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Ma Y, Liu H, Shi L. Progress of epigenetic modification of SATB2 gene in the pathogenesis of non-syndromic cleft lip and palate. Asian J Surg 2024; 47:72-76. [PMID: 37852859 DOI: 10.1016/j.asjsur.2023.09.113] [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: 08/09/2023] [Accepted: 09/22/2023] [Indexed: 10/20/2023] Open
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Non-syndromic Cleft Lip and Palate (NSCLP) is one of the most common congenital craniofacial malformations. However, there is no enough knowledge about its mechanism, even through many relevant studies verify that cleft lip and palate is caused by interactions between environmental and genetic factors. SATB2 gene is one of the most common candidate genes of NSCLP, and the development of epigenetics provides a new direction on pathogenesis of cleft lip and palate. This review summarizes SATB2 gene in the pathogenesis of non-syndromic cleft lip and palate, expecting to provide strategies to prevent and treat cleft and palate in the future.
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- Yang Ma
- Department of Plastic Surgery, Meizhou Clinical Institute of Shantou University Medical College, No 63 Huangtang Road, Meizhou, 514031, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Plastic Surgery and Burn Center, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, North Dongxia Road, Shantou, 515041, Guangdong, China
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- Department of Plastic Surgery, Meizhou Clinical Institute of Shantou University Medical College, No 63 Huangtang Road, Meizhou, 514031, Guangdong, China; Department of Plastic Surgery and Burn Center, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, North Dongxia Road, Shantou, 515041, Guangdong, China.
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Sood A, Shamim U, Kharbanda OP, Kabra M, Gupta N, Mathur A, Joshi A, Parveen S, Zahra S, Sharma P, Seth M, Khan A, Faruq M, Mishra D. Next Generation Sequencing and Cytogenetic Based Evaluation of Indian Pierre Robin Sequence Families Reveals CNV Regions of Modest Effect and a Novel LOXL3 Mutation. Cleft Palate Craniofac J 2021; 59:1329-1339. [PMID: 34787502 DOI: 10.1177/10556656211052781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Pierre Robin Sequence (PRS) affects approximately 1 per 8500 to 14000 new-borns worldwide. Although the clinical entity is well defined, the pathogenesis of PRS is debated. The present study aims to understand the contribution of genomic imbalances and genetic variants in patients clinically diagnosed of PRS. METHODOLOGY A total of 7 independent patients with nonsyndromic PRS thoroughly evaluated by a medical geneticist at a tertiary care hospital, were included in the study. Blood samples were collected from these patients and their family members. Array CGH was performed on all 7 patients and their respective family members for detection of underlying cytogenetic defects. Whole exome sequencing (WES) was performed for 5 families to capture single nucleotide variants or small indels. RESULTS Cytogenetic analyses did not detect any previously reported gross chromosomal aberrations for PRS in the patient cohort. However, copy number variations (CNVs) of size <1 Mb were detected in patients which may have implications in PRS. The present study provided evidence for the occurrence of de novo deletions at 7p14.1 locus in PRS patients: further validating the candidate loci susceptibility in oral clefts. WES data identified LOXL3 as candidate gene, carrying novel deleterious variant, which is suggestive of the role of point mutations in the pathogenesis of PRS. CONCLUSION The present study offered considerable insight into the contribution of cytogenetic defects and novel point mutation in the etiology of nonsyndromic PRS. Studies comprising large number of cases are required to fully elucidate the genetic mechanisms underlying the PRS phenotype.
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- Anubhuti Sood
- Centre for Dental Education and Research, 28730All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, India
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- Genomics and Molecular Medicine, 28840CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi, India
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- Centre for Dental Education and Research, 28730All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, India
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- 28730All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, India
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- Genomics and Molecular Medicine, 28840CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi, India
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- Genomics and Molecular Medicine, 28840CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi, India
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- Genomics and Molecular Medicine, 28840CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi, India
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- Genomics and Molecular Medicine, 28840CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi, India
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- Genomics and Molecular Medicine, 28840CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi, India
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- Genomics and Molecular Medicine, 28840CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi, India
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- Genomics and Molecular Medicine, 28840CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi, India
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- Genomics and Molecular Medicine, 28840CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi, India
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- Centre for Dental Education and Research, 28730All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, India
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SATB2 Immunoexpression in Peripheral Ossifying Fibroma and Peripheral Odontogenic Fibroma. Head Neck Pathol 2021; 16:339-343. [PMID: 34224081 PMCID: PMC9187816 DOI: 10.1007/s12105-021-01355-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2021] [Accepted: 06/24/2021] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Peripheral ossifying fibromas (POFs) and peripheral odontogenic fibromas (POdFs) appear clinically similar but of different histogenesis. The novel marker SATB2 is involved in regulation of osteoblastic differentiation and phenotype. However, SATB2 expression has not been previously explored in POFs and POdFs. Given the potential for mineralized tissue formation in POFs and POdFs, and to more clarify the phenotype of the lesional cells, this study was aimed to immunohistochemically investigate SATB2 expression in POFs and POdFs. Fourteen cases of POF and POdF (7 cases each) were selected, stained for SATB2 immunohistochemically, and scored according to the percentage of positive lesional cells (0, no staining; 1 +, < 5%; 2 +, 5-25%; 3 +, 26-50%; 4 +, 51-75%; and 5 +, 76-100%), and the intensity of staining was graded as weak, moderate, or strong. The control group included the inflammatory fibrous hyperplasia-like area present in two cases, 1 case fibroma, and 1 case giant cell fibroma. Moderate to strong, and diffuse SATB2 nuclear immunoreactivity was detected in the lesional cells of all cases of POFs and POdFs with variable scores; 3-5 + for the POFs and 3-4 + for the POdFs (P = 0.101). The distribution of staining was more prominent in those lesional cells associated with the osteoid/calcification in the cases of POFs. No staining was noted in the control group. The lesional cells in both POFs and POdFs express SATB2 and may exhibit the osteoblastic-like phenotype. SATB2 staining may be useful for diagnosis of subsets of POFs with minimal or absent calcification and some POdFs with unidentifiable odontogenic epithelium.
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Chen QY, Des Marais T, Costa M. Deregulation of SATB2 in carcinogenesis with emphasis on miRNA-mediated control. Carcinogenesis 2019; 40:393-402. [PMID: 30916759 PMCID: PMC6514447 DOI: 10.1093/carcin/bgz020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2018] [Revised: 12/26/2018] [Accepted: 02/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The special AT-rich DNA binding protein (SATB2) is a nuclear matrix-associated protein and an important transcription factor for biological development, gene regulation and chromatin remodeling. Aberrant regulation of SATB2 has been found to highly correlate with various types of cancers including lung, colon, prostate, breast, gastric and liver. Recent studies have revealed that a subset of small non-coding RNAs, termed microRNAs (miRNAs), are important regulators of SATB2 function. As post-transcriptional regulators, miRNAs have been found to have fundament importance maintaining normal cellular development. Evidence suggests that multiple miRNAs, including miR-31, miR-34, miR-182, miR-211, miR-599, are capable of regulating SATB2 in cancers of the lung, liver, colon and breast. This review examines the molecular functions of SATB2 and miRNAs in the text of cancer development and potential strategies for cancer therapy with a focus on systemic miRNA delivery.
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- Qiao Yi Chen
- Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Environmental Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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Mohamad Shah NS, Sulong S, Wan Sulaiman WA, Halim AS. Two novel genes TOX3 and COL21A1 in large extended Malay families with nonsyndromic cleft lip and/or palate. Mol Genet Genomic Med 2019; 7:e635. [PMID: 30924295 PMCID: PMC6503016 DOI: 10.1002/mgg3.635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2018] [Revised: 01/09/2019] [Accepted: 02/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Nonsyndromic cleft lip and/or palate is one of the most common human birth defects worldwide that affects the lip and/or palate. The incidence of clefts varies among populations through ethnic, race, or geographical differences. The focus on Malay nonsyndromic cleft lip and/or palate (NSCL/P) is because of a scarce report on genetic study in relation to this deformity in Malaysia. We are interested to discuss about the genes that are susceptible to cause orofacial cleft formation in the family. METHODS Genome-wide linkage analysis was carried out on eight large extended families of NSCL/P with the total of 91 individuals among Malay population using microarray platform. Based on linkage analyses findings, copy number variation (CNV) of LPHN2, SATB2, PVRL3, COL21A1, and TOX3 were identified in four large extended families that showed linkage evidence using quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) as for a validation purpose. Copy number calculated (CNC) for each genes were determined with Applied Biosystems CopyCallerTM Software v2.0. Normal CNC of the target sequence expected was set at two. RESULTS Genome-wide linkage analysis had discovered several genes including TOX3 and COL21A1 in four different loci 4p15.2-p16.1, 6p11.2-p12.3, 14q13-q21, and 16q12.1. There was significant decreased, p < 0.05 of SATB2, COL21A1, and TOX3 copy number in extended families compared to the normal controls. CONCLUSION Novel linkage evidence and significant low copy number of COL21A1 and TOX3 in NSCLP family was confirmed. These genes increased the risks toward NSCLP formation in that family traits.
