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Claus LR, Chen C, Stallworth J, Turner JL, Slaats GG, Hawks AL, Mabillard H, Senum SR, Srikanth S, Flanagan-Steet H, Louie RJ, Silver J, Lerner-Ellis J, Morel C, Mighton C, Sleutels F, van Slegtenhorst M, van Ham T, Brooks AS, Dorresteijn EM, Barakat TS, Dahan K, Demoulin N, Goffin EJ, Olinger E, Larsen M, Hertz JM, Lilien MR, Obeidová L, Seeman T, Stone HK, Kerecuk L, Gurgu M, Yousef Yengej FA, Ammerlaan CME, Rookmaaker MB, Hanna C, Rogers RC, Duran K, Peters E, Sayer JA, van Haaften G, Harris PC, Ling K, Mason JM, van Eerde AM, Steet R. Certain heterozygous variants in the kinase domain of the serine/threonine kinase NEK8 can cause an autosomal dominant form of polycystic kidney disease. Kidney Int 2023; 104:995-1007. [PMID: 37598857 PMCID: PMC10592035 DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2023.07.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2022] [Revised: 07/22/2023] [Accepted: 07/28/2023] [Indexed: 08/22/2023]
Abstract
Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) resulting from pathogenic variants in PKD1 and PKD2 is the most common form of PKD, but other genetic causes tied to primary cilia function have been identified. Biallelic pathogenic variants in the serine/threonine kinase NEK8 cause a syndromic ciliopathy with extra-kidney manifestations. Here we identify NEK8 as a disease gene for ADPKD in 12 families. Clinical evaluation was combined with functional studies using fibroblasts and tubuloids from affected individuals. Nek8 knockout mouse kidney epithelial (IMCD3) cells transfected with wild type or variant NEK8 were further used to study ciliogenesis, ciliary trafficking, kinase function, and DNA damage responses. Twenty-one affected monoallelic individuals uniformly exhibited cystic kidney disease (mostly neonatal) without consistent extra-kidney manifestations. Recurrent de novo mutations of the NEK8 missense variant p.Arg45Trp, including mosaicism, were seen in ten families. Missense variants elsewhere within the kinase domain (p.Ile150Met and p.Lys157Gln) were also identified. Functional studies demonstrated normal localization of the NEK8 protein to the proximal cilium and no consistent cilia formation defects in patient-derived cells. NEK8-wild type protein and all variant forms of the protein expressed in Nek8 knockout IMCD3 cells were localized to cilia and supported ciliogenesis. However, Nek8 knockout IMCD3 cells expressing NEK8-p.Arg45Trp and NEK8-p.Lys157Gln showed significantly decreased polycystin-2 but normal ANKS6 localization in cilia. Moreover, p.Arg45Trp NEK8 exhibited reduced kinase activity in vitro. In patient derived tubuloids and IMCD3 cells expressing NEK8-p.Arg45Trp, DNA damage signaling was increased compared to healthy passage-matched controls. Thus, we propose a dominant-negative effect for specific heterozygous missense variants in the NEK8 kinase domain as a new cause of PKD.
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- Laura R Claus
- Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, USA
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- Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, Regenerative Medicine Center Utrecht, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, USA
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- Newcastle University, Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Research Division, Greenwood Genetic Center, Greenwood, South Carolina, USA
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- Research Division, Greenwood Genetic Center, Greenwood, South Carolina, USA
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- Fred A. Litwin Family Centre in Genetic Medicine, University Health Network and Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Fred A. Litwin Family Centre in Genetic Medicine, University Health Network and Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Institute Pathology and Genetic, Center of Human Genetics, Charleroi, Belgium
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- Division of Nephrology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium; Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, UCLouvain, Brussels, Belgium
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- Division of Nephrology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium; Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, UCLouvain, Brussels, Belgium
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- Newcastle University, Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark; Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark; Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Institute of Biology and Medical Genetics, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Pediatrics, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic; Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic; Faculty of Medicine, University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Birmingham Women's and Children's National Health Services (NHS) Foundation Trust, National Institute for Health Care and Research (NIHR) Clinical Research Network (CRN) West Midlands, Birmingham, UK
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- Fundeni Clinical Institute, Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands; Hubrecht Institute for Developmental Biology and Stem Cell Research-KNAW, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands; Hubrecht Institute for Developmental Biology and Stem Cell Research-KNAW, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA; Division of Pediatric Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Research Division, Greenwood Genetic Center, Greenwood, South Carolina, USA
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- Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Newcastle University, Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK; Renal Services, The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle, UK; National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre, Newcastle, UK
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- Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA; Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA; Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
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- Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, USA.
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- Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
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- Research Division, Greenwood Genetic Center, Greenwood, South Carolina, USA.
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Koop K, Yuan W, Tessadori F, Rodriguez-Polanco WR, Grubbs J, Zhang B, Osmond M, Graham G, Sawyer S, Conboy E, Vetrini F, Treat K, Płoski R, Pienkowski VM, Kłosowska A, Fieg E, Krier J, Mallebranche C, Alban Z, Aldinger KA, Ritter D, Macnamara E, Sullivan B, Herriges J, Alaimo JT, Helbig C, Ellis CA, van Eyk C, Gecz J, Farrugia D, Osei-Owusu I, Adès L, van den Boogaard MJ, Fuchs S, Bakker J, Duran K, Dawson ZD, Lindsey A, Huang H, Baldridge D, Silverman GA, Grant BD, Raizen D, van Haaften G, Pak SC, Rehmann H, Schedl T, van Hasselt P. Macrocephaly and developmental delay caused by missense variants in RAB5C. Hum Mol Genet 2023; 32:3063-3077. [PMID: 37552066 PMCID: PMC10586195 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddad130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2023] [Revised: 07/06/2023] [Accepted: 07/29/2023] [Indexed: 08/09/2023] Open
Abstract
Rab GTPases are important regulators of intracellular vesicular trafficking. RAB5C is a member of the Rab GTPase family that plays an important role in the endocytic pathway, membrane protein recycling and signaling. Here we report on 12 individuals with nine different heterozygous de novo variants in RAB5C. All but one patient with missense variants (n = 9) exhibited macrocephaly, combined with mild-to-moderate developmental delay. Patients with loss of function variants (n = 2) had an apparently more severe clinical phenotype with refractory epilepsy and intellectual disability but a normal head circumference. Four missense variants were investigated experimentally. In vitro biochemical studies revealed that all four variants were damaging, resulting in increased nucleotide exchange rate, attenuated responsivity to guanine exchange factors and heterogeneous effects on interactions with effector proteins. Studies in C. elegans confirmed that all four variants were damaging in vivo and showed defects in endocytic pathway function. The variant heterozygotes displayed phenotypes that were not observed in null heterozygotes, with two shown to be through a dominant negative mechanism. Expression of the human RAB5C variants in zebrafish embryos resulted in defective development, further underscoring the damaging effects of the RAB5C variants. Our combined bioinformatic, in vitro and in vivo experimental studies and clinical data support the association of RAB5C missense variants with a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by macrocephaly and mild-to-moderate developmental delay through disruption of the endocytic pathway.
