FOXR1 regulates stress response pathways and is necessary for proper brain development.

The forkhead box (Fox) family of transcription factors are highly conserved and play essential roles in a wide range of cellular and developmental processes. We report an individual with severe neurological symptoms including postnatal microcephaly, progressive brain atrophy and global developmental...

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Autores principales: Andressa Mota, Hannah K Waxman, Rui Hong, Gavin D Lagani, Sheng-Yong Niu, Féodora L Bertherat, Lynne Wolfe, Christine May Malicdan, Thomas C Markello, David R Adams, William A Gahl, Christine S Cheng, Uwe Beffert, Angela Ho
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:aaddb25765d74ba7b9dc4245ac8d6b6e2021-12-02T20:03:17ZFOXR1 regulates stress response pathways and is necessary for proper brain development.1553-73901553-740410.1371/journal.pgen.1009854https://doaj.org/article/aaddb25765d74ba7b9dc4245ac8d6b6e2021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1009854https://doaj.org/toc/1553-7390https://doaj.org/toc/1553-7404The forkhead box (Fox) family of transcription factors are highly conserved and play essential roles in a wide range of cellular and developmental processes. We report an individual with severe neurological symptoms including postnatal microcephaly, progressive brain atrophy and global developmental delay associated with a de novo missense variant (M280L) in the FOXR1 gene. At the protein level, M280L impaired FOXR1 expression and induced a nuclear aggregate phenotype due to protein misfolding and proteolysis. RNAseq and pathway analysis showed that FOXR1 acts as a transcriptional activator and repressor with central roles in heat shock response, chaperone cofactor-dependent protein refolding and cellular response to stress pathways. Indeed, FOXR1 expression is increased in response to cellular stress, a process in which it directly controls HSPA6, HSPA1A and DHRS2 transcripts. The M280L mutant compromises FOXR1's ability to respond to stress, in part due to impaired regulation of downstream target genes that are involved in the stress response pathway. Quantitative PCR of mouse embryo tissues show Foxr1 expression in the embryonic brain. Using CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing, we found that deletion of mouse Foxr1 leads to a severe survival deficit while surviving newborn Foxr1 knockout mice have reduced body weight. Further examination of newborn Foxr1 knockout brains revealed a decrease in cortical thickness and enlarged ventricles compared to littermate wild-type mice, suggesting that loss of Foxr1 leads to atypical brain development. Combined, these results suggest FOXR1 plays a role in cellular stress response pathways and is necessary for normal brain development.Andressa MotaHannah K WaxmanRui HongGavin D LaganiSheng-Yong NiuFéodora L BertheratLynne WolfeChristine May MalicdanThomas C MarkelloDavid R AdamsWilliam A GahlChristine S ChengUwe BeffertAngela HoPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleGeneticsQH426-470ENPLoS Genetics, Vol 17, Iss 11, p e1009854 (2021)
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topic Genetics
QH426-470
spellingShingle Genetics
QH426-470
Andressa Mota
Hannah K Waxman
Rui Hong
Gavin D Lagani
Sheng-Yong Niu
Féodora L Bertherat
Lynne Wolfe
Christine May Malicdan
Thomas C Markello
David R Adams
William A Gahl
Christine S Cheng
Uwe Beffert
Angela Ho
FOXR1 regulates stress response pathways and is necessary for proper brain development.
description The forkhead box (Fox) family of transcription factors are highly conserved and play essential roles in a wide range of cellular and developmental processes. We report an individual with severe neurological symptoms including postnatal microcephaly, progressive brain atrophy and global developmental delay associated with a de novo missense variant (M280L) in the FOXR1 gene. At the protein level, M280L impaired FOXR1 expression and induced a nuclear aggregate phenotype due to protein misfolding and proteolysis. RNAseq and pathway analysis showed that FOXR1 acts as a transcriptional activator and repressor with central roles in heat shock response, chaperone cofactor-dependent protein refolding and cellular response to stress pathways. Indeed, FOXR1 expression is increased in response to cellular stress, a process in which it directly controls HSPA6, HSPA1A and DHRS2 transcripts. The M280L mutant compromises FOXR1's ability to respond to stress, in part due to impaired regulation of downstream target genes that are involved in the stress response pathway. Quantitative PCR of mouse embryo tissues show Foxr1 expression in the embryonic brain. Using CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing, we found that deletion of mouse Foxr1 leads to a severe survival deficit while surviving newborn Foxr1 knockout mice have reduced body weight. Further examination of newborn Foxr1 knockout brains revealed a decrease in cortical thickness and enlarged ventricles compared to littermate wild-type mice, suggesting that loss of Foxr1 leads to atypical brain development. Combined, these results suggest FOXR1 plays a role in cellular stress response pathways and is necessary for normal brain development.
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author Andressa Mota
Hannah K Waxman
Rui Hong
Gavin D Lagani
Sheng-Yong Niu
Féodora L Bertherat
Lynne Wolfe
Christine May Malicdan
Thomas C Markello
David R Adams
William A Gahl
Christine S Cheng
Uwe Beffert
Angela Ho
author_facet Andressa Mota
Hannah K Waxman
Rui Hong
Gavin D Lagani
Sheng-Yong Niu
Féodora L Bertherat
Lynne Wolfe
Christine May Malicdan
Thomas C Markello
David R Adams
William A Gahl
Christine S Cheng
Uwe Beffert
Angela Ho
author_sort Andressa Mota
title FOXR1 regulates stress response pathways and is necessary for proper brain development.
title_short FOXR1 regulates stress response pathways and is necessary for proper brain development.
title_full FOXR1 regulates stress response pathways and is necessary for proper brain development.
title_fullStr FOXR1 regulates stress response pathways and is necessary for proper brain development.
title_full_unstemmed FOXR1 regulates stress response pathways and is necessary for proper brain development.
title_sort foxr1 regulates stress response pathways and is necessary for proper brain development.
publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS)
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/aaddb25765d74ba7b9dc4245ac8d6b6e
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