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- Title
Recessive LAMC3 mutations cause malformations of occipital cortical development.
- Authors
Barak, Tanyeri; Kwan, Kenneth Y; Louvi, Angeliki; Demirbilek, Veysi; Saygı, Serap; Tüysüz, Beyhan; Choi, Murim; Boyacı, Hüseyin; Doerschner, Katja; Zhu, Ying; Kaymakçalan, Hande; Yılmaz, Saliha; Bakırcıoğlu, Mehmet; Cağlayan, Ahmet Okay; Oztürk, Ali Kemal; Yasuno, Katsuhito; Brunken, William J; Atalar, Ergin; Yalçınkaya, Cengiz; Dinçer, Alp; Bronen, Richard A; Mane, Shrikant; Ozçelik, Tayfun; Lifton, Richard P; Sestan, Nenad; Bilgüvar, Kaya; Günel, Murat
- Abstract
The biological basis for regional and inter-species differences in cerebral cortical morphology is poorly understood. We focused on consanguineous Turkish families with a single affected member with complex bilateral occipital cortical gyration abnormalities. By using whole-exome sequencing, we initially identified a homozygous 2-bp deletion in LAMC3, the laminin γ3 gene, leading to an immediate premature termination codon. In two other affected individuals with nearly identical phenotypes, we identified a homozygous nonsense mutation and a compound heterozygous mutation. In human but not mouse fetal brain, LAMC3 is enriched in postmitotic cortical plate neurons, localizing primarily to the somatodendritic compartment. LAMC3 expression peaks between late gestation and late infancy, paralleling the expression of molecules that are important in dendritogenesis and synapse formation. The discovery of the molecular basis of this unusual occipital malformation furthers our understanding of the complex biology underlying the formation of cortical gyrations.
- Publication
Nature genetics, 2011, Vol 43, Issue 6, p590
- ISSN
1546-1718
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1038/ng.836