PUBLICATION
Craniosynostosis and Multiple Skeletal Anomalies in Humans and Zebrafish Result from a Defect in the Localized Degradation of Retinoic Acid
- Authors
- Laue, K., Pogoda, H.M., Daniel, P.B., van Haeringen, A., Alanay, Y., von Ameln, S., Rachwalski, M., Morgan, T., Gray, M.J., Breuning, M.H., Sawyer, G.M., Sutherland-Smith, A.J., Nikkels, P.G., Kubisch, C., Bloch, W., Wollnik, B, Hammerschmidt, M., and Robertson, S.P.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-111111-5
- Date
- 2011
- Source
- American journal of human genetics 89(5): 595-606 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Hammerschmidt, Matthias, Laue, Kathrin, Pogoda, Hans-Martin
- Keywords
- none
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Cell Differentiation
- Cranial Sutures*/drug effects
- Cranial Sutures*/embryology
- Cranial Sutures*/growth & development
- Cranial Sutures*/pathology
- Craniosynostoses*/enzymology
- Craniosynostoses*/genetics
- Craniosynostoses*/pathology
- Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inhibitors
- Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System*/genetics
- Disease Models, Animal
- Female
- Fetal Death/genetics
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Growth and Development/genetics
- Humans
- Mice
- Osteoblasts/cytology
- Osteogenesis/drug effects
- Osteogenesis/genetics
- Polymorphism, Genetic/genetics
- Pregnancy
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Tretinoin*/metabolism
- Tretinoin*/pharmacology
- Zebrafish/embryology
- Zebrafish/genetics
- Zebrafish Proteins/genetics*
- PubMed
- 22019272 Full text @ Am. J. Hum. Genet.
Citation
Laue, K., Pogoda, H.M., Daniel, P.B., van Haeringen, A., Alanay, Y., von Ameln, S., Rachwalski, M., Morgan, T., Gray, M.J., Breuning, M.H., Sawyer, G.M., Sutherland-Smith, A.J., Nikkels, P.G., Kubisch, C., Bloch, W., Wollnik, B, Hammerschmidt, M., and Robertson, S.P. (2011) Craniosynostosis and Multiple Skeletal Anomalies in Humans and Zebrafish Result from a Defect in the Localized Degradation of Retinoic Acid. American journal of human genetics. 89(5):595-606.
Abstract
Excess exogenous retinoic acid (RA) has been well documented to have teratogenic effects in the limb and craniofacial skeleton. Malformations that have been observed in this context include craniosynostosis, a common developmental defect of the skull that occurs in 1 in 2500 individuals and results from premature fusion of the cranial sutures. Despite these observations, a physiological role for RA during suture formation has not been demonstrated. Here, we present evidence that genetically based alterations in RA signaling interfere with human development. We have identified human null and hypomorphic mutations in the gene encoding the RA-degrading enzyme CYP26B1 that lead to skeletal and craniofacial anomalies, including fusions of long bones, calvarial bone hypoplasia, and craniosynostosis. Analyses of murine embryos exposed to a chemical inhibitor of Cyp26 enzymes and zebrafish lines with mutations in cyp26b1 suggest that the endochondral bone fusions are due to unrestricted chondrogenesis at the presumptive sites of joint formation within cartilaginous templates, whereas craniosynostosis is induced by a defect in osteoblastic differentiation. Ultrastructural analysis, in situ expression studies, and in vitro quantitative RT-PCR experiments of cellular markers of osseous differentiation indicate that the most likely cause for these phenomena is aberrant osteoblast-osteocyte transitioning. This work reveals a physiological role for RA in partitioning skeletal elements and in the maintenance of cranial suture patency.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping