Department of Clinical Genetics, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3015 CN Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Department of Medical Genetics, University of Antwerp, 2000 Antwerp, Belgium.
Dis Model Mech. 2023 Feb 1;16(2). doi: 10.1242/dmm.049485. Epub 2023 Jan 24.
The fragile X-related disorders are an important group of hereditary disorders that are caused by expanded CGG repeats in the 5' untranslated region of the FMR1 gene or by mutations in the coding sequence of this gene. Two categories of pathological CGG repeats are associated with these disorders, full mutation alleles and shorter premutation alleles. Individuals with full mutation alleles develop fragile X syndrome, which causes autism and intellectual disability, whereas those with premutation alleles, which have shorter CGG expansions, can develop fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome, a progressive neurodegenerative disease. Thus, fragile X-related disorders can manifest as neurodegenerative or neurodevelopmental disorders, depending on the size of the repeat expansion. Here, we review mouse models of fragile X-related disorders and discuss how they have informed our understanding of neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental disorders. We also assess the translational value of these models for developing rational targeted therapies for intellectual disability and autism disorders.
脆性 X 相关障碍是一组重要的遗传性疾病,由 FMR1 基因 5'非翻译区的 CGG 重复扩展或该基因编码序列的突变引起。与这些疾病相关的两类病理性 CGG 重复是完全突变等位基因和较短的前突变等位基因。完全突变等位基因的个体可发展为脆性 X 综合征,导致自闭症和智力障碍,而具有较短 CGG 扩展的前突变等位基因的个体可发展为脆性 X 相关震颤/共济失调综合征,这是一种进行性神经退行性疾病。因此,脆性 X 相关障碍可表现为神经退行性或神经发育障碍,具体取决于重复扩展的大小。在这里,我们回顾了脆性 X 相关障碍的小鼠模型,并讨论了它们如何帮助我们理解神经退行性和神经发育障碍。我们还评估了这些模型在开发针对智力障碍和自闭症障碍的合理靶向治疗方法方面的转化价值。
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