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- Klaas Koop
- Department of Pediatrics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, 3584 EA, The Netherlands
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Genetics, C. elegans Model Organism Screening Center, Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Hubrecht Institute-KNAW and University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, 3584 CT, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ, 08854, USA
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- Department of Neurology and the Chronobiology and Sleep Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Genetics, C. elegans Model Organism Screening Center, Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, K1H 8L1, Canada
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- Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, K1H 8L1, Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, K1H 8L1, Canada
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- Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA
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- Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA
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- Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, 02-106, Poland
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, 02-106, Poland
- Marseille Medical Genetics U1251, Aix Marseille University, Marseille, 13005, France
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- Department of Pediatrics, Hematology and Oncology, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, 80-210, Poland
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- Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
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- Unité d'Onco-Hémato-Immunologie pédiatrique, CHU d’Angers, Angers, 49933, France
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- Service de génétique, CHU d’Angers, Angers, 49933, France
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- Center for Integrative Brain Research, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
- Division of Genetic Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Oncology Section, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Undiagnosed Diseases Program Translational Laboratory, NHGRI, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Division of Clinical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Mercy-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, 64108, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Mercy-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, 64108, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children's Mercy-Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, 64108, USA
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- The Epilepsy Neurogenetics Initiative, Division of Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia PA, 19104, USA
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- Robinson Research Institute, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5006, Australia
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- Robinson Research Institute, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5006, Australia
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- Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, 02142, USA
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, 2145, Australia
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- Department of Genetics, Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, 3584EA, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, 3584 EA, The Netherlands
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- Hubrecht Institute-KNAW and University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, 3584 CT, The Netherlands
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- Hubrecht Institute-KNAW and University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, 3584 CT, The Netherlands
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Genetics, C. elegans Model Organism Screening Center, Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Genetics, C. elegans Model Organism Screening Center, Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Genetics, C. elegans Model Organism Screening Center, Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Genetics, C. elegans Model Organism Screening Center, Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Genetics, C. elegans Model Organism Screening Center, Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ, 08854, USA
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- Department of Neurology and the Chronobiology and Sleep Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, 3584EA, The Netherlands
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Genetics, C. elegans Model Organism Screening Center, Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Energy and Biotechnology, Flensburg University of Applied Sciences, 24943, Flensburg, Germany
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Genetics, C. elegans Model Organism Screening Center, Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, 3584 EA, The Netherlands
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Claus L, Stallworth J, van Jaarsveld R, Turner J, Hawks A, May M, Flanagan-Steet H, Louie R, Silver J, Lerner-Ellise J, Morel C, Mighton C, Ziegler A, Barakat S, Dahan K, Demoulin N, Jean Goffin E, Larsen M, Michael Hertz J, Lilien M, Olinger E, Sayer J, Obeidová L, Seeman T, Senum S, Hanna C, Rogers C, Duran K, Peters E, Harris P, Mason J, van Haaften G, M. Van Eerde A, Steet R. FC044: Heterozygous Variants in Kinase Domain of NEK8 cause an Autosomal-Dominant Ciliopathy. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfac104.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND AIMS
NEK8/NPHP9 encodes a protein that localizes to the primary cilium. Biallelic NEK8 variants are known to cause multiorgan developmental defects, including kidney cystic dysplasia and extensive extra-renal defects, with heterozygous carrier parents being asymptomatic [1]. This autosomal recessive inheritance is the most common inheritance mode for ciliopathies. Complementary to this, we now propose a dominant negative effect for specific heterozygous NEK8 missense variants in the kinase domain resulting in an autosomal-dominant ciliopathy.
METHOD
We performed genetic testing in patients from several medical centers. To explore the consequences of the identified NEK8 variants, we are performing cilia staining assays in patients' skin fibroblast and kidney cells, as well as in mIMCD3 cells overexpressing the identified variants. Furthermore, we are examining the impact of the NEK8 variants on replication stress response.
RESULTS
We identified three distinct heterozygous NEK8 variants in 12 families (Table 1), all leading to missense alterations in the kinase domain. Interestingly the p.Arg45Trp variant is a recurrent variant we detected in 10 unrelated families. All patients have a kidney phenotype that varies from mild focal segmental glomerulosclerosis to prenatal presentation with polycystic kidneys. Most patients have kidney failure needing kidney replacement therapy at varying ages of onset. In all patients, we thoroughly checked whether a second variant could be found. Furthermore, the large symptomatic family and de novo occurrences favor a dominant inheritance mode. Our preliminary results from functional studies show abnormal primary cilia formation in serum-starved cells as well as increased replication stress.
CONCLUSION
We present the first evidence for a pathogenic effect of heterozygous NEK8 variants. Remarkably our patients present with a kidney limited phenotype as compared to the multiorgan defects found in patients with biallelic variants. This reveals a new mode of inheritance for NEK8 variants and expands genotype-phenotype correlations for this gene.
