Shimojima Keiko
   Department   School of Medicine(Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital), School of Medicine
   Position   Assistant Professor
Article types Original article
Language English
Peer review Peer reviewed
Title CHCHD2 is down-regulated in neuronal cells differentiated from iPS cells derived from patients with lissencephaly.
Journal Formal name:Genomics
Abbreviation:Genomics
ISSN code:(1089-8646)0888-7543(Linking)
Domestic / ForeginForegin
Volume, Issue, Page 106(4),pp.196-203
Author and coauthor Shimojima K, Okumura A, Hayashi M, Kondo T, Inoue H, Yamamoto T
Publication date 2015/10
Summary The human cerebral cortex is peculiar for a six-layered cellular-sheet structure with convolution, which is a consequence of neuronal migration. Dysfunctions of the pathways contributing to this mechanism typically lead to lissencephaly manifesting smooth brain surfaces. To investigate the unknown mechanism underlying neuronal migration disorders, we generated induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells from two patients with lissencephaly. Whole gene expression study for iPS cells derived from a patient with a LIS1 deletion showed reduced expression of the coiled-coil-helix-coiled-coil-helix domain containing 2 gene (CHCHD2), which was also confirmed in iPS cells derived from a patient with a TUBA1A mutation. CHCHD2 expression was detected in neuronal cells differentiated from normal iPS cells in a time-dependent manner, as well as in the brain of a fetus at 26-28 week gestational age, suggesting development-dependent expression. Migrating neuronal cells showed CHCHD2 expression, suggesting its functional relevance to neuronal migration.
DOI 10.1016/j.ygeno.2015.07.001
PMID 26188257