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Dominance and interloci interactions in transcriptional activation cascades: models explaining compensatory mutations and inheritance patterns.

Bruno Bost
Reiner A Veitia

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Mutations in human genes encoding transcription factors are often dominant because one active allele cannot ensure a normal phenotype (haploinsufficiency). In other instances, heterozygous mutations of two genes are required for a phenotype to appear (combined haploinsufficiency). Here, we explore with models (i) the basis of haploinsufficiency and combined haploinsufficiency owing to mutations in transcription activators, and (ii) how the effects of such mutations can be amplified or buffered by subsequent steps in a transcription cascade. We propose that the non-linear (sigmoidal) response of transcription to the concentration of activators can explain haploinsufficiency. We further show that the sigmoidal character of the output of a cascade increases with the number of steps involved, the settings of which will determine the buffering or enhancement of the effects of a decreased concentration of an upstream activator. This exploration provides insights into the bases of compensatory mutations and on interloci interactions underlying oligogenic inheritance patterns.

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hal-00951243 , version 1 (24-02-2014)

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Bruno Bost, Reiner A Veitia. Dominance and interloci interactions in transcriptional activation cascades: models explaining compensatory mutations and inheritance patterns.. BioEssays, 2014, 36 (1), pp.84-92. ⟨10.1002/bies.201300109⟩. ⟨hal-00951243⟩
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