Tbx1 haploinsufficiency leads to local skull deformity, paraflocculus and flocculus dysplasia, and motor-learning deficit in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome

Abstract Neurodevelopmental disorders are thought to arise from intrinsic brain abnormalities. Alternatively, they may arise from disrupted crosstalk among tissues. Here we show the local reduction of two vestibulo-cerebellar lobules, the paraflocculus and flocculus, in mouse models and humans with...

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Main Authors: Tae-Yeon Eom, J. Eric Schmitt, Yiran Li, Christopher M. Davenport, Jeffrey Steinberg, Audrey Bonnan, Shahinur Alam, Young Sang Ryu, Leena Paul, Baranda S. Hansen, Khaled Khairy, Stephane Pelletier, Shondra M. Pruett-Miller, David R. Roalf, Raquel E. Gur, Beverly S. Emanuel, Donna M. McDonald-McGinn, Jesse N. Smith, Cai Li, Jason M. Christie, Paul A. Northcott, Stanislav S. Zakharenko
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Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-12-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-54837-3
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J. Eric Schmitt
Yiran Li
Christopher M. Davenport
Jeffrey Steinberg
Audrey Bonnan
Shahinur Alam
Young Sang Ryu
Leena Paul
Baranda S. Hansen
Khaled Khairy
Stephane Pelletier
Shondra M. Pruett-Miller
David R. Roalf
Raquel E. Gur
Beverly S. Emanuel
Donna M. McDonald-McGinn
Jesse N. Smith
Cai Li
Jason M. Christie
Paul A. Northcott
Stanislav S. Zakharenko
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J. Eric Schmitt
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Khaled Khairy
Stephane Pelletier
Shondra M. Pruett-Miller
David R. Roalf
Raquel E. Gur
Beverly S. Emanuel
Donna M. McDonald-McGinn
Jesse N. Smith
Cai Li
Jason M. Christie
Paul A. Northcott
Stanislav S. Zakharenko
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description Abstract Neurodevelopmental disorders are thought to arise from intrinsic brain abnormalities. Alternatively, they may arise from disrupted crosstalk among tissues. Here we show the local reduction of two vestibulo-cerebellar lobules, the paraflocculus and flocculus, in mouse models and humans with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11DS). In mice, this paraflocculus/flocculus dysplasia is associated with haploinsufficiency of the Tbx1 gene. Tbx1 haploinsufficiency also leads to impaired cerebellar synaptic plasticity and motor learning. However, neural cell compositions and neurogenesis are not altered in the dysplastic paraflocculus/flocculus. Interestingly, 22q11DS and Tbx1 +/– mice have malformations of the subarcuate fossa, a part of the petrous temporal bone, which encapsulates the paraflocculus/flocculus. Single-nuclei RNA sequencing reveals that Tbx1 haploinsufficiency leads to precocious differentiation of chondrocytes to osteoblasts in the petrous temporal bone autonomous to paraflocculus/flocculus cell populations. These findings suggest a previously unrecognized pathogenic structure/function relation in 22q11DS in which local skeletal deformity and cerebellar dysplasia result in behavioral deficiencies.
