TY - JOUR
T1 - Somatic NRAS mutation in patient with generalized lymphatic anomaly
AU - Manevitz-Mendelson, Eugenia
AU - Leichner, Gil S.
AU - Barel, Ortal
AU - Davidi-Avrahami, Inbal
AU - Ziv-Strasser, Limor
AU - Eyal, Eran
AU - Pessach, Itai
AU - Rimon, Uri
AU - Barzilai, Aviv
AU - Hirshberg, Abraham
AU - Chechekes, Keren
AU - Amariglio, Ninette
AU - Rechavi, Gideon
AU - Yaniv, Karina
AU - Greenberger, Shoshana
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018, Springer Science+Business Media B.V., part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2018/5/1
Y1 - 2018/5/1
N2 - Generalized lymphatic anomaly (GLA or lymphangiomatosis) is a rare disease characterized by a diffuse proliferation of lymphatic vessels in skin and internal organs. It often leads to progressive respiratory failure and death, but its etiology is unknown. Here, we isolated lymphangiomatosis endothelial cells from GLA tissue. These cells were characterized by high proliferation and survival rates, but displayed impaired capacities for migration and tube formation. We employed whole exome sequencing to search for disease-causing genes and identified a somatic mutation in NRAS. We used mouse and zebrafish model systems to initially evaluate the role of this mutation in the development of the lymphatic system, and we studied the effect of drugs blocking the downstream effectors, mTOR and ERK, on this disease.
AB - Generalized lymphatic anomaly (GLA or lymphangiomatosis) is a rare disease characterized by a diffuse proliferation of lymphatic vessels in skin and internal organs. It often leads to progressive respiratory failure and death, but its etiology is unknown. Here, we isolated lymphangiomatosis endothelial cells from GLA tissue. These cells were characterized by high proliferation and survival rates, but displayed impaired capacities for migration and tube formation. We employed whole exome sequencing to search for disease-causing genes and identified a somatic mutation in NRAS. We used mouse and zebrafish model systems to initially evaluate the role of this mutation in the development of the lymphatic system, and we studied the effect of drugs blocking the downstream effectors, mTOR and ERK, on this disease.
KW - Lymphangiomatosis
KW - Mutation
KW - NRAS
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85044821914&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s10456-018-9595-8
DO - 10.1007/s10456-018-9595-8
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AN - SCOPUS:85044821914
SN - 0969-6970
VL - 21
SP - 287
EP - 298
JO - Angiogenesis
JF - Angiogenesis
IS - 2
ER -