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ArticlePloS one2012

Mutations of the mouse ELMO domain containing 1 gene (Elmod1) link small GTPase signaling to actin cytoskeleton dynamics in hair cell stereocilia.

Kenneth R Johnson, Chantal M Longo-Guess, Leona H Gagnon

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Article in PloS one, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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30citing papers in PubMed
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30 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Roles for ELMOD2 and Rootletin in ciliogenesis.Molecular biology of the cell · 2021
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  16. ELMOD1 Stimulates ARF6-GTP Hydrolysis to Stabilize Apical Structures in Developing Vestibular Hair Cells.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2018
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  20. A hypomorphic mutation of the gamma-1 adaptin gene (Ap1g1) causes inner ear, retina, thyroid, and testes abnormalities in mice.Mammalian genome : official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society · 2016
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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kenneth R JohnsonThe Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, USA. ken.johnson@jax.org
Chantal M Longo-Guess
Leona H Gagnon
Jackson Laboratory · US

Funding

Shared Resource ManagementP30CA034196 · NCI · JACKSON LABORATORY · PI William Carl Skarnes · 1985 to 2026
$61.9M
CLONING TWO NEW DEAFNESS MUTATIONSR01DC004301 · NIDCD · JACKSON LABORATORY · PI JOHNSON, KENNETH R · 2000 to 2017
$8.6M
NCI NIH HHS CA34196NCI NIH HHS P30 CA034196NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC004301NIDCD NIH HHS R01DC004301
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Stereocilia, the modified microvilli projecting from the apical surfaces of the sensory hair cells of the inner ear, are essential to the mechanoelectrical transduction process underlying hearing and balance. The actin-filled stereocilia on each hair cell are tethered together by fibrous links to form a highly patterned hair bundle. Although many structural components of hair bundles have been identified, little is known about the signaling mechanisms that regulate their development, morphology, and maintenance. Here, we describe two naturally occurring, allelic mutations that result in hearing and balance deficits in mice, named roundabout (rda) and roundabout-2J (rda(2J)). Positional cloning identified both as mutations of the mouse ELMO domain containing 1 gene (Elmod1), a poorly characterized gene with no previously reported mutant phenotypes. The rda mutation is a 138 kb deletion that includes exons 1-5 of Elmod1, and rda(2J) is an intragenic duplication of exons 3-8 of Elmod1. The deafness associated with these mutations is caused by cochlear hair cell dysfunction, as indicated by conspicuous elongations and fusions of inner hair cell stereocilia and progressive degeneration of outer hair cell stereocilia. Mammalian ELMO-family proteins are known to be involved in complexes that activate small GTPases to regulate the actin cytoskeleton during phagocytosis and cell migration. ELMOD1 and ELMOD2 recently were shown to function as GTPase-activating proteins (GAPs) for the Arf family of small G proteins. Our finding connecting ELMOD1 deficiencies with stereocilia dysmorphologies thus establishes a link between the Ras superfamily of small regulatory GTPases and the actin cytoskeleton dynamics of hair cell stereocilia.

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Actin CytoskeletonAllelesAnimalsCochleaCytoskeletal ProteinsDeafnessGene Expression RegulationGTPase-Activating ProteinsHair Cells, AuditoryMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, Mutant StrainsMonomeric GTP-Binding ProteinsMutationPhenotypeProtein TransportCytoskeletal ProteinsElmod1 protein, mouseGTPase-Activating ProteinsMonomeric GTP-Binding ProteinsReceptors, ImmunologicRNA, MessengerRobo2 protein, mouseRoundabout Proteins

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PMID22558334
PMCPMC3338648
OpenAlexW2080005801

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