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- Laura Claus
- Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, USA
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- Fred A. Litwin Family Centre in Genetic Medicine, Toronto, Canada
- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada
- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Toronto, Canada
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- Fred A. Litwin Family Centre in Genetic Medicine, Toronto, Canada
- Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Toronto, Canada
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Genetics, University Hospital of Angers, France
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Institute Pathology And Genetic, Center of Human Genetics, Charleroi, Belgium
- Division of Nephrology, Université Catholique de Louvain Medical School, Brussels, France
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- Department of Nephrology, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc (UCLouvain), Bruxelles, Belgium
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- Department of Nephrology, Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc (UCLouvain), Bruxelles, Belgium
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital (WKZ), Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Institute of Biology and Medical Genetics, Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Dr von Haunersches Kinderspital Kinderklinik und Kinderpoliklinik der Ludwig Maximilian Universitat Munchen, München, Germany
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA
- Division of Pediatric Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA
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- Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Biochemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, USA
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- Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Besteman SB, Phung E, Raeven HHM, Amatngalim GD, Rumpret M, Crabtree J, Schepp RM, Rodenburg LW, Siemonsma SG, Verleur N, van Slooten R, Duran K, van Haaften GW, Beekman JM, Chang LA, Meyaard L, van der Bruggen T, Berbers GAM, Derksen N, Nierkens S, Morabito KM, Ruckwardt TJ, Kurt-Jones EA, Golenbock D, Graham BS, Bont LJ. Recurrent Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection in a CD14-Deficient Patient. J Infect Dis 2022; 226:258-269. [PMID: 35429403 PMCID: PMC9400420 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiac114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2021] [Accepted: 04/14/2022] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Recurrent respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection requiring hospitalization is rare and the underlying mechanism is unknown. We aimed to determine the role of CD14-mediated immunity in the pathogenesis of recurrent RSV infection. METHODS We performed genotyping and longitudinal immunophenotyping of the first patient with a genetic CD14 deficiency who developed recurrent RSV infection. We analyzed gene expression profiles and interleukin (IL)-6 production by patient peripheral blood mononuclear cells in response to RSV pre- and post-fusion (F) protein. We generated CD14-deficient human nasal epithelial cells cultured at air-liquid interface (HNEC-ALI) of patient-derived cells and after CRISPR-based gene editing of control cells. We analyzed viral replication upon RSV infection. RESULTS Sanger sequencing revealed a homozygous single-nucleotide deletion in CD14, resulting in absence of the CD14 protein in the index patient. In vitro, viral replication was similar in wild-type and CD14-/- HNEC-ALI. Loss of immune cell CD14 led to impaired cytokine and chemokine responses to RSV pre- and post-F protein, characterized by absence of IL-6 production. CONCLUSIONS We report an association of recurrent RSV bronchiolitis with a loss of CD14 function in immune cells. Lack of CD14 function led to defective immune responses to RSV pre- and post-F protein without a change in viral replication.
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- Sjanna B Besteman
- Correspondence: Sjanna B. Besteman, M.D., Department of Pediatrics, Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, Lundlaan 6, 3584 EA Utrecht, the Netherlands ()
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- Department of Pediatric Pulmonology, Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands,Regenerative Medicine Center Utrecht, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Center for Translational Immunology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands,Oncode Institute, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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- National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Pulmonology, Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands,Regenerative Medicine Center Utrecht, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Center for Translational Immunology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Center for Translational Immunology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Genetics, Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Genetics, Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Pulmonology, Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands,Regenerative Medicine Center Utrecht, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Center for Translational Immunology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands,Oncode Institute, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands
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- Center for Translational Immunology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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- Vaccine Research Center, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Center for Translational Immunology, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands,Department of Pediatrics, Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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Tessadori F, Duran K, Knapp K, Fellner M, Smithson S, Beleza Meireles A, Elting MW, Waisfisz Q, O’Donnell-Luria A, Nowak C, Douglas J, Ronan A, Brunet T, Kotzaeridou U, Svihovec S, Saenz MS, Thiffault I, Del Viso F, Devine P, Rego S, Tenney J, van Haeringen A, Ruivenkamp CA, Koene S, Robertson SP, Deshpande C, Pfundt R, Verbeek N, van de Kamp JM, Weiss JM, Ruiz A, Gabau E, Banne E, Pepler A, Bottani A, Laurent S, Guipponi M, Bijlsma E, Bruel AL, Sorlin A, Willis M, Powis Z, Smol T, Vincent-Delorme C, Baralle D, Colin E, Revencu N, Calpena E, Wilkie AO, Chopra M, Cormier-Daire V, Keren B, Afenjar A, Niceta M, Terracciano A, Specchio N, Tartaglia M, Rio M, Barcia G, Rondeau S, Colson C, Bakkers J, Mace PD, Bicknell LS, van Haaften G, van Haaften G. Recurrent de novo missense variants across multiple histone H4 genes underlie a neurodevelopmental syndrome. Am J Hum Genet 2022; 109:750-758. [PMID: 35202563 PMCID: PMC9069069 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2022.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2021] [Accepted: 02/03/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Chromatin is essentially an array of nucleosomes, each of which consists of the DNA double-stranded fiber wrapped around a histone octamer. This organization supports cellular processes such as DNA replication, DNA transcription, and DNA repair in all eukaryotes. Human histone H4 is encoded by fourteen canonical histone H4 genes, all differing at the nucleotide level but encoding an invariant protein. Here, we present a cohort of 29 subjects with de novo missense variants in six H4 genes (H4C3, H4C4, H4C5, H4C6, H4C9, and H4C11) identified by whole-exome sequencing and matchmaking. All individuals present with neurodevelopmental features of intellectual disability and motor and/or gross developmental delay, while non-neurological features are more variable. Ten amino acids are affected, six recurrently, and are all located within the H4 core or C-terminal tail. These variants cluster to specific regions of the core H4 globular domain, where protein-protein interactions occur with either other histone subunits or histone chaperones. Functional consequences of the identified variants were evaluated in zebrafish embryos, which displayed abnormal general development, defective head organs, and reduced body axis length, providing compelling evidence for the causality of the reported disorder(s). While multiple developmental syndromes have been linked to chromatin-associated factors, missense-bearing histone variants (e.g., H3 oncohistones) are only recently emerging as a major cause of pathogenicity. Our findings establish a broader involvement of H4 variants in developmental syndromes.
