Long-range cis-regulatory elements controlling GDF6 expression are essential for ear development
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Tarih
2020
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Amer Soc Clinical Investigation Inc
Erişim Hakkı
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Özet
Molecular mechanisms governing the development of the mammalian cochlea, the hearing organ, remain largely unknown. Through genome sequencing in 3 subjects from 2 families with nonsyndromic cochlear aplasia, we identified homozygous 221-kb and 338-kb deletions in a noncoding region on chromosome 8 with an approximately 200-kb overlapping section. Genomic location of the overlapping deleted region started from approximately 350 kb downstream of GDF6, which codes for growth and differentiation factor 6. Otic lineage cells differentiated from induced pluripotent stem cells derived from an affected individual showed reduced expression of GDF6 compared with control cells. Knockout of Gdf6 in a mouse model resulted in cochlear aplasia, closely resembling the human phenotype. We conclude that GDF6 plays a necessary role in early cochlear development controlled by cis-regulatory elements located within an approximately 500-kb region of the genome in humans and that its disruption leads to deafness due to cochlear aplasia.
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Anahtar Kelimeler
Hearing, Mutations, Defects, Cells
Kaynak
Journal Of Clinical Investigation
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Q1
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Q1
Cilt
130
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8
