Mutations in filamin 1 prevent migration of cerebral cortical neurons in human periventricular heterotopia
Mutations in filamin 1 prevent migration of cerebral cortical neurons in human periventricular heterotopia
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DOI:
10.1016/s0896-6273(00)80651-0
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发表时间:
1998-12-01
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影响因子:
16.2
通讯作者:
Walsh, CA
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作者:
Fox, JW;Lamperti, ED;Walsh, CA
Long-range, directed migration is particularly dramatic in the cerebral cortex, where postmitotic neurons generated deep in the brain migrate to form layers with distinct form and function. In the X-linked dominant human disorder periventricular heterotopia (PH), many neurons fail to migrate and persist as nodules lining the ventricular surface. Females with PH present with epilepsy and other signs, including patent ductus arteriosus and coagulopathy, while hemizygous males die embryonically. We have identified the PH gene as filamin I (FLN1), which encodes an actin-cross-linking phosphoprotein that transduces ligand-receptor binding into actin reorganization, and which is required for locomotion of many cell types. FLN1 shows previously unrecognized, high-level expression in the developing cortex, is required for neuronal migration to the cortex, and is essential for embryogenesis.