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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-6-4
pubmed:abstractText
Mowat-Wilson syndrome is a recently delineated autosomal dominant developmental anomaly, whereby heterozygous mutations in the ZFHX1B gene cause mental retardation, delayed motor development, epilepsy and a wide spectrum of clinically heterogeneous features, suggestive of neurocristopathies at the cephalic, cardiac and vagal levels. However, our understanding of the etiology of this condition at the cellular level remains vague. This study presents the Zfhx1b protein expression domain in mouse embryos and correlates this with a novel mouse model involving a conditional mutation in the Zfhx1b gene in neural crest precursor cells. These mutant mice display craniofacial and gastrointestinal malformations that show resemblance to those found in human patients with Mowat-Wilson syndrome. In addition to these clinically recognized alterations, we document developmental defects in the heart, melanoblasts and sympathetic and parasympathetic anlagen. The latter observations in our mouse model for Mowat-Wilson suggest a hitherto unknown role for Zfhx1b in the development of these particular neural crest derivatives, which is a set of observations that should be acknowledged in the clinical management of this genetic disorder.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0964-6906
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1423-36
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17478475-Abnormalities, Multiple, pubmed-meshheading:17478475-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:17478475-Craniofacial Abnormalities, pubmed-meshheading:17478475-Female, pubmed-meshheading:17478475-Ganglia, Sensory, pubmed-meshheading:17478475-Gastrointestinal Tract, pubmed-meshheading:17478475-Gene Deletion, pubmed-meshheading:17478475-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:17478475-Homeodomain Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:17478475-Male, pubmed-meshheading:17478475-Melanocytes, pubmed-meshheading:17478475-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:17478475-Mice, Knockout, pubmed-meshheading:17478475-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:17478475-Neural Crest, pubmed-meshheading:17478475-Repressor Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:17478475-Skull, pubmed-meshheading:17478475-Sympathetic Nervous System, pubmed-meshheading:17478475-Syndrome, pubmed-meshheading:17478475-Wnt1 Protein
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Neural crest-specific removal of Zfhx1b in mouse leads to a wide range of neurocristopathies reminiscent of Mowat-Wilson syndrome.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Molecular Biology (Celgen), KULeuven, Herestraat 49,B-3000 Leuven, Belgium. tom.vandeputte@med.kuleuven.be
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't