Understanding copy number variations through their genes: a molecular view on 16p11.2 deletion and duplication syndromes

Leone, Roberta, Zuglian, Cecilia, Brambilla, Riccardo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3569-5706 and Morella, Ilaria 2024. Understanding copy number variations through their genes: a molecular view on 16p11.2 deletion and duplication syndromes. Frontiers in Pharmacology 15 , 1407865. 10.3389/fphar.2024.1407865

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Abstract

Neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) include a broad spectrum of pathological conditions that affect >4% of children worldwide, share common features and present a variegated genetic origin. They include clinically defined diseases, such as autism spectrum disorders (ASD), attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), motor disorders such as Tics and Tourette’s syndromes, but also much more heterogeneous conditions like intellectual disability (ID) and epilepsy. Schizophrenia (SCZ) has also recently been proposed to belong to NDDs. Relatively common causes of NDDs are copy number variations (CNVs), characterised by the gain or the loss of a portion of a chromosome. In this review, we focus on deletions and duplications at the 16p11.2 chromosomal region, associated with NDDs, ID, ASD but also epilepsy and SCZ. Some of the core phenotypes presented by human carriers could be recapitulated in animal and cellular models, which also highlighted prominent neurophysiological and signalling alterations underpinning 16p11.2 CNVs-associated phenotypes. In this review, we also provide an overview of the genes within the 16p11.2 locus, including those with partially known or unknown function as well as non-coding RNAs. A particularly interesting interplay was observed between MVP and MAPK3 in modulating some of the pathological phenotypes associated with the 16p11.2 deletion. Elucidating their role in intracellular signalling and their functional links will be a key step to devise novel therapeutic strategies for 16p11.2 CNVs-related syndromes.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	Published
Schools:	Biosciences
Publisher:	Frontiers Media
ISSN:	1663-9812
Funders:	MRC
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	24 June 2024
Date of Acceptance:	16 May 2024
Last Modified:	01 Jul 2024 15:29
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/169887

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