A drosophila genetic resource of mutants to study mechanisms underlying human genetic diseases

Shinya Yamamoto; Manish Jaiswal; Wu Lin Charng; Tomasz Gambin; Ender Karaca; Ghayda Mirzaa; Wojciech Wiszniewski; Hector Sandoval; Nele A. Haelterman; Bo Xiong; Ke Zhang; Vafa Bayat; Gabriela David; Tongchao Li; Kuchuan Chen; Upasana Gala; Tamar Harel; Davut Pehlivan; Samantha Penney; Lisenka E.L.M. Vissers; Joep De Ligt; Shalini N. Jhangiani; Yajing Xie; Stephen H. Tsang; Yesim Parman; Merve Sivaci; Esra Battaloglu; Donna Muzny; Ying Wooi Wan; Zhandong Liu; Alexander T. Lin-Moore; Robin D. Clark; Cynthia J. Curry; Nichole Link; Karen L. Schulze; Eric Boerwinkle; William B. Dobyns; Rando Allikmets; Richard A. Gibbs; Rui Chen; James R. Lupski; Michael F. Wangler; Hugo J. Bellen

doi:10.1016/j.cell.2014.09.002

A drosophila genetic resource of mutants to study mechanisms underlying human genetic diseases

Shinya Yamamoto, Manish Jaiswal, Wu Lin Charng, Tomasz Gambin, Ender Karaca, Ghayda Mirzaa, Wojciech Wiszniewski, Hector Sandoval, Nele A. Haelterman, Bo Xiong, Ke Zhang, Vafa Bayat, Gabriela David, Tongchao Li, Kuchuan Chen, Upasana Gala, Tamar Harel, Davut Pehlivan, Samantha Penney, Lisenka E.L.M. VissersJoep De Ligt, Shalini N. Jhangiani, Yajing Xie, Stephen H. Tsang, Yesim Parman, Merve Sivaci, Esra Battaloglu, Donna Muzny, Ying Wooi Wan, Zhandong Liu, Alexander T. Lin-Moore, Robin D. Clark, Cynthia J. Curry, Nichole Link, Karen L. Schulze, Eric Boerwinkle, William B. Dobyns, Rando Allikmets, Richard A. Gibbs, Rui Chen, James R. Lupski, Michael F. Wangler, Hugo J. Bellen

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Invertebrate model systems are powerful tools for studying human disease owing to their genetic tractability and ease of screening. We conducted a mosaic genetic screen of lethal mutations on the Drosophila X chromosome to identify genes required for the development, function, and maintenance of the nervous system. We identified 165 genes, most of whose function has not been studied in vivo. In parallel, we investigated rare variant alleles in 1,929 human exomes from families with unsolved Mendelian disease. Genes that are essential in flies and have multiple human homologs were found to be likely to be associated with human diseases. Merging the human data sets with the fly genes allowed us to identify disease-associated mutations in six families and to provide insights into microcephaly associated with brain dysgenesis. This bidirectional synergism between fly genetics and human genomics facilitates the functional annotation of evolutionarily conserved genes involved in human health.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	200-214
Number of pages	15
Journal	Cell
Volume	159
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2014.09.002
State	Published - Sep 25 2014
Externally published	Yes

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General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

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Yamamoto, S., Jaiswal, M., Charng, W. L., Gambin, T., Karaca, E., Mirzaa, G., Wiszniewski, W., Sandoval, H., Haelterman, N. A., Xiong, B., Zhang, K., Bayat, V., David, G., Li, T., Chen, K., Gala, U., Harel, T., Pehlivan, D., Penney, S., ... Bellen, H. J. (2014). A drosophila genetic resource of mutants to study mechanisms underlying human genetic diseases. Cell, 159(1), 200-214. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2014.09.002

Yamamoto, S, Jaiswal, M, Charng, WL, Gambin, T, Karaca, E, Mirzaa, G, Wiszniewski, W, Sandoval, H, Haelterman, NA, Xiong, B, Zhang, K, Bayat, V, David, G, Li, T, Chen, K, Gala, U, Harel, T, Pehlivan, D, Penney, S, Vissers, LELM, De Ligt, J, Jhangiani, SN, Xie, Y, Tsang, SH, Parman, Y, Sivaci, M, Battaloglu, E, Muzny, D, Wan, YW, Liu, Z, Lin-Moore, AT, Clark, RD, Curry, CJ, Link, N, Schulze, KL, Boerwinkle, E, Dobyns, WB, Allikmets, R, Gibbs, RA, Chen, R, Lupski, JR, Wangler, MF & Bellen, HJ 2014, 'A drosophila genetic resource of mutants to study mechanisms underlying human genetic diseases', Cell, vol. 159, no. 1, pp. 200-214. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2014.09.002

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