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ArticleDevelopmental biology2016

The SWI/SNF BAF-A complex is essential for neural crest development.

Ronald L Chandler, Terry Magnuson

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Article in Developmental biology, 2016. 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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30 citing papers in PubMed, 54 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ronald L ChandlerDepartment of Genetics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States.
Terry MagnusonDepartment of Genetics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States. Electronic address: trm4@med.unc.edu.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · US

Funding

GENETIC REGULATION OF MURINE PLACENTAL DEVELOPMENTR01HD036655 · NICHD · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI MAGNUSON, TERRY R · 1999 to 2018
$5.2M
NICHD NIH HHS HD03665NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD036655
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Growing evidence indicates that chromatin remodeler mutations underlie the pathogenesis of human neurocristopathies or disorders that affect neural crest cells (NCCs). However, causal relationships among chromatin remodeler subunit mutations and NCC defects remain poorly understood. Here we show that homozygous loss of ARID1A-containing, SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complexes (BAF-A) in NCCs results in embryonic lethality in mice, with mutant embryos succumbing to heart defects. Strikingly, monoallelic loss of ARID1A in NCCs led to craniofacial defects in adult mice, including shortened snouts and low set ears, and these defects were more pronounced following homozygous loss of ARID1A, with the ventral cranial bones being greatly reduced in size. Early NCC specification and expression of the BRG1 NCC target gene, PLEXINA2, occurred normally in the absence of ARID1A. Nonetheless, mutant embryos displayed incomplete conotruncal septation of the cardiac outflow tract and defects in the posterior pharyngeal arteries, culminating in persistent truncus arteriosus and agenesis of the ductus arteriosus. Consistent with this, migrating cardiac NCCs underwent apoptosis within the circumpharyngeal ridge. Our data support the notion that multiple, distinct chromatin remodeling complexes govern genetically separable events in NCC development and highlight a potential pathogenic role for NCCs in the human BAF complex disorder, Coffin-Siris Syndrome.

Indexed as

Abnormalities, MultipleAnimalsApoptosisChromatin Assembly and DisassemblyChromosomal Proteins, Non-HistoneCraniofacial AbnormalitiesDisease Models, AnimalDNA-Binding ProteinsFaceGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalHand Deformities, CongenitalHeart Defects, CongenitalHumansIntellectual DisabilityMiceMicrognathismArid1a protein, mouseChromosomal Proteins, Non-HistoneDNA-Binding ProteinsNerve Tissue ProteinsNuclear ProteinsPlxna2 protein, mouseReceptors, Cell SurfaceSWI-SNF-B chromatin-remodeling complexTranscription FactorsARID1ABAF-ACoffin-Siris syndromeNeural crestSWI/SNF

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PMID26806701
PMCPMC4769935
OpenAlexW2268497292

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