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spelling doaj-art-17fb65dc25454794b98e473b3b8f562c2024-12-08T12:36:44ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232024-12-0115112110.1038/s41467-024-54837-3Tbx1 haploinsufficiency leads to local skull deformity, paraflocculus and flocculus dysplasia, and motor-learning deficit in 22q11.2 deletion syndromeTae-Yeon Eom0J. Eric Schmitt1Yiran Li2Christopher M. Davenport3Jeffrey Steinberg4Audrey Bonnan5Shahinur Alam6Young Sang Ryu7Leena Paul8Baranda S. Hansen9Khaled Khairy10Stephane Pelletier11Shondra M. Pruett-Miller12David R. Roalf13Raquel E. Gur14Beverly S. Emanuel15Donna M. McDonald-McGinn16Jesse N. Smith17Cai Li18Jason M. Christie19Paul A. Northcott20Stanislav S. Zakharenko21Department of Developmental Neurobiology, St. Jude Children’s Research HospitalDivision of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of PennsylvaniaDepartment of Developmental Neurobiology, St. Jude Children’s Research HospitalDepartment of Developmental Neurobiology, St. Jude Children’s Research HospitalCenter for In Vivo Imaging and Therapeutics, St. Jude Children’s Research HospitalMax Planck Florida Institute for NeuroscienceDepartment of Developmental Neurobiology, St. Jude Children’s Research HospitalCenter for In Vivo Imaging and Therapeutics, St. Jude Children’s Research HospitalDepartment of Developmental Neurobiology, St. Jude Children’s Research HospitalCenter for Advanced Genome Engineering, St. Jude Children’s Research HospitalDepartment of Developmental Neurobiology, St. Jude Children’s Research HospitalDepartment of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of MedicineCenter for Advanced Genome Engineering, St. Jude Children’s Research HospitalBrain Behavior Laboratory, Neurodevelopment and Psychosis Section, Department of Psychiatry, University of PennsylvaniaBrain Behavior Laboratory, Neurodevelopment and Psychosis Section, Department of Psychiatry, University of PennsylvaniaDepartment of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of PennsylvaniaDepartment of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of PennsylvaniaDepartment of Biostatistics, St. Jude Children’s Research HospitalDepartment of Biostatistics, St. Jude Children’s Research HospitalMax Planck Florida Institute for NeuroscienceDepartment of Developmental Neurobiology, St. Jude Children’s Research HospitalDepartment of Developmental Neurobiology, St. Jude Children’s Research HospitalAbstract Neurodevelopmental disorders are thought to arise from intrinsic brain abnormalities. Alternatively, they may arise from disrupted crosstalk among tissues. Here we show the local reduction of two vestibulo-cerebellar lobules, the paraflocculus and flocculus, in mouse models and humans with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11DS). In mice, this paraflocculus/flocculus dysplasia is associated with haploinsufficiency of the Tbx1 gene. Tbx1 haploinsufficiency also leads to impaired cerebellar synaptic plasticity and motor learning. However, neural cell compositions and neurogenesis are not altered in the dysplastic paraflocculus/flocculus. Interestingly, 22q11DS and Tbx1 +/– mice have malformations of the subarcuate fossa, a part of the petrous temporal bone, which encapsulates the paraflocculus/flocculus. Single-nuclei RNA sequencing reveals that Tbx1 haploinsufficiency leads to precocious differentiation of chondrocytes to osteoblasts in the petrous temporal bone autonomous to paraflocculus/flocculus cell populations. These findings suggest a previously unrecognized pathogenic structure/function relation in 22q11DS in which local skeletal deformity and cerebellar dysplasia result in behavioral deficiencies.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-54837-3
spellingShingle Tae-Yeon Eom
J. Eric Schmitt
Yiran Li
Christopher M. Davenport
Jeffrey Steinberg
Audrey Bonnan
Shahinur Alam
Young Sang Ryu
Leena Paul
Baranda S. Hansen
Khaled Khairy
Stephane Pelletier
Shondra M. Pruett-Miller
David R. Roalf
Raquel E. Gur
Beverly S. Emanuel
Donna M. McDonald-McGinn
Jesse N. Smith
Cai Li
Jason M. Christie
Paul A. Northcott
Stanislav S. Zakharenko
Tbx1 haploinsufficiency leads to local skull deformity, paraflocculus and flocculus dysplasia, and motor-learning deficit in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome
Nature Communications
title Tbx1 haploinsufficiency leads to local skull deformity, paraflocculus and flocculus dysplasia, and motor-learning deficit in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome
title_full Tbx1 haploinsufficiency leads to local skull deformity, paraflocculus and flocculus dysplasia, and motor-learning deficit in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome
title_fullStr Tbx1 haploinsufficiency leads to local skull deformity, paraflocculus and flocculus dysplasia, and motor-learning deficit in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome
title_full_unstemmed Tbx1 haploinsufficiency leads to local skull deformity, paraflocculus and flocculus dysplasia, and motor-learning deficit in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome
title_short Tbx1 haploinsufficiency leads to local skull deformity, paraflocculus and flocculus dysplasia, and motor-learning deficit in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome
title_sort tbx1 haploinsufficiency leads to local skull deformity paraflocculus and flocculus dysplasia and motor learning deficit in 22q11 2 deletion syndrome
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-54837-3
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