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ArticleDevelopmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists2021

Knockout of the gene encoding the extracellular matrix protein SNED1 results in early neonatal lethality and craniofacial malformations.

Anna Barqué, Kyleen Jan, Emanuel De La Fuente, Christina L Nicholas, Richard O Hynes, Alexandra Naba

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Article in Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Anna BarquéDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Kyleen JanDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Emanuel De La FuenteDepartment of Orthodontics, College of Dentistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Christina L NicholasDepartment of Orthodontics, College of Dentistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Richard O HynesKoch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research and Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Alexandra NabaDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4796-5614
University of Illinois Chicago · USHoward Hughes Medical Institute · US

Funding

VIRUS PRODUCTION COREP30CA014051 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI Paula T Hammond · 1985 to 2026
$93.9M
High-throughput targeted mutagenesis of mouse stem cell linesU01HG004080 · NHGRI · CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL & RES CTR AT OAKLAND · PI DE JONG, PIETER J. · 2006 to 2010
$28.1M
The Extracellular Matrix in Tumor Progression and MetastasisU54CA163109 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI HYNES, RICHARD O · 2011 to 2015
$3.7M
Award for Graduate Research from the UIC Graduate CollegeDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics at the University of Illinois at ChicagoHoward Hughes Medical InstituteKnockout Mouse Project 3U01HG004080NCI NIH HHS P30 CA014051NCI NIH HHS U54 CA163109NCI NIH HHS U54-CA163109NHGRI NIH HHS U01 HG004080Provost Graduate Research AwardUIC Honors College Research Grant and an award from the LAS Undergraduate Research Initiative at UICUIC L@S GANAS Research FellowshipU.S. Department of Defense W81XWH-14-1-0240Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe extracellular matrix (ECM) is a fundamental component of multicellular organisms that orchestrates developmental processes and controls cell and tissue organization. We previously identified the novel ECM protein SNED1 as a promoter of breast cancer metastasis and showed that its level of expression negatively correlated with breast cancer patient survival. Here, we sought to identify the roles of SNED1 during murine development.

resultsWe generated two novel Sned1 knockout mouse strains and showed that Sned1 is essential since homozygous ablation of the gene led to early neonatal lethality. Phenotypic analysis of the surviving knockout mice revealed a role for SNED1 in the development of craniofacial and skeletal structures since Sned1 knockout resulted in growth defects, nasal cavity occlusion, and craniofacial malformations. Sned1 is widely expressed in embryos, notably by cell populations undergoing epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition, such as the neural crest cells. We further show that mice with a neural-crest-cell-specific deletion of Sned1 survive, but display facial anomalies partly phenocopying the global knockout mice.

conclusionsOur results demonstrate requisite roles for SNED1 during development and neonatal survival. Importantly, the deletion of 2q37.3 in humans, a region that includes the SNED1 locus, has been associated with facial dysmorphism and short stature.

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Amino Acid SequenceAnimalsConserved SequenceCraniofacial AbnormalitiesExtracellular Matrix ProteinsGenes, LethalGrowth DisordersMandibleMiceMice, KnockoutNasal CavityExtracellular Matrix ProteinsSnep protein, mousecraniofacial featuresgeometric morphometricsknockout mousemandibleneural crest cells

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PMID33012048
PMCPMC8721894
OpenAlexW3091172233

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