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- Department of Genetics, Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, 3584 Utrecht, the Netherlands.
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Roze J, Sendino Garví E, Stelloo E, Stangl C, Sereno F, Duran K, Groeneweg J, Paijens S, Nijman H, van Meurs H, van Lonkhuijzen L, Piek J, Lok C, Jonges G, Witteveen P, Verheijen R, van Haaften G, Zweemer R, Monroe G. In Vitro Systematic Drug Testing Reveals Carboplatin, Paclitaxel, and Alpelisib as a Potential Novel Combination Treatment for Adult Granulosa Cell Tumors. Cancers (Basel) 2021; 13:368. [PMID: 33498451 PMCID: PMC7864192 DOI: 10.3390/cancers13030368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2020] [Revised: 01/15/2021] [Accepted: 01/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
Adult granulosa cell tumors (AGCTs) arise from the estrogen-producing granulosa cells. Treatment of recurrence remains a clinical challenge, as systemic anti-hormonal treatment or chemotherapy is only effective in selected patients. We established a method to rapidly screen for drug responses in vitro using direct patient-derived cell lines in order to optimize treatment selection. The response to 11 monotherapies and 12 combination therapies, including chemotherapeutic, anti-hormonal, and targeted agents, were tested in 12 AGCT-patient-derived cell lines and an AGCT cell line (KGN). Drug screens were performed within 3 weeks after tissue collection by measurement of cell viability 72 h after drug application. The potential synergy of drug combinations was assessed. The human maximum drug plasma concentration (Cmax) and steady state (Css) thresholds obtained from available phase I/II clinical trials were used to predict potential toxicity in patients. Patient-derived AGCT cell lines demonstrated resistance to all monotherapies. All cell lines showed synergistic growth inhibition by combination treatment with carboplatin, paclitaxel, and alpelisib at a concentration needed to obtain 50% cell death (IC50) that are below the maximum achievable concentration in patients (IC50 < Cmax). We show that AGCT cell lines can be rapidly established and used for patient-specific in vitro drug testing, which may guide treatment decisions. Combination treatment with carboplatin, paclitaxel, and alpelisib was consistently effective in AGCT cell lines and should be further studied as a potential effective combination for AGCT treatment in patients.
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- Joline Roze
- Department of Gynaecological Oncology, UMC Utrecht Cancer Center, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands; (J.R.); (J.G.); (R.V.); (G.M.)
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- Department of Genetics, Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Oncode Institute, Utrecht University, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands; (E.S.G.); (E.S.); (C.S.); (F.S.); (K.D.); (G.v.H.)
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- Department of Genetics, Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Oncode Institute, Utrecht University, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands; (E.S.G.); (E.S.); (C.S.); (F.S.); (K.D.); (G.v.H.)
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- Department of Genetics, Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Oncode Institute, Utrecht University, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands; (E.S.G.); (E.S.); (C.S.); (F.S.); (K.D.); (G.v.H.)
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- Department of Genetics, Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Oncode Institute, Utrecht University, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands; (E.S.G.); (E.S.); (C.S.); (F.S.); (K.D.); (G.v.H.)
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- Department of Genetics, Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Oncode Institute, Utrecht University, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands; (E.S.G.); (E.S.); (C.S.); (F.S.); (K.D.); (G.v.H.)
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- Department of Gynaecological Oncology, UMC Utrecht Cancer Center, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands; (J.R.); (J.G.); (R.V.); (G.M.)
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, 9713 GZ Groningen, The Netherlands; (S.P.); (H.N.)
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, 9713 GZ Groningen, The Netherlands; (S.P.); (H.N.)
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- Department of Gynecological Oncology, Centre for Gynaecological Oncology Amsterdam, Amsterdam University Medical Center, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands; (H.v.M.); (L.v.L.)
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- Department of Gynecological Oncology, Centre for Gynaecological Oncology Amsterdam, Amsterdam University Medical Center, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands; (H.v.M.); (L.v.L.)
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Catharina Hospital, 5623 EJ Eindhoven, The Netherlands;
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- Department of Gynaecological Oncology, Centre for Gynaecological Oncology Amsterdam, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, 1066 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands;
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- Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands;
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- Department of Medical Oncology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands;
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- Department of Gynaecological Oncology, UMC Utrecht Cancer Center, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands; (J.R.); (J.G.); (R.V.); (G.M.)
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- Department of Genetics, Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Oncode Institute, Utrecht University, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands; (E.S.G.); (E.S.); (C.S.); (F.S.); (K.D.); (G.v.H.)
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- Department of Gynaecological Oncology, UMC Utrecht Cancer Center, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands; (J.R.); (J.G.); (R.V.); (G.M.)
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- Department of Gynaecological Oncology, UMC Utrecht Cancer Center, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands; (J.R.); (J.G.); (R.V.); (G.M.)
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Grange DK, Roessler HI, McClenaghan C, Duran K, Shields K, Remedi MS, Knoers NVAM, Lee JM, Kirk EP, Scurr I, Smithson SF, Singh GK, van Haelst MM, Nichols CG, van Haaften G. Cantú syndrome: Findings from 74 patients in the International Cantú Syndrome Registry. Am J Med Genet C Semin Med Genet 2020; 181:658-681. [PMID: 31828977 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.c.31753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2019] [Revised: 10/14/2019] [Accepted: 10/18/2019] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
Abstract
Cantú syndrome (CS), first described in 1982, is caused by pathogenic variants in ABCC9 and KCNJ8, which encode the regulatory and pore forming subunits of ATP-sensitive potassium (KATP ) channels, respectively. Multiple case reports of affected individuals have described the various clinical features of CS, but systematic studies are lacking. To define the effects of genetic variants on CS phenotypes and clinical outcomes, we have developed a standardized REDCap-based registry for CS. We report phenotypic features and associated genotypes on 74 CS subjects, with confirmed ABCC9 variants in 72 of the individuals. Hypertrichosis and a characteristic facial appearance are present in all individuals. Polyhydramnios during fetal life, hyperflexibility, edema, patent ductus arteriosus (PDA), cardiomegaly, dilated aortic root, vascular tortuosity of cerebral arteries, and migraine headaches are common features, although even with this large group of subjects, there is incomplete penetrance of CS-associated features, without clear correlation to genotype.
