| Literature DB >> 26391891 |
Mary Kusenda1, Vladimir Vacic2, Dheeraj Malhotra3, Linda Rodgers2, Kevin Pavon2, Jennifer Meth2, Ravinesh A Kumar4, Susan L Christian4, Hilde Peeters5, Shawn S Cho6, Anjene Addington7, Judith L Rapoport7, Jonathan Sebat8.
Abstract
Copy number variants (CNVs) of a 600 kb region on 16p11.2 are associated with neurodevelopmental disorders and changes in brain volume. The authors hypothesize that abnormal brain development associated with this CNV can be attributed to changes in transcriptional regulation. The authors determined the effects of 16p11.2 dosage on gene expression by transcription profiling of lymphoblast cell lines derived from 6 microdeletion carriers, 15 microduplication carriers and 15 controls. Gene dosage had a significant influence on the transcript abundance of a majority (20/34) of genes within the CNV region. In addition, a limited number of genes were dysregulated in trans. Genes most strongly correlated with patient head circumference included SULT1A, KCTD13, and TMEM242. Given the modest effect of 16p11.2 copy number on global transcriptional regulation in lymphocytes, larger studies utilizing neuronal cell types may be needed in order to elucidate the signaling pathways that influence brain development in this genetic disorder.Entities:
Keywords: 16p11.2; autism spectrum disorders (ASD); copy number variation (CNV); gene expression; schizophrenia (SCZ)
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26391891 PMCID: PMC4739844 DOI: 10.1177/0883073815602066
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Child Neurol ISSN: 0883-0738 Impact factor: 1.987