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Kingsley G, Skagia A, Passaretti P, Fernandez-Cuesta C, Reynolds-Winczura A, Koscielniak K, Gambus A. DONSON facilitates Cdc45 and GINS chromatin association and is essential for DNA replication initiation. Nucleic Acids Res 2023; 51:9748-9763. [PMID: 37638758 PMCID: PMC10570026 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkad694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2023] [Revised: 08/02/2023] [Accepted: 08/17/2023] [Indexed: 08/29/2023] Open
Abstract
Faithful cell division is the basis for the propagation of life and DNA replication must be precisely regulated. DNA replication stress is a prominent endogenous source of genome instability that not only leads to ageing, but also neuropathology and cancer development in humans. Specifically, the issues of how vertebrate cells select and activate origins of replication are of importance as, for example, insufficient origin firing leads to genomic instability and mutations in replication initiation factors lead to the rare human disease Meier-Gorlin syndrome. The mechanism of origin activation has been well characterised and reconstituted in yeast, however, an equal understanding of this process in higher eukaryotes is lacking. The firing of replication origins is driven by S-phase kinases (CDKs and DDK) and results in the activation of the replicative helicase and generation of two bi-directional replication forks. Our data, generated from cell-free Xenopus laevis egg extracts, show that DONSON is required for assembly of the active replicative helicase (CMG complex) at origins during replication initiation. DONSON has previously been shown to be essential during DNA replication, both in human cells and in Drosophila, but the mechanism of DONSON's action was unknown. Here we show that DONSON's presence is essential for replication initiation as it is required for Cdc45 and GINS association with Mcm2-7 complexes and helicase activation. To fulfil this role, DONSON interacts with the initiation factor, TopBP1, in a CDK-dependent manner. Following its initiation role, DONSON also forms a part of the replisome during the elongation stage of DNA replication. Mutations in DONSON have recently been shown to lead to the Meier-Gorlin syndrome; this novel replication initiation role of DONSON therefore provides the explanation for the phenotypes caused by DONSON mutations in patients.
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Affiliation(s)
- Georgia Kingsley
- Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, Birmingham Centre for Genome Biology, University of Birmingham, UK
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- Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, Birmingham Centre for Genome Biology, University of Birmingham, UK
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- Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, Birmingham Centre for Genome Biology, University of Birmingham, UK
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- Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, Birmingham Centre for Genome Biology, University of Birmingham, UK
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- Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, Birmingham Centre for Genome Biology, University of Birmingham, UK
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- Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, Birmingham Centre for Genome Biology, University of Birmingham, UK
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- Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, Birmingham Centre for Genome Biology, University of Birmingham, UK
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Hashimoto Y, Sadano K, Miyata N, Ito H, Tanaka H. Novel role of DONSON in CMG helicase assembly during vertebrate DNA replication initiation. EMBO J 2023; 42:e114131. [PMID: 37458194 PMCID: PMC10476173 DOI: 10.15252/embj.2023114131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2023] [Revised: 05/27/2023] [Accepted: 06/29/2023] [Indexed: 09/05/2023] Open
Abstract
CMG (Cdc45-MCM-GINS) helicase assembly at the replication origin is the culmination of eukaryotic DNA replication initiation. This process can be reconstructed in vitro using defined factors in Saccharomyces cerevisiae; however, in vertebrates, origin-dependent CMG formation has not yet been achieved partly due to the lack of a complete set of known initiator proteins. Since a microcephaly gene product, DONSON, was reported to remodel the CMG helicase under replication stress, we analyzed its role in DNA replication using a Xenopus cell-free system. We found that DONSON was essential for the replisome assembly. In vertebrates, DONSON physically interacted with GINS and Polε via its conserved N-terminal PGY and NPF motifs, and the DONSON-GINS interaction contributed to the replisome assembly. DONSON's chromatin association during replication initiation required the pre-replicative complex, TopBP1, and kinase activities of S-CDK and DDK. Both S-CDK and DDK required DONSON to trigger replication initiation. Moreover, human DONSON could substitute for the Xenopus protein in a cell-free system. These findings indicate that vertebrate DONSON is a novel initiator protein essential for CMG helicase assembly.
