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ArticlePloS one2010

Neural and synaptic defects in slytherin, a zebrafish model for human congenital disorders of glycosylation.

Yuanquan Song, Jason R Willer, Paul C Scherer, Jessica A Panzer, Amy Kugath, Emmanuel Skordalakes, Ronald G Gregg, Gregory B Willer, Rita J Balice-Gordon

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Article in PloS one, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors.

Yuanquan SongDepartment of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America.
Jason R Willer
Paul C Scherer
Jessica A Panzer
Amy Kugath
Emmanuel Skordalakes
Ronald G Gregg
Gregory B Willer
Rita J Balice-Gordon

Funding

Structural and Biochemical Analysis of Telomerase FunctionR01GM088332 · NIGMS · WISTAR INSTITUTE · PI SKORDALAKES, EMMANUEL · 2010 to 2014
$1.7M
Genetics of neuromuscular synaptogenesis in zebrafishR01NS050524 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI BALICE-GORDON, RITA J. · 2005 to 2008
$1.4M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM088332NINDS NIH HHS NS050524NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS050524
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Congenital disorder of glycosylation type IIc (CDG IIc) is characterized by mental retardation, slowed growth and severe immunodeficiency, attributed to the lack of fucosylated glycoproteins. While impaired Notch signaling has been implicated in some aspects of CDG IIc pathogenesis, the molecular and cellular mechanisms remain poorly understood. We have identified a zebrafish mutant slytherin (srn), which harbors a missense point mutation in GDP-mannose 4,6 dehydratase (GMDS), the rate-limiting enzyme in protein fucosylation, including that of Notch. Here we report that some of the mechanisms underlying the neural phenotypes in srn and in CGD IIc are Notch-dependent, while others are Notch-independent. We show, for the first time in a vertebrate in vivo, that defects in protein fucosylation leads to defects in neuronal differentiation, maintenance, axon branching, and synapse formation. Srn is thus a useful and important vertebrate model for human CDG IIc that has provided new insights into the neural phenotypes that are hallmarks of the human disorder and has also highlighted the role of protein fucosylation in neural development.

Indexed as

Disease Models, AnimalAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsCongenital Disorders of GlycosylationGlycosylationHumansHydro-LyasesIn Situ HybridizationMolecular Sequence DataMutation, MissenseNervous SystemReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionRNA, MessengerSequence Homology, Amino AcidSynapsesZebrafishGDPmannose 4,6-dehydrataseHydro-LyasesRNA, Messenger

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PMID21060795
PMCPMC2966427

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