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Fernandez CCA, Pereira CVCA, Ferreira FFCF, Maciel JVB, Modesto A, Costa MC, Vieira AR. IRF6, MSX1, TGFA, dental anomalies, and skeletal malocclusion. Eur J Orthod 2020; 43:478-485. [PMID: 33200192 DOI: 10.1093/ejo/cjaa064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Verify the presence of association between four variables-transforming growth factor α (TGFA; C/T rs1523305), interferon regulatory factor 6 (IRF6; A/C rs2013162), muscle segment homeobox 1 (MSX1; A/G rs12532), and dental anomalies-with skeletal malocclusion by comparing these four variables with Angle Classes I, II, and III, and normal, hyperdivergent, and hypodivergent growth patterns. METHODS A total of 505 orthodontic records of patients older than 8 years were evaluated. The sample consisted of 285 (56.4 per cent) females, 220 (43.6 per cent) males, 304 (60.2 per cent) Whites (the rest were mixed Blacks with Whites), with a mean age of 20.28 (±10.35) years (ranging from 8 to 25 years). Eight cephalometric points, which served as the anatomical framework for obtaining angles and cephalometric measurements, were used for skeletal characterization using the Dolphin Software. Samples of saliva were collected and the DNA was extracted, diluted and quantified. Markers in TGFA, IRF6, and MSX1 were used and genotypes were obtained using TaqMan chemistry. Odds ratio (OR) and 95 per cent confidence interval (CI) calculations, chi-square, Fisher's Exact, Mann-Whitney, and correlation coefficient tests (significance level: 95 per cent) were performed. Bonferroni correction was applied and an alpha of 0.0006 was considered statistically significant. RESULTS There was no statistically significant associations between markers in TGFA or IRF6 with skeletal malocclusions. Tooth agenesis was associated with facial convexity (P < 0.001). MSX1 was associated with Class II skeletal malocclusion (P = 0.0001, OR = 0.6, CI = 0.46-0.78). CONCLUSION Individuals with tooth agenesis were more likely to have a convex face. MSX1 was associated with Class II skeletal malocclusion.
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- Clarissa C A Fernandez
- Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Department of Pediatric Dentistry, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Oral Biology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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Aftabi Y, Colagar AH, Mehrnejad F. An in silico approach to investigate the source of the controversial interpretations about the phenotypic results of the human AhR-gene G1661A polymorphism. J Theor Biol 2016; 393:1-15. [PMID: 26776670 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2016.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2015] [Revised: 12/11/2015] [Accepted: 01/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) acts as an enhancer binding ligand-activated intracellular receptor. Chromatin remodeling components and general transcription factors such as TATA-binding protein (TBP) are evoked on AhR-target genes by interaction with its flexible transactivation domain (TAD). AhR-G1661A single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP: rs2066853) causes an arginine to lysine substitution in the acidic sub-domain of TAD at position 554 (R554K). Although, numerous studies associate the SNP with some abnormalities such as cancer, other reliable investigations refuse the associations. Consequently, the interpretation of the phenotypic results of G1661A-transition has been controversial. In this study, an in silico analysis were performed to investigate the possible effects of the transition on AhR-mRNA, protein structure, interaction properties and modifications. The analysis revealed that the R554K substitution affects secondary structure and solvent accessibility of adjacent residues. Also, it causes to decreasing of the AhR stability; altering the hydropathy features of the local sequence and changing the pattern of the residues at the binding site of the TAD-acidic sub-domain. Generating of new sites for ubiquitination and acetylation for AhR-K554 variant respectively at positions 544 and 560 was predicted. Our findings intensify the idea that the AhR-G1661A transition may affects AhR-TAD interactions, especially with the TBP, which influence AhR-target genes expression. However, the previously reported flexibility of the modular TAD could act as an intervening factor, moderate the SNP effects and causes distinct outcomes in different individuals and tissues.
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- Younes Aftabi
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Faculty of Basic Sciences, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Post Code: 47416-95447, Mazandaran, Iran
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Faculty of Basic Sciences, University of Mazandaran, Babolsar, Post Code: 47416-95447, Mazandaran, Iran.