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- Yoshitami Hashimoto
- School of Life SciencesTokyo University of Pharmacy and Life SciencesTokyoJapan
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- School of Life SciencesTokyo University of Pharmacy and Life SciencesTokyoJapan
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- School of Life SciencesTokyo University of Pharmacy and Life SciencesTokyoJapan
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- School of Life SciencesTokyo University of Pharmacy and Life SciencesTokyoJapan
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- School of Life SciencesTokyo University of Pharmacy and Life SciencesTokyoJapan
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McDaniel SL, Hollatz AJ, Branstad AM, Gaskill MM, Fox CA, Harrison MM. Tissue-Specific DNA Replication Defects in Drosophila melanogaster Caused by a Meier-Gorlin Syndrome Mutation in Orc4. Genetics 2020; 214:355-367. [PMID: 31818869 PMCID: PMC7017028 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.119.302938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2019] [Accepted: 12/05/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Meier-Gorlin syndrome is a rare recessive disorder characterized by a number of distinct tissue-specific developmental defects. Genes encoding members of the origin recognition complex (ORC) and additional proteins essential for DNA replication (CDC6, CDT1, GMNN, CDC45, MCM5, and DONSON) are mutated in individuals diagnosed with MGS. The essential role of ORC is to license origins during the G1 phase of the cell cycle, but ORC has also been implicated in several nonreplicative functions. Because of its essential role in DNA replication, ORC is required for every cell division during development. Thus, it is unclear how the Meier-Gorlin syndrome mutations in genes encoding ORC lead to the tissue-specific defects associated with the disease. To begin to address these issues, we used Cas9-mediated genome engineering to generate a Drosophila melanogaster model of individuals carrying a specific Meier-Gorlin syndrome mutation in ORC4 along with control strains. Together these strains provide the first metazoan model for an MGS mutation in which the mutation was engineered at the endogenous locus along with precisely defined control strains. Flies homozygous for the engineered MGS allele reach adulthood, but with several tissue-specific defects. Genetic analysis revealed that this Orc4 allele was a hypomorph. Mutant females were sterile, and phenotypic analyses suggested that defects in DNA replication was an underlying cause. By leveraging the well-studied Drosophila system, we provide evidence that a disease-causing mutation in Orc4 disrupts DNA replication, and we propose that in individuals with MGS defects arise preferentially in tissues with a high-replication demand.
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- Stephen L McDaniel
- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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Karaca E, Posey JE, Bostwick B, Liu P, Gezdirici A, Yesil G, Coban Akdemir Z, Bayram Y, Harms FL, Meinecke P, Alawi M, Bacino CA, Sutton VR, Kortüm F, Lupski JR. Biallelic and De Novo Variants in DONSON Reveal a Clinical Spectrum of Cell Cycle-opathies with Microcephaly, Dwarfism and Skeletal Abnormalities. Am J Med Genet A 2019; 179:2056-2066. [PMID: 31407851 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.61315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2019] [Revised: 07/10/2019] [Accepted: 07/14/2019] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
Abstract
Co-occurrence of primordial dwarfism and microcephaly together with particular skeletal findings are seen in a wide range of Mendelian syndromes including microcephaly micromelia syndrome (MMS, OMIM 251230), microcephaly, short stature, and limb abnormalities (MISSLA, OMIM 617604), and microcephalic primordial dwarfisms (MPDs). Genes associated with these syndromes encode proteins that have crucial roles in DNA replication or in other critical steps of the cell cycle that link DNA replication to cell division. We identified four unrelated families with five affected individuals having biallelic or de novo variants in DONSON presenting with a core phenotype of severe short stature (z score < -3 SD), additional skeletal abnormalities, and microcephaly. Two apparently unrelated families with identical homozygous c.631C > T p.(Arg211Cys) variant had clinical features typical of Meier-Gorlin syndrome (MGS), while two siblings with compound heterozygous c.346delG p.(Asp116Ile*62) and c.1349A > G p.(Lys450Arg) variants presented with Seckel-like phenotype. We also identified a de novo c.683G > T p.(Trp228Leu) variant in DONSON in a patient with prominent micrognathia, short stature and hypoplastic femur and tibia, clinically diagnosed with Femoral-Facial syndrome (FFS, OMIM 134780). Biallelic variants in DONSON have been recently described in individuals with microcephalic dwarfism. These studies also demonstrated that DONSON has an essential conserved role in the cell cycle. Here we describe novel biallelic and de novo variants that are associated with MGS, Seckel-like phenotype and FFS, the last of which has not been associated with any disease gene to date.
