PUBLICATION

Mutations in PLK4, encoding a master regulator of centriole biogenesis, cause microcephaly, growth failure and retinopathy

Authors
Martin, C.A., Ahmad, I., Klingseisen, A., Hussain, M.S., Bicknell, L.S., Leitch, A., Nürnberg, G., Toliat, M.R., Murray, J.E., Hunt, D., Khan, F., Ali, Z., Tinschert, S., Ding, J., Keith, C., Harley, M.E., Heyn, P., Müller, R., Hoffmann, I., Daire, V.C., Dollfus, H., Dupuis, L., Bashamboo, A., McElreavey, K., Kariminejad, A., Mendoza-Londono, R., Moore, A.T., Saggar, A., Schlechter, C., Weleber, R., Thiele, H., Altmüller, J., Höhne, W., Hurles, M.E., Noegel, A.A., Baig, S.M., Nürnberg, P., Jackson, A.P.
ID
ZDB-PUB-170214-276
Date
2014
Source
Nature Genetics   46: 1283-92 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Keywords
Cell biolog,y DNA sequencing, Neurodevelopmental disorders
MeSH Terms
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Centrioles/ultrastructure
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Family Health
  • Female
  • Fibroblasts/metabolism
  • Genotype
  • Growth Disorders/genetics*
  • HeLa Cells
  • Humans
  • In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Microcephaly/genetics*
  • Microsatellite Repeats
  • Microtubule-Associated Proteins/genetics
  • Mitosis
  • Mutation*
  • Pakistan
  • Pedigree
  • Phenotype
  • Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/genetics*
  • Retinal Degeneration/genetics*
  • Young Adult
  • Zebrafish
PubMed
25344692 Full text @ Nat. Genet.
Abstract
Centrioles are essential for ciliogenesis. However, mutations in centriole biogenesis genes have been reported in primary microcephaly and Seckel syndrome, disorders without the hallmark clinical features of ciliopathies. Here we identify mutations in the genes encoding PLK4 kinase, a master regulator of centriole duplication, and its substrate TUBGCP6 in individuals with microcephalic primordial dwarfism and additional congenital anomalies, including retinopathy, thereby extending the human phenotypic spectrum associated with centriole dysfunction. Furthermore, we establish that different levels of impaired PLK4 activity result in growth and cilia phenotypes, providing a mechanism by which microcephaly disorders can occur with or without ciliopathic features.
Genes / Markers
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Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Antibodies
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping