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Hormonal Imbalances in Prader–Willi and Schaaf–Yang Syndromes Imply the Evolution of Specific Regulation of Hypothalamic Neuroendocrine Function in Mammals

The hypothalamus regulates fundamental aspects of physiological homeostasis and behavior, including stress response, reproduction, growth, sleep, and feeding, several of which are affected in patients with Prader–Willi (PWS) and Schaaf–Yang syndrome (SYS). PWS is caused by paternal deletion, materna...

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Autores principales: Hoyos Sanchez, Maria Camila, Bayat, Tara, Gee, Rebecca R. Florke, Fon Tacer, Klementina
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10487939/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37685915
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms241713109
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author Hoyos Sanchez, Maria Camila
Bayat, Tara
Gee, Rebecca R. Florke
Fon Tacer, Klementina
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Bayat, Tara
Gee, Rebecca R. Florke
Fon Tacer, Klementina
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description The hypothalamus regulates fundamental aspects of physiological homeostasis and behavior, including stress response, reproduction, growth, sleep, and feeding, several of which are affected in patients with Prader–Willi (PWS) and Schaaf–Yang syndrome (SYS). PWS is caused by paternal deletion, maternal uniparental disomy, or imprinting defects that lead to loss of expression of a maternally imprinted region of chromosome 15 encompassing non-coding RNAs and five protein-coding genes; SYS patients have a mutation in one of them, MAGEL2. Throughout life, PWS and SYS patients suffer from musculoskeletal deficiencies, intellectual disabilities, and hormonal abnormalities, which lead to compulsive behaviors like hyperphagia and temper outbursts. Management of PWS and SYS is mostly symptomatic and cures for these debilitating disorders do not exist, highlighting a clear, unmet medical need. Research over several decades into the molecular and cellular roles of PWS genes has uncovered that several impinge on the neuroendocrine system. In this review, we will discuss the expression and molecular functions of PWS genes, connecting them with hormonal imbalances in patients and animal models. Besides the observed hormonal imbalances, we will describe the recent findings about how the loss of individual genes, particularly MAGEL2, affects the molecular mechanisms of hormone secretion. These results suggest that MAGEL2 evolved as a mammalian-specific regulator of hypothalamic neuroendocrine function.
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spelling pubmed-104879392023-09-09 Hormonal Imbalances in Prader–Willi and Schaaf–Yang Syndromes Imply the Evolution of Specific Regulation of Hypothalamic Neuroendocrine Function in Mammals Hoyos Sanchez, Maria Camila Bayat, Tara Gee, Rebecca R. Florke Fon Tacer, Klementina Int J Mol Sci Review The hypothalamus regulates fundamental aspects of physiological homeostasis and behavior, including stress response, reproduction, growth, sleep, and feeding, several of which are affected in patients with Prader–Willi (PWS) and Schaaf–Yang syndrome (SYS). PWS is caused by paternal deletion, maternal uniparental disomy, or imprinting defects that lead to loss of expression of a maternally imprinted region of chromosome 15 encompassing non-coding RNAs and five protein-coding genes; SYS patients have a mutation in one of them, MAGEL2. Throughout life, PWS and SYS patients suffer from musculoskeletal deficiencies, intellectual disabilities, and hormonal abnormalities, which lead to compulsive behaviors like hyperphagia and temper outbursts. Management of PWS and SYS is mostly symptomatic and cures for these debilitating disorders do not exist, highlighting a clear, unmet medical need. Research over several decades into the molecular and cellular roles of PWS genes has uncovered that several impinge on the neuroendocrine system. In this review, we will discuss the expression and molecular functions of PWS genes, connecting them with hormonal imbalances in patients and animal models. Besides the observed hormonal imbalances, we will describe the recent findings about how the loss of individual genes, particularly MAGEL2, affects the molecular mechanisms of hormone secretion. These results suggest that MAGEL2 evolved as a mammalian-specific regulator of hypothalamic neuroendocrine function. MDPI 2023-08-23 /pmc/articles/PMC10487939/ /pubmed/37685915 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms241713109 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Hoyos Sanchez, Maria Camila
Bayat, Tara
Gee, Rebecca R. Florke
Fon Tacer, Klementina
Hormonal Imbalances in Prader–Willi and Schaaf–Yang Syndromes Imply the Evolution of Specific Regulation of Hypothalamic Neuroendocrine Function in Mammals
title Hormonal Imbalances in Prader–Willi and Schaaf–Yang Syndromes Imply the Evolution of Specific Regulation of Hypothalamic Neuroendocrine Function in Mammals
title_full Hormonal Imbalances in Prader–Willi and Schaaf–Yang Syndromes Imply the Evolution of Specific Regulation of Hypothalamic Neuroendocrine Function in Mammals
title_fullStr Hormonal Imbalances in Prader–Willi and Schaaf–Yang Syndromes Imply the Evolution of Specific Regulation of Hypothalamic Neuroendocrine Function in Mammals
title_full_unstemmed Hormonal Imbalances in Prader–Willi and Schaaf–Yang Syndromes Imply the Evolution of Specific Regulation of Hypothalamic Neuroendocrine Function in Mammals
title_short Hormonal Imbalances in Prader–Willi and Schaaf–Yang Syndromes Imply the Evolution of Specific Regulation of Hypothalamic Neuroendocrine Function in Mammals
title_sort hormonal imbalances in prader–willi and schaaf–yang syndromes imply the evolution of specific regulation of hypothalamic neuroendocrine function in mammals
topic Review
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10487939/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37685915
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms241713109
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