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- Dorothy K Grange
- Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.,Center for the Investigation of Membrane Excitability Diseases (CIMED)
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- Department of Genetics, Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Center for the Investigation of Membrane Excitability Diseases (CIMED).,Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Genetics, Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Center for the Investigation of Membrane Excitability Diseases (CIMED).,Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.,Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
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- Centre for Clinical Genetics, Sydney Children's Hospital, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia.,School of Women's and Children's Health, University of New South Wales, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, University Hospitals, Bristol, UK
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, University Hospitals, Bristol, UK
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- Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.,Center for the Investigation of Membrane Excitability Diseases (CIMED)
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, VU Medical Center, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Clinical Genetics, Amsterdam Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Center for the Investigation of Membrane Excitability Diseases (CIMED).,Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri
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- Department of Genetics, Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Tessadori F, Rehman AU, Giltay JC, Xia F, Streff H, Duran K, Bakkers J, Lalani SR, van Haaften G. A de novo variant in the human HIST1H4J gene causes a syndrome analogous to the HIST1H4C-associated neurodevelopmental disorder. Eur J Hum Genet 2019; 28:674-678. [PMID: 31804630 PMCID: PMC7171094 DOI: 10.1038/s41431-019-0552-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2019] [Revised: 10/23/2019] [Accepted: 11/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
Abstract
We report here a de novo missense variant in HIST1H4J resulting in a complex syndrome combining growth delay, microcephaly and intellectual disability. Trio whole exome sequencing (WES) revealed that the proband was heterozygous for a de novo c.274 A > G p.(K91E) variant in HIST1H4J, a gene not yet associated with human disease. The patient presented with profound intellectual disability, microcephaly, and dysmorphic facial features. Functional consequences of the identified de novo missense variant were evaluated in zebrafish embryos, where they affected general development, especially resulting in defective head organs and reduced body axis length. Our results show that the monoallelic p.K91E substitution on HIST1H4J underlies a human syndrome that is genetically and phenotypically akin to the HIST1H4C-associated neurodevelopmental disorder resulting from p.K91A and p.K91Q substitions in HIST1H4C. The highly overlapping patient phenotypes highlight functional similarities between HIST1H4J and HIST1H4C perturbations, establishing the singular importance of K91 across histone H4 genes for vertebrate development.
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- Federico Tessadori
- Hubrecht Institute-KNAW and UMC Utrecht, 3584 CT, Utrecht, The Netherlands.,Department of Genetics, Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584 CX, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.,New York Genome Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584 CX, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584 CX, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Hubrecht Institute-KNAW and UMC Utrecht, 3584 CT, Utrecht, The Netherlands.,Department of Medical Physiology, Division of Heart and Lungs, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584 CX, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584 CX, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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Houtman MJC, Chen X, Qile M, Duran K, van Haaften G, Stary-Weinzinger A, van der Heyden MAG. Glibenclamide and HMR1098 normalize Cantú syndrome-associated gain-of-function currents. J Cell Mol Med 2019; 23:4962-4969. [PMID: 31119887 PMCID: PMC7346732 DOI: 10.1111/jcmm.14329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2019] [Revised: 03/13/2019] [Accepted: 03/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
Cantú syndrome (CS) is caused by dominant gain-of-function mutation in ATP-dependent potassium channels. Cellular ATP concentrations regulate potassium current thereby coupling energy status with membrane excitability. No specific pharmacotherapeutic options are available to treat CS but IKATP channels are pharmaceutical targets in type II diabetes or cardiac arrhythmia treatment. We have been suggested that IKATP inhibitors, glibenclamide and HMR1098, normalize CS channels. IKATP in response to Mg-ATP, glibenclamide and HMR1098 were measured by inside-out patch-clamp electrophysiology. Results were interpreted in view of cryo-EM IKATP channel structures. Mg-ATP IC50 values of outward current were increased for D207E (0.71 ± 0.14 mmol/L), S1020P (1.83 ± 0.10), S1054Y (0.95 ± 0.06) and R1154Q (0.75 ± 0.13) channels compared to H60Y (0.14 ± 0.01) and wild-type (0.15 ± 0.01). HMR1098 dose-dependently inhibited S1020P and S1054Y channels in the presence of 0.15 mmol/L Mg-ATP, reaching, at 30 μmol/L, current levels displayed by wild-type and H60Y channels in the presence of 0.15 mmol/L Mg-ATP. Glibenclamide (10 μmol/L) induced similar normalization. S1054Y sensitivity to glibenclamide increases strongly at 0.5 mmol/L Mg-ATP compared to 0.15 mmol/L, in contrast to D207E and S1020P channels. Experimental findings agree with structural considerations. We conclude that CS channel activity can be normalized by existing drugs; however, complete normalization can be achieved at supraclinical concentrations only.