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- Ender Karaca
- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.,Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Bezmialem University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Bioinformatics Service Facility, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.,Center for Bioinformatics, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.,Heinrich Pette Institute, Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology, Virus Genomics, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.,Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.,Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.,Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.,Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.,Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, 1 Baylor Plaza, Houston, Texas
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Differentiation of MISSLA and Fanconi anaemia by computer-aided image analysis and presentation of two novel MISSLA siblings. Eur J Hum Genet 2019; 27:1827-1835. [PMID: 31320746 DOI: 10.1038/s41431-019-0469-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2018] [Revised: 06/07/2019] [Accepted: 06/25/2019] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Variants in DONSON were recently identified as the cause of microcephaly, short stature, and limb abnormalities syndrome (MISSLA). The clinical spectra of MISSLA and Fanconi anaemia (FA) strongly overlap. For that reason, some MISSLA patients have been clinically diagnosed with FA. Here, we present the clinical data of siblings with MISSLA featuring a novel DONSON variant and summarize the current literature on MISSLA. Additionally, we perform computer-aided image analysis using the DeepGestalt technology to test how distinct the facial features of MISSLA and FA patients are. We show that MISSLA has a specific facial gestalt. Notably, we find that also FA patients feature facial characteristics recognizable by computer-aided image analysis. We conclude that computer-assisted image analysis improves diagnostic precision in both MISSLA and FA.
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Kermi C, Aze A, Maiorano D. Preserving Genome Integrity During the Early Embryonic DNA Replication Cycles. Genes (Basel) 2019; 10:genes10050398. [PMID: 31137726 PMCID: PMC6563053 DOI: 10.3390/genes10050398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2019] [Accepted: 05/15/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
During the very early stages of embryonic development chromosome replication occurs under rather challenging conditions, including a very short cell cycle, absence of transcription, a relaxed DNA damage response and, in certain animal species, a highly contracted S-phase. This raises the puzzling question of how the genome can be faithfully replicated in such a peculiar metabolic context. Recent studies have provided new insights into this issue, and unveiled that embryos are prone to accumulate genetic and genomic alterations, most likely due to restricted cellular functions, in particular reduced DNA synthesis quality control. These findings may explain the low rate of successful development in mammals and the occurrence of diseases, such as abnormal developmental features and cancer. In this review, we will discuss recent findings in this field and put forward perspectives to further study this fascinating question.
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- Chames Kermi
- Laboratoire Surveillance et Stabilité du Génome, Institut de Génétique Humaine, UMR9002, CNRS, Université de Montpellier, 34090 Montpellier, France.
- Department of Chemical and Systems Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, 318 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA 94305-5441, USA.
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- Laboratoire Surveillance et Stabilité du Génome, Institut de Génétique Humaine, UMR9002, CNRS, Université de Montpellier, 34090 Montpellier, France.
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- Laboratoire Surveillance et Stabilité du Génome, Institut de Génétique Humaine, UMR9002, CNRS, Université de Montpellier, 34090 Montpellier, France.