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- Department of Life Science Engineering, Faculty of New Sciences & Technologies, University of Tehran, P.O. Box: 14395-1561, Tehran, Iran
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Ruf S, Klimas D, Hönemann M, Jabir S. Genetic background of nonsyndromic oligodontia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Orofac Orthop 2013; 74:295-308. [PMID: 23828301 DOI: 10.1007/s00056-013-0138-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2012] [Accepted: 11/02/2012] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The goal of this work was to identify all known gene mutations that have been associated with the development of nonsyndromic oligodontia. METHODS A systematic literature search was performed electronically in two databases (PubMed, Medpilot) supplemented by a hand search. Articles published up to March 2012 were considered. Search terms were combined as follows: oligodontia and genes, oligodontia and mutations, tooth agenesis and genes, and tooth agenesis and mutations. A meta-analysis of the data was conducted based on the Tooth Agenesis Code (TAC). RESULTS Seven genes are currently known to have a potential for causing nonsyndromic oligodontia. All these genes vary both in terms of number of identified mutations and in terms of number of documented patients: 33 mutations and 93 patients are on record for PAX9, 10 mutations and 51 patients for EDA, 12 mutations and 33 patients for MSX1, 6 mutations and 17 patients for AXIN2, and 1 mutation in 1 patient for EDARADD, NEMO, and KRT17 each. A total TAC score of 250 was found to have cutoff properties, as 100% of MSX1 and 80% of EDA patients exhibited TAC ≤ 250, whereas 96.9% of PAX9 and 90% of AXIN2 patients exhibited TAC >250. Furthermore, 94.3% of EDA patients but only 28.6% of MSX1 patients exhibited odd-numbered TAC scores in at least one quadrant, and 72.7% of PAX9 but none of the AXIN2 patients were found to show TAC scores of 112 in at least one quadrant. CONCLUSION In order of decreasing frequency, PAX9, EDA, MSX1, AXIN2, EDARADD, NEMO, and KRT17 are the seven genes currently known to have a potential for causing nonsyndromic oligodontia. TAC scores enabled us to identify an association between oligodontia phenotypes and genotypes in the patients covered by this meta-analysis.
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- Sabine Ruf
- Department of Orthodontics, Medical Center for Dental and Oral Medicine, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Germany.
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Candidate gene studies in hypodontia suggest role for FGF3. Eur Arch Paediatr Dent 2013; 14:405-10. [PMID: 23549991 DOI: 10.1007/s40368-013-0010-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2012] [Accepted: 02/08/2013] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The majority of tooth agenesis cases are mild (hypodontia) and typically not associated with the gene mutations linked to oligodontia. From this, we hypothesise that most cases of tooth agenesis fit a polygenic mode of inheritance, where several genes with small effects cause a variety of varying phenotypes. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this study, we looked at 18 not typically studied genes in this condition, to ascertain their contribution to hypodontia. Our study subjects consisted of 167 patients with hypodontia and their parents from two cohorts (one from Brazil and one from Turkey). An additional 465 DNA samples (93 cases with hypodontia and 372 controls without family history for tooth agenesis or oral clefts) from Brazil were also available for this study. Ninety-three single nucleotide polymorphisms that maximally represent the linkage disequilibrium structure of the genes for the 18 genes were selected and genotyped using Taqman chemistry. Chi square was used to test if genotype distributions were in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, and 24 markers that were in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium and had allele frequencies higher than 5 % in a panel of 50 CEPH samples were further tested. Association between hypodontia and genetic variants was tested with the transmission disequilibrium test within the programme Family-Based Association Test (FBAT) and by using Chi square and Fisher's exact tests. Alpha at a level of 0.05 was used to report results. RESULTS Results suggest possible associations between several genes and hypodontia in the three populations. In the Turkish cohort (n = 51 parent-affected child trios) the most significant results were as follows: FGF3 rs1893047, p = 0.08; GLI3 rs929387, p = 0.03; GLI3 haplotype rs929387-rs846266, p = 0.002; and PAX9 rs2073242, p = 0.03. In the Brazilian cohort (n = 116 parent-affected child trios), the results were as follows: DLX1 rs788173, p = 0.07; FGF3 rs12574452, p = 0.03; GLI2 rs1992901, p = 0.03; and PITX2 rs2595110, p = 0.01. The second Brazilian cohort also suggested that FGF3 (rs12574452, p = 0.01) is associated with hypodontia and added EDAR (rs17269487, p = 0.04), LHX6 (rs989798, p = 0.02), and MSX1 (rs12532, p = 0.003). CONCLUSION Our results suggest that several genes are potentially associated with hypodontia and their individual contributions may be modest. Hence, these cases may not be explained by inactivating mutations such as many oligodontia cases segregating in a Mendelian fashion but rather are influenced by one or more susceptibility alleles in multiple small effect genes.