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- Nurul Syazana Mohamad Shah
- Reconstructive Science Unit, School of Medical SciencesUniversiti Sains MalaysiaKubang KerianKelantanMalaysia
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- Human Genome Centre, School of Medical SciencesUniversiti Sains MalaysiaKubang KerianKelantanMalaysia
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- Reconstructive Science Unit, School of Medical SciencesUniversiti Sains MalaysiaKubang KerianKelantanMalaysia
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Kikuiri T, Mishima H, Imura H, Suzuki S, Matsuzawa Y, Nakamura T, Fukumoto S, Yoshimura Y, Watanabe S, Kinoshita A, Yamada T, Shindoh M, Sugita Y, Maeda H, Yawaka Y, Mikoya T, Natsume N, Yoshiura KI. Patients with SATB2-associated syndrome exhibiting multiple odontomas. Am J Med Genet A 2018; 176:2614-2622. [PMID: 30575289 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.40670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2018] [Revised: 09/28/2018] [Accepted: 10/02/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Special AT-rich sequence-binding protein 2 (SATB2)-associated syndrome (SAS) is characterized by alterations of SATB2. Its clinical features include intellectual disability and craniofacial abnormalities, such as cleft palate, dysmorphic features, and dental abnormalities. Here, we describe three previously undiagnosed, unrelated patients with SAS who exhibited dental abnormalities, including multiple odontomas. Although isolated odontomas are common, multiple odontomas are rare. Individuals in families 1 and 3 underwent whole-exome sequencing. Patient 2 and parents underwent targeted amplicon sequencing. On the basis of the hg19/GRCh37 reference and the RefSeq mRNA NM_001172517, respective heterozygous mutations were found and validated in Patients 1, 2, and 3: a splice-site mutation (chr2:g.200137396C > T, c.1741-1G > A), a nonsense mutation (chr2:g.200213750G > A, c.847C > T, p.R283*), and a frame-shift mutations (chr2:g.200188589_200188590del, c.1478_1479del, p.Q493Rfs*19). All mutations occurred de novo. The mutations in Patients 1 and 3 were novel; the mutation in Patient 2 has been described previously. Tooth mesenchymal cells derived from Patient 2 showed diminished SATB2 expression. Multiple odontomas were evident in the patients in this report; however, this has not been recognized previously as a SAS-associated phenotype. We propose that multiple odontomas be considered as an occasional manifestation of SAS.
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- Takashi Kikuiri
- Department of Dentistry for Children and Disabled Persons, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Dental Medicine, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Department of Human Genetics, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Division of Research and Treatment for Oral and Maxillofacial Congenital Anomalies, School of Dentistry, Aichi Gakuin University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Division of Research and Treatment for Oral and Maxillofacial Congenital Anomalies, School of Dentistry, Aichi Gakuin University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Keiyukai Sapporo Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
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- Division of Molecular Pharmacology & Cell Biophysics, Department of Oral Biology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry, Sendai, Japan
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- Division of Pediatric Dentistry, Department of Oral Health and Development Sciences, Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Cell Pharmacology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Dental Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Department of Human Genetics, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Clinical Genetics Unit, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Oral Pathology and Biology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Dental Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.,Tenshi College School of Nursing and Nutrition, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Oral Pathology, School of Dentistry, Aichi Gakuin University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Oral Pathology, School of Dentistry, Aichi Gakuin University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Dentistry for Children and Disabled Persons, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Dental Medicine, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
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- Center for Advanced Oral Medicine, Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
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- Division of Research and Treatment for Oral and Maxillofacial Congenital Anomalies, School of Dentistry, Aichi Gakuin University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Human Genetics, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
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Simioni M, Artiguenave F, Meyer V, Sgardioli IC, Viguetti-Campos NL, Lopes Monlleó I, Maciel-Guerra AT, Steiner CE, Gil-da-Silva-Lopes VL. Genomic Investigation of Balanced Chromosomal Rearrangements in Patients with Abnormal Phenotypes. Mol Syndromol 2017; 8:187-194. [PMID: 28690484 DOI: 10.1159/000477084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/13/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Balanced chromosomal rearrangements (BCR) are associated with abnormal phenotypes in approximately 6% of balanced translocations and 9.4% of balanced inversions. Abnormal phenotypes can be caused by disruption of genes at the breakpoints, deletions, or positional effects. Conventional cytogenetic techniques have a limited resolution and do not enable a thorough genetic investigation. Molecular techniques applied to BCR carriers can contribute to the characterization of this type of chromosomal rearrangement and to the phenotype-genotype correlation. Fifteen individuals among 35 with abnormal phenotypes and BCR were selected for further investigation by molecular techniques. Chromosomal rearrangements involved 11 reciprocal translocations, 3 inversions, and 1 balanced insertion. Array genomic hybridization (AGH) was performed and genomic imbalances were detected in 20% of the cases, 1 at a rearrangement breakpoint and 2 further breakpoints in other chromosomes. Alterations were further confirmed by FISH and associated with the phenotype of the carriers. In the analyzed cases not showing genomic imbalances by AGH, next-generation sequencing (NGS), using whole genome libraries, prepared following the Illumina TruSeq DNA PCR-Free protocol (Illumina®) and then sequenced on an Illumina HiSEQ 2000 as 150-bp paired-end reads, was done. The NGS results suggested breakpoints in 7 cases that were similar or near those estimated by karyotyping. The genes overlapping 6 breakpoint regions were analyzed. Follow-up of BCR carriers would improve the knowledge about these chromosomal rearrangements and their consequences.
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- Milena Simioni
- Department of Medical Genetics, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
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- Department of Medical Genetics, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
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- Department of Medical Genetics, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
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- Clinical Genetics Service, Faculty of Medicine, University Hospital, Federal University of Alagoas (UFAL), Maceió, Brazil
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- Department of Medical Genetics, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
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- Department of Medical Genetics, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
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- Department of Medical Genetics, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, Brazil
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Li Y, You QL, Zhang SR, Huang WY, Zou WJ, Jie W, Li SJ, Liu JH, Lv CY, Cong J, Hu YY, Gao TM, Li JM. Satb2 Ablation Impairs Hippocampus-Based Long-Term Spatial Memory and Short-Term Working Memory and Immediate Early Genes (IEGs)-Mediated Hippocampal Synaptic Plasticity. Mol Neurobiol 2017:10.1007/s12035-017-0531-5. [PMID: 28421537 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-017-0531-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2017] [Accepted: 04/06/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Special AT-rich sequence-binding protein 2 (Satb2) is a protein binding to the matrix attachment regions of DNA and important for gene regulation. Patients with SATB2 mutation usually suffer moderate to severe mental retardation. However, the mechanisms for the defects of intellectual activities in patients with SATB2 mutation are largely unclear. Here we established the heterozygous Satb2 mutant mice and Satb2 conditional knockout mice to mimic the patients with SATB2 mutation and figured out the role of Satb2 in mental activities. We found that the spatial memory and working memory were significantly damaged in the heterozygous Satb2 mutant mice, early postnatal Satb2-deficient mice (CaMKIIα-Cre+Satb2fl/fl mice), and adult Satb2 ablation mice (Satb2fl/fl mice injected with CaMKIIα-Cre virus). Functionally, late phase long-term potentiation (L-LTP) in these Satb2 mutant mice was greatly impaired. Morphologically, in CA1 neurons of CaMKIIα-Cre+Satb2fl/fl mice, we found decreased spine density of the basal dendrites and less branches of apical dendrites that extended into lacunar molecular layer. Mechanistically, expression levels of immediate early genes (IEGs) including Fos, FosB, and Egr1 were significantly decreased after Satb2 deletion. And, Satb2 could regulate expression of FosB by binding to the promoter of FosB directly. In general, our study uncovers that Satb2 plays an important role in spatial memory and working memory by regulating IEGs-mediated hippocampal synaptic plasticity.
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- Ying Li
- Department of Pathology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Guangzhou, 510120, People's Republic of China
- Department of Pathology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, People's Republic of China
- Department of Pathology, Chancheng Central Hospital, Foshan, 528031, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organ Failure Research, Key Laboratory of Psychiatric Disorders of Guangdong Province, Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organ Failure Research, Key Laboratory of Psychiatric Disorders of Guangdong Province, Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organ Failure Research, Key Laboratory of Psychiatric Disorders of Guangdong Province, Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organ Failure Research, Key Laboratory of Psychiatric Disorders of Guangdong Province, Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organ Failure Research, Key Laboratory of Psychiatric Disorders of Guangdong Province, Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organ Failure Research, Key Laboratory of Psychiatric Disorders of Guangdong Province, Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organ Failure Research, Key Laboratory of Psychiatric Disorders of Guangdong Province, Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, People's Republic of China
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- College of Clinical Medical, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organ Failure Research, Key Laboratory of Psychiatric Disorders of Guangdong Province, Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pathology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Organ Failure Research, Key Laboratory of Psychiatric Disorders of Guangdong Province, Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, People's Republic of China.
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- Department of Pathology, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Guangzhou, 510120, People's Republic of China.
- Department of Pathology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, 510515, People's Republic of China.
- Department of Pathology, Soochow University Medical School, Suzhou, 215123, People's Republic of China.
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Bengani H, Handley M, Alvi M, Ibitoye R, Lees M, Lynch SA, Lam W, Fannemel M, Nordgren A, Malmgren H, Kvarnung M, Mehta S, McKee S, Whiteford M, Stewart F, Connell F, Clayton-Smith J, Mansour S, Mohammed S, Fryer A, Morton J, Grozeva D, Asam T, Moore D, Sifrim A, McRae J, Hurles ME, Firth HV, Raymond FL, Kini U, Nellåker C, Ddd Study, FitzPatrick DR. Clinical and molecular consequences of disease-associated de novo mutations in SATB2. Genet Med 2017; 19:900-908. [PMID: 28151491 PMCID: PMC5548934 DOI: 10.1038/gim.2016.211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2016] [Accepted: 11/01/2016] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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PURPOSE To characterize features associated with de novo mutations affecting SATB2 function in individuals ascertained on the basis of intellectual disability. METHODS Twenty previously unreported individuals with 19 different SATB2 mutations (11 loss-of-function and 8 missense variants) were studied. Fibroblasts were used to measure mutant protein production. Subcellular localization and mobility of wild-type and mutant SATB2 were assessed using fluorescently tagged protein. RESULTS Recurrent clinical features included neurodevelopmental impairment (19/19), absent/near absent speech (16/19), normal somatic growth (17/19), cleft palate (9/19), drooling (12/19), and dental anomalies (8/19). Six of eight missense variants clustered in the first CUT domain. Sibling recurrence due to gonadal mosaicism was seen in one family. A nonsense mutation in the last exon resulted in production of a truncated protein retaining all three DNA-binding domains. SATB2 nuclear mobility was mutation-dependent; p.Arg389Cys in CUT1 increased mobility and both p.Gly515Ser in CUT2 and p.Gln566Lys between CUT2 and HOX reduced mobility. The clinical features in individuals with missense variants were indistinguishable from those with loss of function. CONCLUSION SATB2 haploinsufficiency is a common cause of syndromic intellectual disability. When mutant SATB2 protein is produced, the protein appears functionally inactive with a disrupted pattern of chromatin or matrix association.Genet Med advance online publication 02 February 2017.