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Ji J, Tang X, Hu W, Maggert KA, Rong YS. The processivity factor Pol32 mediates nuclear localization of DNA polymerase delta and prevents chromosomal fragile site formation in Drosophila development. PLoS Genet 2019; 15:e1008169. [PMID: 31100062 PMCID: PMC6542543 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2019] [Revised: 05/30/2019] [Accepted: 04/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
Abstract
The Pol32 protein is one of the universal subunits of DNA polymerase δ (Pol δ), which is responsible for genome replication in eukaryotic cells. Although the role of Pol32 in DNA repair has been well-characterized, its exact function in genome replication remains obscure as studies in single cell systems have not established an essential role for Pol32 in the process. Here we characterize Pol32 in the context of Drosophila melanogaster development. In the rapidly dividing embryonic cells, loss of Pol32 halts genome replication as it specifically disrupts Pol δ localization to the nucleus. This function of Pol32 in facilitating the nuclear import of Pol δ would be similar to that of accessory subunits of DNA polymerases from mammalian Herpes viruses. In post-embryonic cells, loss of Pol32 reveals mitotic fragile sites in the Drosophila genome, a defect more consistent with Pol32’s role as a polymerase processivity factor. Interestingly, these fragile sites do not favor repetitive sequences in heterochromatin, with the rDNA locus being a striking exception. Our study uncovers a possibly universal function for DNA polymerase ancillary factors and establishes a powerful system for the study of chromosomal fragile sites in a non-mammalian organism. Cancer etiological studies suggest that the majority of pathological mutations occurred under near normal DNA replication conditions, emphasizing the importance of understanding replication regulation under non-lethal conditions. To gain such a better understanding, we investigated the function of Pol32, a conserved ancillary subunit of the essential DNA polymerase Delta complex, through the development of the fruit fly Drosophila. We uncovered a previously unappreciated function of Pol32 in regulating the nuclear import of the polymerase complex, and this function is developmentally regulated. By utilizing mutations in pol32 and other replication factors, we have started to define basic features of Chromosome Fragile Sites (CFS) in Drosophila somatic cells. CFS is a major source of genome instability associated with replication stresses, and has been an important topic of cancer biology. We discovered that CFS formation does not favor genomic regions with repetitive sequences except the highly transcribed locus encoding ribosomal RNA. Our work lays the groundwork for future studies using Drosophila as an alternative system to uncover the most fundamental features of CFS.
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- Jingyun Ji
- School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
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- School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States of America
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- School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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Howe DG, Blake JA, Bradford YM, Bult CJ, Calvi BR, Engel SR, Kadin JA, Kaufman TC, Kishore R, Laulederkind SJF, Lewis SE, Moxon SAT, Richardson JE, Smith C. Model organism data evolving in support of translational medicine. Lab Anim (NY) 2018; 47:277-289. [PMID: 30224793 PMCID: PMC6322546 DOI: 10.1038/s41684-018-0150-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2018] [Accepted: 08/13/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
Model organism databases (MODs) have been collecting and integrating biomedical research data for 30 years and were designed to meet specific needs of each model organism research community. The contributions of model organism research to understanding biological systems would be hard to overstate. Modern molecular biology methods and cost reductions in nucleotide sequencing have opened avenues for direct application of model organism research to elucidating mechanisms of human diseases. Thus, the mandate for model organism research and databases has now grown to include facilitating use of these data in translational applications. Challenges in meeting this opportunity include the distribution of research data across many databases and websites, a lack of data format standards for some data types, and sustainability of scale and cost for genomic database resources like MODs. The issues of widely distributed data and application of data standards are some of the challenges addressed by FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Re-usable) data principles. The Alliance of Genome Resources is now moving to address these challenges by bringing together expertly curated research data from fly, mouse, rat, worm, yeast, zebrafish, and the Gene Ontology consortium. Centralized multi-species data access, integration, and format standardization will lower the data utilization barrier in comparative genomics and translational applications and will provide a framework in which sustainable scale and cost can be addressed. This article presents a brief historical perspective on how the Alliance model organisms are complementary and how they have already contributed to understanding the etiology of human diseases. In addition, we discuss four challenges for using data from MODs in translational applications and how the Alliance is working to address them, in part by applying FAIR data principles. Ultimately, combined data from these animal models are more powerful than the sum of the parts.
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- Douglas G Howe
- The Institute of Neuroscience, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA.
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- The Institute of Neuroscience, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA
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- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Medical College of Wisconsin and Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- The Institute of Neuroscience, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA
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