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Letra A, Fakhouri W, Fonseca RF, Menezes R, Kempa I, Prasad JL, McHenry TG, Lidral AC, Moreno L, Murray JC, Daack-Hirsch S, Marazita ML, Castilla EE, Lace B, Orioli IM, Granjeiro JM, Schutte BC, Vieira AR. Interaction between IRF6 and TGFA genes contribute to the risk of nonsyndromic cleft lip/palate. PLoS One 2012; 7:e45441. [PMID: 23029012 PMCID: PMC3447924 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2012] [Accepted: 08/22/2012] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Previous evidence from tooth agenesis studies suggested IRF6 and TGFA interact. Since tooth agenesis is commonly found in individuals with cleft lip/palate (CL/P), we used four large cohorts to evaluate if IRF6 and TGFA interaction contributes to CL/P. Markers within and flanking IRF6 and TGFA genes were tested using Taqman or SYBR green chemistries for case-control analyses in 1,000 Brazilian individuals. We looked for evidence of gene-gene interaction between IRF6 and TGFA by testing if markers associated with CL/P were overtransmitted together in the case-control Brazilian dataset and in the additional family datasets. Genotypes for an additional 142 case-parent trios from South America drawn from the Latin American Collaborative Study of Congenital Malformations (ECLAMC), 154 cases from Latvia, and 8,717 individuals from several cohorts were available for replication of tests for interaction. Tgfa and Irf6 expression at critical stages during palatogenesis was analyzed in wild type and Irf6 knockout mice. Markers in and near IRF6 and TGFA were associated with CL/P in the Brazilian cohort (p<10−6). IRF6 was also associated with cleft palate (CP) with impaction of permanent teeth (p<10−6). Statistical evidence of interaction between IRF6 and TGFA was found in all data sets (p = 0.013 for Brazilians; p = 0.046 for ECLAMC; p = 10−6 for Latvians, and p = 0.003 for the 8,717 individuals). Tgfa was not expressed in the palatal tissues of Irf6 knockout mice. IRF6 and TGFA contribute to subsets of CL/P with specific dental anomalies. Moreover, this potential IRF6-TGFA interaction may account for as much as 1% to 10% of CL/P cases. The Irf6-knockout model further supports the evidence of IRF6-TGFA interaction found in humans.
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- Ariadne Letra
- Department of Oral Biology, University of Pittsburgh, School of Dental Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Center for Craniofacial and Dental Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, School of Dental Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Institute of Biology, Center of Health Sciences; Federal University of Rio de Janeiro; Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Department of Oral Biology, University of Pittsburgh, School of Dental Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Center for Craniofacial and Dental Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, School of Dental Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre, Riga, Latvia
- Department of Biology and Microbiology, Riga Stradins University, Riga, Latvia
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- Department of Diagnostic Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, School of Dental Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Oral Biology, University of Pittsburgh, School of Dental Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Center for Craniofacial and Dental Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, School of Dental Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Orthodontics, College of Dentistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Department of Orthodontics, College of Dentistry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Department of Oral Biology, University of Pittsburgh, School of Dental Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Center for Craniofacial and Dental Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, School of Dental Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Clinical and Translational Science Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- ECLAMC (Latin American Collaborative Study of Congenital Malformations) at CEMIC (Center of Medical Education and Clinical Research “Norberto Quirno”), Buenos Aires, Argentina
- CONICET (National Research Council of Argentina), Buenos Aires, Argentina
- iNaGeMP-CNPq (National Institute of Population Medical Genetics), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre, Riga, Latvia
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
- iNaGeMP-CNPq (National Institute of Population Medical Genetics), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Fluminense Federal University, Niterói, RJ, Brazil and INMETRO, Duque de Caxias, RJ, Brazil
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Department of Oral Biology, University of Pittsburgh, School of Dental Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Department of Pediatric Dentistry, University of Pittsburgh, School of Dental Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Center for Craniofacial and Dental Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, School of Dental Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Clinical and Translational Science Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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