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A novel insight into differential expression profiles of sporadic cerebral cavernous malformation patients with different symptoms. Sci Rep 2021; 11:19351. [PMID: 34588521 PMCID: PMC8481309 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-98647-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2021] [Accepted: 09/09/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
Abstract
Cerebral cavernous malformation (CCM) is a vascular lesion of the central nervous system that may lead to distinct symptoms among patients including cerebral hemorrhages, epileptic seizures, focal neurologic deficits, and/or headaches. Disease-related mutations were identified previously in one of the three CCM genes: CCM1, CCM2, and CCM3. However, the rate of these mutations in sporadic cases is relatively low, and new studies report that mutations in CCM genes may not be sufficient to initiate the lesions. Despite the growing body of research on CCM, the underlying molecular mechanism has remained largely elusive. In order to provide a novel insight considering the specific manifested symptoms, CCM patients were classified into two groups (as Epilepsy and Hemorrhage). Since the studied patients experience various symptoms, we hypothesized that the underlying cause for the disease may also differ between those groups. To this end, the respective transcriptomes were compared to the transcriptomes of the control brain tissues and among each other. This resulted into the identification of the differentially expressed coding genes and the delineation of the corresponding differential expression profile for each comparison. Notably, some of those differentially expressed genes were previously implicated in epilepsy, cell structure formation, and cell metabolism. However, no CCM1-3 gene deregulation was detected. Interestingly, we observed that when compared to the normal controls, the expression of some identified genes was only significantly altered either in Epilepsy (EGLN1, ELAVL4, and NFE2l2) or Hemorrhage (USP22, EYA1, SIX1, OAS3, SRMS) groups. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first such effort focusing on CCM patients with epileptic and hemorrhagic symptoms with the purpose of uncovering the potential CCM-related genes. It is also the first report that presents a gene expression dataset on Turkish CCM patients. The results suggest that the new candidate genes should be explored to further elucidate the CCM pathology. Overall, this work constitutes a step towards the identification of novel potential genetic targets for the development of possible future therapies.
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Jiang XY, Zhang Y, Yin X, Nan D, Wang X, Feng JC, Miao J. A novel CCM3 mutation associated with cerebral cavernous malformation in a Chinese family. Ther Adv Neurol Disord 2020; 13:1756286420902664. [PMID: 32071616 PMCID: PMC6997961 DOI: 10.1177/1756286420902664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2019] [Accepted: 12/17/2019] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Background: Cerebral cavernous malformation (CCM), especially the familial form, is a
relatively rare congenital and occult vascular disease of the central
nervous system. The familial form of CCM has been linked to three different
genes: KRIT1/CCM1,
MGC4607/CCM2, and
PDCD10/CCM3; however, the genetic
basis of CCM is not well understood. The
PDCD10/CCM3 is the most recent gene to
be identified that results in worse clinical symptoms. Early diagnosis and
treatment is important for patient prognosis. Case report: The proband is a 38-year-old male who has been suffering from weakness in the
limbs for 7 months. Investigation of his family history revealed that his
mother also suffered from limbs paralysis and had been bedridden for a long
time. His older brother suffered from headache for years, whereas his
younger brother was asymptomatic. Brain computed tomography analysis of all
family members showed multiple high-density shadows. Subsequently, magnetic
resonance imaging analysis identified more prominent and similar multiple
intracranial lesions in all family members. The lesions were hypo-intense,
or showed mixed signs on T1-weighted imaging, and were significantly more
intense on T2-weighted imaging. To understand the genetic basis of the
disease in the family, DNA sequencing analysis was performed. A novel
deletion mutation in the PDCD10/CCM3 gene
was identified in the proband and his relatives. The deletion resulted in a
frameshift mutation and premature termination of translation of the protein,
and potentially caused the disease in this family. Conclusions: Our study identified a novel PDCD10/CCM3
heterozygous deletion (c.165delT) associated with CCM. This finding expands
the CCM gene mutation profile, which will be beneficial for
genetic counseling and clinical therapy.
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- Xiao-Yu Jiang
- First Hospital, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China
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- First Hospital, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China
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- First Hospital, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China
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- First Hospital, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China
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- First Hospital, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China
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- Jilin University First Hospital, Changchun, Jilin, China, 130021
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Parveen A, Kumar R, Tandon R, Khurana S, Goswami C, Kumar A. Mutational hotspots of HSP47 and its potential role in cancer and bone-disorders. Genomics 2019; 112:552-566. [PMID: 30986427 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2019.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2018] [Revised: 02/16/2019] [Accepted: 04/11/2019] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
Abstract
Heat shock protein 47 kDa (HSP47) serves as a client-specific chaperone, essential for collagen biosynthesis and its folding and structural assembly. To date, there is no comprehensive study on mutational hotspots. Using five different human mutational databases, we deduced a comprehensive list of human HSP47 mutations with 24, 67, 50, 43 and 2 deleterious mutations from the 1000 genomes data, gnomAD, COSMICv86, cBioPortal, and CanVar, respectively. We identified thirteen top-ranked missense mutations of HSP47 with the stringent cut-off of CADD score (>25) and Grantham score (≥151) as Ser76Trp, Arg103Cys, Arg116Cys, Ser159Phe, Arg167Cys, Arg280Cys, Trp293Cys, Gly323Trp, Arg339Cys, Arg373Cys, Arg377Cys, Ser399Phe, and Arg405Cys with the arginine-cysteine changes as the predominant mutations. These findings will assist in the evaluation of roles of HSP47 in collagen misfolding and human diseases such as cancer and bone disorders.