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- Hemant Bengani
- MRC Human Genetics Unit, IGMM, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
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- MRC Human Genetics Unit, IGMM, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
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- Avdeling for Medisinsk Genetikk, Oslo Universitetssykehus, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, UK
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- North East Regional Genetics Service, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK
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- National Centre for Medical Genetics, Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- South East Scotland Genetic Service, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
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- Clinical Genetics Unit, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Clinical Genetics Unit, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Clinical Genetics Unit, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation, Cambridge, UK
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- Northern Ireland Regional Genetics Centre, Belfast City Hospital, Belfast, UK
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- West of Scotland Genetic Services, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, UK
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- Northern Ireland Regional Genetics Centre, Belfast City Hospital, Belfast, UK
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- South East Thames Regional Genetics Service, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, St Georges Hospital, Tooting, UK
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- South East Thames Regional Genetics Service, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Cheshire &Merseyside Regional Genetics Service, Liverpool Women's NHS foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK
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- West Midlands Regional Genetics Service, Birmingham Women's NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, UK
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- Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- South-East Scotland Regional Genetics Laboratories, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
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- South-East Scotland Regional Genetics Laboratories, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Cambridge, UK
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Cambridge, UK
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation, Cambridge, UK
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- Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, UK.,Spires Cleft Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Obstetrics &Gynaecology, University of Oxford, Women's Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK.,Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Oxford, UK.,Big Data Institute, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Cambridge, UK
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- MRC Human Genetics Unit, IGMM, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
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Pauws E, Stanier P. Sumoylation in Craniofacial Disorders. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2017; 963:323-335. [PMID: 28197921 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-50044-7_19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Craniofacial development requires a complex series of coordinated and finely tuned events to take place, during a relatively short time frame. These events are set in motion by switching on and off transcriptional cascades that involve the use of numerous signalling pathways and a multitude of factors that act at the site of gene transcription. It is now well known that amidst the subtlety of this process lies the intricate world of protein modification, and the posttranslational addition of the small ubiquitin -like modifier, SUMO, is an example that has been implicated in this process. Many proteins that are required for formation of various structures in the embryonic head and face adapt specific functions with SUMO modification. Interestingly, the main clinical phenotype reported for a disruption of the SUMO1 locus is the common birth defect cleft lip and palate. In this chapter therefore, we discuss the role of SUMO1 in craniofacial development, with emphasis on orofacial clefts. We suggest that these defects can be a sensitive indication of down regulated SUMO modification at a critical stage during embryogenesis. As well as specific mutations affecting the ability of particular proteins to be sumoylated, non-genetic events may have the effect of down-regulating the SUMO pathway to give the same result. Enzymes regulating the SUMO pathway may become important therapeutic targets in the preventative and treatment therapies for craniofacial defects in the future.
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- Erwin Pauws
- Institute of Child Health, University College London, 30 Guilford Street, London, WC1N 1EH, UK
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- Institute of Child Health, University College London, 30 Guilford Street, London, WC1N 1EH, UK.
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Zarate YA, Fish JL. SATB2-associated syndrome: Mechanisms, phenotype, and practical recommendations. Am J Med Genet A 2016; 173:327-337. [PMID: 27774744 PMCID: PMC5297989 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.38022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2016] [Accepted: 09/29/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The SATB2‐associated syndrome is a recently described syndrome characterized by developmental delay/intellectual disability with absent or limited speech development, craniofacial abnormalities, behavioral problems, dysmorphic features, and palatal and dental abnormalities. Alterations of the SATB2 gene can result from a variety of different mechanisms that include contiguous deletions, intragenic deletions and duplications, translocations with secondary gene disruption, and point mutations. The multisystemic nature of this syndrome demands a multisystemic approach and we propose evaluation and management guidelines. The SATB2‐associated syndrome registry has now been started and that will allow gathering further clinical information and refining the provided surveillance recommendations. © 2016 The Authors. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Yuri A Zarate
- Section of Genetics and Metabolism, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts
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Yoon AJ, Pham BN, Dipple KM. Genetic Screening in Patients with Craniofacial Malformations. J Pediatr Genet 2016; 5:220-224. [PMID: 27895974 DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1592423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2015] [Accepted: 02/14/2016] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Craniofacial malformations include a variety of anomalies, including cleft lip with or without cleft palate, craniosynostosis, microtia, and hemifacial microsomia. All of these anomalies can be either isolated or part of a defined genetic syndrome. A clinical geneticist or genetic counselor should be a member of the craniofacial team to help determine which patients have isolated anomalies and which are likely to have a syndrome. They would then arrange for the appropriate genetic testing to confirm the diagnosis of the specific syndrome. The identification of the specific syndrome is important for the overall care of the patient (as it identifies risk for other medical problems such as congenital heart defect) that will have to be taken into account in the care of the craniofacial malformation. In addition, knowing the specific syndrome will allow the family to understand how this happened to their child and the recurrence risk for future pregnancies. With the advent of new technologies, there are now many types of genetic testing available (including, karyotype, fluorescence in situ hybridization, chromosomal microarrays, and next generation sequencing) and the medical geneticist and genetic counselor can determine which specific testing is needed for a given patient.
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- Amanda J Yoon
- Department of Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California; Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California
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Gregoric Kumperscak H, Krgovic D, Vokac NK. Specific behavioural phenotype and secondary cognitive decline as a result of an 8.6 Mb deletion of 2q32.2q33.1. J Int Med Res 2016; 44:395-402. [PMID: 26811410 PMCID: PMC5580054 DOI: 10.1177/0300060515595651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2015] [Accepted: 06/21/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Chromosomal abnormalities involving 2q32q33 deletions are very rare and present with a specific phenotype. This case report describes a 37-year-old female patient with 2q32q33 microdeletion syndrome presenting with the characteristic features, but with the addition of secondary cognitive decline. Molecular karyotyping was performed on the patient and her parents. It revealed an 8.6 megabase deletion with the proximal breakpoint in the chromosome band 2q32.2 and the distal breakpoint in 2q33.1. The deletion encompassed 22 known genes, including the GLS, MYO1B, TMEFF2, PGAP1 and SATB2 genes. The observed deletion was confirmed using a paralogue ratio test. This case report provides further evidence that the SATB2 gene, together with GLS, MYO1B, TMEFF2 and possibly PGAP1, is a crucial gene in 2q32q33 microdeletion syndrome. The SATB2 gene seems to be crucial for the behavioural problems noted in our case, but deletion of the GLS, MYO1B and TMEFF2 genes presumably contributed to the more complex behavioural characteristics observed. Our patient is also, to our knowledge, the only patient with 2q32q33 microdeletion syndrome with secondary cognitive decline.
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- University of Maribor, Faculty of Medicine, Maribor, Slovenia and Laboratory of Medical Genetics, University Clinical Centre Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia
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SATB2 gene variants in non-syndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate in Indian population. J Oral Biol Craniofac Res 2015; 5:161-4. [PMID: 26605140 DOI: 10.1016/j.jobcr.2015.06.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2015] [Accepted: 06/19/2015] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES Non-syndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate (NSCL/P) is one of the most common craniofacial birth defects and little is known about its aetiology. Initial studies of cytogenetic analysis provided the clues for possible genes involved in the pathogenesis of NSCL/P. This approach led to the identification of SATB2 gene on 2q32-q33. The aim of this study was to determine the association between SATB2 mutations and NSCL/P. MATERIALS AND METHODS The rs137853127, rs200074373 and rs1992950 mutations of the SATB2 gene were investigated in 173 patients with NSCL/P and 176 normal controls using Kbioscience KASPar chemistry, which is a competitive allele-specific PCR SNP genotyping system. RESULTS The mutations in exon 6 (rs137853127 and rs200074373) were monomorphic, the intronic variant (rs1992950) was polymorphic and genotype distribution was in agreement with Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. The rs1992950 genotype distribution is not statistically significant between NSCL/P and controls. CONCLUSION Our findings suggest that the SATB2 gene variations do not contribute to the development of NSCL/P in the south Indian population.
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Liedén A, Kvarnung M, Nilssson D, Sahlin E, Lundberg ES. Intragenic duplication--a novel causative mechanism for SATB2-associated syndrome. Am J Med Genet A 2014; 164A:3083-7. [PMID: 25251319 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.36769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2014] [Accepted: 08/01/2014] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Previous studies have shown that genetic aberrations involving the special AT-rich sequence-binding protein 2 (SATB2) gene result in a variable phenotype of syndromic intellectual disability. Although only a small number of patients have been described, there is already considerable variation in regard to the underlying molecular mechanism spanning from structural variation to point mutations. We here describe a male patient with intellectual disability, speech and language impairment, cleft palate, malformed teeth, and oligodontia. Array CGH analysis identified a small intragenic duplication in the SATB2 gene that included three coding exons. The result was confirmed by multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification and low coverage whole genome mate pair sequencing. WGS breakpoint analysis directly confirmed the duplication as intragenic. This is the first reported patient with an intragenic duplication in SATB2 in combination with a phenotype that is highly similar to previously described patients with small deletions or point mutations of the same gene. Our findings expand the spectra of SATB2 mutations and confirm the presence of a distinct SATB2-phenotype with severe ID and speech impairment, cleft palate and/or high arched palate, and abnormalities of the teeth. For patients that present with this clinical picture, a high-resolution exon targeted array CGH and/or WGS, in addition to sequencing of SATB2, should be considered.
