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ArticleEuropean journal of human genetics : EJHG2019

Analysis of cilia dysfunction phenotypes in zebrafish embryos depleted of Origin recognition complex factors.

Lars D Maerz, Teresa Casar Tena, Julian Gerhards, Cornelia Donow, Penelope A Jeggo, Melanie Philipp

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Article in European journal of human genetics : EJHG, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Lars D MaerzInstitute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Ulm University, 89081, Ulm, Germany.
Teresa Casar TenaInstitute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Ulm University, 89081, Ulm, Germany.
Julian GerhardsInstitute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Ulm University, 89081, Ulm, Germany.
Cornelia DonowInstitute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Ulm University, 89081, Ulm, Germany.
Penelope A JeggoGenome Damage and Stability Centre, University of Sussex, Brighton, BN1 9RQ, UK.
Melanie PhilippInstitute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Ulm University, 89081, Ulm, Germany. melanie.philipp@uni-ulm.de.ORCID 0000-0003-2714-965X
Universität Ulm · DEUniversity of Sussex · GB

Funding

STEROID HORMONE ACTION: MOLECULAR AND GENETIC STUDIESK04CA000897 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA AT COLUMBIA · PI STALLCUP, MICHAEL R · 1985 to 1985
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Medical Research Council G0000502Medical Research Council G0500897Medical Research Council G1000050
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Meier-Gorlin syndrome (MGS) is a rare, congenital primordial microcephalic dwarfism disorder. MGS is caused by genetic variants of components of the origin recognition complex (ORC) consisting of ORC1-6 and the pre-replication complex, which together enable origin firing and hence genome replication. In addition, ORC1 has previously been shown to play a role in ciliogenesis. Here, we extend this work and investigate the function of ORC1 and two other members of the complex on cilia at an organismal level. Knockdown experiments in zebrafish confirmed the impact of ORC1 on cilia. ORC1-deficiency confers defects anticipated to arise from impaired cilia function such as formation of oedema, kidney cysts, curved bodies and left-right asymmetry defects. We found ORC1 furthermore required for cilium formation in zebrafish and demonstrate that ciliopathy phenotypes in ORC1-depleted zebrafish could not be rescued by reconstitution with ORC1 bearing a genetic variant previously identified in MGS patients. Loss-of-function of Orc4 and Orc6, respectively, conferred similar ciliopathy phenotypes and cilium shortening in zebrafish, suggesting that several, if not all, components of the ORC regulate ciliogenesis downstream to or in addition to their canonical function in replication initiation. This study presents the first in vivo evidence of an influence of the MGS genes of the ORC family on cilia, and consolidates the possibility that cilia dysfunction could contribute to the clinical manifestation of ORC-deficient MGS.

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AnimalsCiliaCiliopathiesEmbryo, NonmammalianOrganogenesisOrigin Recognition ComplexPhenotypeZebrafishZebrafish ProteinsOrigin Recognition ComplexZebrafish Proteins

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PMCPMC6461852
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