate schools for children who present with such complex chronic conditions is challenging. Objectives This study explored the dimensions of psycho-educational support needs for a child with BBS in South Africa to contribute to the improvement of early detection and holistic interventions. Method A descriptive in-depth qualitative case study of Gezani, an adolescent Tsonga boy diagnosed with BBS, was undertaken. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with his parents and teachers to ascertain the boy's psycho-educational support needs. Medical reports provided information on the complexities and prognosis of the syndrome. Observations in the classroom corroborated the learner's symptoms and behaviours. Results Thematic content analysis revealed the key areas of support needs. Gezani's cognitive disability required a modified, slow-paced curriculum. His visual impairment required mobility orientation training and learning Braille. His emotional needs were supported with psychotherapy to maintain a sense of well-being. Medical monitoring was recommended with interventions for walking and managing his diet and weight. Speech therapy supported his communication skills. Conclusion Learners with multiple disabilities require carefully planned, individualised psycho-educational support programmes addressing their unique needs and delays with targeted remedial interventions in appropriate special needs schools. Contribution This study informs educators about BBS and provides multi-faceted, holistic support. The Department of Basic Education could bring special schools and national policies in tighter alignment for learners presenting with complex disabilities.
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- Mfungana M Shikwambana
- Department of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa
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- Department of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Han JC, Rasmussen MC, Forte AR, Schrage SB, Zafar SK, Haqq AM. Management of Monogenic and Syndromic Obesity. Gastroenterol Clin North Am 2023; 52:733-750. [PMID: 37919024 DOI: 10.1016/j.gtc.2023.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2023]
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Similar to the general population, lifestyle interventions focused on nutrition and physical activity form the foundation for treating obesity caused by rare genetic disorders. Additional therapies, including metreleptin and setmelanotide, that target defects within the leptin signaling pathway can effectively synergize with lifestyle efforts to treat monogenic disorders of leptin, leptin receptor, proopiomelanocortin (POMC), and proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 1 (PCSK1) and syndromic conditions, such as the ciliopathies Bardet-Biedl and Alström syndromes, whose pathophysiological mechanisms also converge on the leptin pathway. Investigational treatments for Prader-Willi syndrome target specific defects caused by reduced expression of paternally derived genes within the chromosome 15q region.
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- Joan C Han
- Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Department of Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA; Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA; The Mindich Child Health and Development Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
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- Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Department of Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Department of Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Department of Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Department of Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Khan S, Focșa IO, Budișteanu M, Stoica C, Nedelea F, Bohîlțea L, Caba L, Butnariu L, Pânzaru M, Rusu C, Jurcă C, Chirita-Emandi A, Bănescu C, Abbas W, Sadeghpour A, Baig SM, Bălgrădean M, Davis EE. Exome sequencing in a Romanian Bardet-Biedl syndrome cohort revealed an overabundance of causal BBS12 variants. Am J Med Genet A 2023; 191:2376-2391. [PMID: 37293956 PMCID: PMC10524726 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.63322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2023] [Revised: 05/16/2023] [Accepted: 05/26/2023] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS), is an emblematic ciliopathy hallmarked by pleiotropy, phenotype variability, and extensive genetic heterogeneity. BBS is a rare (~1/140,000 to ~1/160,000 in Europe) autosomal recessive pediatric disorder characterized by retinal degeneration, truncal obesity, polydactyly, cognitive impairment, renal dysfunction, and hypogonadism. Twenty-eight genes involved in ciliary structure or function have been implicated in BBS, and explain the molecular basis for ~75%-80% of individuals. To investigate the mutational spectrum of BBS in Romania, we ascertained a cohort of 24 individuals in 23 families. Following informed consent, we performed proband exome sequencing (ES). We detected 17 different putative disease-causing single nucleotide variants or small insertion-deletions and two pathogenic exon disruptive copy number variants in known BBS genes in 17 pedigrees. The most frequently impacted genes were BBS12 (35%), followed by BBS4, BBS7, and BBS10 (9% each) and BBS1, BBS2, and BBS5 (4% each). Homozygous BBS12 p.Arg355* variants were present in seven pedigrees of both Eastern European and Romani origin. Our data show that although the diagnostic rate of BBS in Romania is likely consistent with other worldwide cohorts (74%), we observed a unique distribution of causal BBS genes, including overrepresentation of BBS12 due to a recurrent nonsense variant, that has implications for regional diagnostics.
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- Sheraz Khan
- Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Human Molecular Genetics Lab, Health Biotechnology Division, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE-C), Faisalabad, Pakistan
- Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Islamabad, Pakistan
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- University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Carol Davila", Bucharest, Romania
- Cytogenomic Medical Laboratory, Bucharest, Romania
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- Psychiatry Research Laboratory, "Prof. Dr. Alexandru Obregia" Clinical Hospital of Psychiatry, Bucharest, Romania
- Medical Genetic Laboratory, "Victor Babeș" National Institute of Pathology, Bucharest, Romania
- Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, "Titu Maiorescu" University, Bucharest, Romania
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- University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Carol Davila", Bucharest, Romania
- Department of Pediatrics, Clinical Institute Fundeni, Bucharest, Romania
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- University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Carol Davila", Bucharest, Romania
- Genetics Department, Clinical Hospital Filantropia, Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Medical Genetics, "Grigore T. Popa" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iași, Romania
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- Department of Medical Genetics, "Grigore T. Popa" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iași, Romania
- Regional Medical Genetics Centre, "Sf. Maria" Children's Hospital, Iași, Romania
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- Department of Medical Genetics, "Grigore T. Popa" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iași, Romania
- Regional Medical Genetics Centre, "Sf. Maria" Children's Hospital, Iași, Romania
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- Department of Medical Genetics, "Grigore T. Popa" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iași, Romania
- Regional Medical Genetics Centre, "Sf. Maria" Children's Hospital, Iași, Romania
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- Department of Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Oradea, Oradea, Romania
- Department of Pediatrics, "Dr. Gavril Curteanu" Municipal Clinical Hospital, Oradea, Romania
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- Emergency Hospital for Children Louis Turcanu, Regional Center of Medical Genetics Timis, Timisoara, Romania
- Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, Department of Microscopic Morphology Genetics, Center for Genomic Medicine, Timisoara, Romania
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- "George Emil Palade" University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Sciences and Technology, Târgu Mureş, Romania
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- Human Molecular Genetics Lab, Health Biotechnology Division, National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering (NIBGE-C), Faisalabad, Pakistan
- Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Center for Human Disease Modeling, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
- Duke Precision Medicine Program, Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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- Pakistan Science Foundation (PSF), Islamabad, Pakistan
- Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Agha Khan University Karachi, Karachi, Pakistan
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- University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Carol Davila", Bucharest, Romania
- Department of Pediatrics and Pediatric Nephrology, Emergency Clinical Hospital for Children "Maria Skłodowska Curie", Bucharest, Romania
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- Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Department of Pediatrics and Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Horwitz A, Birk R. Adipose Tissue Hyperplasia and Hypertrophy in Common and Syndromic Obesity-The Case of BBS Obesity. Nutrients 2023; 15:3445. [PMID: 37571382 PMCID: PMC10421039 DOI: 10.3390/nu15153445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2023] [Revised: 07/16/2023] [Accepted: 07/31/2023] [Indexed: 08/13/2023] Open
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Obesity is a metabolic state generated by the expansion of adipose tissue. Adipose tissue expansion depends on the interplay between hyperplasia and hypertrophy, and is mainly regulated by a complex interaction between genetics and excess energy intake. However, the genetic regulation of adipose tissue expansion is yet to be fully understood. Obesity can be divided into common multifactorial/polygenic obesity and monogenic obesity, non-syndromic and syndromic. Several genes related to obesity were found through studies of monogenic non-syndromic obesity models. However, syndromic obesity, characterized by additional features other than obesity, suggesting a more global role of the mutant genes related to the syndrome and, thus, an additional peripheral influence on the development of obesity, were hardly studied to date in this regard. This review summarizes present knowledge regarding the hyperplasia and hypertrophy of adipocytes in common obesity. Additionally, we highlight the scarce research on syndromic obesity as a model for studying adipocyte hyperplasia and hypertrophy, focusing on Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS). BBS obesity involves central and peripheral mechanisms, with molecular and mechanistic alternation in adipocyte hyperplasia and hypertrophy. Thus, we argue that using syndromic obesity models, such as BBS, can further advance our knowledge regarding peripheral adipocyte regulation in obesity.
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- Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ariel University, Ariel 40700, Israel;
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Delvallée C, Dollfus H. Retinal Degeneration Animal Models in Bardet-Biedl Syndrome and Related Ciliopathies. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med 2023; 13:13/1/a041303. [PMID: 36596648 PMCID: PMC9808547 DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a041303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Retinal degeneration due to photoreceptor ciliary-related proteins dysfunction accounts for more than 25% of all inherited retinal dystrophies. The cilium, being an evolutionarily conserved and ubiquitous organelle implied in many cellular functions, can be investigated by way of many models from invertebrate models to nonhuman primates, all these models have massively contributed to the pathogenesis understanding of human ciliopathies. Taking the Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) as an emblematic example as well as other related syndromic ciliopathies, the contribution of a wide range of models has enabled to characterize the role of the BBS proteins in the archetypical cilium but also at the level of the connecting cilium of the photoreceptors. There are more than 24 BBS genes encoding for proteins that form different complexes such as the BBSome and the chaperone proteins complex. But how they lead to retinal degeneration remains a matter of debate with the possible accumulation of proteins in the inner segment and/or accumulation of unwanted proteins in the outer segment that cannot return in the inner segment machinery. Many BBS proteins (but not the chaperonins for instance) can be modeled in primitive organisms such as Paramecium, Chlamydomonas reinardtii, Trypanosoma brucei, and Caenorhabditis elegans These models have enabled clarifying the role of a subset of BBS proteins in the primary cilium as well as their relations with other modules such as the intraflagellar transport (IFT) module, the nephronophthisis (NPHP) module, or the Meckel-Gruber syndrome (MKS)/Joubert syndrome (JBTS) module mostly involved with the transition zone of the primary cilia. Assessing the role of the primary cilia structure of the connecting cilium of the photoreceptor cells has been very much studied by way of zebrafish modeling (Danio rerio) as well as by a plethora of mouse models. More recently, large animal models have been described for three BBS genes and one nonhuman primate model in rhesus macaque for BBS7 In completion to animal models, human cell models can now be used notably thanks to gene editing and the use of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). All these models are not only important for pathogenesis understanding but also very useful for studying therapeutic avenues, their pros and cons, especially for gene replacement therapy as well as pharmacological triggers.
