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Shnaider TA, Khabarova AA, Morozova KN, Yunusova AM, Yakovleva SA, Chvileva AS, Wolf ER, Kiseleva EV, Grigor'eva EV, Voinova VY, Lagarkova MA, Pomerantseva EA, Musatova EV, Smirnov AV, Smirnova AV, Stoklitskaya DS, Arefieva TI, Larina DA, Nikitina TV, Pristyazhnyuk IE. Ultrastructural Abnormalities in Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Neural Stem Cells and Neurons of Two Cohen Syndrome Patients. Cells 2023; 12:2702. [PMID: 38067130 PMCID: PMC10705360 DOI: 10.3390/cells12232702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2023] [Revised: 11/12/2023] [Accepted: 11/20/2023] [Indexed: 12/18/2023] Open
Abstract
Cohen syndrome is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by VPS13B (COH1) gene mutations. This syndrome is significantly underdiagnosed and is characterized by intellectual disability, microcephaly, autistic symptoms, hypotension, myopia, retinal dystrophy, neutropenia, and obesity. VPS13B regulates intracellular membrane transport and supports the Golgi apparatus structure, which is critical for neuron formation. We generated induced pluripotent stem cells from two patients with pronounced manifestations of Cohen syndrome and differentiated them into neural stem cells and neurons. Using transmission electron microscopy, we documented multiple new ultrastructural changes associated with Cohen syndrome in the neuronal cells. We discovered considerable disturbances in the structure of some organelles: Golgi apparatus fragmentation and swelling, endoplasmic reticulum structural reorganization, mitochondrial defects, and the accumulation of large autophagosomes with undigested contents. These abnormalities underline the ultrastructural similarity of Cohen syndrome to many neurodegenerative diseases. The cell models that we developed based on patient-specific induced pluripotent stem cells can serve to uncover not only neurodegenerative processes, but the causes of intellectual disability in general.
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Affiliation(s)
- Tatiana A Shnaider
- Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
- Department of Natural Sciences, Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Department of Natural Sciences, Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Department of Natural Sciences, Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Department of Natural Sciences, Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Clinical Research Institute of Pediatrics Named after Acad. Y.E. Veltischev, Moscow 125412, Russia
- The Mental Health Research Center, Moscow 115522, Russia
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- Lopukhin Federal Research and Clinical Center of Physical-Chemical Medicine of Federal Medical Biological Agency, Moscow 119435, Russia
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- Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Clinical Research Institute of Pediatrics Named after Acad. Y.E. Veltischev, Moscow 125412, Russia
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- National Medical Research Centre of Cardiology Named after Academician E. I. Chazov., Moscow 121552, Russia
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- Clinical Research Institute of Pediatrics Named after Acad. Y.E. Veltischev, Moscow 125412, Russia
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- Research Institute of Medical Genetics, Tomsk National Research Medical Center, Tomsk 634050, Russia
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- Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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Disease relevance of rare VPS13B missense variants for neurodevelopmental Cohen syndrome. Sci Rep 2022; 12:9686. [PMID: 35690661 PMCID: PMC9188546 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-13717-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2022] [Accepted: 05/13/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Autosomal recessive Cohen syndrome is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by postnatal microcephaly, intellectual disability, and a typical facial gestalt. Genetic variants in VPS13B have been found to cause Cohen syndrome, but have also been linked to autism, retinal disease, primary immunodeficiency, and short stature. While it is well established that loss-of-function mutations of VPS13B cause Cohen syndrome, the relevance of missense variants for the pathomechanism remains unexplained. Here, we investigate their pathogenic effect through a systematic re-evaluation of clinical patient information, comprehensive in silico predictions, and in vitro testing of previously published missense variants. In vitro analysis of 10 subcloned VPS13B missense variants resulted in full-length proteins after transient overexpression. 6/10 VPS13B missense variants show reduced accumulation at the Golgi complex in the steady state. The overexpression of these 6/10 VPS13B missense variants did not rescue the Golgi fragmentation after the RNAi-mediated depletion of endogenous VPS13B. These results thus validate 6/10 missense variants as likely pathogenic according to the classification of the American College of Medical Genetics through the integration of clinical, genetic, in silico, and experimental data. In summary, we state that exact variant classification should be the first step towards elucidating the pathomechanisms of genetically inherited neuronal diseases.
