Function of Genes in Williams Syndrome Deletion Region

威廉姆斯综合征缺失区基因的功能

• 批准号: 6889280
• 负责人: UTA FRANCKE
• 金额: $ 46.49万
• 依托单位: STANFORD UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-07-01 至 2007-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6889280
• 关键词: Williams syndrome; biological signal transduction; cognition; functional /structural genomics; gene deletion mutation; genetic mapping; human subject; laboratory mouse; language; microarray technology; speech; transcription factor

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): With the Human Genome Project promising to provide a catalog of all human genes in the near future, the main challenge of research in the next century is that of functional genomics. The processes that control gene activation and repression in a developmental-stage and cell-type specific manner are fundamental to understanding normal development and discovering the causes of human disease. Spontaneously recurring microdeletions are ideal for a systematic study of the downstream effects of hemizygosity for the defined set of genes in the deletion. Williams-Beuren syndrome (WBS), a neurodevelopmental disorder with a distinct profile of cognitive and behavioral features serves as a model system to study the genetic and molecular basis of cognition, speech, language, and visuo-spatial processing. WBS is caused by recurrent uniform deletions of 1.6 Mb of DNA from chromosome 7q11.23, that arise by inter- or intrachromosomal recombination between flanking duplicated regions. Within the deletion, 16 genes have been identified and characterized. They function as transcription factors, in DNA replication, chromatin assembly, translation, signal transduction and as structural proteins. Only one, the elastin gene has been linked to a specific manifestation, supravalvular aortic stenosis. To evaluate the functional consequences of hemizygosity for the other genes, humans with partial deletions will be identified and mouse models generated with corresponding deletions in the conserved syntenic region on mouse chromosome 5. Target genes of transcription factors and signaling molecules will be identified by microarray studies, comparing gene expression patterns in various tissues from affected humans and deletion mice. Development of a molecular phenotype of WBS links cognitive neuroscience to molecular genetics. Insights gained into the molecular pathways, that lead from the chromosomal deletion to the specific cognitive, behavioral and learning disabilities may have relevance for common developmental disorders, such as attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and autism, as well as for understanding normal developmental processes.

描述（由申请人提供）：与人类基因组计划承诺

项目成果

Induced chromosome deletions cause hypersociability and other features of Williams-Beuren syndrome in mice.

• DOI: 10.1002/emmm.200900003
• 发表时间: 2009-04
• 期刊: EMBO MOLECULAR MEDICINE
• 影响因子: 11.1
• 作者: Li, Hong Hua;Roy, Madhuri;Kuscuoglu, Unsal;Spencer, Corinne M.;Halm, Birgit;Harrison, Katharine C.;Bayle, Joseph H.;Splendore, Alessandra;Ding, Feng;Meltzer, Leslie A.;Wright, Elena;Paylor, Richard;Deisseroth, Karl;Francke, Uta
• 通讯作者: Francke, Uta