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- Clarisse Delvallée
- Laboratoire de Génétique Médicale UMRS1112, Centre de Recherche Biomédicale de Strasbourg, CRBS, Institut de Génétique Médicale d'Alsace, IGMA, Strasbourg 67000, France
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- Laboratoire de Génétique Médicale UMRS1112, Centre de Recherche Biomédicale de Strasbourg, CRBS, Institut de Génétique Médicale d'Alsace, IGMA, Strasbourg 67000, France
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Kantaputra P, Dejkhamron P, Sittiwangkul R, Katanyuwong K, Ngamphiw C, Sonsuwan N, Intachai W, Tongsima S, Beales PL, Buranaphatthana W. Dental Anomalies in Ciliopathies: Lessons from Patients with BBS2, BBS7, and EVC2 Mutations. Genes (Basel) 2022; 14:84. [PMID: 36672825 PMCID: PMC9858533 DOI: 10.3390/genes14010084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2022] [Revised: 11/08/2022] [Accepted: 12/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Objective: To investigate dental anomalies and the molecular etiology of a patient with Ellis−van Creveld syndrome and two patients with Bardet−Biedl syndrome, two examples of ciliopathies. Patients and Methods: Clinical examination, radiographic evaluation, whole exome sequencing, and Sanger direct sequencing were performed. Results: Patient 1 had Ellis−van Creveld syndrome with delayed dental development or tooth agenesis, and multiple frenula, the feature found only in patients with mutations in ciliary genes. A novel homozygous mutation in EVC2 (c.703G>C; p.Ala235Pro) was identified. Patient 2 had Bardet−Biedl syndrome with a homozygous frameshift mutation (c.389_390delAC; p.Asn130ThrfsTer4) in BBS7. Patient 3 had Bardet−Biedl syndrome and carried a heterozygous mutation (c.389_390delAC; p.Asn130ThrfsTer4) in BBS7 and a homozygous mutation in BBS2 (c.209G>A; p.Ser70Asn). Her clinical findings included global developmental delay, disproportionate short stature, myopia, retinitis pigmentosa, obesity, pyometra with vaginal atresia, bilateral hydronephrosis with ureteropelvic junction obstruction, bilateral genu valgus, post-axial polydactyly feet, and small and thin fingernails and toenails, tooth agenesis, microdontia, taurodontism, and impaired dentin formation. Conclusions: EVC2, BBS2, and BBS7 mutations found in our patients were implicated in malformation syndromes with dental anomalies including tooth agenesis, microdontia, taurodontism, and impaired dentin formation.
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- Piranit Kantaputra
- Division of Pediatric Dentistry, Department of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
- Dentaland Clinic, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
- Center of Excellence in Medical Genetics Research, Faculty of Dentistry, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
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- Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
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- Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
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- Division of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
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- National Biobank of Thailand, National Science and Technology Development Agency, Pathum Thani 12120, Thailand
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
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- Center of Excellence in Medical Genetics Research, Faculty of Dentistry, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
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- National Biobank of Thailand, National Science and Technology Development Agency, Pathum Thani 12120, Thailand
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- Genetics and Genomic Medicine Program, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London WC1N 1EH, UK
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- Department of Oral Biology and Diagnostic Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand
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Stubbs T, Koemeter-Cox A, Bingman JI, Zhao F, Kalyanasundaram A, Rowland LA, Periasamy M, Carter CS, Sheffield VC, Askwith CC, Mykytyn K. Disruption of Dopamine Receptor 1 Localization to Primary Cilia Impairs Signaling in Striatal Neurons. J Neurosci 2022; 42:6692-6705. [PMID: 35882560 PMCID: PMC9436016 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0497-22.2022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2022] [Revised: 07/04/2022] [Accepted: 07/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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A rod-shaped appendage called a primary cilium projects from the soma of most central neurons in the mammalian brain. The importance of cilia within the nervous system is highlighted by the fact that human syndromes linked to primary cilia dysfunction, collectively termed ciliopathies, are associated with numerous neuropathologies, including hyperphagia-induced obesity, neuropsychiatric disorders, and learning and memory deficits. Neuronal cilia are enriched with signaling molecules, including specific G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) and their downstream effectors, suggesting that they act as sensory organelles that respond to neuromodulators in the extracellular space. We previously showed that GPCR ciliary localization is disrupted in neurons from mouse models of the ciliopathy Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS). Based on this finding, we hypothesized that mislocalization of ciliary GPCRs may impact receptor signaling and contribute to the BBS phenotypes. Here, we show that disrupting localization of the ciliary GPCR dopamine receptor 1 (D1) in male and female mice, either by loss of a BBS protein or loss of the cilium itself, specifically in D1-expressing neurons, results in obesity. Interestingly, the weight gain is associated with reduced locomotor activity, rather than increased food intake. Moreover, the loss of a BBS protein or cilia on D1-expressing neurons leads to a reduction in D1-mediated signaling. Together, these results indicate that cilia impact D1 activity in the nervous system and underscore the importance of neuronal cilia for proper GPCR signaling.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT Most mammalian neurons possess solitary appendages called primary cilia. These rod-shaped structures are enriched with signaling proteins, such as G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), suggesting that they respond to neuromodulators. This study examines the consequences of disrupting ciliary localization of the GPCR dopamine receptor 1 (D1) in D1-expressing neurons. Remarkably, mice that have either an abnormal accumulation of D1 in cilia or a loss of D1 ciliary localization become obese. In both cases, the obesity is associated with lower locomotor activity rather than overeating. As D1 activation increases locomotor activity, these results are consistent with a reduction in D1 signaling. Indeed, we found that D1-mediated signaling is reduced in brain slices from both mouse models. Thus, cilia impact D1 signaling in the brain.
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- Toneisha Stubbs
- Department of Biological Chemistry and Pharmacology, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Pharmacology, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Pharmacology, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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- Department of Neuroscience, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Medical Genetics and Genomics, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa 52242
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Medical Genetics and Genomics, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa 52242
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- Department of Neuroscience, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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- Department of Biological Chemistry and Pharmacology, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210
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Sloboda N, Lambert L, Ciorna V, Bruel AL, Tran Mau-Them F, Gomola V, Lemelle JL, Klein O, Camoin-Schweitzer MC, Magnavacca M, Legagneur C, Ezsto ML, Bonnet C, Philippe C, Leheup B. Atypical phenotype of a patient with Bardet-Biedl syndrome type 4. Mol Genet Genomic Med 2022; 10:e1869. [PMID: 35318824 PMCID: PMC9034675 DOI: 10.1002/mgg3.1869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2020] [Revised: 06/16/2021] [Accepted: 12/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Background Bardet–Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a multisystemic disorder characterized by rod–cone dystrophy, truncal obesity, postaxial polydactyly, cognitive impairment, male hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, complex female genitourinary malformations, and renal abnormalities. There is a large clinical and also genetic heterogeneity in BBS. Here, we report a patient with polydactyly, hyperechogenic kidneys increased in size with normal corticomedullary differentiation, anal imperforation, and malformation of genitals with presence of a genital tubercle with ventral urethral meatus associated with two unfused lateral genital swelling and absent urethral folds, in the context of 46, XY karyotype. Methods Karyotype and solo exome sequencing were performed to look for a genetic etiology for the features described in our patient. Results We identified a homozygous in‐frame deletion of exons 4 to 6 in the BBS4 gene (NM‐033028 (BBS4‐i001): c.[(157‐?)_(405 +?)del] p.(Ala53‐Trp135del), which is classified as pathogenic variant. This analysis allowed the molecular diagnosis of BBS type 4 in this patient. Conclusion Complex genital malformations are only reported in female BBS6 patients yet, and genital abnormalities and anal imperforation are not reported in male BBS4 patients to date. We discuss the possible hypotheses for this phenotype, including the phenotypic overlap between ciliopathies.
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- Laboratoire de génétique, Innovation en diagnostic génomique des maladies rares UF6254, Plate-forme de Biologie Hospitalo-Universitaire, CHU Dijon, Dijon, France
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- Laboratoire de génétique, Innovation en diagnostic génomique des maladies rares UF6254, Plate-forme de Biologie Hospitalo-Universitaire, CHU Dijon, Dijon, France.,INSERM U1231, LNC UMR1231 GAD, Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France
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- Service de Chirurgie Viscérale Infantile, CHRU Nancy, Nancy, France
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- Service de Neurochirurgie Pédiatrique, CHRU Nancy, Nancy, France
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- Service de néphrologie pédiatrique, dialyse, transplantation rénale, CHRU Nancy, Nancy, France
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- Unité d'Endocrinologie Pédiatrique et Diabétologie, CHRU Nancy, Nancy, France
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- Laboratoire de génétique, Innovation en diagnostic génomique des maladies rares UF6254, Plate-forme de Biologie Hospitalo-Universitaire, CHU Dijon, Dijon, France.,INSERM U1231, LNC UMR1231 GAD, Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France
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- Service de Génétique Clinique, CHRU Nancy, Nancy, France
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Petit C, Cantarovich D, Langs V, Isidor B, Figueres L. [Genetic screening is essential in polycystic kidney disease: It is never too late!]. Nephrol Ther 2022; 18:144-147. [PMID: 35101355 DOI: 10.1016/j.nephro.2021.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2021] [Accepted: 09/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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In France, numerous patients suffered from chronic kidney disease on polycystic kidney disorder. If PKD1 and PKD2 inactivating mutations are the most prevalent, several other genetic polycystic kidney diseases are responsible for similar kidney features and may be associated with severe extrarenal phenotypes. Genetic analysis in front of a polycystic disorder is not systematic, but is essential to assess the genetic diagnosis, discuss the intensity of treatment (vaptan) and precise the prognostic and the transmission of the phenotype. We detailed the case of a patient with end stage renal disease due to a polycystic kidney disease. Genetic analysis at 70 year of age revealed an oral-facial-digital syndrome type 1. The diagnosis had an important impact in the familial history and to attach the extrarenal phenotype to the syndrome. Our case illustrates that, in front of a polycystic kidney disease (even in aged patients with end stage renal disease) genetic screening is essential, for the propositus and their family and to take care of the extrarenal manifestations.
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- Clémence Petit
- Service de néphrologie et d'immunologie clinique, CHU de Nantes, France; CRTI, ITUN, Université de Médecine de Nantes, France
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- Service de néphrologie et d'immunologie clinique, CHU de Nantes, France
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- Pôle Santé des Olonnes - Association ECHO, Les Sables d'Olonne, France
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- Service de Génétique Médicale, CHU de Nantes, Université de Médecine de Nantes, France
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- Service de néphrologie et d'immunologie clinique, CHU de Nantes, France; CRTI, ITUN, Université de Médecine de Nantes, France.
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Chandra B, Tung ML, Hsu Y, Scheetz T, Sheffield VC. Retinal ciliopathies through the lens of Bardet-Biedl Syndrome: Past, present and future. Prog Retin Eye Res 2021; 89:101035. [PMID: 34929400 DOI: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2021.101035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2021] [Revised: 12/10/2021] [Accepted: 12/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The primary cilium is a highly specialized and evolutionary conserved organelle in eukaryotes that plays a significant role in cell signaling and trafficking. Over the past few decades tremendous progress has been made in understanding the physiology of cilia and the underlying pathomechanisms of various ciliopathies. Syndromic ciliopathies consist of a group of disorders caused by ciliary dysfunction or abnormal ciliogenesis. These disorders have multiorgan involvement in addition to retinal degeneration underscoring the ubiquitous distribution of primary cilia in different cell types. Genotype-phenotype correlation is often challenging due to the allelic heterogeneity and pleiotropy of these disorders. In this review, we discuss the clinical and genetic features of syndromic ciliopathies with a focus on Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) as a representative disorder. We discuss the structure and function of primary cilia and their role in retinal photoreceptors. We describe the progress made thus far in understanding the functional and genetic characterization including expression quantitative trait locus (eQTL) analysis of BBS genes. In the future directions section, we discuss the emerging technologies, such as gene therapy, as well as anticipated challenges and their implications in therapeutic development for ciliopathies.
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- Bharatendu Chandra
- Stead Family Department of Pediatrics, Division of Medical Genetics and Genomics, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA; Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Stead Family Department of Pediatrics, Division of Medical Genetics and Genomics, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA; Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Stead Family Department of Pediatrics, Division of Medical Genetics and Genomics, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA; Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA, USA.
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Mansour F, Boivin FJ, Shaheed IB, Schueler M, Schmidt-Ott KM. The Role of Centrosome Distal Appendage Proteins (DAPs) in Nephronophthisis and Ciliogenesis. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms222212253. [PMID: 34830133 PMCID: PMC8621283 DOI: 10.3390/ijms222212253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2021] [Revised: 11/08/2021] [Accepted: 11/10/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The primary cilium is found in most mammalian cells and plays a functional role in tissue homeostasis and organ development by modulating key signaling pathways. Ciliopathies are a group of genetically heterogeneous disorders resulting from defects in cilia development and function. Patients with ciliopathic disorders exhibit a range of phenotypes that include nephronophthisis (NPHP), a progressive tubulointerstitial kidney disease that commonly results in end-stage renal disease (ESRD). In recent years, distal appendages (DAPs), which radially project from the distal end of the mother centriole, have been shown to play a vital role in primary ciliary vesicle docking and the initiation of ciliogenesis. Mutations in the genes encoding these proteins can result in either a complete loss of the primary cilium, abnormal ciliary formation, or defective ciliary signaling. DAPs deficiency in humans or mice commonly results in NPHP. In this review, we outline recent advances in our understanding of the molecular functions of DAPs and how they participate in nephronophthisis development.
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- Fatma Mansour
- Department of Nephrology and Medical Intensive Care, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany; (F.M.); (F.J.B.)
- Molecular and Translational Kidney Research, Max-Delbrück-Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC), 13125 Berlin, Germany
- Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, 12613 Giza, Egypt;
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- Department of Nephrology and Medical Intensive Care, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany; (F.M.); (F.J.B.)
- Molecular and Translational Kidney Research, Max-Delbrück-Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC), 13125 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, 12613 Giza, Egypt;
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- Department of Nephrology and Medical Intensive Care, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany; (F.M.); (F.J.B.)
- Correspondence: (M.S.); (K.M.S.-O.)
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- Department of Nephrology and Medical Intensive Care, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany; (F.M.); (F.J.B.)
- Molecular and Translational Kidney Research, Max-Delbrück-Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC), 13125 Berlin, Germany
- Correspondence: (M.S.); (K.M.S.-O.)
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Buphamalai P, Kokotovic T, Nagy V, Menche J. Network analysis reveals rare disease signatures across multiple levels of biological organization. Nat Commun 2021; 12:6306. [PMID: 34753928 PMCID: PMC8578255 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-26674-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2021] [Accepted: 10/19/2021] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Rare genetic diseases are typically caused by a single gene defect. Despite this clear causal relationship between genotype and phenotype, identifying the pathobiological mechanisms at various levels of biological organization remains a practical and conceptual challenge. Here, we introduce a network approach for evaluating the impact of rare gene defects across biological scales. We construct a multiplex network consisting of over 20 million gene relationships that are organized into 46 network layers spanning six major biological scales between genotype and phenotype. A comprehensive analysis of 3,771 rare diseases reveals distinct phenotypic modules within individual layers. These modules can be exploited to mechanistically dissect the impact of gene defects and accurately predict rare disease gene candidates. Our results show that the disease module formalism can be applied to rare diseases and generalized beyond physical interaction networks. These findings open up new venues to apply network-based tools for cross-scale data integration.
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- Pisanu Buphamalai
- CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Lazarettgasse 14, AKH BT 25.3, 1090, Vienna, Austria
- Department of Structural and Computational Biology, Max Perutz Labs, University of Vienna, Campus Vienna BioCenter 5, 1030, Vienna, Austria
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- CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Lazarettgasse 14, AKH BT 25.3, 1090, Vienna, Austria
- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Rare and Undiagnosed Diseases, Lazarettgasse 14, AKH BT 25.3, 1090, Vienna, Austria
- Department of Neurology, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria
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- CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Lazarettgasse 14, AKH BT 25.3, 1090, Vienna, Austria
- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Rare and Undiagnosed Diseases, Lazarettgasse 14, AKH BT 25.3, 1090, Vienna, Austria
- Department of Neurology, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria
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- CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Lazarettgasse 14, AKH BT 25.3, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
- Department of Structural and Computational Biology, Max Perutz Labs, University of Vienna, Campus Vienna BioCenter 5, 1030, Vienna, Austria.
- Faculty of Mathematics, University of Vienna, Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
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Husson H, Bukanov NO, Moreno S, Smith MM, Richards B, Zhu C, Picariello T, Park H, Wang B, Natoli TA, Smith LA, Zanotti S, Russo RJ, Madden SL, Klinger KW, Modur V, Ibraghimov-Beskrovnaya O. Correction of cilia structure and function alleviates multi-organ pathology in Bardet-Biedl syndrome mice. Hum Mol Genet 2021; 29:2508-2522. [PMID: 32620959 PMCID: PMC7471507 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddaa138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2020] [Revised: 06/22/2020] [Accepted: 07/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Bardet–Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a pleiotropic autosomal recessive ciliopathy affecting multiple organs. The development of potential disease-modifying therapy for BBS will require concurrent targeting of multi-systemic manifestations. Here, we show for the first time that monosialodihexosylganglioside accumulates in Bbs2−/− cilia, indicating impairment of glycosphingolipid (GSL) metabolism in BBS. Consequently, we tested whether BBS pathology in Bbs2−/− mice can be reversed by targeting the underlying ciliary defect via reduction of GSL metabolism. Inhibition of GSL synthesis with the glucosylceramide synthase inhibitor Genz-667161 decreases the obesity, liver disease, retinal degeneration and olfaction defect in Bbs2−/− mice. These effects are secondary to preservation of ciliary structure and signaling, and stimulation of cellular differentiation. In conclusion, reduction of GSL metabolism resolves the multi-organ pathology of Bbs2−/− mice by directly preserving ciliary structure and function towards a normal phenotype. Since this approach does not rely on the correction of the underlying genetic mutation, it might translate successfully as a treatment for other ciliopathies.
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- Hervé Husson
- Rare and Neurologic Diseases Research, Sanofi, Framingham, MA 01701, USA
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- Rare and Neurologic Diseases Research, Sanofi, Framingham, MA 01701, USA
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- Rare and Neurologic Diseases Research, Sanofi, Framingham, MA 01701, USA
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- Rare and Neurologic Diseases Research, Sanofi, Framingham, MA 01701, USA
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- Translational Sciences, Sanofi, Framingham, MA 01701, USA
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- Rare and Neurologic Diseases Research, Sanofi, Framingham, MA 01701, USA
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- Pre-Development Sciences, Sanofi, Waltham, MA 02451, USA
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- Pre-Development Sciences, Sanofi, Waltham, MA 02451, USA
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- Rare and Neurologic Diseases Research, Sanofi, Framingham, MA 01701, USA
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- Rare and Neurologic Diseases Research, Sanofi, Framingham, MA 01701, USA
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- Rare and Neurologic Diseases Research, Sanofi, Framingham, MA 01701, USA
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- Rare and Neurologic Diseases Research, Sanofi, Framingham, MA 01701, USA
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- Rare Diseases Development, Sanofi, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
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Beigi F, Del Pozo-Valero M, Martin-Merida I, Perea-Romero I, Manaviat MR, Ayuso C, Ghasemi N. Apparent but unconfirmed digenism in an Iranian consanguineous family with syndromic Retinal Disease. Exp Eye Res 2021; 207:108533. [PMID: 33741323 DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2021.108533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2020] [Revised: 02/23/2021] [Accepted: 02/28/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND Bardet-Biedl syndrome is an autosomal recessive disease characterized by rod-cone dystrophy, postaxial polydactyly, kidney defects, obesity, mental retardation and hypogonadism. Here, we report different genotypes in two Bardet-Biedl syndrome affected sisters with a different clinical phenotype regarding severity. MATERIALS AND METHODS The proband of the family was examined by Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) using clinical exome and filtering by syndromic and non-syndromic genes associated with retinal dystrophies. RESULTS Targeted NGS revealed two novel variants in the MKKS and CEP290 genes in homozygosis state in the proband. Segregation analysis revealed the presence of the same MKKS homozygous variant in her younger affected sister but not the CEP290 variant. Both sisters presented different clinical manifestation, at different ages, with a more severe renal and retinal defect in the case of the sister carrying mutations in both genes. Another unaffected sister showed only homozygosity for the CEP290 variant, thus supporting the non-pathogenic role of this mutation in BBS phenotype. CONCLUSIONS In this study, NGS proved to be a powerful and efficient sequencing method to identify causal variants in different genes. However, it remarks the importance of the segregation analysis and clinical information to establish the pathogenicity of new variants. The two affected sisters present different genotypes and clinical manifestation, suggesting that the novel CEP290 variant could be acting as a modifier, making the phenotype more severe in the sister homozygote for MKKS and CEP290 genes. On the other hand, the difference in the age of both sisters highlight the important role of monitoring disease progression also to confirm the modifier role of genetic variants.
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- Fahimeh Beigi
- Department of Medical Genetics, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran
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- Department of Clinical Genetics and Genomics, University Hospital Fundacion Jimenez Diaz, Health Research Institute Fundacion Jimenez Diaz (IIS-FJD, UAM), Madrid, Spain; CIBERER (Biomedical Research Network Centre for Rare Diseases), ISCIII, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Clinical Genetics and Genomics, University Hospital Fundacion Jimenez Diaz, Health Research Institute Fundacion Jimenez Diaz (IIS-FJD, UAM), Madrid, Spain; CIBERER (Biomedical Research Network Centre for Rare Diseases), ISCIII, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Clinical Genetics and Genomics, University Hospital Fundacion Jimenez Diaz, Health Research Institute Fundacion Jimenez Diaz (IIS-FJD, UAM), Madrid, Spain; CIBERER (Biomedical Research Network Centre for Rare Diseases), ISCIII, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Science, Yazd Diabetes Research Center, Yazd, Iran
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- Department of Clinical Genetics and Genomics, University Hospital Fundacion Jimenez Diaz, Health Research Institute Fundacion Jimenez Diaz (IIS-FJD, UAM), Madrid, Spain; CIBERER (Biomedical Research Network Centre for Rare Diseases), ISCIII, Madrid, Spain
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- Abortion Research Centre, Reproductive Sciences Institute, Yazd Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Yazd, Iran.
