期刊
EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH
卷 313, 期 2, 页码 244-253出版社
ELSEVIER INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2006.10.002
关键词
Fragile X syndrome; CGG repeat; FXTAS; FMRP; FMR1; repeat instability; CpG methylation; mRNA
资金
- NICHD NIH HHS [R01 HD038038, R01 HD38038] Funding Source: Medline
The human FMR1 gene contains a CGG repeat in its 5' untranslated region. The repeat length in the normal population is polymorphic (5-55 CGG repeats). Lengths beyond 200 CGGs (full mutation) result in the absence of the FMR1 gene product, FMRP, through abnormal methylation and gene silencing. This causes Fragile X syndrome, the most common inherited form of mental retardation. Elderly carriers of the premutation, defined as a repeat length between 55 and 200 CGGs, can develop a progressive neuro degenerative syndrome: Fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS). In FXTAS, FMR1 mRNA levels are elevated and it has been hypothesised that FXTAS is caused by a pathogenic RNA gain-of-function mechanism. We have developed a knock in mouse model carrying an expanded CGG repeat (98 repeats), which shows repeat instability and displays biochemical, phenotypic and neuropathological characteristics of FXTAS. Here, we report further repeat instability, up to 230 CGGs. An expansion bias was observed, with the largest expansion being 43 CGG units and the largest contraction 80 CGG repeats. In humans, this length would be considered a full mutation and would be expected to result in gene silencing. Mice carrying long repeats (similar to 230 CGGs) display elevated mRNA levels and decreased FMRP levels, but absence of abnormal methylation, suggesting that modelling the Fragile X full mutation in mice requires additional repeats or other genetic manipulation. (c) 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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