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- Agne Liedén
- Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Clinical Genetics, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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Asadollahi R, Oneda B, Joset P, Azzarello-Burri S, Bartholdi D, Steindl K, Vincent M, Cobilanschi J, Sticht H, Baldinger R, Reissmann R, Sudholt I, Thiel CT, Ekici AB, Reis A, Bijlsma EK, Andrieux J, Dieux A, FitzPatrick D, Ritter S, Baumer A, Latal B, Plecko B, Jenni OG, Rauch A. The clinical significance of small copy number variants in neurodevelopmental disorders. J Med Genet 2014; 51:677-88. [PMID: 25106414 PMCID: PMC4173859 DOI: 10.1136/jmedgenet-2014-102588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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BACKGROUND Despite abundant evidence for pathogenicity of large copy number variants (CNVs) in neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs), the individual significance of genome-wide rare CNVs <500 kb has not been well elucidated in a clinical context. METHODS By high-resolution chromosomal microarray analysis, we investigated the clinical significance of all rare non-polymorphic exonic CNVs sizing 1-500 kb in a cohort of 714 patients with undiagnosed NDDs. RESULTS We detected 96 rare CNVs <500 kb affecting coding regions, of which 58 (60.4%) were confirmed. 6 of 14 confirmed de novo, one of two homozygous and four heterozygous inherited CNVs affected the known microdeletion regions 17q21.31, 16p11.2 and 2p21 or OMIM morbid genes (CASK, CREBBP, PAFAH1B1, SATB2; AUTS2, NRXN3, GRM8). Two further de novo CNVs affecting single genes (MED13L, CTNND2) were instrumental in delineating novel recurrent conditions. For the first time, we here report exonic deletions of CTNND2 causing low normal IQ with learning difficulties with or without autism spectrum disorder. Additionally, we discovered a homozygous out-of-frame deletion of ACOT7 associated with features comparable to the published mouse model. In total, 24.1% of the confirmed small CNVs were categorised as pathogenic or likely pathogenic (median size 130 kb), 17.2% as likely benign, 3.4% represented incidental findings and 55.2% remained unclear. CONCLUSIONS These results verify the diagnostic relevance of genome-wide rare CNVs <500 kb, which were found pathogenic in ∼2% (14/714) of cases (1.1% de novo, 0.3% homozygous, 0.6% inherited) and highlight their inherent potential for discovery of new conditions.
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- Reza Asadollahi
- Institute of Medical Genetics, University of Zurich, Schlieren-Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Medical Genetics, University of Zurich, Schlieren-Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Medical Genetics, University of Zurich, Schlieren-Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Medical Genetics, University of Zurich, Schlieren-Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Medical Genetics, University of Zurich, Schlieren-Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Medical Genetics, University of Zurich, Schlieren-Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Medical Genetics, University of Zurich, Schlieren-Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Biochemistry, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Genetics, University of Zurich, Schlieren-Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Medical Genetics, University of Zurich, Schlieren-Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Medical Genetics, University of Zurich, Schlieren-Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Institut de Génétique Médicale, Hôpital Jeanne de Flandre, CHRU de Lille, Lille, France
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- Clinique de Génétique Guy Fontaine, Hôpital Jeanne de Flandre, CHRU de Lille, Lille, France
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- MRC Human Genetics Unit, MRC Institute for Genetic and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Child Development Center, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Medical Genetics, University of Zurich, Schlieren-Zurich, Switzerland
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- Child Development Center, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Division of Child Neurology, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Child Development Center, University Children's Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Medical Genetics, University of Zurich, Schlieren-Zurich, Switzerland
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Role of tissue-specific AT-rich DNA sequence-binding proteins in lymphocyte differentiation. Int J Hematol 2014; 100:238-45. [PMID: 24938377 DOI: 10.1007/s12185-014-1602-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2014] [Revised: 05/13/2014] [Accepted: 05/14/2014] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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A great many transcription factors, cytokines, and cytokine receptors have been identified as indispensable elements in lymphocyte differentiation, but the molecular mechanism that orchestrates the expression and function of these molecular factors is unknown. The process of lymphocyte differentiation involves both the simultaneous activation of lymphoid-related genes and the inactivation of non-lymphoid lineage-related genes, suggesting that there should be critical molecules that regulate such gene expression in both temporal and spatial dimensions. Recent studies of chromatin-remodeling proteins shed light on this complex process. In particular, special AT-rich sequence-binding protein 1 has been studied extensively. In this article, we review the wealth of information characterizing this protein.
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Zhao X, Qu Z, Tickner J, Xu J, Dai K, Zhang X. The role of SATB2 in skeletogenesis and human disease. Cytokine Growth Factor Rev 2013; 25:35-44. [PMID: 24411565 DOI: 10.1016/j.cytogfr.2013.12.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2013] [Accepted: 12/15/2013] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Since the discovery of SATB2 (special AT-rich sequence binding protein 2) a decade ago, its pivotal roles in development and tissue regeneration have emerged, particularly in craniofacial patterning and development, palate formation, and osteoblast differentiation and maturation. As a member of the special AT-rich binding proteins family that bind to nuclear matrix-attachment regions (MAR), it also displays functional versatility in central nervous development, especially corpus callosum and pons formation, cancer development and prognosis, as well as in immune regulation. At the molecular level, Satb2 gene expression appears to be tissue and stage-specific, and is regulated by several cytokines and growth factors, such as BMP2/4/7, insulin, CNTF, and LIF via ligand receptor signaling pathways. SATB2 mainly performs a twofold role as a transcription regulator by directly binding to AT-rich sequences in MARs to modulate chromatin remodeling, or through association with other transcription factors to modulate the cis-regulation elements and thus to regulate the expression of down-stream target genes and a wide range of biological processes. This contemporary review provides an exploration of the molecular characteristics and function of SATB2; including its expression and cytokine regulation, its involvement in human disease, and its potential roles in skeletogenesis.
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- Xiaoying Zhao
- The Key Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology, Institute of Health Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine (SJTUSM) & Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences (SIBS), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai 200025, China
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- Shanghai Institute for Advanced Immunochemical Studies, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 200031, China
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- School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of Western Australia (M504), 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley WA 6009, Australia
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- School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of Western Australia (M504), 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley WA 6009, Australia.
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- The Key Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology, Institute of Health Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine (SJTUSM) & Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences (SIBS), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai 200025, China; Shanghai Key Laboratory of Orthopaedic Implant, Department of Orthopaedics, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200011, China
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- The Key Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology, Institute of Health Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine (SJTUSM) & Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences (SIBS), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai 200025, China; Shanghai Key Laboratory of Orthopaedic Implant, Department of Orthopaedics, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200011, China.
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Rainger JK, Bhatia S, Bengani H, Gautier P, Rainger J, Pearson M, Ansari M, Crow J, Mehendale F, Palinkasova B, Dixon MJ, Thompson PJ, Matarin M, Sisodiya SM, Kleinjan DA, Fitzpatrick DR. Disruption of SATB2 or its long-range cis-regulation by SOX9 causes a syndromic form of Pierre Robin sequence. Hum Mol Genet 2013; 23:2569-79. [PMID: 24363063 PMCID: PMC3990159 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddt647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Heterozygous loss-of-function (LOF) mutations in the gene encoding the DNA-binding protein, SATB2, result in micrognathia and cleft palate in both humans and mice. In three unrelated individuals, we show that translocation breakpoints (BPs) up to 896 kb 3′ of SATB2 polyadenylation site cause a phenotype which is indistinguishable from that caused by SATB2 LOF mutations. This syndrome comprises long nose, small mouth, micrognathia, cleft palate, arachnodactyly and intellectual disability. These BPs map to a gene desert between PLCL1 and SATB2. We identified three putative cis-regulatory elements (CRE1–3) using a comparative genomic approach each of which would be placed in trans relative to SATB2 by all three BPs. CRE1–3 each bind p300 and mono-methylated H3K4 consistent with enhancer function. In silico analysis suggested that CRE1–3 contain one or more conserved SOX9-binding sites, and this binding was confirmed using chromatin immunoprecipitation on cells derived from mouse embryonic pharyngeal arch. Interphase bacterial artificial chromosome fluorescence in situ hybridization measurements in embryonic craniofacial tissues showed that the orthologous region in mice exhibits Satb2 expression-dependent chromatin decondensation consistent with Satb2 being a target gene of CRE1–3. To assess their in vivo function, we made multiple stable reporter transgenic lines for each enhancer in zebrafish. CRE2 was shown to drive SATB2-like expression in the embryonic craniofacial region. This expression could be eliminated by mutating the SOX9-binding site of CRE2. These observations suggest that SATB2 and SOX9 may be acting together via complex cis-regulation to coordinate the growth of the developing jaw.
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- Jacqueline K Rainger
- MRC Human Genetics Unit, MRC Institute of Genetic and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, UK
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Further delineation of the SATB2 phenotype. Eur J Hum Genet 2013; 22:1034-9. [PMID: 24301056 DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2013.280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2013] [Revised: 10/18/2013] [Accepted: 10/30/2013] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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SATB2 is an evolutionarily highly conserved chromatin remodeling gene located on chromosome 2q33.1. Vertebrate animal models have shown that Satb2 has a crucial role in craniofacial patterning and osteoblast differentiation, as well as in determining the fates of neuronal projections in the developing neocortex. In humans, chromosomal translocations and deletions of 2q33.1 leading to SATB2 haploinsufficiency are associated with cleft palate (CP), facial dysmorphism and intellectual disability (ID). A single patient carrying a nonsense mutation in SATB2 has been described to date. In this study, we performed trio-exome sequencing in a 3-year-old girl with CP and severely delayed speech development, and her unaffected parents. Previously, the girl had undergone conventional and molecular karyotyping (microarray analysis), as well as targeted analysis for different diseases associated with developmental delay, including Angelman syndrome, Rett syndrome and Fragile X syndrome. No diagnosis could be established. Exome sequencing revealed a de novo nonsense mutation in the SATB2 gene (c.715C>T; p.R239*). The identification of a second patient carrying a de novo nonsense mutation in SATB2 confirms that this gene is essential for normal craniofacial patterning and cognitive development. Based on our data and the literature published so far, we propose a new clinically recognizable syndrome - the SATB2-associated syndrome (SAS). SAS is likely to be underdiagnosed and should be considered in children with ID, severe speech delay, cleft or high-arched palate and abnormal dentition with crowded and irregularly shaped teeth.
