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ArticleDisease models & mechanisms2013

Knockdown of Pnpla6 protein results in motor neuron defects in zebrafish.

Yang Song, Molin Wang, Fei Mao, Ming Shao, Baochang Zhao, Zhen Song, Changshun Shao, Yaoqin Gong

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Article in Disease models & mechanisms, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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31 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 53 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yang SongInstitute of Medical Genetics and Key Laboratory for Experimental Teratology of Ministry of Education, School of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan 250012 Shandong, China.
Molin Wang
Fei Mao
Ming Shao
Baochang Zhao
Zhen Song
Changshun Shao
Yaoqin Gong
Shandong University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mutations in patatin-like phospholipase domain containing 6 (PNPLA6), also known as neuropathy target esterase (NTE) or SPG39, cause hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP). Although studies on animal models, including mice and Drosophila, have extended our understanding of PNPLA6, its roles in neural development and in HSP are not clearly understood. Here, we describe the generation of a vertebrate model of PNPLA6 insufficiency using morpholino oligonucleotide knockdown in zebrafish (Danio rerio). Pnpla6 knockdown resulted in developmental abnormalities and motor neuron defects, including axon truncation and branching. The phenotypes in pnpla6 knockdown morphants were rescued by the introduction of wild-type, but not mutant, human PNPLA6 mRNA. Our results also revealed the involvement of BMP signaling in pnpla6 knockdown phenotypes. Taken together, these results demonstrate an important role of PNPLA6 in motor neuron development and implicate overexpression of BMP signaling as a possible mechanism underlying the developmental defects in pnpla6 morphants.

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Gene Knockdown TechniquesAcyltransferasesAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsAxonsBone Morphogenetic ProteinsCells, CulturedEmbryo, NonmammalianHumansInterneuronsMiceMolecular Sequence DataMorpholinosMotor NeuronsMutant ProteinsPhenotypeAcyltransferasesBone Morphogenetic ProteinsMorpholinosMutant ProteinsPhospholipasesPhospholipases A2, Calcium-IndependentPNPLA6 protein, zebrafishRNA, MessengerZebrafish Proteins

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PMID22996643
PMCPMC3597022
OpenAlexW2152770646

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