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MEMO1 drives cranial endochondral ossification and palatogenesis.

Abstract：

:The cranial base is a component of the neurocranium and has a central role in the structural integration of the face, brain and vertebral column. Consequently, alteration in the shape of the human cranial base has been intimately linked with primate evolution and defective development is associated with numerous human facial abnormalities. Here we describe a novel recessive mutant mouse strain that presented with a domed head and fully penetrant cleft secondary palate coupled with defects in the formation of the underlying cranial base. Mapping and non-complementation studies revealed a specific mutation in Memo1 - a gene originally associated with cell migration. Expression analysis of Memo1 identified robust expression in the perichondrium and periosteum of the developing cranial base, but only modest expression in the palatal shelves. Fittingly, although the palatal shelves failed to elevate in Memo1 mutants, expression changes were modest within the shelves themselves. In contrast, the cranial base, which forms via endochondral ossification had major reductions in the expression of genes responsible for bone formation, notably matrix metalloproteinases and markers of the osteoblast lineage, mirrored by an increase in markers of cartilage and extracellular matrix development. Concomitant with these changes, mutant cranial bases showed an increased zone of hypertrophic chondrocytes accompanied by a reduction in both vascular invasion and mineralization. Finally, neural crest cell-specific deletion of Memo1 caused a failure of anterior cranial base ossification indicating a cell autonomous role for MEMO1 in the development of these neural crest cell derived structures. However, palate formation was largely normal in these conditional mutants, suggesting a non-autonomous role for MEMO1 in palatal closure. Overall, these findings assign a new function to MEMO1 in driving endochondral ossification in the cranium, and also link abnormal development of the cranial base with more widespread effects on craniofacial shape relevant to human craniofacial dysmorphology.

journal_name

Dev Biol

journal_title

Developmental biology

authors

Van Otterloo E,Feng W,Jones KL,Hynes NE,Clouthier DE,Niswander L,Williams T

doi

10.1016/j.ydbio.2015.12.024

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2016-07-15 00:00:00

pages

278-295

issue

eissn

0012-1606

issn

1095-564X

pii

S0012-1606(15)30372-9

journal_volume

415

pub_type

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MEMO1 drives cranial endochondral ossification and palatogenesis.