PUBLICATION
TULIP1 (RALGAPA1) haploinsufficiency with brain development delay
- Authors
- Shimojima, K., Komoike, Y., Tohyama, J., Takahashi, S., Páez, M.T., Nakagawa, E., Goto, Y., Ohno, K., Ohtsu, M., Oguni, H., Osawa, M., Higashinakagawa, T., and Yamamoto, T.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-090914-36
- Date
- 2009
- Source
- Genomics 94(6): 414-422 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Keywords
- Chromosomal deletion, TULIP1, GARNL1, Brain, Developmental delay, Epilepsy, Human, Zebrafish
- MeSH Terms
-
- Humans
- Intellectual Disability/genetics
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Conserved Sequence
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14/genetics*
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 14/ultrastructure
- Developmental Disabilities/genetics*
- Animals
- Chromosome Deletion*
- Zebrafish/embryology
- Zebrafish/genetics
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Muscle Hypotonia/genetics
- Sequence Alignment
- Brain/abnormalities
- Brain/embryology
- Codon/genetics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Child
- Epilepsy, Generalized/genetics*
- Zebrafish Proteins/deficiency
- Zebrafish Proteins/genetics
- Zebrafish Proteins/physiology
- GTPase-Activating Proteins/deficiency*
- GTPase-Activating Proteins/genetics
- GTPase-Activating Proteins/physiology
- Gene Knockdown Techniques
- Female
- Mutation, Missense*
- Pedigree
- Male
- Nerve Tissue Proteins/deficiency*
- Nerve Tissue Proteins/genetics
- Nerve Tissue Proteins/physiology
- PubMed
- 19733229 Full text @ Genomics
Citation
Shimojima, K., Komoike, Y., Tohyama, J., Takahashi, S., Páez, M.T., Nakagawa, E., Goto, Y., Ohno, K., Ohtsu, M., Oguni, H., Osawa, M., Higashinakagawa, T., and Yamamoto, T. (2009) TULIP1 (RALGAPA1) haploinsufficiency with brain development delay. Genomics. 94(6):414-422.
Abstract
A novel microdeletion of 14q13.1q13.3 was identified in a patient with developmental delay and intractable epilepsy. The 2.8-Mb deletion included 15 genes, of which TULIP1 was the only gene highly expressed in the brain. Western blotting revealed reduced amount of TULIP1 in cell lysates derived from immortalized lymphocytes of the patient, suggesting the association between TULIP1 haploinsufficiency and the patient's phenotype, then 140 patients were screened for TULIP1 mutations and four missense mutations were identified. Although all four missense mutations were common with parents, reduced TULIP1 was observed in the cell lysates with a P297T mutation identified in a conserved region among species. A full-length homolog of human TULIP1 was identified in zebrafish with 72% identity to human. Tulip1 was highly expressed in zebrafish brain, and knockdown of which resulted in brain developmental delay. Therefore, we suggest that TULIP1 is a candidate gene for developmental delay.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping