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
2014
Mutations in KATNB1 Cause Complex Cerebral Malformations by Disrupting Asymmetrically Dividing Neural Progenitors
Mishra-Gorur K, Çağlayan AO, Schaffer AE, Chabu C, Henegariu O, Vonhoff F, Akgümüş GT, Nishimura S, Han W, Tu S, Baran B, Gümüş H, Dilber C, Zaki MS, Hossni HA, Rivière JB, Kayserili H, Spencer EG, Rosti RÖ, Schroth J, Per H, Çağlar C, Çağlar Ç, Dölen D, Baranoski JF, Kumandaş S, Minja FJ, Erson-Omay EZ, Mane SM, Lifton RP, Xu T, Keshishian H, Dobyns WB, C. N, Šestan N, Louvi A, Bilgüvar K, Yasuno K, Gleeson JG, Günel M. Mutations in KATNB1 Cause Complex Cerebral Malformations by Disrupting Asymmetrically Dividing Neural Progenitors. Neuron 2014, 84: 1226-1239. PMID: 25521378, PMCID: PMC5024344, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2014.12.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsComplex cerebral malformationsCerebral cortical malformationsMicrotubule-severing enzyme kataninExome sequencing analysisMitotic spindle formationDrosophila optic lobeCerebral malformationsPatient-derived fibroblastsCell cycle progression delayCortical malformationsMotor neuronsComplex malformationsMicrotubule-associated proteinsCortical developmentReduced cell numberOptic lobeRegulatory subunitBrain developmentCatalytic subunitDeleterious mutationsSpindle formationSupernumerary centrosomesArborization defectsMalformationsHuman phenotypes