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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-7-18
pubmed:abstractText
Craniosynostosis and supernumerary teeth most often occur as isolated developmental anomalies, but they are also separately manifested in several malformation syndromes. Here, we describe a human syndrome featuring craniosynostosis, maxillary hypoplasia, delayed tooth eruption, and supernumerary teeth. We performed homozygosity mapping in three unrelated consanguineous Pakistani families and localized the syndrome to a region in chromosome 9. Mutational analysis of candidate genes in the region revealed that all affected children harbored homozygous missense mutations (c.662C>G [p.Pro221Arg], c.734C>G [p.Ser245Cys], or c.886C>T [p.Arg296Trp]) in IL11RA (encoding interleukin 11 receptor, alpha) on chromosome 9p13.3. In addition, a homozygous nonsense mutation, c.475C>T (p.Gln159X), and a homozygous duplication, c.916_924dup (p.Thr306_Ser308dup), were observed in two north European families. In cell-transfection experiments, the p.Arg296Trp mutation rendered the receptor unable to mediate the IL11 signal, indicating that the mutation causes loss of IL11RA function. We also observed disturbed cranial growth and suture activity in the Il11ra null mutant mice, in which reduced size and remodeling of limb bones has been previously described. We conclude that IL11 signaling is essential for the normal development of craniofacial bones and teeth and that its function is to restrict suture fusion and tooth number. The results open up the possibility of modulation of IL11 signaling for the treatment of craniosynostosis.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1537-6605
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright © 2011 The American Society of Human Genetics. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
89
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
67-81
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:21741611-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:21741611-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:21741611-Child, pubmed-meshheading:21741611-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:21741611-Chromosome Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:21741611-Codon, Nonsense, pubmed-meshheading:21741611-Computational Biology, pubmed-meshheading:21741611-Craniosynostoses, pubmed-meshheading:21741611-DNA Mutational Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:21741611-Down-Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:21741611-Female, pubmed-meshheading:21741611-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:21741611-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:21741611-Interleukin-11, pubmed-meshheading:21741611-Male, pubmed-meshheading:21741611-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:21741611-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:21741611-Pedigree, pubmed-meshheading:21741611-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:21741611-Tooth, Supernumerary, pubmed-meshheading:21741611-Tooth Eruption, pubmed-meshheading:21741611-Transcription Factors
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Inactivation of IL11 signaling causes craniosynostosis, delayed tooth eruption, and supernumerary teeth.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Dentistry, Biomedicum, University of Helsinki, Finland. pekka.nieminen@helsinki.fi
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't