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Dassie F, Favaretto F, Bettini S, Parolin M, Valenti M, Reschke F, Danne T, Vettor R, Milan G, Maffei P. Alström syndrome: an ultra-rare monogenic disorder as a model for insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes mellitus and obesity. Endocrine 2021; 71:618-625. [PMID: 33566311 DOI: 10.1007/s12020-021-02643-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2020] [Accepted: 01/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Alström syndrome (ALMS) is a monogenic ultra-rare disorder with a prevalence of one per million inhabitants caused by pathogenic variants of ALMS1 gene. ALMS1 is located on chromosome 2p13, spans 23 exons and encodes a predicted 461.2-kDa protein of 4169 amino acids. The infantile cone-rod dystrophy with nystagmus and severe visual impairment is the earliest and most consistent clinical manifestation of ALMS. In addition, infantile transient cardiomyopathy, early childhood obesity with hyperphagia, deafness, insulin resistance (IR), type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), systemic fibrosis and progressive renal or liver dysfunction are common findings. ALMS1 encodes a large ubiquitously expressed protein that is associated with the centrosome and the basal body of primary cilium. CURRENT RESEARCH The localisation of ALMS1 to the ciliary basal body suggests its contribution to ciliogenesis and/or normal ciliary function, or centriolar stability. ALMS1 regulate glucose transport through the actin cytoskeleton, which plays an important role in insulin-stimulated GLUT4 transport. Both extreme IR and β-cell failure are the two determinant factors responsible for the development of glucose metabolism alterations in ALMS. TREATMENT Currently, there is no known cure for ALMS other than managing the underlying systemic diseases. When possible, individuals with ALMS and families should be referred to a centre of expertise and followed by a multidisciplinary team. Lifestyle modification, aerobic exercise and dietary induced weight loss are highly recommended as primary treatment for ALMS patients with T2DM and obesity. CONCLUSION Managing a rare disease requires not only medical care but also a support network including patient associations.
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- Francesca Dassie
- Department of Medicine (DIMED), Clinica Medica 3, Padua University Hospital, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Medicine (DIMED), Clinica Medica 3, Padua University Hospital, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Medicine (DIMED), Clinica Medica 3, Padua University Hospital, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Medicine (DIMED), Clinica Medica 3, Padua University Hospital, Padua, Italy
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- Italian Association of Alström Syndrome Patients-ASS.A.I., Endo-ERN ePAG, Padua, Italy
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- Department of General Pediatrics, Endocrinology/Diabetology and Clinical Research, Children's Hospital Auf der Bult, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of General Pediatrics, Endocrinology/Diabetology and Clinical Research, Children's Hospital Auf der Bult, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Medicine (DIMED), Clinica Medica 3, Padua University Hospital, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Medicine (DIMED), Clinica Medica 3, Padua University Hospital, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Medicine (DIMED), Clinica Medica 3, Padua University Hospital, Padua, Italy.
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Mahmood SH, Khan M, Qadar LT, Yousuf F, Hasan M. A Unique Manifestation of Bardet-Biedl Syndrome with Otolaryngologic Symptoms and Bronchopneumonia in a One-year-old Girl. Cureus 2019; 11:e5717. [PMID: 31720185 PMCID: PMC6823080 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.5717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a rare autosomal recessive genetic disorder. It is a congenital ciliopathy that has primary and secondary characteristics. Primary clinical features include rod-cone dystrophy, polydactyly, central obesity, genital abnormalities and mental retardation often presenting as learning difficulties. Secondary clinical features include developmental delay, speech deficit, brachydactyly/syndactyly, dental defects, ataxia, olfactory deficit, diabetes mellitus (DM) and congenital heart disease. BBS patients are friendly with a happy predisposition. Proper management, and regular examinations should be done in order to maintain healthy organ function and to avoid an early death. Renal failure is the most common cause of mortality in BBS patients.This case report illustrates the evaluation of a child with BBS, as well as the unique association of otolaryngologic symptoms and bronchopneumonia with it.
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- Internal Medicine, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, PAK
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- Internal Medicine, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, PAK
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- Pediatrics, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, PAK
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- Internal Medicine, Jinnah Sindh Medical University, Karachi, PAK
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Niederlova V, Modrak M, Tsyklauri O, Huranova M, Stepanek O. Meta-analysis of genotype-phenotype associations in Bardet-Biedl syndrome uncovers differences among causative genes. Hum Mutat 2019; 40:2068-2087. [PMID: 31283077 DOI: 10.1002/humu.23862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2019] [Revised: 06/17/2019] [Accepted: 07/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a recessive genetic disease causing multiple organ anomalies. Most patients carry mutations in genes encoding for the subunits of the BBSome, an octameric ciliary transport complex, or accessory proteins involved in the BBSome assembly or function. BBS proteins have been extensively studied using in vitro, cellular, and animal models. However, the molecular functions of particular BBS proteins and the etiology of the BBS symptoms are still largely elusive. In this study, we applied a meta-analysis approach to study the genotype-phenotype association in humans using our database of all reported BBS patients. The analysis revealed that the identity of the causative gene and the character of the mutation partially predict the clinical outcome of the disease. Besides their potential use for clinical prognosis, our analysis revealed functional differences of particular BBS genes in humans. Core BBSome subunits BBS2, BBS7, and BBS9 manifest as more critical for the function and development of kidneys than peripheral subunits BBS1, BBS4, and BBS8/TTC8, suggesting that incomplete BBSome retains residual function at least in the kidney.
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- Veronika Niederlova
- Laboratory of Adaptive Immunity, Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Adaptive Immunity, Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Adaptive Immunity, Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Adaptive Immunity, Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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Girardet L, Augière C, Asselin MP, Belleannée C. Primary cilia: biosensors of the male reproductive tract. Andrology 2019; 7:588-602. [PMID: 31131532 DOI: 10.1111/andr.12650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2018] [Revised: 04/16/2019] [Accepted: 04/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND The primary cilium is a microtubule-based organelle that extends transiently from the apical cell surface to act as a sensory antenna. Initially viewed as a cellular appendage of obscure significance, the primary cilium is now acknowledged as a key coordinator of signaling pathways during development and in tissue homeostasis. OBJECTIVES The aim of this review was to present the structure and function of this overlooked organelle,with an emphasis on its epididymal context and contribution to male infertility issues. MATERIALS AND METHODS A systematic review has been performed in order to include main references relevant to the aforementioned topic. RESULTS Increasing evidence demonstrates that primary cilia dysfunctions are associated with impaired male reproductive system development and male infertility issues. DISCUSSION While a large amount of data exists regarding the role of primary cilia in most organs and tissues, few studies investigated the contribution of these organelles to male reproductive tract development and homeostasis. CONCLUSION Functional studies of primary cilia constitute an emergent and exciting new area in reproductive biology research.
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- Laura Girardet
- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproduction, Université Laval, CHU de Québec Research Center (CHUL), Quebec City, QC, Canada
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproduction, Université Laval, CHU de Québec Research Center (CHUL), Quebec City, QC, Canada
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproduction, Université Laval, CHU de Québec Research Center (CHUL), Quebec City, QC, Canada
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproduction, Université Laval, CHU de Québec Research Center (CHUL), Quebec City, QC, Canada
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Hattersley AT, Greeley SAW, Polak M, Rubio-Cabezas O, Njølstad PR, Mlynarski W, Castano L, Carlsson A, Raile K, Chi DV, Ellard S, Craig ME. ISPAD Clinical Practice Consensus Guidelines 2018: The diagnosis and management of monogenic diabetes in children and adolescents. Pediatr Diabetes 2018; 19 Suppl 27:47-63. [PMID: 30225972 DOI: 10.1111/pedi.12772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 180] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2018] [Accepted: 08/07/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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- Andrew T Hattersley
- Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, UK
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- The University of Chicago Medicine, Comer Children's Hospital, Chicago, Illinois
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- Hôpital Universitaire Necker-Enfants Malades, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France
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- Department of Paediatric Endocrinology, Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.,Department of Pediatrics, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Pediatrics, Oncology, Hematology and Diabetology, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
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- Endocrinology and Diabetes Research Group, BioCruces Health Research Institute, Cruces University Hospital, Barakaldo, Spain
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- Department of Clinical Sciences, Skåne University Hospital, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Genetics, National Children's Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam.,Department of Pediatrics, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, UK
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- The Children's Hospital at Westmead and Discipline of Child Health and Adolescent Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.,School of Women's and Children's Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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Ladino LY, Galvis J, Yasnó D, Ramírez A, Beltrán OI. A pathogenic homozygous variant of the BBS10 gene in a patient with Bardet Biedl syndrome. BIOMEDICA : REVISTA DEL INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD 2018; 38:308-320. [PMID: 30335236 DOI: 10.7705/biomedica.v38i4.4199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2017] [Revised: 03/23/2018] [Accepted: 04/02/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The Bardet-Biedl syndrome is an autosomal recessive hereditary disorder with vast locus heterogeneity that belongs to the so-called ciliopathies, whose proteins are localized in the primary cilia and present functional deficiency. The multisystemic features of the disease include ocular, renal, cognitive, skeletal, as well as gonadal involvement and obesity, among others, with high inter- and intrafamilial variability. We describe the clinical case of an adolescent male patient with Bardet-Biedl syndrome, including the approach, the results from a 22-gene sequencing panel, and the analysis of updated scientific literature. We collected the clinical data of the patient and, after obtaining the informed consent, we conducted a multigenic sequencing panel oriented to known implicated genes. The patient was born to consanguineous parents and was the first affected member of the family. He presented with postaxial polydactyly, obesity, micropenis, retinitis pigmentosa, and learning disability. The multigenic panel allowed the identification of the homozygous pathogenic variant c.39_46del in the BBS10 gene and in other BBS genes variants associated with obesity. As the Bardet-Biedl syndrome is a rare disease, it is challenging to interpret its pleiotropism and gene/allelic heterogeneity. Its confirmation by molecular tests allows an adequate approach, follow-up, and genetic counseling of the patient and the family.
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- Luz Yaqueline Ladino
- Departamento de Genética, Grupo de Investigación GenHOMI, Fundación Hospital Pediátrico La Misericordia-HOMI, Bogotá, D.C., Colombia Maestría en Genética Humana, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, D.C., Colombia.
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Barba M, Di Pietro L, Massimi L, Geloso MC, Frassanito P, Caldarelli M, Michetti F, Della Longa S, Romitti PA, Di Rocco C, Arcovito A, Parolini O, Tamburrini G, Bernardini C, Boyadjiev SA, Lattanzi W. BBS9 gene in nonsyndromic craniosynostosis: Role of the primary cilium in the aberrant ossification of the suture osteogenic niche. Bone 2018; 112:58-70. [PMID: 29674126 PMCID: PMC5970090 DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2018.04.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2018] [Revised: 04/12/2018] [Accepted: 04/14/2018] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Nonsyndromic craniosynostosis (NCS) is the premature ossification of skull sutures, without associated clinical features. Mutations in several genes account for a small number of NCS patients; thus, the molecular etiopathogenesis of NCS remains largely unclear. Our study aimed at characterizing the molecular signaling implicated in the aberrant ossification of sutures in NCS patients. Comparative gene expression profiling of NCS patient sutures identified a fused suture-specific signature, including 17 genes involved in primary cilium signaling and assembly. Cells from fused sutures displayed a reduced potential to form primary cilia compared to cells from control patent sutures of the same patient. We identified specific upregulated splice variants of the Bardet Biedl syndrome-associated gene 9 (BBS9), which encodes a structural component of the ciliary BBSome complex. BBS9 expression increased during in vitro osteogenic differentiation of suture-derived mesenchymal cells of NCS patients. Also, Bbs9 expression increased during in vivo ossification of rat sutures. BBS9 functional knockdown affected the expression of primary cilia on patient suture cells and their osteogenic potential. Computational modeling of the upregulated protein isoforms (observed in patients) predicted that their binding affinity within the BBSome may be affected, providing a possible explanation for the aberrant suture ossification in NCS.
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- Marta Barba
- Istituto di Anatomia Umana e Biologia Cellulare, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy; Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "Agostino Gemelli", 00168 Rome, Italy
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- Istituto di Anatomia Umana e Biologia Cellulare, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy
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- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "Agostino Gemelli", 00168 Rome, Italy; Istituto di Neurochirurgia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy
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- Istituto di Anatomia Umana e Biologia Cellulare, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy; Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "Agostino Gemelli", 00168 Rome, Italy
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- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "Agostino Gemelli", 00168 Rome, Italy
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- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "Agostino Gemelli", 00168 Rome, Italy; Istituto di Neurochirurgia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy
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- Istituto di Anatomia Umana e Biologia Cellulare, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, 67100, L'Aquila, Italy
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- Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, Iowa City, 52242, IA, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, International Neuroscience Institute, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Istituto di Neurochirurgia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy; Istituto di Biochimica e Biochimica Clinica, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy
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- Istituto di Anatomia Umana e Biologia Cellulare, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy; Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "Agostino Gemelli", 00168 Rome, Italy; Centro di Ricerca E. Menni, Fondazione Poliambulanza-Istituto Ospedaliero, 25124 Brescia, Italy
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- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "Agostino Gemelli", 00168 Rome, Italy; Istituto di Neurochirurgia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy
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- Istituto di Anatomia Umana e Biologia Cellulare, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy; Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "Agostino Gemelli", 00168 Rome, Italy
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- Section of Genomics, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, 95817 Sacramento, CA, USA
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- Istituto di Anatomia Umana e Biologia Cellulare, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy; Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "Agostino Gemelli", 00168 Rome, Italy.
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Lancia P, Adam de Beaumais T, Elie V, Garaix F, Fila M, Nobili F, Ranchin B, Testevuide P, Ulinski T, Zhao W, Deschênes G, Jacqz-Aigrain E. Pharmacogenetics of post-transplant diabetes mellitus in children with renal transplantation treated with tacrolimus. Pediatr Nephrol 2018; 33:1045-1055. [PMID: 29399716 DOI: 10.1007/s00467-017-3881-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2017] [Revised: 12/14/2017] [Accepted: 12/15/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND Post-transplant diabetes mellitus (PTDM) is a major complication of immunosuppressive therapy, with many risk factors reported in adults with renal transplantation. The objective of this study was to investigate potential non-genetic and genetic risk factors of PTDM in children with renal transplantation treated with tacrolimus. METHODS A national database was screened for patients developing PTDM within 4 years following tacrolimus introduction. PTDM was defined as glucose disorder requiring anti-diabetic treatment. PTDM patients were matched to "non-PTDM" control transplanted children according to age, gender, and duration of post-transplant follow-up. Patients were genotyped for six selected genetic variants in POR*28 (rs1057868), PPARa (rs4253728), CYP3A5 (rs776746), VDR (rs2228570 and rs731236), and ABCB1 (rs1045642) genes, implicated in glucose homeostasis and tacrolimus disposition. RESULTS Among the 98 children with renal transplantation enrolled in this multicentre study, 18 developed PTDM. None of the clinical and biological parameters was significant between PTDM and control patients. Homozygous carriers of POR*28 or wild-type ABCB1 (rs1045642) gene variants were more frequent in PTDM than in control patients with differences close to significance (p = 0.114 and p = 0.066 respectively). A genetic score based on these variants demonstrated that POR*28/*28 and ABCB1 CC or CT genotype carriers were at a significantly higher risk of developing PTDM after renal transplantation. CONCLUSION Identification of PTDM risk factors should allow clinicians to allocate the best immunosuppressant for each patient with renal transplantation, and improve care for patients who are at a higher risk.
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- Pauline Lancia
- Department of Pediatric Pharmacology and Pharmacogenetics, Robert Debré Hospital, APHP, 48 boulevard Sérurier, 75019, Paris, France
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- Department of Pediatric Pharmacology and Pharmacogenetics, Robert Debré Hospital, APHP, 48 boulevard Sérurier, 75019, Paris, France
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- Department of Pediatric Pharmacology and Pharmacogenetics, Robert Debré Hospital, APHP, 48 boulevard Sérurier, 75019, Paris, France
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, CHU La Timone, APHM, 264 rue Saint Pierre, 13005, Marseille, France
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Arnaud de Villeneuve Hospital, 371 avenue du Doyen Gaston Giraud, 34090, Montpellier, France
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Saint Jacques Hospital, 2 Place Saint Jacques, 25000, Besançon, France
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Femme-Mère-Enfant Hospital, Hospices Civils de Lyon, 59 boulevard Pinel, 69677, Bron, France
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Territorial Hospital Center, Papeete, Polynésie Française, France
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Armand Trousseau Hospital, APHP, 26 rue du Dr Arnold Netter, 75012, Paris, France
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- Department of Pediatric Pharmacology and Pharmacogenetics, Robert Debré Hospital, APHP, 48 boulevard Sérurier, 75019, Paris, France.,Clinical Investigation Center CIC1426, INSERM, Robert Debré Hospital, 48 boulevard Serurier, 75019, Paris, France.,Paris Diderot University Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Robert Debré Hospital, APHP, 48 boulevard Serurier, 75019, Paris, France
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- Department of Pediatric Pharmacology and Pharmacogenetics, Robert Debré Hospital, APHP, 48 boulevard Sérurier, 75019, Paris, France. .,Clinical Investigation Center CIC1426, INSERM, Robert Debré Hospital, 48 boulevard Serurier, 75019, Paris, France. .,Paris Diderot University Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France.
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Mujahid S, Hunt KF, Cheah YS, Forsythe E, Hazlehurst JM, Sparks K, Mohammed S, Tomlinson JW, Amiel SA, Carroll PV, Beales PL, Huda MSB, McGowan BM. The Endocrine and Metabolic Characteristics of a Large Bardet-Biedl Syndrome Clinic Population. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2018; 103:1834-1841. [PMID: 29409041 DOI: 10.1210/jc.2017-01459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2017] [Accepted: 01/26/2018] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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CONTEXT Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder in which previous reports have described obesity and a metabolic syndrome. OBJECTIVE We describe the endocrine and metabolic characteristics of a large BBS population compared with matched control subjects. DESIGN We performed a case-control study. SETTING This study was performed at a hospital clinic. PATIENTS Study patients had a clinical or genetic diagnosis of BBS. MAIN OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS Our study determined the prevalence of a metabolic syndrome in our cohort. RESULTS A total of 152 subjects were studied. Eighty-four (55.3%) were male. Mean (± standard deviation) age was 33.2 ± 1.0 years. Compared with age-, sex-, and body mass index-matched control subjects, fasting glucose and insulin levels were significantly higher in subjects with BBS (glucose: BBS, 5.2 ± 1.2 mmol/L vs control, 4.9 ± 0.9 mmol/L, P = 0.04; insulin: BBS, 24.2 ± 17.0 pmol/L vs control, 14.2 ± 14.8 pmol/L, P < 0.001). Serum triglycerides were significantly higher in subjects with BBS (2.0 ± 1.2 mmol/L) compared with control subjects (1.3 ± 0.8 mmol/L; P < 0.001), but total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein, and low-density lipoprotein were similar in both groups. Systolic blood pressure was higher in the BBS group (BBS, 135 ± 18 mm Hg vs control subjects, 129 ± 16 mm Hg; P = 0.02). Alanine transaminase was raised in 34 (26.8%) subjects with BBS, compared with five (8.9%) control subjects (P = 0.01). The rate of metabolic syndrome, determined using International Diabetes Federation criteria, was significantly higher in the BBS group (54.3%) compared with control subjects (26% P < 0.001). Twenty-six (19.5%) of male subjects with BBS were hypogonadal (serum testosterone, 9.9 ± 5.3 mmol/L), but significant pituitary abnormalities were uncommon. Subclinical hypothyroidism was present in 24 of 125 (19.4%) patients with BBS, compared with 3 of 65 (4.6%) control subjects (P = 0.01). CONCLUSIONS Insulin resistance and the metabolic syndrome are increased in adult patients with BBS compared with matched control subjects. Increased subclinical hypothyroidism in the BBS cohort needs further investigation.
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- Safa Mujahid
- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- King's Diabetes Research Group, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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- King's Diabetes Research Group, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
- University Hospitals, Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
- University Hospitals, Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- King's Diabetes Research Group, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
- King's Diabetes Research Group, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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Forsythe E, Kenny J, Bacchelli C, Beales PL. Managing Bardet-Biedl Syndrome-Now and in the Future. Front Pediatr 2018; 6:23. [PMID: 29487844 PMCID: PMC5816783 DOI: 10.3389/fped.2018.00023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2017] [Accepted: 01/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Bardet-Biedl syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive multisystem disorder caused by defects in genes encoding for proteins that localize to the primary cilium/basal body complex. Twenty-one disease-causing genes have been identified to date. It is one of the most well-studied conditions in the family of diseases caused by defective cilia collectively known as ciliopathies. In this review, we provide an update on diagnostic developments, clinical features, and progress in the management of Bardet-Biedl syndrome. Advances in diagnostic technologies including exome and whole genome sequencing are expanding the spectrum of patients who are diagnosed with Bardet-Biedl syndrome and increasing the number of cases with diagnostic uncertainty. As a result of the diagnostic developments, a small number of patients with only one or two clinical features of Bardet-Biedl syndrome are being diagnosed. Our understanding of the syndrome-associated renal disease has evolved and is reviewed here. Novel interventions are developing at a rapid pace and are explored in this review including genetic therapeutics such as gene therapy, exon skipping therapy, nonsense suppression therapy, and gene editing. Other non-genetic therapies such as gene repurposing, targeted therapies, and non-pharmacological interventions are also discussed.
