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- Title
Mutations in PATCHED-1, the receptor for SONIC HEDGEHOG, are associated with holoprosencephaly.
- Authors
Ming, Jeffrey E.; Kaupas, Michelle E.; Roessler, Erich; Brunner, Han G.; Golabi, Mahin; Tekin, Mustafa; Stratton, Robert F.; Sujansky, Eva; Bale, Sherri J.; Muenke, Maximilian
- Abstract
Holoprosencephaly (HPE) is the most commonly occurring congenital structural forebrain anomaly in humans. HPE is associated with mental retardation and craniofacial malformations. The genetic causes of HPE have recently begun to be identified, and we have previously shown that HPE can be caused by haploinsufficiency for SONIC HEDGEHOG (SHH). We hypothesize that mutations in genes encoding other components of the SHH signaling pathway could also be associated with HPE. PATCHED-1 (PTCH), the receptor for SHH, normally acts to repress SHH signaling. This repression is relieved when SHH binds to PTCH. We analyzed PTCH as a candidate gene for HPE. Four different mutations in PTCH were detected in five unrelated affected individuals. We predict that by enhancing the repressive activity of PTCH on the SHH pathway, these mutations cause decreased SHH signaling, and HPE results. The mutations could affect the ability of PTCH to bind SHH or perturb the intracellular interactions of PTCH with other proteins involved in SHH signaling. These findings further demonstrate the genetic heterogeneity associated with HPE, as well as showing that mutations in different components of a single signaling pathway can result in the same clinical condition.
- Subjects
HOLOPROSENCEPHALY; PROSENCEPHALON abnormalities; PEDIATRIC neurology; HEDGEHOG signaling proteins
- Publication
Human Genetics, 2002, Vol 110, Issue 4, p297
- ISSN
0340-6717
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00439-002-0695-5