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Harakalova M van Harssel JJ Terhal PA van Lieshout S Duran K Renkens I Amor DJ Wilson LC Kirk EP Turner CL Shears D Garcia-Minaur S Lees MM Ross A Venselaar H Vriend G Takanari H Rook MB van der Heyden MA Asselbergs FW Breur HM Swinkels ME Scurr IJ Smithson SF Knoers NV van der Smagt JJ Nijman IJ Kloosterman WP van Haelst MM van Haaften G Cuppen E 《Nature genetics》2012,44(7):793-796
Cantú syndrome is characterized by congenital hypertrichosis, distinctive facial features, osteochondrodysplasia and cardiac defects. By using family-based exome sequencing, we identified a de novo mutation in ABCC9. Subsequently, we discovered novel dominant missense mutations in ABCC9 in 14 of the 16 individuals with Cantú syndrome examined. The ABCC9 protein is part of an ATP-dependent potassium (K(ATP)) channel that couples the metabolic state of a cell with its electrical activity. All mutations altered amino acids in or close to the transmembrane domains of ABCC9. Using electrophysiological measurements, we show that mutations in ABCC9 reduce the ATP-mediated potassium channel inhibition, resulting in channel opening. Moreover, similarities between the phenotype of individuals with Cantú syndrome and side effects from the K(ATP) channel agonist minoxidil indicate that the mutations in ABCC9 result in channel opening. Given the availability of ABCC9 antagonists, our findings may have direct implications for the treatment of individuals with Cantú syndrome. 相似文献
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Meijers-Heijboer H van den Ouweland A Klijn J Wasielewski M de Snoo A Oldenburg R Hollestelle A Houben M Crepin E van Veghel-Plandsoen M Elstrodt F van Duijn C Bartels C Meijers C Schutte M McGuffog L Thompson D Easton D Sodha N Seal S Barfoot R Mangion J Chang-Claude J Eccles D Eeles R Evans DG Houlston R Murday V Narod S Peretz T Peto J Phelan C Zhang HX Szabo C Devilee P Goldgar D Futreal PA Nathanson KL Weber B Rahman N Stratton MR;CHEK-Breast Cancer Consortium 《Nature genetics》2002,31(1):55-59
Mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 confer a high risk of breast and ovarian cancer, but account for only a small fraction of breast cancer susceptibility. To find additional genes conferring susceptibility to breast cancer, we analyzed CHEK2 (also known as CHK2), which encodes a cell-cycle checkpoint kinase that is implicated in DNA repair processes involving BRCA1 and p53 (refs 3,4,5). We show that CHEK2(*)1100delC, a truncating variant that abrogates the kinase activity, has a frequency of 1.1% in healthy individuals. However, this variant is present in 5.1% of individuals with breast cancer from 718 families that do not carry mutations in BRCA1 or BRCA2 (P = 0.00000003), including 13.5% of individuals from families with male breast cancer (P = 0.00015). We estimate that the CHEK2(*)1100delC variant results in an approximately twofold increase of breast cancer risk in women and a tenfold increase of risk in men. By contrast, the variant confers no increased cancer risk in carriers of BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations. This suggests that the biological mechanisms underlying the elevated risk of breast cancer in CHEK2 mutation carriers are already subverted in carriers of BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations, which is consistent with participation of the encoded proteins in the same pathway. 相似文献
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Jadeja S Smyth I Pitera JE Taylor MS van Haelst M Bentley E McGregor L Hopkins J Chalepakis G Philip N Perez Aytes A Watt FM Darling SM Jackson I Woolf AS Scambler PJ 《Nature genetics》2005,37(5):520-525
