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BMP3 is a novel locus involved in the causality of ocular coloboma

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dc.contributor.authorFox, Sabrina C.
dc.contributor.authorWiden, Sonya A.
dc.contributor.authorAsai-Coakwell, Mika
dc.contributor.authorHavrylov, Serhiy
dc.contributor.authorBenson, Matthew
dc.contributor.authorPrichard, Lisa
dc.contributor.authorBaddam, Pranidhi
dc.contributor.authorGraf, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorLehmann, Ordan J.
dc.contributor.authorWaskiewicz, Andrew J.
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-08T16:54:10Z
dc.date.available2023-05-08T16:54:10Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractColoboma, a congenital disorder characterized by gaps in ocular tissues, is caused when the choroid fissure fails to close during embryonic development. Several loci have been associated with coloboma, but these represent less than 40% of those that are involved with this disease. Here, we describe a novel coloboma-causing locus, BMP3. Whole exome sequencing and Sanger sequencing of patients with coloboma identified three variants in BMP3, two of which are predicted to be disease causing. Consistent with this, bmp3 mutant zebrafish have aberrant fissure closure. bmp3 is expressed in the ventral head mesenchyme and regulates phosphorylated Smad3 in a population of cells adjacent to the choroid fissure. Furthermore, mutations in bmp3 sensitize embryos to Smad3 inhibitor treatment resulting in open choroid fissures. Micro CT scans and Alcian blue staining of zebrafish demonstrate that mutations in bmp3 cause midface hypoplasia, suggesting that bmp3 regulates cranial neural crest cells. Consistent with this, we see active Smad3 in a population of periocular neural crest cells, and bmp3 mutant zebrafish have reduced neural crest cells in the choroid fissure. Taken together, these data suggest that Bmp3 controls Smad3 phosphorylation in neural crest cells to regulate early craniofacial and ocular development.
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dc.identifier.citationFox, S.C., Widen, S.A., Asai-Coakwell, M., Havrylov, S., Benson, M., Prichard, L.B., Baddham, P., Graf, D., Lehmann, O.J., and Waskiewicz, A.J. (2022) BMP3 is a novel locus involved in the causality of ocular coloboma. Human Genetics 141(8), 1385-1407. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00439-022-02430-3
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s00439-022-02430-3
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14078/3091
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserved
dc.subjectembryonic development
dc.titleBMP3 is a novel locus involved in the causality of ocular colobomaen
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