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Affiliation(s)
- Alisha Parveen
- Medical Research Center, Medical Faculty of Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
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- Center for Molecular Biology of Heidelberg University (ZMBH), DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Laboratory of AIDS Research and Immunology, School of Biotechnology, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
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- Pharmacology Department, Central Drug Research Institute - Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- National Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India
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- Department of Genetics & Molecular Biology in Botany, Institute of Botany, Christian-Albrechts-University at Kiel, Germany.
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Wang K, Wu D, Zhang B, Zhao G. Novel KRIT1/CCM1 and MGC4607/CCM2 Gene Variants in Chinese Families With Cerebral Cavernous Malformations. Front Neurol 2018; 9:1128. [PMID: 30622508 PMCID: PMC6308150 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2018.01128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2018] [Accepted: 12/10/2018] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
Abstract
Familial cerebral cavernous malformations (CCMs) are autosomal dominant disorders characterized by hemorrhagic strokes, recurrent headache, epilepsy, and focal neurological deficits. Genetic variants in KRIT1/CCM1, MGC4607/CCM2, and PDCD10/CCM3 genes contribute to CCMs. The clinical information of two Chinese families with CCMs was collected. MRI and video-electroencephalography were performed. Genetic variants of CCM1, CCM2, and CCM3 genes were investigated by exome sequencing. The patients were presented with recurrent epilepsy or headache. Susceptibility-weighted images of brains showed many dark dots, while video-electroencephalography revealed many spikes from multiple brain regions of patients. Exome sequencing revealed a novel CCM1 genetic variant (c.1599_1601TGAdel, p.Asp533del) and a novel CCM2 genetic variant (c.773delA, p.K258fsX34) in Family one and Family two, respectively; cosegregation existed in these two families. The two family members presented typical CCMs symptoms. These two novel genetic variants in CCM1 and CCM2 genes were the causation of CCM in the two Chinese families, and our data enriched the genetic variant spectrum of CCM genes.
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- Kang Wang
- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Neurology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
- Department of Neurology, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Yiwu, China
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The disease known as cerebral cavernous malformations mostly occurs in the central nervous system, and their typical histological presentations are multiple lumen formation and vascular leakage at the brain capillary level, resulting in disruption of the blood-brain barrier. These abnormalities result in severe neurological symptoms such as seizures, focal neurological deficits and hemorrhagic strokes. CCM research has identified ‘loss of function’ mutations of three ccm genes responsible for the disease and also complex regulation of multiple signaling pathways including the WNT/β-catenin pathway, TGF-β and Notch signaling by the ccm genes. Although CCM research is a relatively new and small scientific field, as CCM research has the potential to regulate systemic blood vessel permeability and angiogenesis including that of the blood-brain barrier, this field is growing rapidly. In this review, I will provide a brief overview of CCM pathogenesis and function of ccm genes based on recent progress in CCM research. [BMB Reports 2016; 49(5): 255-262]
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Affiliation(s)
- Jaehong Kim
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Gachon University, Incheon 21936; Department of Health Sciences and Technology, Gachon Advanced Institute for Health Science and Technology, Gachon University, Incheon 21999, Korea
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Update on Novel CCM Gene Mutations in Patients with Cerebral Cavernous Malformations. J Mol Neurosci 2016; 61:189-198. [DOI: 10.1007/s12031-016-0863-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2016] [Accepted: 11/11/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Kumar A, Bhandari A, Sarde SJ, Muppavarapu S, Tandon R. Data on the evolutionary history of the V(D)J recombination-activating protein 1 - RAG1 coupled with sequence and variant analyses. Data Brief 2016; 8:87-92. [PMID: 27284568 PMCID: PMC4887553 DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2016.05.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2015] [Revised: 05/05/2016] [Accepted: 05/12/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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RAG1 protein is one of the key component of RAG complex regulating the V(D)J recombination. There are only few studies for RAG1 concerning evolutionary history, detailed sequence and mutational hotspots. Herein, we present out datasets used for the recent comprehensive study of RAG1 based on sequence, phylogenetic and genetic variant analyses (Kumar et al., 2015) [1]. Protein sequence alignment helped in characterizing the conserved domains and regions of RAG1. It also aided in unraveling ancestral RAG1 in the sea urchin. Human genetic variant analyses revealed 751 mutational hotspots, located both in the coding and the non-coding regions. For further analysis and discussion, see (Kumar et al., 2015) [1].
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- Abhishek Kumar
- Department of Genetics & Molecular Biology in Botany, Institute of Botany, Christian-Albrechts-University at Kiel, Kiel, Germany
- Division of Molecular Genetic Epidemiology German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Molecular Physiology, Institute of Zoology, Christian-Albrechts-University at Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Genetics & Molecular Biology in Botany, Institute of Botany, Christian-Albrechts-University at Kiel, Kiel, Germany
- Agrigenomics, Christian-Albrechts-University at Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- School of Biotechnology, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
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Kumar A, Bhandari A, Sarde SJ, Muppavarapu S, Tandon R. Understanding V(D)J recombination initiator RAG1 gene using molecular phylogenetic and genetic variant analyses and upgrading missense and non-coding variants of clinical importance. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2015; 462:301-13. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2015.04.125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2015] [Accepted: 04/26/2015] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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