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- Elizabeth Forsythe
- Genetics and Genomic Medicine Programme, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Genetics and Genomic Medicine Programme, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Genetics and Genomic Medicine Programme, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Genetics and Genomic Medicine Programme, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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Furtado MB, Merriner DJ, Berger S, Rhodes D, Jamsai D, O'Bryan MK. Mutations in the Katnb1 gene cause left-right asymmetry and heart defects. Dev Dyn 2017; 246:1027-1035. [PMID: 28791777 DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.24564] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2017] [Revised: 07/27/2017] [Accepted: 08/01/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The microtubule-severing protein complex katanin is composed two subunits, the ATPase subunit, KATNA1, and the noncatalytic regulatory subunit, KATNB1. Recently, the Katnb1 gene has been linked to infertility, regulation of centriole and cilia formation in fish and mammals, as well as neocortical brain development. KATNB1 protein is expressed in germ cells in humans and mouse, mitotic/meiotic spindles and cilia, although the full expression pattern of the Katnb1 gene has not been described. RESULTS Using a knockin-knockout mouse model of Katnb1 dysfunction we demonstrate that Katnb1 is ubiquitously expressed during embryonic development, although a stronger expression is seen in the crown cells of the gastrulation organizer, the murine node. Furthermore, null and hypomorphic Katnb1 gene mutations show a novel correlation between Katnb1 dysregulation and the development of impaired left-right signaling, including cardiac malformations. CONCLUSIONS Katanin function is a critical regulator of heart development in mice. These findings are potentially relevant to human cardiac development. Developmental Dynamics 246:1027-1035, 2017. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Milena B Furtado
- The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine.,Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- The Development and Stem Cells Program of Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute and The Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.,The School of Biological Sciences, 25 Rainforest Walk, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- The Development and Stem Cells Program of Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute and The Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- The Development and Stem Cells Program of Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute and The Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- The Development and Stem Cells Program of Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute and The Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.,The School of Biological Sciences, 25 Rainforest Walk, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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Braune J, Weyer U, Matz-Soja M, Hobusch C, Kern M, Kunath A, Klöting N, Kralisch S, Blüher M, Gebhardt R, Zavros Y, Bechmann I, Gericke M. Hedgehog signalling in myeloid cells impacts on body weight, adipose tissue inflammation and glucose metabolism. Diabetologia 2017; 60:889-899. [PMID: 28233033 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-017-4223-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2016] [Accepted: 01/23/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS Recently, hedgehog (Hh) was identified as a crucial player in adipose tissue development and energy expenditure. Therefore, we tested whether Hh ligands are regulated in obesity. Further, we aimed at identifying potential target cells of Hh signalling and studied the functional impact of Hh signalling on adipose tissue inflammation and glucose metabolism. METHODS Hh ligands and receptors were analysed in adipose tissue or serum from lean and obese mice as well as in humans. To study the impact on adipose tissue inflammation and glucose metabolism, Hh signalling was specifically blocked in myeloid cells using a conditional knockout approach (Lys-Smo -/-). RESULTS Desert Hh (DHH) and Indian Hh (IHH) are local Hh ligands, whereas Sonic Hh is not expressed in adipose tissue from mice or humans. In mice, obesity leads to a preferential upregulation of Hh ligands (Dhh) and signalling components (Ptch1, Smo and Gli1) in subcutaneous adipose tissue. Further, adipose tissue macrophages are Hh target cells owing to the expression of Hh receptors, such as Patched1 and 2. Conditional knockout of Smo (which encodes Smoothened, a mandatory Hh signalling component) in myeloid cells increases body weight and adipose tissue inflammation and attenuates glucose tolerance, suggesting an anti-inflammatory effect of Hh signalling. In humans, adipose tissue expression of DHH and serum IHH decrease with obesity and type 2 diabetes, which might be explained by the intake of metformin. Interestingly, metformin reduced Dhh and Ihh expression in mouse adipose tissue explants. CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION Hh signalling in myeloid cells affects adipose tissue inflammation and glucose metabolism and may be a potential target to treat type 2 diabetes.
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- Julia Braune
- Institute of Anatomy, Leipzig University, Oststrasse 25, D-04317, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Anatomy, Leipzig University, Oststrasse 25, D-04317, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Anatomy, Leipzig University, Oststrasse 25, D-04317, Leipzig, Germany
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- German Center of Diabetes Research (DZD), Leipzig, Germany
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- IFB Adiposity Disease, Core Unit, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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- IFB Adiposity Disease, Core Unit, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Medicine, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Medicine, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, USA
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- Institute of Anatomy, Leipzig University, Oststrasse 25, D-04317, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Anatomy, Leipzig University, Oststrasse 25, D-04317, Leipzig, Germany.
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Walentek P, Quigley IK. What we can learn from a tadpole about ciliopathies and airway diseases: Using systems biology in Xenopus to study cilia and mucociliary epithelia. Genesis 2017; 55:10.1002/dvg.23001. [PMID: 28095645 PMCID: PMC5276738 DOI: 10.1002/dvg.23001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2016] [Revised: 11/14/2016] [Accepted: 11/16/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Over the past years, the Xenopus embryo has emerged as an incredibly useful model organism for studying the formation and function of cilia and ciliated epithelia in vivo. This has led to a variety of findings elucidating the molecular mechanisms of ciliated cell specification, basal body biogenesis, cilia assembly, and ciliary motility. These findings also revealed the deep functional conservation of signaling, transcriptional, post-transcriptional, and protein networks employed in the formation and function of vertebrate ciliated cells. Therefore, Xenopus research can contribute crucial insights not only into developmental and cell biology, but also into the molecular mechanisms underlying cilia related diseases (ciliopathies) as well as diseases affecting the ciliated epithelium of the respiratory tract in humans (e.g., chronic lung diseases). Additionally, systems biology approaches including transcriptomics, genomics, and proteomics have been rapidly adapted for use in Xenopus, and broaden the applications for current and future translational biomedical research. This review aims to present the advantages of using Xenopus for cilia research, highlight some of the evolutionarily conserved key concepts and mechanisms of ciliated cell biology that were elucidated using the Xenopus model, and describe the potential for Xenopus research to address unresolved questions regarding the molecular mechanisms of ciliopathies and airway diseases.
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- Peter Walentek
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology; Genetics, Genomics and Development Division; Developmental and Regenerative Biology Group; University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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Zacchia M, Zacchia E, Zona E, Capolongo G, Raiola I, Rinaldi L, Trepiccione F, Ingrosso D, Perna A, Di Iorio V, Simonelli F, Moe OW, Capasso G. Renal phenotype in Bardet-Biedl syndrome: a combined defect of urinary concentration and dilution is associated with defective urinary AQP2 and UMOD excretion. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol 2016; 311:F686-F694. [PMID: 27488999 PMCID: PMC5142239 DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00224.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2016] [Accepted: 07/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The renal phenotype in Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is highly variable. The present study describes renal findings in 41 BBS patients and analyzes the pathogenesis of hyposthenuria, the most common renal dysfunction. Five of 41 patients (12%) showed an estimated glomerular filtration rate < 60 ml·min-1·1.73 m-2 Urine protein and urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio were over 200 and 30 mg/g in 9/24 and 7/23 patients, respectively. Four of 41 patients showed no renal anomalies on ultrasound. Twenty of 34 patients had hyposthenuria in the absence of renal insufficiency. In all 8 of the hyposthenuric patients studied, dDAVP failed to elevate urine osmolality (Uosm), suggesting a nephrogenic origin. Interestingly, water loading (WL) did not result in a significant reduction of Uosm, indicating combined concentrating and diluting defects. dDAVP infusion induced a significant increase of plasma Factor VIII and von Willebrand Factor levels, supporting normal function of the type 2 vasopressin receptor at least in endothelial cells. While urinary aquaporin 2 (u-AQP2) abundance was not different between patients and controls at baseline, the dDAVP-induced increased u-AQP2 and the WL-induced reduction of u-AQP2 were blunted in patients with a combined concentrating and diluting defect, suggesting a potential role of AQP2 in the defective regulation of water absorption. Urine Uromodulin excretion was reduced in all hyposthenuric patients, suggesting a thick ascending limb defect. Interestingly, renal Na, Cl, Ca, but not K handling was impaired after acute WL but not at basal. In summary, BBS patients show combined urinary concentration and dilution defects; a thick ascending limb and collecting duct tubulopathy may underlie impaired water handling.
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- Miriam Zacchia
- Section of Nephrology, Department of Cardiothoracic and Respiratory Sciences-Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy;
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- Section of Nephrology, Department of Cardiothoracic and Respiratory Sciences-Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy; Institute of Genetics and Biophysics of the National Research Council (CNR), Naples, Italy
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- Section of Nephrology, Department of Cardiothoracic and Respiratory Sciences-Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy; Institute of Genetics and Biophysics of the National Research Council (CNR), Naples, Italy
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- Section of Nephrology, Department of Cardiothoracic and Respiratory Sciences-Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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- Section of Nephrology, Department of Cardiothoracic and Respiratory Sciences-Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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- Section of Nephrology, Department of Cardiothoracic and Respiratory Sciences-Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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- Section of Nephrology, Department of Cardiothoracic and Respiratory Sciences-Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and General Pathology, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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- Section of Nephrology, Department of Cardiothoracic and Respiratory Sciences-Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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- Eye Clinic, Multidisciplinary Department of Medical, Surgical and Dental Sciences-Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy; and
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- Eye Clinic, Multidisciplinary Department of Medical, Surgical and Dental Sciences-Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy; and
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- Departments of Internal Medicine and Physiology and the Charles and Jane Pak Center for Mineral Metabolism and Clinical Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
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- Section of Nephrology, Department of Cardiothoracic and Respiratory Sciences-Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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[Algorithm for the molecular analysis of Bardet-Biedl syndrome in Spain]. Med Clin (Barc) 2015; 145:147-52. [PMID: 25087209 DOI: 10.1016/j.medcli.2014.05.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2014] [Revised: 05/07/2014] [Accepted: 05/08/2014] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a multisystemic genetic disorder, which is not widespread among the Caucasian population, characterized by a highly variable phenotype and great genetic heterogeneity. BBS belongs to a group of diseases called ciliopathies, caused by defects in the structure and/or function of cilia. Due to the diagnostic complexity of the syndrome, the objective of this study was to analyse our whole group of patients in order to create an algorithm to facilitate the routine molecular diagnosis of BBS. We also calculated several epidemiological parameters in our cohort. PATIENTS AND METHOD We analysed 116 BBS patients belonging to 89 families from the whole Spanish geography. All probands fulfilled diagnosis criteria established for BBS. For this, we used: genotyping microarray, direct sequencing and homozygosis mapping (in consanguineous families). RESULTS By means of the different approaches, it was possible to diagnose 47% of families (21% by genotyping microarray, 18% by direct sequencing of predominant BBS genes, and 8% by homozygosis mapping). With regard to epidemiological data, a prevalence value of 1:407,000 was obtained for BBS in Spain, and a sex ratio of 1.4:1 (men:women). CONCLUSIONS The proposed algorithm, based on the analysis of predominant BBS genes combined with homozygosis mapping, allowed us to confirm the molecular diagnosis in a significant percentage of families with clinically suspected BBS. This diagnostic algorithm will be useful for the improvement of the efficiency of molecular analysis in BBS.
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New-onset diabetes after kidney transplant in children. Pediatr Nephrol 2015; 30:405-16. [PMID: 24894384 DOI: 10.1007/s00467-014-2830-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2013] [Revised: 04/01/2014] [Accepted: 04/11/2014] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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The development of new-onset diabetes after kidney transplantation (NODAT) is associated with reduced graft function, increased cardiovascular morbidity and lower patient survival among adult recipients. In the pediatric population, however, the few studies examining NODAT have yielded inconsistent results. Therefore, the true incidence of NODAT in the pediatric population has been difficult to establish. The identification of children and adolescents at risk for NODAT requires appropriate screening questions and tests pre- and post-kidney transplant. Several risk factors have been implicated in the pathogenesis of NODAT and post-transplant glucose intolerance, including African American race, obesity, family history of diabetes and the type of immunosuppressant regimen. Moreover, uremia per se results in a state of insulin resistance that increases the risk of developing diabetes post-transplant. When an individual becomes glucose intolerant, early lifestyle modification and antihyperglycemic measures with tailoring of the immunosuppressant regimen should be implemented to prevent the development of NODAT. For the child or adolescent with NODAT, antihyperglycemic therapy should be prescribed in order to achieve optimal glycemic control, ultimately reducing complications and improving overall allograft and patient survival. In this article, we review the risk factors, screening methods, diagnosis, management and outcome of children and adolescents with NODAT and post-kidney transplant glucose intolerance.
