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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-3-29
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
Studies into disorders of extreme growth failure (for example, Seckel syndrome and Majewski osteodysplastic primordial dwarfism type II) have implicated fundamental cellular processes of DNA damage response signaling and centrosome function in the regulation of human growth. Here we report that mutations in ORC1, encoding a subunit of the origin recognition complex, cause microcephalic primordial dwarfism resembling Meier-Gorlin syndrome. We establish that these mutations disrupt known ORC1 functions including pre-replicative complex formation and origin activation. ORC1 deficiency perturbs S-phase entry and S-phase progression. Additionally, we show that Orc1 depletion in zebrafish is sufficient to markedly reduce body size during rapid embryonic growth. Our data suggest a model in which ORC1 mutations impair replication licensing, slowing cell cycle progression and consequently impeding growth during development, particularly at times of rapid proliferation. These findings establish a novel mechanism for the pathogenesis of microcephalic dwarfism and show a surprising but important developmental impact of impaired origin licensing.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1546-1718
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
43
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
350-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-10-27
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:21358633-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:21358633-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:21358633-Amino Acid Substitution, pubmed-meshheading:21358633-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:21358633-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:21358633-Child, pubmed-meshheading:21358633-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:21358633-Consanguinity, pubmed-meshheading:21358633-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:21358633-Dwarfism, pubmed-meshheading:21358633-Ear, pubmed-meshheading:21358633-Female, pubmed-meshheading:21358633-Genome-Wide Association Study, pubmed-meshheading:21358633-Growth Disorders, pubmed-meshheading:21358633-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:21358633-Infant, pubmed-meshheading:21358633-Male, pubmed-meshheading:21358633-Microcephaly, pubmed-meshheading:21358633-Micrognathism, pubmed-meshheading:21358633-Models, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:21358633-Models, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:21358633-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:21358633-Mutant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:21358633-Mutation, Missense, pubmed-meshheading:21358633-Origin Recognition Complex, pubmed-meshheading:21358633-Patella, pubmed-meshheading:21358633-Pedigree, pubmed-meshheading:21358633-Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, pubmed-meshheading:21358633-Protein Structure, Tertiary, pubmed-meshheading:21358633-S Phase, pubmed-meshheading:21358633-Saudi Arabia, pubmed-meshheading:21358633-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:21358633-Zebrafish, pubmed-meshheading:21358633-Zebrafish Proteins
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Mutations in ORC1, encoding the largest subunit of the origin recognition complex, cause microcephalic primordial dwarfism resembling Meier-Gorlin syndrome.
pubmed:affiliation
Medical Research Council (MRC) Human Genetics Unit (HGU), Institute for Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't