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- Marien J C Houtman
- Division of Heart and Lungs, Department of Medical Physiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Heart and Lungs, Department of Medical Physiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Center for Molecular Medicine, Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Center for Molecular Medicine, Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Division of Heart and Lungs, Department of Medical Physiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Kievit A, Tessadori F, Douben H, Jordens I, Maurice M, Hoogeboom J, Hennekam R, Nampoothiri S, Kayserili H, Castori M, Whiteford M, Motter C, Melver C, Cunningham M, Hing A, Kokitsu-Nakata NM, Vendramini-Pittoli S, Richieri-Costa A, Baas AF, Breugem CC, Duran K, Massink M, Derksen PWB, van IJcken WFJ, van Unen L, Santos-Simarro F, Lapunzina P, Gil-da Silva Lopes VL, Lustosa-Mendes E, Krall M, Slavotinek A, Martinez-Glez V, Bakkers J, van Gassen KLI, de Klein A, van den Boogaard MJH, van Haaften G. Variants in members of the cadherin-catenin complex, CDH1 and CTNND1, cause blepharocheilodontic syndrome. Eur J Hum Genet 2018; 26:210-219. [PMID: 29348693 DOI: 10.1038/s41431-017-0010-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2017] [Revised: 08/11/2017] [Accepted: 08/23/2017] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Blepharocheilodontic syndrome (BCDS) consists of lagophthalmia, ectropion of the lower eyelids, distichiasis, euryblepharon, cleft lip/palate and dental anomalies and has autosomal dominant inheritance with variable expression. We identified heterozygous variants in two genes of the cadherin-catenin complex, CDH1, encoding E-cadherin, and CTNND1, encoding p120 catenin delta1 in 15 of 17 BCDS index patients, as was recently described in a different publication. CDH1 plays an essential role in epithelial cell adherence; CTNND1 binds to CDH1 and controls the stability of the complex. Functional experiments in zebrafish and human cells showed that the CDH1 variants impair the cell adhesion function of the cadherin-catenin complex in a dominant-negative manner. Variants in CDH1 have been linked to familial hereditary diffuse gastric cancer and invasive lobular breast cancer; however, no cases of gastric or breast cancer have been reported in our BCDS cases. Functional experiments reported here indicated the BCDS variants comprise a distinct class of CDH1 variants. Altogether, we identified the genetic cause of BCDS enabling DNA diagnostics and counseling, in addition we describe a novel class of dominant negative CDH1 variants.
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- Anneke Kievit
- Department of Clinical Genetics, Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, 3015CN, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Genetics, Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, 3584CG, The Netherlands.,Hubrecht Institute-KNAW and University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, 3584CT, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, 3015CN, The Netherlands
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- Department of Genetics, Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, 3584CG, The Netherlands
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- Department of Genetics, Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, 3584CG, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, 3015CN, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, 1105AZ, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Genetics, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Centre, Kerala, 682041, India
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Koç University School of Medicine, Istanbul, 34450, Turkey
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- Division of Medical Genetics, IRCCS-Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Foggia, 71013, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, G51 4TF, UK
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Akron Children's Hospital, Akron, OH, 44308, USA
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Akron Children's Hospital, Akron, OH, 44308, USA
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- Division of Craniofacial Medicine, University of Washington Department of Pediatrics, Jean Renny Chair of Craniofacial Medicine, Seattle Children's Craniofacial Center, Seattle, WA, 98105, USA
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- Division of Craniofacial Medicine, University of Washington Department of Pediatrics, Jean Renny Chair of Craniofacial Medicine, Seattle Children's Craniofacial Center, Seattle, WA, 98105, USA
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Hospital for Rehabilitation of Craniofacial Anomalies (HRCA), University of São Paulo, Bauru, 17012-900, Brazil
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Hospital for Rehabilitation of Craniofacial Anomalies (HRCA), University of São Paulo, Bauru, 17012-900, Brazil
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Hospital for Rehabilitation of Craniofacial Anomalies (HRCA), University of São Paulo, Bauru, 17012-900, Brazil
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- Department of Genetics, Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, 3584CG, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Plastic Surgery, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, 3584EA, The Netherlands
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- Department of Genetics, Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, 3584CG, The Netherlands
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- Department of Genetics, Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, 3584CG, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, 3584CX, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, 3015CN, The Netherlands
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- INGEMM, Institute of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, IdiPAZ, CIBERER, ISCIII, Madrid, 28049, Spain
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- INGEMM, Institute of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, IdiPAZ, CIBERER, ISCIII, Madrid, 28049, Spain
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, UNICAMP, Campinas, São Paulo, 13083-970, Brazil
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, UNICAMP, Campinas, São Paulo, 13083-970, Brazil
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, Benioff Children's Hospital, San Francisco, CA, 94158, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, Benioff Children's Hospital, San Francisco, CA, 94158, USA
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- INGEMM, Institute of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, IdiPAZ, CIBERER, ISCIII, Madrid, 28049, Spain
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- Hubrecht Institute-KNAW and University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, 3584CT, The Netherlands.,Department of Medical Physiology, Division of Heart and Lungs, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, 3584CM, The Netherlands
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- Department of Genetics, Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, 3584CG, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, 3015CN, The Netherlands
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- Department of Genetics, Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, 3584CG, The Netherlands
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- Department of Genetics, Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, 3584CG, The Netherlands.