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Leoyklang P, Suphapeetiporn K, Srichomthong C, Tongkobpetch S, Fietze S, Dorward H, Cullinane AR, Gahl WA, Huizing M, Shotelersuk V. Disorders with similar clinical phenotypes reveal underlying genetic interaction: SATB2 acts as an activator of the UPF3B gene. Hum Genet 2013; 132:1383-93. [PMID: 23925499 DOI: 10.1007/s00439-013-1345-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2013] [Accepted: 07/24/2013] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Two syndromic cognitive impairment disorders have very similar craniofacial dysmorphisms. One is caused by mutations of SATB2, a transcription regulator and the other by heterozygous mutations leading to premature stop codons in UPF3B, encoding a member of the nonsense-mediated mRNA decay complex. Here we demonstrate that the products of these two causative genes function in the same pathway. We show that the SATB2 nonsense mutation in our patient leads to a truncated protein that localizes to the nucleus, forms a dimer with wild-type SATB2 and interferes with its normal activity. This suggests that the SATB2 nonsense mutation has a dominant negative effect. The patient's leukocytes had significantly decreased UPF3B mRNA compared to controls. This effect was replicated both in vitro, where siRNA knockdown of SATB2 in HEK293 cells resulted in decreased UPF3B expression, and in vivo, where embryonic tissue of Satb2 knockout mice showed significantly decreased Upf3b expression. Furthermore, chromatin immunoprecipitation demonstrates that SATB2 binds to the UPF3B promoter, and a luciferase reporter assay confirmed that SATB2 expression significantly activates gene transcription using the UPF3B promoter. These findings indicate that SATB2 activates UPF3B expression through binding to its promoter. This study emphasizes the value of recognizing disorders with similar clinical phenotypes to explore underlying mechanisms of genetic interaction.
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- Petcharat Leoyklang
- Biomedical Science Program, Faculty of Graduate School, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Genetics and management of the patient with orofacial cleft. PLASTIC SURGERY INTERNATIONAL 2012; 2012:782821. [PMID: 23213504 PMCID: PMC3503281 DOI: 10.1155/2012/782821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2012] [Accepted: 10/01/2012] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Cleft lip or palate (CL/P) is a common facial defect present in 1 : 700 live births and results in substantial burden to patients. There are more than 500 CL/P syndromes described, the causes of which may be single-gene mutations, chromosomopathies, and exposure to teratogens. Part of the most prevalent syndromic CL/P has known etiology. Nonsyndromic CL/P, on the other hand, is a complex disorder, whose etiology is still poorly understood. Recent genome-wide association studies have contributed to the elucidation of the genetic causes, by raising reproducible susceptibility genetic variants; their etiopathogenic roles, however, are difficult to predict, as in the case of the chromosomal region 8q24, the most corroborated locus predisposing to nonsyndromic CL/P. Knowing the genetic causes of CL/P will directly impact the genetic counseling, by estimating precise recurrence risks, and the patient management, since the patient, followup may be partially influenced by their genetic background. This paper focuses on the genetic causes of important syndromic CL/P forms (van der Woude syndrome, 22q11 deletion syndrome, and Robin sequence-associated syndromes) and depicts the recent findings in nonsyndromic CL/P research, addressing issues in the conduct of the geneticist.
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Nonsyndromic cleft lip and palate is a complex genetic disorder with variable phenotype, largely attributed to the interactions of the environment and multiple genes, each potentially having certain effects. Numerous genes have been reported in studies demonstrating associations and/or linkage of the cleft lip and palate phenotypes to alleles of microsatellite markers and single nucleotide polymorphisms within specific genes that regulate transcription factors, growth factors, cell signalling and detoxification metabolisms. Although the studies reporting these observations are compelling, most of them lack statistical power. This review compiles the evidence that supports linkage and associations to the various genetic loci and candidate genes. Whereas significant progress has been made in the field of cleft lip and palate genetics in the past decade, the role of the genes and genetic variations within the numerous candidate genes that have been found to associate with the expression of the orofacial cleft phenotype remain to be determined.
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- Jyotsna Murthy
- Department of Plastic Surgery, Sri Ramachandra Medical College, Chennai, India
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Zhang J, Tu Q, Grosschedl R, Kim MS, Griffin T, Drissi H, Yang P, Chen J. Roles of SATB2 in osteogenic differentiation and bone regeneration. Tissue Eng Part A 2011; 17:1767-76. [PMID: 21385070 DOI: 10.1089/ten.tea.2010.0503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Expressed in branchial arches and osteoblast-lineage cells, special AT-rich sequence-binding protein (SATB2) is responsible for preventing craniofacial abnormalities and defects in osteoblast function. In this study, we transduced SATB2 into murine adult stem cells, and found that SATB2 significantly increased expression levels of bone matrix proteins, osteogenic transcription factors, and a potent angiogenic factor, vascular endothelial growth factor. Using an osterix (Osx) promoter-luciferase construct and calvarial cells isolated from runt-related transcription factor 2 (Runx2)-deficient mice, we found that SATB2 upregulates Osx expression independent of Runx2, but synergistically enhances the regulatory effect of Runx2 on Osx promoter. We then transplanted SATB2-overexpressing adult stem cells genetically double-labeled with bone sialoprotein (BSP) promoter-driven luciferase and β-actin promoter-driven enhanced green fluorescent protein into mandibular bone defects. We identified increased luciferase-positive cells in SATB2-overexpressing groups, indicating more transplanted cells undergoing osteogenic differentiation. New bone formation was consequently accelerated in SATB2 groups. In conclusion, SATB2 acts as a potent transcription factor to enhance osteoblastogenesis and promote bone regeneration. The application of SATB2 in bone tissue engineering gives rise to a higher bone forming capacity as a result of multiple-level amplification of regulatory activity.
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- Jin Zhang
- Division of Oral Biology, Department of General Dentistry, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, USA
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Jia ZL, Shi B, Xu X, Kong XL. Interactions Between Small Ubiquitin-Like Modifier 1 and Nonsyndromic Orofacial Clefts. DNA Cell Biol 2011; 30:235-40. [PMID: 21189065 DOI: 10.1089/dna.2010.1110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- Zhong-Lin Jia
- State Key Laboratory of Oral Disease, Sichuan University, Chengdu, The People's Republic of China
- Department of Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery, West China College of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, The People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Disease, Sichuan University, Chengdu, The People's Republic of China
- Department of Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery, West China College of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, The People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Disease, Sichuan University, Chengdu, The People's Republic of China
- Department of Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery, West China College of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, The People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Disease, Sichuan University, Chengdu, The People's Republic of China
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Jia ZL, Li Y, Meng T, Shi B. Association Between Polymorphisms at Small Ubiquitin-Like Modifier 1 and Nonsyndromic Orofacial Clefts in Western China. DNA Cell Biol 2010; 29:675-80. [PMID: 20738159 DOI: 10.1089/dna.2010.1034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- Zhong-Lin Jia
- State Key Laboratory of Oral Disease and Department of Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery, West China College of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Disease and Department of Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery, West China College of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Disease and Department of Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery, West China College of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, P.R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Disease and Department of Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery, West China College of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, P.R. China
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Wang Y, Li X, Zhu WL, Guo JZ, Song XM, Li SQ, Li Y. Genome-wide and interaction linkage scan for nonsyndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate in two multiplex families in Shenyang, China. BIOMEDICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES : BES 2010; 23:363-370. [PMID: 21112484 DOI: 10.1016/s0895-3988(10)60077-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2010] [Accepted: 07/12/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To identify the loci involved in nonsyndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate (NSCL/P) in Northern Chinese people in Shenyang by using genomewide and interaction linkage scan. METHODS Two multiplex families in Shenyang from North China were ascertained through probands with NSCL/P. Blood of every member was drawn for DNA extraction and analysis. Genotypes were available for 382 autosomal short tandem repeat (STR) markers from the ABI Prism Linkage Mapping Set version 2.5. Linkage between markers and NSCL/P was assessed by 2-point parametric LOD scores, multipoint-heterogeneity parametric LOD scores (HLODs), and multipoint nonparametric linkage score (NPL). RESULTS The initial scan suggested linkage on Chromosomes 1, 2, and 15. In subsequent fine mapping, 1q32-q42 showed a maximum multipoint LOD score of 1.9(empirical P=0.013) and an NPL score of 2.35 (empirical P=0.053). For 2p24-p25, the multipoint NPL increased to 2.94 (empirical P=0.007). 2-locus interaction analysis obtained a maximum NPL score of 3.73 (P=0.00078) and a maximum LOD score of 3 for Chromosome 1 (at 221 cM) and Chromosome 2 (at 29 cM). CONCLUSION Both parametric and nonparametric linkage scores greatly increased over the initial linkage scores on 1q32-q42, suggesting a susceptibility locus in this region. Nonparametric linkage gave a strong evidence for a candidate region on chromosome 2p24-p25. The superiority of 2-locus linkage scores compared to single-locus scores gave additional evidence for linkage on 1q32-q42 and 2p24-p25, and suggested that certain genes in the two regions may contribute to NCSL/P risks with interaction.
