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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS
卷 108, 期 9, 页码 1725-1734出版社
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2021.08.001
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- Polish National Science Centre [UMO-2016/23/N/NZ2/02362, UMO-2016/21/D/NZ5/00064, UMO-2013/08/T/NZ2/00027, UMO-2016/22/E/NZ5/00270]
- postdoctoral Beatriu de Pino's from Secretaria d'Universitats I Recerca del Departament d'Empresa i Coneixement de la Generalitat de Catalunya
- Marie Sklodowska-Curie COFUND program from H2020 [2018-BP00055]
- Polish National Centre for Research and Development [LIDER/008/431/L-4/12/NCBR/2013]
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) [SP1532/3-1, SP1532/4-1, SP1532/5-1]
- Max Planck Foundation
- Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft-und Raumfahrt [DLR 01GM1925]
Research shows that gene duplications play a significant role in limb malformations, with these malformations primarily caused by gene dosage effects rather than regulatory position effects.
Copy-number variations (CNVs) are a common cause of congenital limb malformations and are interpreted primarily on the basis of their effect on gene dosage. However, recent studies show that CNVs also influence the 3D genome chromatin organization. The functional interpretation of whether a phenotype is the result of gene dosage or a regulatory position effect remains challenging. Here, we report on two unrelated families with individuals affected by bilateral hypoplasia of the femoral bones, both harboring de novo duplications on chromosome 10q24.32. The similar to 0.5 Mb duplications include FGF8, a key regulator of limb development and several limb enhancer elements. To functionally characterize these variants, we analyzed the local chromatin architecture in the affected individuals' cells and re-engineered the duplications in mice by using CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing. We found that the duplications were associated with ectopic chromatin contacts and increased FGF8 expression. Transgenic mice carrying the heterozygous tandem duplication including Fgf8 exhibited proximal shortening of the limbs, resembling the human phenotype. To evaluate whether the phenotype was a result of gene dosage, we generated another transgenic mice line, carrying the duplication on one allele and a concurrent Fgf8 deletion on the other allele, as a control. Surprisingly, the same malformations were observed. Capture Hi-C experiments revealed ectopic interaction with the duplicated region and Fgf8, indicating a position effect. In summary, we show that duplications at the FGF8 locus are associated with femoral hypoplasia and that the phenotype is most likely the result of position effects altering FGF8 expression rather than gene dosage effects.
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