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Ji Y, Veldhuis MG, Zandvoort J, Romunde FL, Houtman MJC, Duran K, van Haaften G, Zangerl-Plessl EM, Takanari H, Stary-Weinzinger A, van der Heyden MAG. PA-6 inhibits inward rectifier currents carried by V93I and D172N gain-of-function K IR2.1 channels, but increases channel protein expression. J Biomed Sci 2017; 24:44. [PMID: 28711067 PMCID: PMC5513211 DOI: 10.1186/s12929-017-0352-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2017] [Accepted: 07/11/2017] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND The inward rectifier potassium current IK1 contributes to a stable resting membrane potential and phase 3 repolarization of the cardiac action potential. KCNJ2 gain-of-function mutations V93I and D172N associate with increased IK1, short QT syndrome type 3 and congenital atrial fibrillation. Pentamidine-Analogue 6 (PA-6) is an efficient (IC50 = 14 nM with inside-out patch clamp methodology) and specific IK1 inhibitor that interacts with the cytoplasmic pore region of the KIR2.1 ion channel, encoded by KCNJ2. At 10 μM, PA-6 increases wild-type (WT) KIR2.1 expression in HEK293T cells upon chronic treatment. We hypothesized that PA-6 will interact with and inhibit V93I and D172N KIR2.1 channels, whereas impact on channel expression at the plasma membrane requires higher concentrations. METHODS Molecular modelling was performed with the human KIR2.1 closed state homology model using FlexX. WT and mutant KIR2.1 channels were expressed in HEK293 cells. Patch-clamp single cell electrophysiology measurements were performed in the whole cell and inside-out mode of the patch clamp method. KIR2.1 expression level and localization were determined by western blot analysis and immunofluorescence microscopy, respectively. RESULTS PA-6 docking in the V93I/D172N double mutant homology model of KIR2.1 demonstrated that mutations and drug-binding site are >30 Å apart. PA-6 inhibited WT and V93I outward currents with similar potency (IC50 = 35.5 and 43.6 nM at +50 mV for WT and V93I), whereas D172N currents were less sensitive (IC50 = 128.9 nM at +50 mV) using inside-out patch-clamp electrophysiology. In whole cell mode, 1 μM of PA-6 inhibited outward IK1 at -50 mV by 28 ± 36%, 18 ± 20% and 10 ± 6%, for WT, V93I and D172N channels respectively. Western blot analysis demonstrated that PA-6 (5 μM, 24 h) increased KIR2.1 expression levels of WT (6.3 ± 1.5 fold), and V93I (3.9 ± 0.9) and D172N (4.8 ± 2.0) mutants. Immunofluorescent microscopy demonstrated dose-dependent intracellular KIR2.1 accumulation following chronic PA-6 application (24 h, 1 and 5 μM). CONCLUSIONS 1) KCNJ2 gain-of-function mutations V93I and D172N in the KIR2.1 ion channel do not impair PA-6 mediated inhibition of IK1, 2) PA-6 elevates KIR2.1 protein expression and induces intracellular KIR2.1 accumulation, 3) PA-6 is a strong candidate for further preclinical evaluation in treatment of congenital SQT3 and AF.
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- Yuan Ji
- Department of Medical Physiology, Division of Heart and Lungs, University Medical Center Utrecht, Yalelaan 50, 3584 CM Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Physiology, Division of Heart and Lungs, University Medical Center Utrecht, Yalelaan 50, 3584 CM Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Physiology, Division of Heart and Lungs, University Medical Center Utrecht, Yalelaan 50, 3584 CM Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Physiology, Division of Heart and Lungs, University Medical Center Utrecht, Yalelaan 50, 3584 CM Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Physiology, Division of Heart and Lungs, University Medical Center Utrecht, Yalelaan 50, 3584 CM Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Center for Molecular Medicine, Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Center for Molecular Medicine, Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Physiology, Division of Heart and Lungs, University Medical Center Utrecht, Yalelaan 50, 3584 CM Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Physiology, Division of Heart and Lungs, University Medical Center Utrecht, Yalelaan 50, 3584 CM Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Van Der Heyden MAG, Veldhuis M, Zandvoort J, Houtman MJC, Duran K, Van Haaften G, Zangerl-Plessl EM, Takanari H, Stary-Weinzinger A, Ji Y. 57PA-6 inhibits gain-of-function KIR2.1 channels associated with short QT syndrome type 3 and congenital atrial fibrillation. Europace 2017. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/eux132.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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van der Crabben SN, Hennus MP, McGregor GA, Ritter DI, Nagamani SC, Wells OS, Harakalova M, Chinn IK, Alt A, Vondrova L, Hochstenbach R, van Montfrans JM, Terheggen-Lagro SW, van Lieshout S, van Roosmalen MJ, Renkens I, Duran K, Nijman IJ, Kloosterman WP, Hennekam E, Orange JS, van Hasselt PM, Wheeler DA, Palecek JJ, Lehmann AR, Oliver AW, Pearl LH, Plon SE, Murray JM, van Haaften G. Destabilized SMC5/6 complex leads to chromosome breakage syndrome with severe lung disease. J Clin Invest 2016; 126:2881-92. [PMID: 27427983 PMCID: PMC4966312 DOI: 10.1172/jci82890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2015] [Accepted: 05/12/2016] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
Abstract
The structural maintenance of chromosomes (SMC) family of proteins supports mitotic proliferation, meiosis, and DNA repair to control genomic stability. Impairments in chromosome maintenance are linked to rare chromosome breakage disorders. Here, we have identified a chromosome breakage syndrome associated with severe lung disease in early childhood. Four children from two unrelated kindreds died of severe pulmonary disease during infancy following viral pneumonia with evidence of combined T and B cell immunodeficiency. Whole exome sequencing revealed biallelic missense mutations in the NSMCE3 (also known as NDNL2) gene, which encodes a subunit of the SMC5/6 complex that is essential for DNA damage response and chromosome segregation. The NSMCE3 mutations disrupted interactions within the SMC5/6 complex, leading to destabilization of the complex. Patient cells showed chromosome rearrangements, micronuclei, sensitivity to replication stress and DNA damage, and defective homologous recombination. This work associates missense mutations in NSMCE3 with an autosomal recessive chromosome breakage syndrome that leads to defective T and B cell function and acute respiratory distress syndrome in early childhood.