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Keith BP, Robertson DL, Hentges KE. Locus heterogeneity disease genes encode proteins with high interconnectivity in the human protein interaction network. Front Genet 2014; 5:434. [PMID: 25538735 PMCID: PMC4260505 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2014.00434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2014] [Accepted: 11/24/2014] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Mutations in genes potentially lead to a number of genetic diseases with differing severity. These disease genes have been the focus of research in recent years showing that the disease gene population as a whole is not homogeneous, and can be categorized according to their interactions. Locus heterogeneity describes a single disorder caused by mutations in different genes each acting individually to cause the same disease. Using datasets of experimentally derived human disease genes and protein interactions, we created a protein interaction network to investigate the relationships between the products of genes associated with a disease displaying locus heterogeneity, and use network parameters to suggest properties that distinguish these disease genes from the overall disease gene population. Through the manual curation of known causative genes of 100 diseases displaying locus heterogeneity and 397 single-gene Mendelian disorders, we use network parameters to show that our locus heterogeneity network displays distinct properties from the global disease network and a Mendelian network. Using the global human proteome, through random simulation of the network we show that heterogeneous genes display significant interconnectivity. Further topological analysis of this network revealed clustering of locus heterogeneity genes that cause identical disorders, indicating that these disease genes are involved in similar biological processes. We then use this information to suggest additional genes that may contribute to diseases with locus heterogeneity.
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- Benjamin P Keith
- Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester Manchester, UK
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Mourão A, Nager AR, Nachury MV, Lorentzen E. Structural basis for membrane targeting of the BBSome by ARL6. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2014; 21:1035-41. [PMID: 25402481 PMCID: PMC4255524 DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.2920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2014] [Accepted: 10/20/2014] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The BBSome is a coat-like ciliary trafficking complex composed of proteins mutated in Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS). A critical step in BBSome-mediated sorting is recruitment of the BBSome to membranes by the GTP-bound Arf-like GTPase ARL6. We have determined crystal structures of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii ARL6-GDP, ARL6-GTP and the ARL6-GTP-BBS1 complex. The structures demonstrate how ARL6-GTP binds the BBS1 β-propeller at blades 1 and 7 and explain why GTP- but not GDP-bound ARL6 can recruit the BBSome to membranes. Single point mutations in the ARL6-GTP-BBS1 interface abolish the interaction of ARL6 with the BBSome and prevent the import of BBSomes into cilia. Furthermore, we show that BBS1 with the M390R mutation, responsible for 30% of all reported BBS disease cases, fails to interact with ARL6-GTP, thus providing a molecular rationale for patient pathologies.
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- André Mourão
- Department of Structural Cell Biology, Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz 18, D-82152 Martinsried, Germany
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University, School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University, School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94305
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- Department of Structural Cell Biology, Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz 18, D-82152 Martinsried, Germany
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Rubio-Cabezas O, Hattersley AT, Njølstad PR, Mlynarski W, Ellard S, White N, Chi DV, Craig ME. ISPAD Clinical Practice Consensus Guidelines 2014. The diagnosis and management of monogenic diabetes in children and adolescents. Pediatr Diabetes 2014; 15 Suppl 20:47-64. [PMID: 25182307 DOI: 10.1111/pedi.12192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2014] [Accepted: 06/20/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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- Oscar Rubio-Cabezas
- Department of Paediatric Endocrinology, Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús, Madrid, Spain
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Aksanov O, Green P, Birk RZ. BBS4 directly affects proliferation and differentiation of adipocytes. Cell Mol Life Sci 2014; 71:3381-92. [PMID: 24500759 PMCID: PMC11113930 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-014-1571-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2013] [Revised: 01/17/2014] [Accepted: 01/20/2014] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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BBS4 is one of several proteins whose defects cause Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS), a multi-systemic disorder, manifesting with marked obesity. BBS4 polymorphisms have been associated with common non-syndromic morbid obesity. BBS4 obesity molecular mechanisms, and the role of the BBS4 gene in adipocyte differentiation and function are not entirely known. We now show that Bbs4 plays a direct and essential role in proliferation and adipogenesis: silencing of Bbs4 in 3T3F442A preadipocytes induced accelerated cell division and aberrant differentiation, evident through morphologic studies (light, scanning and transmission electron microscopy), metabolic analyses (fat accumulation, fatty acid profile and lipolysis) and adipogenic markers transcripts (Cebpα, Pparγ, aP2, ADRP, Perilipin). Throughout adipogenesis and when challenged with fat load, Bbs4 silenced cells accumulate significantly more triglycerides than control adipocytes, albeit in smaller (yet greater in number) droplets containing modified fatty acid profiles. Thus, greater fat accumulation in the silenced cells is a consequence of both a higher rate of adipocyte proliferation and of aberrant differentiation leading to augmented aberrant accumulation of fat per cell. Our findings suggest that the BBS obesity might be partly due to a direct role of BBS4 in physiological and pathophysiological mechanisms that underlie adipose tissue formation relevant to obesity.
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- Olga Aksanov
- National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev, Ben Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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- Laboratory for the Study of Fatty Acids, Felsenstein Medical Research Center, Beilinson Campus, Petah Tikva, the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Health Science, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel
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Saida K, Inaba Y, Hirano M, Satake W, Toda T, Suzuki Y, Sudo A, Noda S, Hidaka Y, Hirabayashi K, Imai H, Kurokawa T, Koike K. A case of Bardet-Biedl syndrome complicated with intracranial hypertension in a Japanese child. Brain Dev 2014; 36:721-4. [PMID: 24290075 DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2013.10.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2013] [Revised: 09/17/2013] [Accepted: 10/29/2013] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a rare heterogeneous autosomal recessive disorder characterized by rod-cone dystrophy, postaxial polydactyly, truncal obesity, hypogonadism, learning disability, and renal anomaly that are caused by ciliary dysfunction. 16 genes have been associated with the BBS phenotype. Although recent pathophysiological studies using animal models have shown that ciliary dysfunction may induce hydrocephalus, there have been no reports of BBS with intracranial hypertension. We here describe a 9-year-old Japanese girl who was diagnosed as having BBS and later received renal transplantation due to chronic renal failure. She also exhibited intracranial hypertension, including papilledema and increased intrathecal pressure (260-300 mmH2O), but her brain magnetic resonance imaging was normal. No genetic abnormalities were detected by DNA chip analysis or exome sequencing. Her papilledema improved following administration of acetazolamide. This is the first report of a case of BBS complicated with intracranial hypertension and its treatment.
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- Ken Saida
- Department of Pediatrics, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan.
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- Department of Neurology, Sakai Hospital, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine, Sakai, Japan
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- Division of Neurology/Molecular Brain Science, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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- Division of Neurology/Molecular Brain Science, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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- Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan
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Genetic strategies to understand physiological pathways regulating body weight. Mamm Genome 2014; 25:377-83. [PMID: 25154910 PMCID: PMC4164839 DOI: 10.1007/s00335-014-9541-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2014] [Accepted: 08/11/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Body weight is a highly heritable trait across species. In humans, genetic variation plays a major role in determining the inter-individual differences in susceptibility or resistance to environmental factors which influence energy intake and expenditure. In this review, I discuss how genetic studies have contributed to our understanding of the central pathways that govern energy homeostasis. The study of individuals harboring highly penetrant genetic variants that disrupt the leptin–melanocortin pathway has informed our understanding of the physiological pathways involved in mammalian energy homeostasis.
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Schou KB, Morthorst SK, Christensen ST, Pedersen LB. Identification of conserved, centrosome-targeting ASH domains in TRAPPII complex subunits and TRAPPC8. Cilia 2014; 3:6. [PMID: 25018876 PMCID: PMC4094338 DOI: 10.1186/2046-2530-3-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2013] [Accepted: 05/22/2014] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Assembly of primary cilia relies on vesicular trafficking towards the cilium base and intraflagellar transport (IFT) between the base and distal tip of the cilium. Recent studies have identified several key regulators of these processes, including Rab GTPases such as Rab8 and Rab11, the Rab8 guanine nucleotide exchange factor Rabin8, and the transport protein particle (TRAPP) components TRAPPC3, -C9, and -C10, which physically interact with each other and function together with Bardet Biedl syndrome (BBS) proteins in ciliary membrane biogenesis. However, despite recent advances, the exact molecular mechanisms by which these proteins interact and target to the basal body to promote ciliogenesis are not fully understood. RESULTS We surveyed the human proteome for novel ASPM, SPD-2, Hydin (ASH) domain-containing proteins. We identified the TRAPP complex subunits TRAPPC8, -9, -10, -11, and -13 as novel ASH domain-containing proteins. In addition to a C-terminal ASH domain region, we predict that the N-terminus of TRAPPC8, -9, -10, and -11, as well as their yeast counterparts, consists of an α-solenoid bearing stretches of multiple tetratricopeptide (TPR) repeats. Immunofluorescence microscopy analysis of cultured mammalian cells revealed that exogenously expressed ASH domains, as well as endogenous TRAPPC8, localize to the centrosome/basal body. Further, depletion of TRAPPC8 impaired ciliogenesis and GFP-Rabin8 centrosome targeting. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that ASH domains confer targeting to the centrosome and cilia, and that TRAPPC8 has cilia-related functions. Further, we propose that the yeast TRAPPII complex and its mammalian counterpart are evolutionarily related to the bacterial periplasmic trafficking chaperone PapD of the usher pili assembly machinery.
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- Kenneth B Schou
- Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 13, Copenhagen, Denmark ; Center for Experimental Bioinformatics, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 13, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 13, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 13, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Closing the Gap: Genetic and Genomic Continuum from Syndromic to Nonsyndromic Craniosynostoses. CURRENT GENETIC MEDICINE REPORTS 2014; 2:135-145. [PMID: 26146596 DOI: 10.1007/s40142-014-0042-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Craniosynostosis, a condition that includes the premature fusion of one or multiple cranial sutures, is a relatively common birth defect in humans and the second most common craniofacial anomaly after orofacial clefts. There is a significant clinical variation among different sutural synostoses as well as significant variation within any given single-suture synostosis. Craniosynostosis can be isolated (i.e., nonsyndromic) or occurs as part of a genetic syndrome (e.g., Crouzon, Pfeiffer, Apert, Muenke, and Saethre-Chotzen syndromes). Approximately 85 % of all cases of craniosynostosis are nonsyndromic. Several recent genomic discoveries are elucidating the genetic basis for nonsyndromic cases and implicate the newly identified genes in signaling pathways previously found in syndromic craniosynostosis. Published epidemiologic and phenotypic studies clearly demonstrate that nonsyndromic craniosynostosis is a complex and heterogeneous condition supporting a strong genetic component accompanied by environmental factors that contribute to the pathogenetic network of this birth defect. Large population, rather than single-clinic or hospital-based studies is required with phenotypically homogeneous subsets of patients to further understand the complex genetic, maternal, environmental, and stochastic factors contributing to nonsyndromic craniosynostosis. Learning about these variables is a key in formulating the basis of multidisciplinary and lifelong care for patients with these conditions.
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Mutation profile of BBS genes in Iranian patients with Bardet–Biedl syndrome: genetic characterization and report of nine novel mutations in five BBS genes. J Hum Genet 2014; 59:368-75. [DOI: 10.1038/jhg.2014.28] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2013] [Revised: 02/14/2014] [Accepted: 04/01/2014] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Al-Hamed MH, van Lennep C, Hynes AM, Chrystal P, Eley L, Al-Fadhly F, El Sayed R, Simms RJ, Meyer B, Sayer JA. Functional modelling of a novel mutation in BBS5. Cilia 2014; 3:3. [PMID: 24559376 PMCID: PMC3931281 DOI: 10.1186/2046-2530-3-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2013] [Accepted: 02/04/2014] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Background Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is an autosomal recessive ciliopathy disorder with 18 known causative genes (BBS1-18). The primary clinical features are renal abnormalities, rod-cone dystrophy, post-axial polydactyly, learning difficulties, obesity and male hypogonadism. Results We describe the clinical phenotype in three Saudi siblings in whom we have identified a novel mutation in exon 12 of BBS5 (c.966dupT; p.Ala323CysfsX57). This single nucleotide duplication creates a frame shift results in a predicted elongated peptide. Translation blocking Morpholino oligonucleotides were used to create zebrafish bbs5 morphants. Morphants displayed retinal layering defects, abnormal cardiac looping and dilated, cystic pronephric ducts with reduced cilia expression. Morphants also displayed significantly reduced dextran clearance via the pronephros compared to wildtype embryos, suggesting reduced renal function in morphants. The eye, kidney and heart defects reported in morphant zebrafish resemble the human phenotype of BBS5 mutations. The pathogenicity of the novel BBS5 mutation was determined. Mutant mRNA was unable to rescue pleiotropic phenotypes of bbs5 morphant zebrafish and in cell culture we demonstrate a mislocalisation of mutant BBS5 protein which fails to localise discretely with the basal body. Conclusions We conclude that this novel BBS5 mutation has a deleterious function that accounts for the multisystem ciliopathy phenotype seen in affected human patients.
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- International Centre for Life, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Central Parkway, Newcastle NE1 3BZ, UK.
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Alqahtani AR, Elahmedi M, Alqahtani YA. Bariatric surgery in monogenic and syndromic forms of obesity. Semin Pediatr Surg 2014; 23:37-42. [PMID: 24491367 DOI: 10.1053/j.sempedsurg.2013.10.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Currently, no topic is more controversial in bariatric surgery than performing these procedures on children with monogenic and syndromic forms of obesity. The medical community and the caregivers of those patients are struggling to find a solution that can alleviate their suffering and save their life. In all forms of obesity, dieting and physical activity do not result in significant weight loss and is associated with a high rate of weight regain. Additionally, effective medical therapy is not available yet. While there is significant debate about the risks and benefits of bariatric surgery in the adolescent population, there is an increasing number of studies that demonstrate the success of this option for the appropriate patients. Similarly, our experience demonstrated the same success not only in normal children and adolescents but also in those with monogenic and syndromic form of obesity.
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- Aayed R Alqahtani
- Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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- Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Birk RZ, Ermakov S, Livshits G. Common FSNP variants of fourteen Bardet-Biedl syndrome genes and adult body mass. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2013; 21:1684-9. [PMID: 23404957 DOI: 10.1002/oby.20056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2011] [Accepted: 08/07/2012] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a rare monogenic multi-systemic disorder manifesting with marked obesity. Fourteen BBS genes have been identified to date and additional loci are expected. Mutations of several BBS genes were shown to affect fat cell differentiation. The purpose was to Investigate the association between common polymorphisms in all 14 genes as a group and body weight. DESIGN AND METHODS We investigated association between tagging single nucleotide polymorphisms (tSNPs) located between 10 kb upstream and downstream from the transcribed sequences of each of 14 BBS genes, and body weight and fat in 2462 adult women from the UK Twins study. Significant results were further tested in a confirmation sample of 2003 women from the same cohort and additionally in the GIANT consortium population (n = 123,865). RESULTS 105 SNPs in 14 BBS genes were selected and tested in the first cohort of women for association with the body weight and fat related phenotypes, i.e. weight, body mass index (BMI), total body fat (assessed by DEXA), total fat/height(2), and total fat/weight. We used principal component (PC) derived using the latter five traits as a primary phenotype for this study. Of the 105 SNPs, 3 variants in BBS9 and BBS11 showed evidence of nominally significant association with elevated body weight and fat. However, none of the associations survived multiple-testing correction. CONCLUSIONS The results suggest that common variation in 14 BBS genes (within or adjacent to the genes) are unlikely to have a substantial effect on body weight and fat in the European population.
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- Ruth Z Birk
- Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ariel University Center, Israel
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The two types of adipose tissue in humans, white and brown, have distinct developmental origins and functions. Human white adipose tissue plays a pivotal role in maintaining whole-body energy homeostasis by storing triglycerides when energy is in surplus, releasing free fatty acids as a fuel during energy shortage, and secreting adipokines that are important for regulating lipid and glucose metabolism. The size of white adipose mass needs to be kept at a proper set point. Dramatic expansion of white fat mass causes obesity—now become a global epidemic disease—and increases the risk for the development of many life-threatening diseases. The absence of white adipose tissue or abnormal white adipose tissue redistribution leads to lipodystrophy, a condition often associated with metabolic disorders. Brown adipose tissue is a thermogenic organ whose mass is inversely correlated with body mass index and age. Therapeutic approaches targeting adipose tissue have been proven to be effective in improving obesity-related metabolic disorders, and promising new therapies could be developed in the near future.
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- Bin Feng
- Hallett Center for Diabetes and Endocrinology, Rhode Island Hospital, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02903, USA
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Approximately, 20 years ago, a haemoglobin gene was identified within the genome of the cyanobacterium Nostoc commune. Haemoglobins have now been confirmed in multiple species of photosynthetic microbes beyond N. commune, and the diversity of these proteins has recently come under increased scrutiny. This chapter summarizes the state of knowledge concerning the phylogeny, physiology and chemistry of globins in cyanobacteria and green algae. Sequence information is by far the best developed and the most rapidly expanding aspect of the field. Structural and ligand-binding properties have been described for just a few proteins. Physiological data are available for even fewer. Although activities such as nitric oxide dioxygenation and oxygen scavenging are strong candidates for cellular function, dedicated studies will be required to complete the story on this intriguing and ancient group of proteins.
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Justice CM, Yagnik G, Kim Y, Peter I, Jabs EW, Erazo M, Ye X, Ainehsazan E, Shi L, Cunningham ML, Kimonis V, Roscioli T, Wall SA, Wilkie AO, Stoler J, Richtsmeier JT, Heuzé Y, Sanchez-Lara PA, Buckley MF, Druschel CM, Mills JL, Caggana M, Romitti PA, Kay DM, Senders C, Taub PJ, Klein OD, Boggan J, Zwienenberg-Lee M, Naydenov C, Kim J, Wilson AF, Boyadjiev SA. A genome-wide association study identifies susceptibility loci for nonsyndromic sagittal craniosynostosis near BMP2 and within BBS9. Nat Genet 2012; 44:1360-4. [PMID: 23160099 PMCID: PMC3736322 DOI: 10.1038/ng.2463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2012] [Accepted: 10/04/2012] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Sagittal craniosynostosis is the most common form of craniosynostosis, affecting approximately one in 5,000 newborns. We conducted, to our knowledge, the first genome-wide association study for nonsyndromic sagittal craniosynostosis (sNSC) using 130 non-Hispanic case-parent trios of European ancestry (NHW). We found robust associations in a 120-kb region downstream of BMP2 flanked by rs1884302 (P = 1.13 × 10(-14), odds ratio (OR) = 4.58) and rs6140226 (P = 3.40 × 10(-11), OR = 0.24) and within a 167-kb region of BBS9 between rs10262453 (P = 1.61 × 10(-10), OR = 0.19) and rs17724206 (P = 1.50 × 10(-8), OR = 0.22). We replicated the associations to both loci (rs1884302, P = 4.39 × 10(-31) and rs10262453, P = 3.50 × 10(-14)) in an independent NHW population of 172 unrelated probands with sNSC and 548 controls. Both BMP2 and BBS9 are genes with roles in skeletal development that warrant functional studies to further understand the etiology of sNSC.
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- Cristina M. Justice
- Genometrics Section, Inherited Disease Research Branch, Division of Intramural Research, NHGRI, NIH, Baltimore, MD
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- Section of Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA
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- Genometrics Section, Inherited Disease Research Branch, Division of Intramural Research, NHGRI, NIH, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
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- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
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- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
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- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
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- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
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- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Craniofacial Medicine, University of Washington and Seattle Children’s Research Institute, Seattle, WA
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- Division of Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA
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- School of Women’s and Children’s Health, Sydney Children’s Hospital, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- Craniofacial Unit, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK
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- Craniofacial Unit, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK
- Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DS, UK
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- Division of Genetics, Children’s Hospital Boston, Harvard University, Boston, MA
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- Department of Anthropology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
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- Department of Anthropology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
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- Division of Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, University of South California, Los Angeles, CA
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- Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD
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- Division of Genetics, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY
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- Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
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- Division of Genetics, Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY
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- Department of Otolaryngology, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA
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- Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Kravis Children’s Hospital, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY
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- Department of Orofacial Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco CA
- Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco CA
- Program in Craniofacial and Mesenchymal Biology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Medical University, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Section of Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA
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- Genometrics Section, Inherited Disease Research Branch, Division of Intramural Research, NHGRI, NIH, Baltimore, MD
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- Section of Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA
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Seki R, Kamiyama N, Tadokoro A, Nomura N, Tsuihiji T, Manabe M, Tamura K. Evolutionary and Developmental Aspects of Avian-Specific Traits in Limb Skeletal Pattern. Zoolog Sci 2012; 29:631-44. [DOI: 10.2108/zsj.29.631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The ciliopathies are an apparently disparate group of human diseases that all result from defects in the formation and/or function of cilia. They include disorders such as Meckel-Grüber syndrome (MKS), Joubert syndrome (JBTS), Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) and Alström syndrome (ALS). Reflecting the manifold requirements for cilia in signalling, sensation and motility, different ciliopathies exhibit common elements. The mouse has been used widely as a model organism for the study of ciliopathies. Although many mutant alleles have proved lethal, continued investigations have led to the development of better models. Here, we review current mouse models of a core set of ciliopathies, their utility and future prospects.
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- Dominic P Norris
- Mammalian Genetics Unit, MRC Harwell, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Oxfordshire, OX11 0RD, UK.
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