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ASN NEURO
卷 8, 期 2, 页码 -出版社
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/1759091416637025
关键词
RNAi screen; unc-2; enhancer/suppressor; disease modifiers
资金
- Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia [PTDC/SAU-GMG/100913/2008]
- FEDER (Fundo Europeu de Desenvolvimento Regional)
- COMPETE (Programa Operacional Factores de Competitividade)
- Financiamento Plurianual de Unidades de Investigacao (FCT)
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [PTDC/SAU-GMG/100913/2008] Funding Source: FCT
Variants in CACNA1A that encodes the pore-forming alpha(1)-subunit of human voltage-gated Cav2.1 (P/Q-type) Ca2+ channels cause several autosomal-dominant neurologic disorders, including familial hemiplegic migraine type 1, episodic ataxia type 2, and spinocerebellar ataxia type 6. To identify modifiers of incoordination in movement disorders, we performed a large-scale functional RNAi screen, using the Caenorhabditis elegans strain CB55, which carries a truncating mutation in the unc-2 gene, the worm ortholog for the human CACNA1A. The screen was carried out by the feeding method in 96-well liquid culture format, using the ORFeome v1.1 feeding library, and time-lapse imaging of worms in liquid culture was used to assess changes in thrashing behavior. We looked for genes that, when silenced, either ameliorated the slow and uncoordinated phenotype of unc-2, or interacted to produce a more severe phenotype. Of the 350 putative hits from the primary screen, 37 genes consistently showed reproducible results. At least 75% of these are specifically expressed in the C. elegans neurons. Functional network analysis and gene ontology revealed overrepresentation of genes involved in development, growth, locomotion, signal transduction, and vesicle-mediated transport. We have expanded the functional network of genes involved in neurodegeneration leading to cerebellar ataxia related to unc-2/CACNA1A, further confirming the involvement of the transforming growth factor beta pathway and adding a novel signaling cascade, the Notch pathway.
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