Fraser syndrome is a recessive, multisystem disorder presenting with cryptophthalmos, syndactyly and renal defects and associated with loss-of-function mutations of the extracellular matrix protein FRAS1. Fras1 mutant mice have a blebbed phenotype characterized by intrauterine epithelial fragility generating serous and, later, hemorrhagic blisters. The myelencephalic blebs (my) strain has a similar phenotype. We mapped my to Frem2, a gene related to Fras1 and Frem1, and showed that a Frem2 gene-trap mutation was allelic to my. Expression of Frem2 in adult kidneys correlated with cyst formation in my homozygotes, indicating that the gene is required for maintaining the differentiated state of renal epithelia. Two individuals with Fraser syndrome were homozygous with respect to the same missense mutation of FREM2, confirming genetic heterogeneity. This is the only missense mutation reported in any blebbing mutant or individual with Fraser syndrome, suggesting that calcium binding in the CALXbeta-cadherin motif is important for normal functioning of FREM2. 相似文献
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Raghoebarsing AA Smolders AJ Schmid MC Rijpstra WI Wolters-Arts M Derksen J Jetten MS Schouten S Sinninghe Damsté JS Lamers LP Roelofs JG Op den Camp HJ Strous M 《Nature》2005,436(7054):1153-1156
Wetlands are the largest natural source of atmospheric methane, the second most important greenhouse gas. Methane flux to the atmosphere depends strongly on the climate; however, by far the largest part of the methane formed in wetland ecosystems is recycled and does not reach the atmosphere. The biogeochemical controls on the efficient oxidation of methane are still poorly understood. Here we show that submerged Sphagnum mosses, the dominant plants in some of these habitats, consume methane through symbiosis with partly endophytic methanotrophic bacteria, leading to highly effective in situ methane recycling. Molecular probes revealed the presence of the bacteria in the hyaline cells of the plant and on stem leaves. Incubation with (13)C-methane showed rapid in situ oxidation by these bacteria to carbon dioxide, which was subsequently fixed by Sphagnum, as shown by incorporation of (13)C-methane into plant sterols. In this way, methane acts as a significant (10-15%) carbon source for Sphagnum. The symbiosis explains both the efficient recycling of methane and the high organic carbon burial in these wetland ecosystems. 相似文献
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Jacquemont S Reymond A Zufferey F Harewood L Walters RG Kutalik Z Martinet D Shen Y Valsesia A Beckmann ND Thorleifsson G Belfiore M Bouquillon S Campion D de Leeuw N de Vries BB Esko T Fernandez BA Fernández-Aranda F Fernández-Real JM Gratacòs M Guilmatre A Hoyer J Jarvelin MR Kooy RF Kurg A Le Caignec C Männik K Platt OS Sanlaville D Van Haelst MM Villatoro Gomez S Walha F Wu BL Yu Y Aboura A Addor MC Alembik Y Antonarakis SE Arveiler B Barth M Bednarek N Béna F Bergmann S Beri M Bernardini L 《Nature》2011,478(7367):97-102
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Aragonés J Schneider M Van Geyte K Fraisl P Dresselaers T Mazzone M Dirkx R Zacchigna S Lemieux H Jeoung NH Lambrechts D Bishop T Lafuste P Diez-Juan A Harten SK Van Noten P De Bock K Willam C Tjwa M Grosfeld A Navet R Moons L Vandendriessche T Deroose C Wijeyekoon B Nuyts J Jordan B Silasi-Mansat R Lupu F Dewerchin M Pugh C Salmon P Mortelmans L Gallez B Gorus F Buyse J Sluse F Harris RA Gnaiger E Hespel P Van Hecke P Schuit F Van Veldhoven P Ratcliffe P Baes M Maxwell P Carmeliet P 《Nature genetics》2008,40(2):170-180
HIF prolyl hydroxylases (PHD1-3) are oxygen sensors that regulate the stability of the hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs) in an oxygen-dependent manner. Here, we show that loss of Phd1 lowers oxygen consumption in skeletal muscle by reprogramming glucose metabolism from oxidative to more anaerobic ATP production through activation of a Pparalpha pathway. This metabolic adaptation to oxygen conservation impairs oxidative muscle performance in healthy conditions, but it provides acute protection of myofibers against lethal ischemia. Hypoxia tolerance is not due to HIF-dependent angiogenesis, erythropoiesis or vasodilation, but rather to reduced generation of oxidative stress, which allows Phd1-deficient myofibers to preserve mitochondrial respiration. Hypoxia tolerance relies primarily on Hif-2alpha and was not observed in heterozygous Phd2-deficient or homozygous Phd3-deficient mice. Of medical importance, conditional knockdown of Phd1 also rapidly induces hypoxia tolerance. These findings delineate a new role of Phd1 in hypoxia tolerance and offer new treatment perspectives for disorders characterized by oxidative stress. 相似文献
