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Mutation of FOXC1 and PITX2 induces cerebral small-vessel disease.

ABSTRACT: Patients with cerebral small-vessel disease (CSVD) exhibit perturbed end-artery function and have an increased risk for stroke and age-related cognitive decline. Here, we used targeted genome-wide association (GWA) analysis and defined a CSVD locus adjacent to the forkhead transcription factor FOXC1. Moreover, we determined that the linked SNPs influence FOXC1 transcript levels and demonstrated that patients as young as 1 year of age with altered FOXC1 function exhibit CSVD. MRI analysis of patients with missense and nonsense mutations as well as FOXC1-encompassing segmental duplication and deletion revealed white matter hyperintensities, dilated perivascular spaces, and lacunar infarction. In a zebrafish model, overexpression or morpholino-induced suppression of foxc1 induced cerebral hemorrhage. Inhibition of foxc1 perturbed platelet-derived growth factor (Pdgf) signaling, impairing neural crest migration and the recruitment of mural cells, which are essential for vascular stability. GWA analysis also linked the FOXC1-interacting transcription factor PITX2 to CSVD, and both patients with PITX2 mutations and murine Pitx2-/- mutants displayed brain vascular phenotypes. Together, these results extend the genetic etiology of stroke and demonstrate an increasing developmental basis for human cerebrovascular disease.

SUBMITTER: French CR

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4347243 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Mutation of FOXC1 and PITX2 induces cerebral small-vessel disease.

French Curtis R CR Seshadri Sudha S Destefano Anita L AL Fornage Myriam M Arnold Corey R CR Gage Philip J PJ Skarie Jonathan M JM Dobyns William B WB Millen Kathleen J KJ Liu Ting T Dietz William W Kume Tsutomu T Hofker Marten M Emery Derek J DJ Childs Sarah J SJ Waskiewicz Andrew J AJ Lehmann Ordan J OJ

The Journal of clinical investigation 20140924 11

Patients with cerebral small-vessel disease (CSVD) exhibit perturbed end-artery function and have an increased risk for stroke and age-related cognitive decline. Here, we used targeted genome-wide association (GWA) analysis and defined a CSVD locus adjacent to the forkhead transcription factor FOXC1. Moreover, we determined that the linked SNPs influence FOXC1 transcript levels and demonstrated that patients as young as 1 year of age with altered FOXC1 function exhibit CSVD. MRI analysis of pati ...[more]

PMID: 25250569

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Project description:Background and Objective: Studies on relations between arterial stiffness and full spectrum of radiological features of cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) are scarce. We aim to investigate the association of arterial stiffness with lacunes, white matter hyperintensities (WMH), microbleeds (CMBs), dilated perivascular spaces (PVS), and brain atrophy in a community-based sample. Methods: A total of 953 participants (55.7 ± 9.4 years) who underwent brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (baPWV) and brain magnetic resonance imaging were included. Lacunes, CMBs, and PVS were visually rated. Brain structure and WMH were automatically segmented. Brain parenchyma fraction (BPF), a surrogate index of brain atrophy, was calculated as a ratio of brain parenchyma volume to total intracranial volume. Multivariable logistic and linear regressions were used to investigate the associations between baPWV and CSVD. Subsequently, we explored these associations in strata of age. Results: Increased baPWV was associated with severe PVS in white matter (OR, 1.09; 95%CI, 1.01-1.17; p = 0.022), larger WMH volume (β, 0.08; 95%CI, 0.04-0.12; p < 0.001), lower BPF (β, -0.09; 95%CI, -0.15- -0.03; p = 0.007), and marginally associated with strictly lobar CMBs (OR, 1.11; 95%CI, 1.00-1.23; p = 0.055), but not with lacunes. WMH volume mediated the relation between baPWV and BPF. In age subgroup analysis, the association of baPWV with PVS in white matter was stronger among those aged <55 years, whereas the association with brain atrophy was more prominent among those aged ≥55 years. Increased baPWV was associated with larger WMH volume in both younger and older individuals. Conclusions: Increased arterial stiffness was associated with most of imaging markers of CSVD, including PVS in white matter, larger WMH volume, strictly lobar CMBs, and brain atrophy, but not lacunes. The mechanisms underlying these associations and their potential clinical significances warrant further investigations.

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Mutation of FOXC1 and PITX2 induces cerebral small-vessel disease.

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Mutation of FOXC1 and PITX2 induces cerebral small-vessel disease.

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