Basi molecolari della Sindrome di Beckwith-Wiedemann e della Sindrome di Silver-Russell
- 4 Anni 2015/2019
- 207.480€ Totale Fondi
La sindrome di Beckwith-Wiedemann (BWS) e la sindrome di Silver-Russell (SRS) sono patologie genetiche che provocano gravi alterazioni della crescita. In particolare la BWS è una malattia da iperaccrescimento caratterizzata da ingrossamento della lingua (macroglossia), difetti della parete addominale (come ernia ombelicale oppure onfalocele, la protrusione dell’intestino al di fuori dell’ombelico) e da un aumentato rischio di sviluppare tumori in età pediatrica. La SRS invece è caratterizzata da un severo ritardo della crescita intrauterino e post-natale, accompagnato da malformazioni congenite. Alla base di entrambe queste patologie c’è un malfunzionamento di geni soggetti a imprinting genomico, un meccanismo regolativo in base al quale l’espressione di un gene differisce a seconda che venga ereditato dalla madre o dal padre. Il fenomeno di imprinting è controllato da modificazioni del DNA chiamate epigenetiche, come la metilazione del DNA, che sono ereditabili ma non sono scritte all’interno della sequenza genomica. Nei pazienti affetti da BWS sono state riscontrate alterazioni dell’espressione dei geni soggetti a imprinting di tipo opposto a quelle identificate nei pazienti con SRS. È importante notare che la frequenza di queste malattie è maggiore tra i bambini nati grazie a tecniche di riproduzione assistita. L’obiettivo di questo progetto è quello di definire meglio i difetti molecolari della BWS e della SRS, allo scopo di ottimizzare la diagnostica molecolare, la stratificazione (l’assegnazione dei pazienti ai diversi sottogruppi della malattia da cui sono affetti) e il management dei pazienti e di individuare bersagli molecolari per sviluppare nuove strategie terapeutiche.
Pubblicazioni Scientifiche
- 2016 CLINICAL EPIGENETICS
Two maternal duplications involving the CDKN1C gene are associated with contrasting growth phenotypes
- 2016 Nucleic acids research
ZFP57 maintains the parent-of-origin-specific expression of the imprinted genes and differentially affects non-imprinted targets in mouse embryonic stem cells
- 2015 PLOS ONE
Insulin Like Growth Factor 2 Expression in the Rat Brain Both in Basal Condition and following Learning Predominantly Derives from the Maternal Allele
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Humanized H19/Igf2 locus reveals diverged imprinting mechanism between mouse and human and reflects Silver-Russell syndrome phenotypes
- 2016 Nucleic acids research
ZFP57 recognizes multiple and closely spaced sequence motif variants to maintain repressive epigenetic marks in mouse embryonic stem cells
- 2019 CLINICAL EPIGENETICS
The phenotypic variations of multi-locus imprinting disturbances associated with maternal-effect variants of NLRP5 range from overt imprinting disorder to apparently healthy phenotype.
- 2019 SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
Wnt/ß-catenin signaling pathway safeguards epigenetic stability and homeostasis of mouse embryonic stem cells.
- 2019 Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics
Transcription alterations of KCNQ1 associated with imprinted methylation defects in the Beckwith-Wiedemann locus.
- 2018 Archivos argentinos de pediatria
Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome: clinical and etiopathogenic aspects of a model genomic imprinting entity.
- 2018 CELL REPORTS
Meg3 Non-coding RNA Expression Controls Imprinting by Preventing Transcriptional Upregulation in cis.
- 2019 FRONTIERS IN GENETICS
Molecular Etiology Disclosed by Array CGH in Patients With Silver-Russell Syndrome or Similar Phenotypes.
- 2019 Genome medicine
A KHDC3L mutation resulting in recurrent hydatidiform mole causes genome-wide DNA methylation loss in oocytes and persistent imprinting defects post-fertilisation.
- 2018 CLINICAL EPIGENETICS
Is ZFP57 binding to H19/IGF2:IG-DMR affected in Silver-Russell syndrome?
- 2017 PEDIATRICS
Assisted Reproductive Techniques and Risk of Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome.
- 2016 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Humanized H19/Igf2 locus reveals diverged imprinting mechanism between mouse and human and reflects Silver-Russell syndrome phenotypes.
- 2018 PLoS Genetics
Tissue-specific and mosaic imprinting defects underlie opposite congenital growth disorders in mice.
- 2019 Nature reviews. Genetics
Genomic imprinting disorders: lessons on how genome, epigenome and environment interact.
- 2015 CLINICAL EPIGENETICS
Imprinting disorders: a group of congenital disorders with overlapping patterns of molecular changes affecting imprinted loci.
- 2016 European journal of human genetics : EJHG
EMQN best practice guidelines for the molecular genetic testing and reporting of chromosome 11p15 imprinting disorders: Silver-Russell and Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome.
- 2016 Trends in genetics : TIG
Causes and Consequences of Multi-Locus Imprinting Disturbances in Humans.
- 2018 Nature reviews. Endocrinology
Expert consensus document: Clinical and molecular diagnosis, screening and management of Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome: an international consensus statement.
- 2016 The Journal of pediatrics
Cancer Risk in Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Outlining a Novel (Epi)Genotype Specific Histotype Targeted Screening Protocol.
- 2016 EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS
Recommendations of the Scientific Committee of the Italian Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome Association on the diagnosis, management and follow-up of the syndrome.