Tbx1 haploinsufficiency in the DiGeorge syndrome region causes aortic arch defects in mice (original) (raw)

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DiGeorge syndrome is characterized by cardiovascular, thymus and parathyroid defects and craniofacial anomalies, and is usually caused by a heterozygous deletion of chromosomal region 22q11.2 (del22q11) (ref. 1). A targeted, heterozygous deletion, named Df(16)1, encompassing around 1 megabase of the homologous region in mouse causes cardiovascular abnormalities characteristic of the human disease2. Here we have used a combination of chromosome engineering and P1 artificial chromosome transgenesis to localize the haploinsufficient gene in the region, Tbx1. We show that Tbx1, a member of the T-box transcription factor family, is required for normal development of the pharyngeal arch arteries in a gene dosage-dependent manner. Deletion of one copy of Tbx1 affects the development of the fourth pharyngeal arch arteries, whereas homozygous mutation severely disrupts the pharyngeal arch artery system. Our data show that haploinsufficiency of Tbx1 is sufficient to generate at least one important component of the DiGeorge syndrome phenotype in mice, and demonstrate the suitability of the mouse for the genetic dissection of microdeletion syndromes.

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We thank R. Behringer and P. Hastings for discussions and reading of the manuscript, and Y.-C. Cheah, S. Carattini-Rivera, G. C. Schuster, S.-S. Cheah and C. Roberts for technical contributions. A.B. is an investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. This work was funded in part by grants from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute and (to A.B.), from the American Heart Association Texas Affiliate (to E.A.L.), and from the British Heart Foundation and Wellcome Trust (to P.J.S.). Support from the Baylor Mental Retardation Research Center is also acknowledged.

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  1. Departments of Pediatrics (Cardiology),
    Elizabeth A. Lindsay, Francesca Vitelli, Masae Morishima, Tuong Huynh, Tiziano Pramparo & Antonio Baldini
  2. Molecular & Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, 77030, Texas, USA
    Hong Su, Allan Bradley & Antonio Baldini
  3. Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine,
    Hong Su, Allan Bradley & Antonio Baldini
  4. University of Miami School of Medicine, 1600NW 10th Avenue, Miami, 33136, Florida, USA
    Vesna Jurecic
  5. Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, 77030, Texas, USA
    George Ogunrinu
  6. Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London, WC1N, UK
    Helen F. Sutherland & Peter J. Scambler
  7. Sanger Centre, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1S, UK
    Allan Bradley
  8. Howard Hughest Medical Institute, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, 77030, Texas, USA
    Allan Bradley

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Lindsay, E., Vitelli, F., Su, H. et al. Tbx1 haploinsufficiency in the DiGeorge syndrome region causes aortic arch defects in mice.Nature 410, 97–101 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35065105

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