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- Yun Wang
- Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Peking University Health Science Centre, Beijing 100191, China
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SATB2 haploinsufficiency in patients with cleft palate. Open Med (Wars) 2010. [DOI: 10.2478/s11536-009-0141-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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AbstractDe novo translocation interrupting the transcription unit of SATB2 gene has been associated with cleft palate only (CPO). We tested for the presence of the copy number of SATB2 gene in a sample of 92 patients with CPO using a quantitative real-time PCR approach. In one patient (1%, 95% CI = 0.2%–6%), a 19 Mb de novo deletion encompassing the SATB2 gene was detected. These results suggest that SATB2 gene deletions do not play an important role in the etiology of cleft palate.
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Rifai L, Port-Lis M, Tabet AC, Bailleul-Forestier I, Benzacken B, Drunat S, Kuzbari S, Passemard S, Verloes A, Aboura A. Ectodermal dysplasia-like syndrome with mental retardation due to contiguous gene deletion: further clinical and molecular delineation of del(2q32) syndrome. Am J Med Genet A 2010; 152A:111-7. [PMID: 20034071 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.33164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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We report on a patient with an interstitial deletion of the long arm of chromosome 2 at 2q31.2q33.2. She had prenatal and postnatal growth retardation, microcephaly, facial dysmorphism, cleft palate, camptodactyly, bilateral talipes equinovarus, severe intellectual disability, and ectodermal anomalies. She showed thin, atrophic skin, sparse, brittle, slowly growing hair, oligodontia with abnormally shaped teeth, normal sweating, and normal fingernails, consistent with a diagnosis of ectodermal dysplasia. Array CGH analysis (Agilent 44K) showed the deletion to span 26 Mb, between cytogenetic bands 2q31.2 and 2q33. The deletion leads to hemizygosity for the HOXD cluster and its regulatory elements, COL3A1/COL5A2, GTF3C3, CASP8, CASP10, and SABT2 could perhaps interfere with long range control of DLX1 and DLX2 expression. This girl confirms the existence of a clinically recognizable 2q32 microdeletion syndrome, as recently delineated by Van Buggenhout et al. and confirms a novel putative locus for ectodermal dysplasia on chromosome 2q31q33. We recommend considering cytogenetic and/or molecular screening for del(2q32) in patients with developmental disability and ectodermal dysplasia-like phenotype, including thin skin, oligodontia, dysplastic teeth, and sparse hair.
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- Laila Rifai
- Department of Medical Genetics, AP-HP-Robert DEBRE University Hospital, Paris, France
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Klockars T, Ala-Mello S, Rautio J. Chromosomal abnormalities in Finnish orofacial cleft patients: excess of submucous cleft patients? Cleft Palate Craniofac J 2010; 47:352-8. [PMID: 20163256 DOI: 10.1597/09-198.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE The aim was to identify chromosomal regions possibly involved in the development of orofacial clefts and to compare syndromic cleft phenotypes with previous reports. DESIGN We have retrospectively gathered and analyzed chromosomal aberrations and phenotypes of Finnish cleft patients treated at the Cleft and Craniofacial Centre, Helsinki University Central Hospital. SETTING The study was carried out at the Cleft and Craniofacial Centre, Helsinki University Central Hospital. PATIENTS The cleft register contains information on about 7600 Finnish cleft patients. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Identification of patients for further molecular analyses and identification of chromosomal regions associated with orofacial clefting. RESULTS We identified 37 cleft patients with chromosomal aberrations of putative research interest. CONCLUSIONS We were able to efficiently select patients for further molecular analyses and identify chromosomal regions that might be associated with orofacial clefting. The percentage of submucous cleft patients among cleft patients with chromosomal aberrations was unexpectedly high.
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- Tuomas Klockars
- Cleft and Craniofacial Centre, Department of Plastic Surgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
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Jaillard S, Drunat S, Bendavid C, Aboura A, Etcheverry A, Journel H, Delahaye A, Pasquier L, Bonneau D, Toutain A, Burglen L, Guichet A, Pipiras E, Gilbert-Dussardier B, Benzacken B, Martin-Coignard D, Henry C, David A, Lucas J, Mosser J, David V, Odent S, Verloes A, Dubourg C. Identification of gene copy number variations in patients with mental retardation using array-CGH: Novel syndromes in a large French series. Eur J Med Genet 2009; 53:66-75. [PMID: 19878743 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2009.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2009] [Accepted: 10/17/2009] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Array-CGH has revealed a large number of copy number variations (CNVs) in patients with multiple congenital anomalies and/or mental retardation (MCA/MR). According to criteria recently listed, pathogenicity was clearly suspected for some CNVs but benign CNVs, considered as polymorphisms, have complicated the interpretation of the results. In this study, genomic DNAs from 132 French patients with unexplained mental retardation were analysed by genome wide high-resolution Agilent 44K oligonucleotide arrays. The results were in accordance with those observed in previous studies: the detection rate of pathogenic CNVs was 14.4%. A non-random involvement of several chromosomal regions was observed. Some of the microimbalances recurrently involved regions (1q21.1, 2q23.1, 2q32q33, 7p13, 17p13.3, 17p11.2, 17q21.31) corresponding to known or novel syndromes. For all the pathogenic CNVs, further cases are needed to allow more accurate genotype-phenotype correlations underscoring the importance of databases to group patients with similar molecular data.
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- Sylvie Jaillard
- Laboratoire de Cytogénétique et Biologie Cellulaire, CHU Pontchaillou, Rennes, France.
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Small deletions of SATB2 cause some of the clinical features of the 2q33.1 microdeletion syndrome. PLoS One 2009; 4:e6568. [PMID: 19668335 PMCID: PMC2719055 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2009] [Accepted: 04/23/2009] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Recurrent deletions of 2q32q33 have recently been reported as a new microdeletion syndrome. Clinical features of this syndrome include severe mental retardation, growth retardation, dysmorphic features, thin and sparse hair, feeding difficulties and cleft or high palate. The commonly deleted region contains at least seven genes. Haploinsufficiency of one of these genes, SATB2, a DNA-binding protein that regulates gene expression, has been implicated as causative in the cleft or high palate of individuals with 2q32q33 microdeletion syndrome. In this study we describe three individuals with smaller microdeletions of this region, within 2q33.1. The deletions ranged in size from 173.1 kb to 185.2 kb and spanned part of SATB2. Review of clinical records showed similar clinical features among these individuals, including severe developmental delay and tooth abnormalities. Two of the individuals had behavioral problems. Only one of the subjects presented here had a cleft palate, suggesting reduced penetrance for this feature. Our results suggest that deletion of SATB2 is responsible for several of the clinical features associated with 2q32q33 microdeletion syndrome.
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Urquhart J, Black GCM, Clayton-Smith J. 4.5 Mb microdeletion in chromosome band 2q33.1 associated with learning disability and cleft palate. Eur J Med Genet 2009; 52:454-7. [PMID: 19576302 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2009.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2009] [Accepted: 06/27/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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We report a 4.5 Mb deletion of 2q33.1 in an individual with developmental delay and cleft palate. There have been various previous reports of deletions of 2q3, all with varying breakpoints and all larger than the current case. Whilst there is some variation in the phenotypes of patients with 2q3 deletions all share a commonly deleted region within 2q33.1 which includes SATB2, a gene previously shown to be associated with cleft palate. The phenotypic features of our patient are milder than those reported so far.
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- Jill Urquhart
- Genetic Medicine, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Heath Science Centre, Central Manchester University Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9WL, UK.
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Tegay DH, Chan KK, Leung L, Wang C, Burkett S, Stone G, Stanyon R, Toriello HV, Hatchwell E. Toriello-Carey syndrome in a patient with ade novobalanced translocation [46,XY,t(2;14)(q33;q22)] interrupting SATB2. Clin Genet 2009; 75:259-64. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2008.01145.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Song T, Li G, Jing G, Jiao X, Shi J, Zhang B, Wang L, Ye X, Cao F. SUMO1 polymorphisms are associated with non-syndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2008; 377:1265-8. [PMID: 18983974 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.10.138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2008] [Accepted: 10/28/2008] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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- Tao Song
- Department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Stomatology, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China
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Depew MJ, Compagnucci C. Tweaking the hinge and caps: testing a model of the organization of jaws. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL ZOOLOGY PART B-MOLECULAR AND DEVELOPMENTAL EVOLUTION 2008; 310:315-35. [PMID: 18027841 DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.21205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Historically, examinations of gnathostome skulls have indicated that for essentially the entirety of their existence, jaws have been characterized by a high degree of fidelity to an initial basic structural design that will then go on to manifest an amazing array of end-point phenotypes. These two traits-bauplan fidelity and elaboration of design-are inter-connected and striking, and beg a number of questions, including: Are all jaws made in the same manner and if not how not? To begin to tackle such questions, we herein operationally define jaws as two appositional, hinged cranial units for which polarity and potential modularity are characteristics, and then address what is necessary for them to form, including delineating both the sources of cells and tissues that will formally yield the jaws as well as what informs their ontogeny (e.g., sources of positional information and factors directing the interpretation of developmental cues). Following on this, we briefly describe a predictive, testable model of jaw development (the "Hinge and Caps" model) and present evidence that the Satb2+cell population in the developing jaw primordia of mice defines a developmentally and evolutionarily significant jaw module such as would be predicted by the model.
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- Michael J Depew
- Department of Craniofacial Development, Guy's Hospital, King's College London, London, United Kingdom.
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The etiopathogenesis of cleft lip and cleft palate: usefulness and caveats of mouse models. Curr Top Dev Biol 2008; 84:37-138. [PMID: 19186243 DOI: 10.1016/s0070-2153(08)00602-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Cleft lip and cleft palate are frequent human congenital malformations with a complex multifactorial etiology. These orofacial clefts can occur as part of a syndrome involving multiple organs or as isolated clefts without other detectable defects. Both forms of clefting constitute a heavy burden to the affected individuals and their next of kin. Human and mouse facial traits are utterly dissimilar. However, embryonic development of the lip and palate are strikingly similar in both species, making the mouse a model of choice to study their normal and abnormal development. Human epidemiological and genetic studies are clearly important for understanding the etiology of lip and palate clefting. However, our current knowledge about the etiopathogenesis of these malformations has mainly been gathered throughout the years from mouse models, including those with mutagen-, teratogen- and targeted mutation-induced clefts as well as from mice with spontaneous clefts. This review provides a comprehensive description of the numerous mouse models for cleft lip and/or cleft palate. Despite a few weak points, these models have revealed a high order of molecular complexity as well as the stringent spatiotemporal regulations and interactions between key factors which govern the development of these orofacial structures.
