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SMOC1 is essential for ocular and limb development in humans and mice
Authors:Okada Ippei  Hamanoue Haruka  Terada Koji  Tohma Takaya  Megarbane Andre  Chouery Eliane  Abou-Ghoch Joelle  Jalkh Nadine  Cogulu Ozgur  Ozkinay Ferda  Horie Kyoji  Takeda Junji  Furuichi Tatsuya  Ikegawa Shiro  Nishiyama Kiyomi  Miyatake Satoko  Nishimura Akira  Mizuguchi Takeshi  Niikawa Norio  Hirahara Fumiki  Kaname Tadashi  Yoshiura Koh-Ichiro  Tsurusaki Yoshinori  Doi Hiroshi  Miyake Noriko  Furukawa Takahisa  Matsumoto Naomichi  Saitsu Hirotomo
Institution:1Department of Human Genetics, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, 3-9 Fukuura, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama 236-0004, Japan;2Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, 3-9 Fukuura, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama 236-0004, Japan;3Department of Developmental Biology, Osaka Bioscience Institute, 6-2-4 Furuedai, Suita, Osaka 565-0874, Japan;4Division of Pediatrics, Okinawa Prefectural Nanbu Medical Center & Children's Medical Center, 118-1 Ikyoku, Arakawa, Haebaru, Okinawa 901-1193, Japan;5Medical Genetics Unit, St. Joseph University, Beirut 1104-2020, Lebanon;6Department of Pediatrics, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, 35100 Bornova-Izmir, Turkey;7Department of Social and Environmental Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, 2-2 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan;8Center for Advanced Science and Innovation, Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan;9Laboratory for Bone and Joint Disease, Center for Genomic Medicine, RIKEN, 4-6-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan;10Laboratory Animal Facility, Research Center for Medical Sciences, Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-25-8, Nishi-Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8461, Japan;11Research Institute of Personalized Health Sciences, Health Sciences University of Hokkaido, Ishikari-Tobetsu, Hokkaido 061-0293, Japan;12Department of Human Genetics, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Sakamoto 1-12-4, Nagasaki 852-8523, Japan;13Department of Medical Genetics, University of the Ryukyus Faculty of Medicine, 207 Uehara, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0215, Japan
Abstract:Microphthalmia with limb anomalies (MLA) is a rare autosomal-recessive disorder, presenting with anophthalmia or microphthalmia and hand and/or foot malformation. We mapped the MLA locus to 14q24 and successfully identified three homozygous (one nonsense and two splice site) mutations in the SPARC (secreted protein acidic and rich in cysteine)-related modular calcium binding 1 (SMOC1) in three families. Smoc1 is expressed in the developing optic stalk, ventral optic cup, and limbs of mouse embryos. Smoc1 null mice recapitulated MLA phenotypes, including aplasia or hypoplasia of optic nerves, hypoplastic fibula and bowed tibia, and syndactyly in limbs. A thinned and irregular ganglion cell layer and atrophy of the anteroventral part of the retina were also observed. Soft tissue syndactyly, resulting from inhibited apoptosis, was related to disturbed expression of genes involved in BMP signaling in the interdigital mesenchyme. Our findings indicate that SMOC1/Smoc1 is essential for ocular and limb development in both humans and mice.
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