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Lambrechts D Storkebaum E Morimoto M Del-Favero J Desmet F Marklund SL Wyns S Thijs V Andersson J van Marion I Al-Chalabi A Bornes S Musson R Hansen V Beckman L Adolfsson R Pall HS Prats H Vermeire S Rutgeerts P Katayama S Awata T Leigh N Lang-Lazdunski L Dewerchin M Shaw C Moons L Vlietinck R Morrison KE Robberecht W Van Broeckhoven C Collen D Andersen PM Carmeliet P 《Nature genetics》2003,34(4):383-394
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Recent observation of objects speeds up their subsequent identification and classification. This common form of learning, known as repetition priming, can operate in the absence of explicit memory for earlier experiences, and functional neuroimaging has shown that object classification improved in this way is accompanied by 'neural priming' (reduced neural activity) in prefrontal, fusiform and other cortical regions. These observations have led to suggestions that cortical representations of items undergo 'tuning', whereby neurons encoding irrelevant information respond less as a given object is observed repeatedly, thereby facilitating future availability of pertinent object knowledge. Here we provide experimental support for an alternative hypothesis, in which reduced cortical activity occurs because subjects rapidly learn their previous responses. After a primed object classification (such as 'bigger than a shoebox'), cue reversal ('smaller than a shoebox') greatly slowed performance and completely eliminated neural priming in fusiform cortex, which suggests that these cortical item representations were no more available for primed objects than they were for new objects. In contrast, prefrontal cortex activity tracked behavioural priming and predicted the degree to which cue reversal would slow down object classification--highlighting the role of the prefrontal cortex in executive control. 相似文献
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Mutations in a member of the Ras superfamily of small GTP-binding proteins causes Bardet-Biedl syndrome 总被引:10,自引:0,他引:10
Fan Y Esmail MA Ansley SJ Blacque OE Boroevich K Ross AJ Moore SJ Badano JL May-Simera H Compton DS Green JS Lewis RA van Haelst MM Parfrey PS Baillie DL Beales PL Katsanis N Davidson WS Leroux MR 《Nature genetics》2004,36(9):989-993
RAB, ADP-ribosylation factors (ARFs) and ARF-like (ARL) proteins belong to the Ras superfamily of small GTP-binding proteins and are essential for various membrane-associated intracellular trafficking processes. None of the approximately 50 known members of this family are linked to human disease. Using a bioinformatic screen for ciliary genes in combination with mutational analyses, we identified ARL6 as the gene underlying Bardet-Biedl syndrome type 3, a multisystemic disorder characterized by obesity, blindness, polydactyly, renal abnormalities and cognitive impairment. We uncovered four different homozygous substitutions in ARL6 in four unrelated families affected with Bardet-Biedl syndrome, two of which disrupt a threonine residue important for GTP binding and function of several related small GTP-binding proteins. Analysis of the Caenorhabditis elegans ARL6 homolog indicates that it is specifically expressed in ciliated cells, and that, in addition to the postulated cytoplasmic functions of ARL proteins, it undergoes intraflagellar transport. These findings implicate a small GTP-binding protein in ciliary transport and the pathogenesis of a pleiotropic disorder. 相似文献
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