シンプレックス自閉症におけるデノボ変異のゲノムパターン
Tychele N Turner1, Bradley P Coe1, Diane E Dickel2
1Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
Cell
|October 3, 2017
まとめ
研究者は516の自閉症家族からゲノムデータを分析し 罹患した個体においてより多くのデノボ変異 (DNM) を特定しました これらの遺伝的変異は 脳の発達に不可欠な遺伝子に 影響を及ぼし 自閉症に関する新しい洞察を 提供します
科学分野:
- 遺伝学
- 神経科学
- 発達生物学
背景:
- 自閉症スペクトル障害 (ASD) の遺伝的基礎を理解することは,診断と治療に不可欠です.
- 遺伝的原因が不明である自閉症の家族では ASD 症例の有意な割合を占めています
研究 の 目的:
- 大規模なゲノムシーケンシングを通じて自閉症の病因に寄与する遺伝因子を特定する.
- 自閉症の家族におけるデノボ変異 (DNM) のスペクトルと頻度を特徴づける.
主な方法:
- 516のイディオパシー自閉症家族 (2,064人の個体) の全ゲノムシーケンシング.
- シングルヌクレオチド変種 (SNV) とコピーナンバー変種 (CNV) の特定と分析
- 自閉症と無影響の兄弟姉妹のDNAの比較
主要な成果:
- 590万以上のSNVと9,212の私的なCNVの発見,そのうち133,992のSNVと88のCNVがデノボ変異 (DNM) であった.
- 自閉症のプロバンドは,特に胎児の脳促進剤や強化剤に影響を与える遺伝子破壊性DNMの負担が高くなります.
- 自閉症患者のDNAは ストライタルニューロンで発現する遺伝子で濃縮されていて 特定の神経経路の関与を示唆しています
結論:
- デノボ変異は自閉症の遺伝的病因に 重要な役割を果たします
- この研究は自閉症の研究に 重要なゲノム情報源となるでしょう
- 特定の変異パターンと 影響を受けた遺伝子を特定することで 複雑な自閉症の症例における 改善された遺伝的特徴と 治療目標の可能性を秘めています
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