2017
Disruptions in asymmetric centrosome inheritance and WDR62-Aurora kinase B interactions in primary microcephaly
Sgourdou P, Mishra-Gorur K, Saotome I, Henagariu O, Tuysuz B, Campos C, Ishigame K, Giannikou K, Quon JL, Sestan N, Caglayan AO, Gunel M, Louvi A. Disruptions in asymmetric centrosome inheritance and WDR62-Aurora kinase B interactions in primary microcephaly. Scientific Reports 2017, 7: 43708. PMID: 28272472, PMCID: PMC5341122, DOI: 10.1038/srep43708.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAurora Kinase BBrainCell CycleCell Cycle ProteinsCell DifferentiationCell ProliferationCentrosomeConsanguinityDisease Models, AnimalEpistasis, GeneticFluorescent Antibody TechniqueGene ExpressionHumansInheritance PatternsMaleMiceMice, KnockoutMicrocephalyMutationNerve Tissue ProteinsNeural Stem CellsPedigreeWhole Genome SequencingConceptsChromosome passenger complexPatient-derived fibroblastsCentrosome inheritanceNeocortical progenitorsDisease-associated mutant formsSpindle pole localizationAurora kinase BPassenger complexMitotic progressionMouse orthologDiverse functionsMutant formsWD repeat domain 62Key regulatorCPC componentsKinase BPole localizationPrimary microcephalyLate neurogenesisRecessive mutationsNeuronal differentiationWDR62Severe brain malformationsReduced proliferationNeocortical development
2016
Biallelic Mutations in Citron Kinase Link Mitotic Cytokinesis to Human Primary Microcephaly
Li H, Bielas SL, Zaki MS, Ismail S, Farfara D, Um K, Rosti RO, Scott EC, Tu S, C. NC, Gabriel S, Erson-Omay EZ, Ercan-Sencicek AG, Yasuno K, Çağlayan AO, Kaymakçalan H, Ekici B, Bilguvar K, Gunel M, Gleeson JG. Biallelic Mutations in Citron Kinase Link Mitotic Cytokinesis to Human Primary Microcephaly. American Journal Of Human Genetics 2016, 99: 501-510. PMID: 27453578, PMCID: PMC4974110, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2016.07.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInduced pluripotent stem cellsPrimary microcephalyHuman primary microcephalyAutosomal recessive primary microcephalyNon-progressive intellectual disabilityAmino acid residuesPluripotent stem cellsMitotic cytokinesisCellular functionsGenome editingCell divisionKinase domainAbnormal cytokinesisCRISPR/Homozygous missense mutationCytokinesisKinase activityMultipolar spindlesNeural progenitorsAcid residuesFunction mutationsMissense mutationsStem cellsMultiple rolesMutations
2013
Mutations in CSPP1 Lead to Classical Joubert Syndrome
Akizu N, Silhavy JL, Rosti RO, Scott E, Fenstermaker AG, Schroth J, Zaki MS, Sanchez H, Gupta N, Kabra M, Kara M, Ben-Omran T, Rosti B, Guemez-Gamboa A, Spencer E, Pan R, Cai N, Abdellateef M, Gabriel S, Halbritter J, Hildebrandt F, van Bokhoven H, Gunel M, Gleeson JG. Mutations in CSPP1 Lead to Classical Joubert Syndrome. American Journal Of Human Genetics 2013, 94: 80-86. PMID: 24360807, PMCID: PMC3882909, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2013.11.015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsJoubert syndromeDistinctive mid-hindbrain malformationMid-hindbrain malformationPrimary cilia dysfunctionPrimary ciliaKidney diseaseLarge cohortVariable involvementRelated disordersHuman neurogenesisNeural tissueProtein levelsAffected individualsSyndromeCilia dysfunctionCohortNeural-specific functionsCausative mutationsMutationsNull mutationCSPP1IndividualsCiliaDysfunctionJSRD
2011
The Essential Role of Centrosomal NDE1 in Human Cerebral Cortex Neurogenesis
Bakircioglu M, Carvalho OP, Khurshid M, Cox JJ, Tuysuz B, Barak T, Yilmaz S, Caglayan O, Dincer A, Nicholas AK, Quarrell O, Springell K, Karbani G, Malik S, Gannon C, Sheridan E, Crosier M, Lisgo SN, Lindsay S, Bilguvar K, Gergely F, Gunel M, Woods CG. The Essential Role of Centrosomal NDE1 in Human Cerebral Cortex Neurogenesis. American Journal Of Human Genetics 2011, 88: 523-535. PMID: 21529752, PMCID: PMC3146716, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2011.03.019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCell Cycle ProteinsCentrosomeCerebral CortexChild, PreschoolDNA Mutational AnalysisEpithelial CellsExonsFemaleGenetic LinkageHeLa CellsHomozygoteHumansInfantMaleMiceMicrocephalyMicrotubule-Associated ProteinsMutationNeural Stem CellsNeurogenesisNeuronsPhenotypePregnancyRNA, MessengerTransfectionConceptsCortical laminationPatient-derived cell linesDistinct homozygous mutationsProfound mental retardationCerebral cortexCerebral cortex neurogenesisMouse embryonic brainNeuron productionBrain scansPostmortem dataEmbryonic brainNeural precursorsHomozygous mutationNeuroepithelial cellsNeurogenesisPatient cellsMental retardationExtreme microcephalyAffected individualsEarly neurogenesisCell linesT mutationPakistani originBrainTurkish family