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Carinci F, Scapoli L, Palmieri A, Zollino I, Pezzetti F. Human genetic factors in nonsyndromic cleft lip and palate: an update. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 2007; 71:1509-19. [PMID: 17606301 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2007.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2007] [Revised: 05/30/2007] [Accepted: 06/02/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Nonsyndromic cleft lip and/or palate (or orofacial cleft, OFC) is a malformation characterized by an incomplete separation between nasal and oral cavities without any associated anomalies. The last point defines the distinction between syndromic and nonsyndromic OFC. Nonsyndromic OFC is one of the most common malformations among live births and is composed of two separate entities: cleft lip with or without cleft palate (CL+/-P) and cleft palate isolated (CPI). Because of the complex etiology of nonsyndromic OFC, which is due to the differences between CL+/-P and CPI, and the heterogeneity of each group, caused by the number of genes involved, the type of inheritance, and the interaction with environmental factors, we reviewed those genes and available loci in the literature whose involvement in the onset of nonsyndromic OFC has more sound scientific evidence. Genetic studies on human populations have demonstrated that CL+/-P and CPI have distinct genetic backgrounds and, therefore, environmental factors probably disclose only these malformations. In CL+/-P several loci, OFC from 1 to 10 have been identified. The first locus, OFC1, has been mapped to chromosome 6p24. Other CL+/-P loci have been mapped to 2p13 (OFC2), 19q13.2 (OFC3) and 4q (OFC4). OFC5-8 are identified by mutations in the MSX1, IRF6, PVRL1, and TP73L gene, respectively. OFC9 maps to 13q33.1-q34, whereas OFC10 is associated with haploinsufficiency of the SUMO1 gene. In addition, MTHFR, TGF-beta3, and RARalpha play a role in cleft onset. In CPI one gene has been identified (TBX22) at present, but others are probably involved. Greater efforts are necessary in order to have a complete picture of the main factors involved in lip and palate formation. These elements will permit us to better understand and better treat patients affected by OFC.
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MESH Headings
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 13/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 19/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 6/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8/genetics
- Cleft Lip/genetics
- Cleft Palate/genetics
- Gene Expression/genetics
- Humans
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length/genetics
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- Francesco Carinci
- Department of D.M.C.C.C., Section of Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Ferrara, Corso, Giovecca 203, 44100 Ferrara, Italy.
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Leoyklang P, Suphapeetiporn K, Siriwan P, Desudchit T, Chaowanapanja P, Gahl WA, Shotelersuk V. Heterozygous nonsense mutation SATB2 associated with cleft palate, osteoporosis, and cognitive defects. Hum Mutat 2007; 28:732-8. [PMID: 17377962 DOI: 10.1002/humu.20515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Studies of human chromosomal aberrations and knockout (KO) mice have suggested SATB2 as a candidate gene for a human malformation syndrome of craniofacial patterning and brain development. Of 59 unrelated patients with craniofacial dysmorphism, with or without mental retardation, one 36-year-old man had a nonsynonymous mutation in SATB2. The affected individual exhibited craniofacial dysmorphisms including cleft palate, generalized osteoporosis, profound mental retardation, epilepsy and a jovial personality. He carries a de novo germline nonsense mutation (c.715C>T, p.R239X) in the exon 6 of SATB2. Expression studies showed that the mutant RNA was stable, expected to produce a truncated protein predicted to retain its dimerization domain and exert a dominant negative effect. This new syndrome is the first determined to result from mutation of a gene within the family that encodes nuclear matrix-attachment region (MAR) proteins.
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Britanova O, Depew MJ, Schwark M, Thomas BL, Miletich I, Sharpe P, Tarabykin V. Satb2 haploinsufficiency phenocopies 2q32-q33 deletions, whereas loss suggests a fundamental role in the coordination of jaw development. Am J Hum Genet 2006; 79:668-78. [PMID: 16960803 PMCID: PMC1592575 DOI: 10.1086/508214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2006] [Accepted: 07/28/2006] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The recent identification of SATB2 as a candidate gene responsible for the craniofacial dysmorphologies associated with deletions and translocations at 2q32-q33, one of only three regions of the genome for which haploinsufficiency has been significantly associated with isolated cleft palate, led us to investigate the in vivo functions of murine Satb2. We find that, similar to the way in which SATB2 is perceived to act in humans, craniofacial defects due to haploinsufficiency of Satb2, including cleft palate (in approximately 25% of cases), phenocopy those seen with 2q32-q33 deletions and translocations in humans. Full functional loss of Satb2 results in amplification of these defects and leads both to increased apoptosis in the craniofacial mesenchyme where Satb2 is usually expressed and to changes in the pattern of expression of three genes implicated in the regulation of craniofacial development in humans and mice: Pax9, Alx4, and Msx1. The Satb2-dosage sensitivity in craniofacial development is conspicuous--along with its control of cell survival, pattern of expression, and reversible functional modification by SUMOylation, it suggests that Satb2/SATB2 function in craniofacial development may prove to be more profound than has been anticipated previously. Because jaw development is Satb2-dosage sensitive, the regulators of Satb2 expression and posttranslational modification become of critical importance both ontogenetically and evolutionarily, especially since such regulators plausibly play undetected roles in jaw and palate development and in the etiology of craniofacial malformations.
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- Olga Britanova
- Department of Molecular Biology of Neuronal Signals, Max-Plank Institute for Experimental Medicine, Goettingen, Germany
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Radhakrishna U, Ratnamala U, Gaines M, Beiraghi S, Hutchings D, Golla J, Husain SA, Gambhir PS, Sheth JJ, Sheth FJ, Chetan GK, Naveed M, Solanki JV, Patel UC, Master DC, Memon R, Antonarakis GS, Antonarakis SE, Nath SK. Genomewide scan for nonsyndromic cleft lip and palate in multigenerational Indian families reveals significant evidence of linkage at 13q33.1-34. Am J Hum Genet 2006; 79:580-5. [PMID: 16909398 PMCID: PMC1559556 DOI: 10.1086/507487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2006] [Accepted: 07/07/2006] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Nonsyndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate (CL-P) is a common congenital anomaly with incidence ranging from 1 in 300 to 1 in 2,500 live births. We analyzed two Indian pedigrees (UR017 and UR019) with isolated, nonsyndromic CL-P, in which the anomaly segregates as an autosomal dominant trait. The phenotype was variable, ranging from unilateral to bilateral CL-P. A genomewide linkage scan that used approximately 10,000 SNPs was performed. Nonparametric linkage (NPL) analysis identified 11 genomic regions (NPL>3.5; P<.005) that could potentially harbor CL-P susceptibility variations. Among those, the most significant evidence was for chromosome 13q33.1-34 at marker rs1830756 (NPL=5.57; P=.00024). This was also supported by parametric linkage; MOD score (LOD scores maximized over genetic model parameters) analysis favored an autosomal dominant model. The maximum LOD score was 4.45, and heterogeneity LOD was 4.45 (alpha =100%). Haplotype analysis with informative crossovers enabled the mapping of the CL-P locus to a region of approximately 20.17 cM (7.42 Mb) between SNPs rs951095 and rs726455. Thus, we have identified a novel genomic region on 13q33.1-34 that harbors a high-risk variant for CL-P in these Indian families.
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Van Buggenhout G, Van Ravenswaaij-Arts C, Mc Maas N, Thoelen R, Vogels A, Smeets D, Salden I, Matthijs G, Fryns JP, Vermeesch JR. The del(2)(q32.2q33) deletion syndrome defined by clinical and molecular characterization of four patients. Eur J Med Genet 2005; 48:276-89. [PMID: 16179223 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2005.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2004] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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We report four patients with an interstitial deletion of chromosome 2q32-->2q33. They presented similar clinical findings including pre- and postnatal growth retardation, distinct facial dysmorphism, thin and sparse hair and fair built, micrognathia, cleft or high palate, relative macroglossia, dacrocystitis, persisting feeding difficulties, inguinal hernia and broad based gait. All were severely mentally retarded. Three patients had a specific behavioral phenotype with hyperactivity and motor restlessness, chaotic behavior, happy-personality but with periods of aggression and anxiety, sleeping problems and self-mutilation. (head-banging). Array CGH and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) allowed us to delineate the deletion size and showed that the four patients share a 8.1 Mb minimal deleted region. Reviewing additional nine case reports of patients with similar deletions showed striking phenotypic similarities which enabled the delineation of the 2q32.2q33 syndrome. Deletion of 2q32 has been also associated with the wrinkly skin syndrome (WWS) and isolated cleft palate. Although the patients presented here shared many aspects of WWS, they did not had the wrinkly skin. All patients had a cleft or high palate, most likely as a result of hemizygosity for SATB2. A potential commonly deleted interval of the three patients with behavioral problems, excluding the deletion in the patient without behavioral problems, is at most 0.5 Mb in size harboring only two genes.
