PUBLICATION
The 16p11.2 homologs fam57ba and doc2a generate certain brain and body phenotypes
- Authors
- McCammon, J.M., Blaker-Lee, A., Chen, X., Sive, H.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-170922-5
- Date
- 2017
- Source
- Human molecular genetics 26: 3699-3712 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Blaker-Lee, Alicia, McCammon, Jasmine, Sive, Hazel
- Keywords
- obesity, phenotype, seizures, calcium, body height, ceramides, embryo, exocytosis, genes, heterozygote, homozygote, larva, zebrafish, brain, head size, gene interaction
- MeSH Terms
-
- Animals
- Animals, Genetically Modified
- Autistic Disorder/genetics*
- Autistic Disorder/metabolism*
- Body Size/genetics
- Brain/metabolism
- Calcium-Binding Proteins/genetics*
- Calcium-Binding Proteins/metabolism
- Chromosome Deletion
- Chromosome Disorders/genetics*
- Chromosome Disorders/metabolism*
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 16/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 16/metabolism
- DNA Copy Number Variations
- Disease Models, Animal
- Exocytosis/genetics
- Humans
- Intellectual Disability/genetics*
- Intellectual Disability/metabolism*
- Nerve Tissue Proteins/genetics*
- Nerve Tissue Proteins/metabolism
- Oxidoreductases/genetics*
- Oxidoreductases/metabolism
- Phenotype
- Seizures/genetics
- Zebrafish
- Zebrafish Proteins/genetics
- Zebrafish Proteins/metabolism
- PubMed
- 28934389 Full text @ Hum. Mol. Genet.
Citation
McCammon, J.M., Blaker-Lee, A., Chen, X., Sive, H. (2017) The 16p11.2 homologs fam57ba and doc2a generate certain brain and body phenotypes. Human molecular genetics. 26:3699-3712.
Abstract
Deletion of the 16p11.2 CNV affects 25 core genes and is associated with multiple symptoms affecting brain and body, including seizures, hyperactivity, macrocephaly, and obesity. Available data suggest that most symptoms are controlled by haploinsufficiency of two or more 16p11.2 genes. To identify interacting 16p11.2 genes, we used a pairwise partial loss of function antisense screen for embryonic brain morphology, using the accessible zebrafish model. fam57ba, encoding a ceramide synthase, was identified as interacting with the doc2a gene, encoding a calcium-sensitive exocytosis regulator, a genetic interaction not previously described. Using genetic mutants, we demonstrated that doc2a+/- fam57ba+/- double heterozygotes show hyperactivity and increased seizure susceptibility relative to wild-type or single doc2a-/- or fam57ba-/- mutants. Additionally, doc2a+/- fam57ba+/- double heterozygotes demonstrate the increased body length and head size. Single doc2a+/- and fam57ba+/- heterozygotes do not show a body size increase; however, fam57ba-/- homozygous mutants show a strongly increased head size and body length, suggesting a greater contribution from fam57ba to the haploinsufficient interaction between doc2a and fam57ba. The doc2a+/- fam57ba+/- interaction has not been reported before, nor has any 16p11.2 gene previously been linked to increased body size. These findings demonstrate that one pair of 16p11.2 homologs can regulate both brain and body phenotypes that are reflective of those in people with 16p11.2 deletion. Together, these findings suggest that dysregulation of ceramide pathways and calcium sensitive exocytosis underlies seizures and large body size associated with 16p11.2 homologs in zebrafish. The data inform consideration of mechanisms underlying human 16p11.2 deletion symptoms.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping