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Notch Pathway and Inherited Diseases: Challenge and Promise

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Abstract

The evolutionary highly conserved Notch pathway governs many cellular core processes including cell fate decisions. Although it is characterized by a simple molecular design, Notch signaling, which first developed in metazoans, represents one of the most important pathways that govern embryonic development. Consequently, a broad variety of independent inherited diseases linked to defective Notch signaling has now been identified, including Alagille, Adams-Oliver, and Hajdu-Cheney syndromes, CADASIL (cerebral autosomal-dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy), early-onset arteriopathy with cavitating leukodystrophy, lateral meningocele syndrome, and infantile myofibromatosis. In this review, we give a brief overview on molecular pathology and clinical findings in congenital diseases linked to the Notch pathway. Moreover, we discuss future developments in basic science and clinical practice that may emerge from recent progress in our understanding of the role of Notch in health and disease.

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Abbreviations

AD:

Autosomal dominant

ALGS:

Alagille syndrome

ARHGAP31:

RhoGTPase-activating protein 31

BAV:

Bicuspid aortic valve

BMP:

Bone morphogenetic protein

CADASIL:

Cerebral autosomal-dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy

CAVD:

Calcific aortic valve disease

CHD:

Congenital heart disease

cKO:

Conditional knockout

CNS:

Central nervous system

Dll:

Delta-like canonical Notch ligand

DOCK:

Dedicator of cytokinesis

E:

Embryonic day

EGF:

Epidermal growth factor

EMT:

Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition

ENU:

N-Ethyl N-nitrosourea

EOGT:

EGF domain-specific O-linked N-acetylglucosamine transferase

FGF:

Fibroblast growth factor

HCS:

Hajdu-Cheney syndrome

Hes:

Hairy and enhancer of split

HLHS:

Hypoplastic left heart syndrome

IM:

Infantile myofibromatosis

Jag:

Jagged

KO:

Knockout

LMS:

Lateral meningocele syndrome

LOF:

Loss of function

LW:

Lateral wall

MET:

Mesenchymal-to-epithelial transition

NEPs:

Neuroepithelial cells

NICD:

Notch intracellular domain

NRR:

Negative regulatory region

NSCs:

Neural stem cells

OMIM:

Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man

PEST sequence:

Peptide sequence that is rich in proline (P), glutamic acid (E), serine (S), and threonine (T)

RBPJ:

Recombination signal binding protein for immunoglobulin kappa J region

TAA:

Thoracic aortic aneurysms

TOF:

Tetralogy of Fallot

VSD:

Ventricular septal defect

vSMC:

Vascular smooth muscle cell

Wnt:

Wingless

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Reichrath, J., Reichrath, S. (2020). Notch Pathway and Inherited Diseases: Challenge and Promise. In: Reichrath, J., Reichrath, S. (eds) Notch Signaling in Embryology and Cancer. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 1218. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34436-8_9

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