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- G Van Buggenhout
- Center for Human Genetics, University of Leuven, Heresraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
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Ounap K, Ilus T, Laidre P, Uibo O, Tammur P, Bartsch O. A new case of 2q duplication supports either a locus for orofacial clefting between markers D2S1897 and D2S2023 or a locus for cleft palate only on chromosome 2q13-q21. Am J Med Genet A 2005; 137A:323-7. [PMID: 16094674 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.30890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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We report on a pure duplication of the proximal chromosome 2q in a 6.5-year-old boy with V-shaped midline cleft palate and bifid uvula, posteriorly located tongue, and micrognathia (Pierre Robin sequence), celiac disease, failure to thrive, and developmental delay. Cytogenetic and FISH analysis indicated a duplication of chromosome 2q13-q22. In general, pure proximal duplication or triplication of 2q is rare. The clinical features and chromosomal breakpoints of the 10 previously reported patients varied, and no common phenotype or proximal duplication/triplication 2q syndrome could be defined to date. However, based on four previous patients with different orofacial clefts and our case, a locus for orofacial clefting may be located at proximal 2q. The duplication/triplication comprised chromosome 2q13 in all five affected individuals including our patient. Our patient and three previous cases (two with cleft palate only (CPO) and one with cleft lip/palate (CL/P)) showed a cytogenetic breakpoint at 2q13, which could support the presence of a critical dominant gene disrupted by a common breakpoint, however, the fifth case with CPO showed different breakpoints, advocating against the disruption of a critical dominant gene and supporting that the overexpression of a gene(s) on chromosome 2q13-q21 may cause cleft palate only (CPO) and Pierre Robin sequence. Hence, our findings support either the presence of one locus for orofacial clefting (CL/P, CPO, and Pierre Robin sequence) between markers D2S1897 (chromosome 2q12.2) and D2S2023 (chromosome 2q14.2), or alternatively the presence of a locus for CPO and Pierre Robin sequence on chromosome 2q13-q21.
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- Katrin Ounap
- Medical Genetics Center, United Laboratories, Tartu University Clinics, Tartu, Estonia.
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Sherer DM, Sokolovski M, Santoso PG, Dalloul M, Abulafia O. Nomograms of sonographic measurements throughout gestation of the fetal hard palate width, length and area. ULTRASOUND IN OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF ULTRASOUND IN OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY 2004; 24:35-41. [PMID: 15229914 DOI: 10.1002/uog.1063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To assess the feasibility of sonographic depiction of the fetal hard palate and secondarily to create nomograms throughout gestation of its sonographic width, length and area. METHODS This was a cross-sectional study of pregnant patients between 15 and 41 weeks' gestation. Inclusion criteria consisted of well-established dates (confirmed by early ultrasound), and singleton, non-anomalous fetuses. Sonographic measurements obtained included biparietal diameter, head circumference, abdominal circumference and femur length. Fetal hard palate measurements included maximum width, maximum length and the calculated area. Tables were prepared depicting the estimated mean +/- SD and 5(th), 50(th) and 95(th) centiles at each gestational week between 15 and 41 weeks. Pearson's correlation coefficient and associated P-values for the relationships between fetal hard palate measurements and other sonographic measurements and coefficients of variation for each of the fetal hard palate measurements were calculated. RESULTS The study included 602 consecutive patients. The mean maternal age was 28.7 +/- 6.3 years, with median gravidity of 2 (range, 1-12) and parity 1 (range, 0-8). All attempts at obtaining fetal hard palate ultrasound measurements were successful. Mean fetal hard palate width (cm) = -0.73579345 + 0.11370432 x GA - 0.00083919 x GA(2) and SD = -0.017842055 + 0.005142475 x GA, where GA is gestational age in weeks. Mean fetal hard palate length (cm) = -0.82020463 + 0.11767777 x GA - 0.00092801 x GA(2) and SD = -0.043064317 + 0.006378869 x GA. Mean fetal hard palate area (cm(2)) = -2.40090641 + 0.17136556 x GA + 0.00097308 x GA(2) and SD = -0.603647741 + 0.040740282 x GA. Sonographic measurements of the fetal hard palate width, length and area correlated significantly and strongly with gestational age (all P < 0.001) and significantly but less strongly with femur length (P = 0.004). CONCLUSION The fetal hard palate may be depicted sonographically with relative ease between 15 and 41 weeks' gestation and measurements of the fetal hard palate width, length and area correlate well with gestational age, biparietal diameter, abdominal circumference, sonographic estimated fetal weight, and femur length.
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- The Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 11203, USA.
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Occhi G, Olivieri M, Rampazzo A, Danieli GA. Characterization of a novel human gene containing ANK repeats and ARM domains. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2004; 318:38-45. [PMID: 15110750 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.03.186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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We report here on characterization of a novel human gene on chromosome 2q32, containing several ankyrin repeats and ARM domains. The gene FLJ25415, including at least 31 exons and spanning about 90kb of a gene-rich genomic region, is present in the human genome as a single copy. It seems highly conserved along the mammalian phylogeny. By analysing FLJ25415 gene expression in different human tissues, we demonstrated a ubiquitously expression pattern with extensive alternative splicing. In silico prediction of promoter regions revealed the presence of a TATA box and some hypothetical transcription factor binding sites, such as TMF, C/EBPalpha, LE-1, and NF-ATp.
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- Gianluca Occhi
- Department of Biology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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Familial syndrome of unusual triangular facies associated with cleft palate, malocclusion, midfacial hypoplasia and sensorineural hearing loss in two siblings. Is it a new autosomal recessive syndrome? Clin Dysmorphol 2004. [DOI: 10.1097/00019605-200404000-00003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Cohen MM. Malformations of the craniofacial region: evolutionary, embryonic, genetic, and clinical perspectives. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS 2002; 115:245-68. [PMID: 12503119 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.10982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Malformations of the craniofacial region are reviewed with respect to evolutionary, embryonic, genetic, and clinical perspectives under the following headings: How Old Is Our Head?, Head Organization Genes, Genetics of Craniofacial Anomalies, Craniofacial Derivatives, Anencephaly, Cephalocele, Holoprosencephaly, Craniosynostosis, Hypertelorism, Branchial Arch Anomalies, and Orofacial Clefting.
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Farina A, Wyszynski DF, Pezzetti F, Scapoli L, Martinelli M, Carinci F, Carls F, Nardelli GB, Tognon M, Carinci P. Classification of oral clefts by affection site and laterality: a genotype-phenotype correlation study. Orthod Craniofac Res 2002; 5:185-91. [PMID: 12194669 DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0544.2002.02204.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to classify the phenotypes found in a series of patients with non-syndromic cleft lip (CL) with or without cleft palate (CP) and isolated cleft palate. Additionally, the frequency distribution of cases belonging to families linked to markers on chromosomes 6 and 2 within these phenotypic patterns were estimated. DESIGN A retrospective examination of all the available affected cases collected in Italy. SETTING AND SAMPLE POPULATION Ninety-seven affected subjects aged 5-18 years belonging to 38 families were considered. Patterns were identified by variance of the cleft (lip, primary palate, secondary palate) and stratified according to the side of occurrence (right, left, or bilateral). Latent class analysis was used as main statistical tool for carrying out the results. RESULTS Three homogenous classes were identified (P < 0.0001) by means of latent class analysis. Individuals were assigned to the most suited class. All three variables (lip, primary and secondary cleft palate) generated a specific class. Optimal findings were reported in cases having 'any isolated cleft lip' (class 1); 'secondary CP with or without bilateral/right primary cleft palate + bilateral/right cleft lip' (class 2); and 'left primary cleft palate + left/bilateral cleft lip with or without secondary CP' (class 3). Correspondence to the evidence of linkage to chromosome 6 showed that 9 of 10 cases presenting with 'right primary CP + right CL with secondary cleft palate' (class 2) belonged to a linked family. The same combination, but occurring on the left side (class 3), revealed that only three of nine cases belong to families linked to chromosome 6 (P-value = 0.02). The two patterns (right and left) never occurred in the same family. Three reliable groups were identified based on laterality and the presence of a cleft. A single right sided pattern displayed a statistically different distribution of linkage to chromosome 6 when compared with the homologous left side. CONCLUSION Non-syndromic CL with/without CP can be classified according to laterality that can be under genetic control.
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- Institute of Embryology, University of Bologna-Centre of Molecular Genetics CARISBO Foundation, Bologna, Italy
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Hecht JT, Mulliken JB, Blanton SH. Evidence for a cleft palate only locus on chromosome 4 near MSX1. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS 2002; 110:406-7. [PMID: 12116220 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.10497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Ceponiene R, Haapanen ML, Ranta R, Näätänen R, Hukki J. Auditory sensory impairment in children with oral clefts as indexed by auditory event-related potentials. J Craniofac Surg 2002; 13:554-66; discussion 567. [PMID: 12140422 DOI: 10.1097/00001665-200207000-00016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Children with nonsyndromic oral clefts and with the CATCH 22 syndrome (acronym for cardiac defects, abnormal faces, thymus hypoplasia, clefts, and hypocalcemia) display a range of language and learning disabilities, the neurofunctional bases of which are not yet understood. This review summarizes recent event-related brain potential (ERP) studies on central auditory processing in infants and children with different cleft types and presents an effort to integrate these ERP and earlier behavioral findings into a workable hypothesis on the mechanisms of cognitive impairment in the oral cleft population. The encoding of the acoustic sound features and the functioning of auditory sensory memory (ASM) were studied by recording cortical auditory ERPs. Tapped were two ASM functions: tone pitch discrimination and the duration of sensory memory for tone pitch. In infants with cleft palate, tone pitch discrimination was impaired at birth and at 6 months of age. In infants with cleft lip and palate, no ASM impairment was detected at either age. In school-aged children with clefts and CATCH 22 syndrome, the discrimination of tone pitch was intact under optimal stimulation conditions. However, in these children, shortened duration of ASM was observed, with the magnitude of its shortening covarying with cleft type and being most pronounced in children with CATCH 22 syndrome. The different types of ASM dysfunction found in children with different cleft types could not be accounted for by the peripheral hearing deficits. The relation between ASM dysfunction and known behavioral cognitive disability profiles in children with different cleft types suggests that ASM is implicated in language disabilities of children with oral clefts. Furthermore, it appears that the ASM impairment and oral clefting are linked in a comorbid fashion.
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- Rita Ceponiene
- Cognitive Brain Research Unit, Department of Psychology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
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