Zebrafish Chromosome 14 Gene Differential Expression in the fmr1hu2787 Model of Fragile X Syndrome
Zebrafish represent a valuable model for investigating the molecular and cellular basis of Fragile X syndrome (FXS). Reduced expression of the zebrafish FMR1 orthologous gene, fmr1, causes developmental and behavioural phenotypes related to FXS. Zebrafish homozygous for the hu2787 non-sense mutation...
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| author | Karissa Barthelson Lachlan Baer Yang Dong Melanie Hand Zac Pujic Morgan Newman Geoffrey J. Goodhill Geoffrey J. Goodhill Robert I. Richards Stephen M. Pederson Michael Lardelli |
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| description | Zebrafish represent a valuable model for investigating the molecular and cellular basis of Fragile X syndrome (FXS). Reduced expression of the zebrafish FMR1 orthologous gene, fmr1, causes developmental and behavioural phenotypes related to FXS. Zebrafish homozygous for the hu2787 non-sense mutation allele of fmr1 are widely used to model FXS, although FXS-relevant phenotypes seen from morpholino antisense oligonucleotide (morpholino) suppression of fmr1 transcript translation were not observed when hu2787 was first described. The subsequent discovery of transcriptional adaptation (a form of genetic compensation), whereby mutations causing non-sense-mediated decay of transcripts can drive compensatory upregulation of homologous transcripts independent of protein feedback loops, suggested an explanation for the differences reported. We examined the whole-embryo transcriptome effects of homozygosity for fmr1hu2787 at 2 days post fertilisation. We observed statistically significant changes in expression of a number of gene transcripts, but none from genes showing sequence homology to fmr1. Enrichment testing of differentially expressed genes implied effects on lysosome function and glycosphingolipid biosynthesis. The majority of the differentially expressed genes are located, like fmr1, on Chromosome 14. Quantitative PCR tests did not support that this was artefactual due to changes in relative chromosome abundance. Enrichment testing of the “leading edge” differentially expressed genes from Chromosome 14 revealed that their co-location on this chromosome may be associated with roles in brain development and function. The differential expression of functionally related genes due to mutation of fmr1, and located on the same chromosome as fmr1, is consistent with R.A. Fisher’s assertion that the selective advantage of co-segregation of particular combinations of alleles of genes will favour, during evolution, chromosomal rearrangements that place them in linkage disequilibrium on the same chromosome. However, we cannot exclude that the apparent differential expression of genes on Chromosome 14 genes was, (if only in part), caused by differences between the expression of alleles of genes unrelated to the effects of the fmr1hu2787 mutation and made manifest due to the limited, but non-zero, allelic diversity between the genotypes compared. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8c74c3c0e3554ed1a8851000275ae0a52022-12-21T18:41:39ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Genetics1664-80212021-05-011210.3389/fgene.2021.625466625466Zebrafish Chromosome 14 Gene Differential Expression in the fmr1hu2787 Model of Fragile X SyndromeKarissa Barthelson0Lachlan Baer1Yang Dong2Melanie Hand3Zac Pujic4Morgan Newman5Geoffrey J. Goodhill6Geoffrey J. Goodhill7Robert I. Richards8Stephen M. Pederson9Michael Lardelli10School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, AustraliaSchool of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, AustraliaSchool of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, AustraliaBioinformatics Hub, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, AustraliaQueensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, AustraliaSchool of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, AustraliaQueensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, AustraliaSchool of Mathematics and Physics, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, AustraliaSchool of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, AustraliaBioinformatics Hub, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, AustraliaSchool of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, AustraliaZebrafish represent a valuable model for investigating the molecular and cellular basis of Fragile X syndrome (FXS). Reduced expression of the zebrafish FMR1 orthologous gene, fmr1, causes developmental and behavioural phenotypes related to FXS. Zebrafish homozygous for the hu2787 non-sense mutation allele of fmr1 are widely used to model FXS, although FXS-relevant phenotypes seen from morpholino antisense oligonucleotide (morpholino) suppression of fmr1 transcript translation were not observed when hu2787 was first described. The subsequent discovery of transcriptional adaptation (a form of genetic compensation), whereby mutations causing non-sense-mediated decay of transcripts can drive compensatory upregulation of homologous transcripts independent of protein feedback loops, suggested an explanation for the differences reported. We examined the whole-embryo transcriptome effects of homozygosity for fmr1hu2787 at 2 days post fertilisation. We observed statistically significant changes in expression of a number of gene transcripts, but none from genes showing sequence homology to fmr1. Enrichment testing of differentially expressed genes implied effects on lysosome function and glycosphingolipid biosynthesis. The majority of the differentially expressed genes are located, like fmr1, on Chromosome 14. Quantitative PCR tests did not support that this was artefactual due to changes in relative chromosome abundance. Enrichment testing of the “leading edge” differentially expressed genes from Chromosome 14 revealed that their co-location on this chromosome may be associated with roles in brain development and function. The differential expression of functionally related genes due to mutation of fmr1, and located on the same chromosome as fmr1, is consistent with R.A. Fisher’s assertion that the selective advantage of co-segregation of particular combinations of alleles of genes will favour, during evolution, chromosomal rearrangements that place them in linkage disequilibrium on the same chromosome. However, we cannot exclude that the apparent differential expression of genes on Chromosome 14 genes was, (if only in part), caused by differences between the expression of alleles of genes unrelated to the effects of the fmr1hu2787 mutation and made manifest due to the limited, but non-zero, allelic diversity between the genotypes compared.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fgene.2021.625466/fullfragile X syndromezebrafishtranscriptional adaptationtranscriptome analysisFMR1chromosome evolution |
| spellingShingle | Karissa Barthelson Lachlan Baer Yang Dong Melanie Hand Zac Pujic Morgan Newman Geoffrey J. Goodhill Geoffrey J. Goodhill Robert I. Richards Stephen M. Pederson Michael Lardelli Zebrafish Chromosome 14 Gene Differential Expression in the fmr1hu2787 Model of Fragile X Syndrome Frontiers in Genetics fragile X syndrome zebrafish transcriptional adaptation transcriptome analysis FMR1 chromosome evolution |
| title | Zebrafish Chromosome 14 Gene Differential Expression in the fmr1hu2787 Model of Fragile X Syndrome |
| title_full | Zebrafish Chromosome 14 Gene Differential Expression in the fmr1hu2787 Model of Fragile X Syndrome |
| title_fullStr | Zebrafish Chromosome 14 Gene Differential Expression in the fmr1hu2787 Model of Fragile X Syndrome |
| title_full_unstemmed | Zebrafish Chromosome 14 Gene Differential Expression in the fmr1hu2787 Model of Fragile X Syndrome |
| title_short | Zebrafish Chromosome 14 Gene Differential Expression in the fmr1hu2787 Model of Fragile X Syndrome |
| title_sort | zebrafish chromosome 14 gene differential expression in the fmr1hu2787 model of fragile x syndrome |
| topic | fragile X syndrome zebrafish transcriptional adaptation transcriptome analysis FMR1 chromosome evolution |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fgene.2021.625466/full |
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