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Hu X, Huang T, Liu Y, Zhang L, Zhu L, Peng X, Zhang S. Identification of a Novel VPS13B Mutation in a Chinese Patient with Cohen Syndrome by Whole-Exome Sequencing. Pharmgenomics Pers Med 2021; 14:1583-1589. [PMID: 34898996 PMCID: PMC8657012 DOI: 10.2147/pgpm.s327252] [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: 07/02/2021] [Accepted: 11/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Objective The present study aims to investigate the clinical features and diagnostic characteristics of children with Cohen syndrome caused by the vacuolar protein sorting 13 homolog B (VPS13B) gene mutation and to review the relevant literature to provide a reference for genetic counseling and the diagnosis of Cohen syndrome. Methods The clinical data and molecular genetic test results of a child with Cohen syndrome were retrospectively analyzed and a review of the relevant literature was conducted. Results A two-year-and-four-month-old boy was referred to the hospital for recurrent fever and shortness of breath. On physical examination, the boy was found to have growth retardation, thick bushy hair, microcephaly, hypertelorism, down-slanting palpebral fissures, and hypotonia. Genetic testing was performed, and the results suggested the presence of exon 20–32 heterozygous deletion and c.8275 delC (p.R2759 fs*18) heterozygous variant on the VPS13B gene from phenotypically normal parents. These two mutation loci have not been reported in the literature, and they were predicted by relevant software to be pathogenic variants. Conclusion We identified two novel variants in the VPS13B gene (exon 20–32 heterozygous deletion and c.8275 delC heterozygous variant) in a boy with Cohen syndrome, thus extending the spectrum of VPS13B gene variants in patients with Cohen syndrome.
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- Xiaoyun Hu
- Department of Pediatrics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pediatrics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pediatrics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pediatrics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pediatrics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pediatrics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pediatrics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, People's Republic of China
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Schwarz JM, Lüpken R, Seelow D, Kehr B. Novel sequencing technologies and bioinformatic tools for deciphering the non-coding genome. MED GENET-BERLIN 2021. [DOI: 10.1515/medgen-2021-2072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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High-throughput sequencing techniques have significantly increased the molecular diagnosis rate for patients with monogenic disorders. This is primarily due to a substantially increased identification rate of disease mutations in the coding sequence, primarily SNVs and indels. Further progress is hampered by difficulties in the detection of structural variants and the interpretation of variants outside the coding sequence. In this review, we provide an overview about how novel sequencing techniques and state-of-the-art algorithms can be used to discover small and structural variants across the whole genome and introduce bioinformatic tools for the prediction of effects variants may have in the non-coding part of the genome.
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- Jana Marie Schwarz
- Department of Neuropediatrics , Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin , Berlin , Germany
- NeuroCure Cluster of Excellence , Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin , Berlin , Germany
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- BIH–Junior Research Group Genome Informatics , Berlin Institute of Health at Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin , Berlin , Germany
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- BIH–Bioinformatics and Translational Genetics , Berlin Institute of Health at Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin , Berlin , Germany
- Institute for Medical and Human Genetics , Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin , Berlin , Germany
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- BIH–Junior Research Group Genome Informatics , Berlin Institute of Health at Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin , Berlin , Germany
- Algorithmic Bioinformatics , Regensburg Center for Interventional Immunology (RCI) , Franz-Josef-Strauß-Allee 11 , Regensburg , Germany
- University Regensburg , Regensburg , Germany
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Li L, Bu X, Ji Y, Tan P, Liu S. A Novel Homozygous VPS13B Splice-Site Mutation Causing the Skipping of Exon 38 in a Chinese Family With Cohen Syndrome. Front Pediatr 2021; 9:651621. [PMID: 33959574 PMCID: PMC8093766 DOI: 10.3389/fped.2021.651621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2021] [Accepted: 03/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Background: Cohen syndrome (CS) is a clinically heterogeneous disorder characterized by extensive phenotypic variation with autosomal recessive inheritance. VPS13B was identified to be the disease-causing gene for CS. The objectives of the present study were to screen likely pathogenic mutations of the patient with developmental delay and mental retardation, and to determinate the effect of this splice-site mutation by reverse transcription analysis. Methods: Whole exome sequencing (WES) in combination with Sanger sequencing were performed to identify the causative mutations of this CS family. Subsequently, the impact of the intronic variant on splicing was analyzed by reverse transcription and the construction of expression vector. Results: A novel homozygous splice-site mutation (c.6940+1G>T) in the VPS13B gene was identified in this proband. Sanger sequencing analysis of the cDNA demonstrated that the c.6940+1G>T variant could cause the skipping of entire exon 38, resulting in the loss of 208 nucleotides and further give rise to the generation of a premature in-frame stop codon at code 2,247. Conclusions: The homozygous VPS13B splicing variant c.6940+1G>T was co-segregated with the CS phenotypes in this family and was identified to be the cause of CS after comprehensive consideration of the clinical manifestations, genetic analysis and cDNA sequencing result.
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- Liangshan Li
- Medical Genetic Department, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.,Department of Clinical Laboratory, Medical College of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Transfusion, Qingdao Women and Children's Hospital, Qingdao, China
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- Newborn Disease Screening Centre, Yantai Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Yantai, China
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- Obstetrical Department, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Medical Genetic Department, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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