PMID- 24363063 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20141203 LR - 20220129 IS - 1460-2083 (Electronic) IS - 0964-6906 (Print) IS - 0964-6906 (Linking) VI - 23 IP - 10 DP - 2014 May 15 TI - Disruption of SATB2 or its long-range cis-regulation by SOX9 causes a syndromic form of Pierre Robin sequence. PG - 2569-79 LID - 10.1093/hmg/ddt647 [doi] AB - Heterozygous loss-of-function (LOF) mutations in the gene encoding the DNA-binding protein, SATB2, result in micrognathia and cleft palate in both humans and mice. In three unrelated individuals, we show that translocation breakpoints (BPs) up to 896 kb 3' of SATB2 polyadenylation site cause a phenotype which is indistinguishable from that caused by SATB2 LOF mutations. This syndrome comprises long nose, small mouth, micrognathia, cleft palate, arachnodactyly and intellectual disability. These BPs map to a gene desert between PLCL1 and SATB2. We identified three putative cis-regulatory elements (CRE1-3) using a comparative genomic approach each of which would be placed in trans relative to SATB2 by all three BPs. CRE1-3 each bind p300 and mono-methylated H3K4 consistent with enhancer function. In silico analysis suggested that CRE1-3 contain one or more conserved SOX9-binding sites, and this binding was confirmed using chromatin immunoprecipitation on cells derived from mouse embryonic pharyngeal arch. Interphase bacterial artificial chromosome fluorescence in situ hybridization measurements in embryonic craniofacial tissues showed that the orthologous region in mice exhibits Satb2 expression-dependent chromatin decondensation consistent with Satb2 being a target gene of CRE1-3. To assess their in vivo function, we made multiple stable reporter transgenic lines for each enhancer in zebrafish. CRE2 was shown to drive SATB2-like expression in the embryonic craniofacial region. This expression could be eliminated by mutating the SOX9-binding site of CRE2. These observations suggest that SATB2 and SOX9 may be acting together via complex cis-regulation to coordinate the growth of the developing jaw. FAU - Rainger, Jacqueline K AU - Rainger JK AD - MRC Human Genetics Unit, MRC Institute of Genetic and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, UK. FAU - Bhatia, Shipra AU - Bhatia S FAU - Bengani, Hemant AU - Bengani H FAU - Gautier, Philippe AU - Gautier P FAU - Rainger, Joe AU - Rainger J FAU - Pearson, Matt AU - Pearson M FAU - Ansari, Morad AU - Ansari M FAU - Crow, Jayne AU - Crow J FAU - Mehendale, Felicity AU - Mehendale F FAU - Palinkasova, Bozena AU - Palinkasova B FAU - Dixon, Michael J AU - Dixon MJ FAU - Thompson, Pamela J AU - Thompson PJ FAU - Matarin, Mar AU - Matarin M FAU - Sisodiya, Sanjay M AU - Sisodiya SM FAU - Kleinjan, Dirk A AU - Kleinjan DA FAU - Fitzpatrick, David R AU - Fitzpatrick DR LA - eng GR - MC_PC_U127561093/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom GR - MC_U127561093/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom PT - Case Reports PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20131220 PL - England TA - Hum Mol Genet JT - Human molecular genetics JID - 9208958 RN - 0 (Matrix Attachment Region Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (SATB2 protein, human) RN - 0 (SOX9 Transcription Factor) RN - 0 (SOX9 protein, human) RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Animals MH - Binding Sites MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Child MH - Child, Preschool MH - Epistasis, Genetic MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Infant MH - Male MH - Matrix Attachment Region Binding Proteins/*genetics MH - Mice MH - Mutation MH - Pierre Robin Syndrome/*diagnosis/genetics MH - Regulatory Elements, Transcriptional MH - SOX9 Transcription Factor/*genetics MH - Transcription Factors/*genetics MH - Young Adult MH - Zebrafish PMC - PMC3990159 EDAT- 2013/12/24 06:00 MHDA- 2014/12/15 06:00 PMCR- 2013/12/20 CRDT- 2013/12/24 06:00 PHST- 2013/12/24 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/12/24 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/12/15 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2013/12/20 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ddt647 [pii] AID - 10.1093/hmg/ddt647 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Hum Mol Genet. 2014 May 15;23(10):2569-79. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddt647. Epub 2013 Dec 20.