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- Department of Pediatric Intensive Care, Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital, University Medical Center Utrecht (UMCU), Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Genome Damage and Stability Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, United Kingdom
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- Genome Damage and Stability Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, United Kingdom
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- Texas Children’s Hospital, and
- Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston Texas, USA
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- Genome Damage and Stability Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, United Kingdom
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- Central European Institute of Technology and Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Genetics (Center for Molecular Medicine) and
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- Department of Genetics (Center for Molecular Medicine) and
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- Department of Genetics (Center for Molecular Medicine) and
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- Texas Children’s Hospital, and
- Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston Texas, USA
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- Department of Metabolic Diseases, Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital, UMCU, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Human Genome Sequencing Center
- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics
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- Central European Institute of Technology and Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Genome Damage and Stability Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, United Kingdom
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- Genome Damage and Stability Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, United Kingdom
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- Genome Damage and Stability Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, United Kingdom
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- Human Genome Sequencing Center
- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics
- Texas Children’s Hospital, and
- Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston Texas, USA
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- Genome Damage and Stability Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, United Kingdom
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Ter Brugge P, Kristel P, van der Burg E, Boon U, de Maaker M, Lips E, Mulder L, de Ruiter J, Moutinho C, Gevensleben H, Marangoni E, Majewski I, Józwiak K, Kloosterman W, van Roosmalen M, Duran K, Hogervorst F, Turner N, Esteller M, Cuppen E, Wesseling J, Jonkers J. Mechanisms of Therapy Resistance in Patient-Derived Xenograft Models of BRCA1-Deficient Breast Cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst 2016; 108:djw148. [PMID: 27381626 DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djw148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2015] [Accepted: 05/12/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Although BRCA1-deficient tumors are extremely sensitive to DNA-damaging drugs and poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors, recurrences do occur and, consequently, resistance to therapy remains a serious clinical problem. To study the underlying mechanisms, we induced therapy resistance in patient-derived xenograft (PDX) models of BRCA1-mutated and BRCA1-methylated triple-negative breast cancer. METHODS A cohort of 75 mice carrying BRCA1-deficient breast PDX tumors was treated with cisplatin, melphalan, nimustine, or olaparib, and treatment sensitivity was determined. In tumors that acquired therapy resistance, BRCA1 expression was investigated using quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction and immunoblotting. Next-generation sequencing, methylation-specific multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA) and Target Locus Amplification (TLA)-based sequencing were used to determine mechanisms of BRCA1 re-expression in therapy-resistant tumors. RESULTS BRCA1 protein was not detected in therapy-sensitive tumors but was found in 31 out of 42 resistant cases. Apart from previously described mechanisms involving BRCA1-intragenic deletions and loss of BRCA1 promoter hypermethylation, a novel resistance mechanism was identified in four out of seven BRCA1-methylated PDX tumors that re-expressed BRCA1 but retained BRCA1 promoter hypermethylation. In these tumors, we found de novo gene fusions that placed BRCA1 under the transcriptional control of a heterologous promoter, resulting in re-expression of BRCA1 and acquisition of therapy resistance. CONCLUSIONS In addition to previously described clinically relevant resistance mechanisms in BRCA1-deficient tumors, we describe a novel resistance mechanism in BRCA1-methylated PDX tumors involving de novo rearrangements at the BRCA1 locus, demonstrating that BRCA1-methylated breast cancers may acquire therapy resistance via both epigenetic and genetic mechanisms.
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- Petra Ter Brugge
- Affiliations of authors: Division of Molecular Pathology and Cancer Genomics Centre Netherlands (PtB, PK, EvdB, UB, MdM, EL, LM, JdR, JW, JJ), Division of Molecular Carcinogenesis (IM), Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (KJ), and Family Cancer Clinic and Department of Pathology (FH), The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Cancer Epigenetics and Biology Program (PEBC), Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (CM, ME); The Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Centre, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK (HG, NT); Laboratory of Preclinical Investigation, Translational Research Department, Curie Institute, Paris, France (EM); Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands (WK, MvR, KD, EC); Department of Physiological Sciences II, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (ME); Institucio Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (ME)
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- Affiliations of authors: Division of Molecular Pathology and Cancer Genomics Centre Netherlands (PtB, PK, EvdB, UB, MdM, EL, LM, JdR, JW, JJ), Division of Molecular Carcinogenesis (IM), Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (KJ), and Family Cancer Clinic and Department of Pathology (FH), The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Cancer Epigenetics and Biology Program (PEBC), Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (CM, ME); The Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Centre, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK (HG, NT); Laboratory of Preclinical Investigation, Translational Research Department, Curie Institute, Paris, France (EM); Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands (WK, MvR, KD, EC); Department of Physiological Sciences II, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (ME); Institucio Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (ME)
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- Affiliations of authors: Division of Molecular Pathology and Cancer Genomics Centre Netherlands (PtB, PK, EvdB, UB, MdM, EL, LM, JdR, JW, JJ), Division of Molecular Carcinogenesis (IM), Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (KJ), and Family Cancer Clinic and Department of Pathology (FH), The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Cancer Epigenetics and Biology Program (PEBC), Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (CM, ME); The Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Centre, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK (HG, NT); Laboratory of Preclinical Investigation, Translational Research Department, Curie Institute, Paris, France (EM); Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands (WK, MvR, KD, EC); Department of Physiological Sciences II, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (ME); Institucio Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (ME)
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- Affiliations of authors: Division of Molecular Pathology and Cancer Genomics Centre Netherlands (PtB, PK, EvdB, UB, MdM, EL, LM, JdR, JW, JJ), Division of Molecular Carcinogenesis (IM), Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (KJ), and Family Cancer Clinic and Department of Pathology (FH), The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Cancer Epigenetics and Biology Program (PEBC), Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (CM, ME); The Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Centre, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK (HG, NT); Laboratory of Preclinical Investigation, Translational Research Department, Curie Institute, Paris, France (EM); Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands (WK, MvR, KD, EC); Department of Physiological Sciences II, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (ME); Institucio Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (ME)
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- Affiliations of authors: Division of Molecular Pathology and Cancer Genomics Centre Netherlands (PtB, PK, EvdB, UB, MdM, EL, LM, JdR, JW, JJ), Division of Molecular Carcinogenesis (IM), Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (KJ), and Family Cancer Clinic and Department of Pathology (FH), The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Cancer Epigenetics and Biology Program (PEBC), Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (CM, ME); The Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Centre, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK (HG, NT); Laboratory of Preclinical Investigation, Translational Research Department, Curie Institute, Paris, France (EM); Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands (WK, MvR, KD, EC); Department of Physiological Sciences II, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (ME); Institucio Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (ME)
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- Affiliations of authors: Division of Molecular Pathology and Cancer Genomics Centre Netherlands (PtB, PK, EvdB, UB, MdM, EL, LM, JdR, JW, JJ), Division of Molecular Carcinogenesis (IM), Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (KJ), and Family Cancer Clinic and Department of Pathology (FH), The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Cancer Epigenetics and Biology Program (PEBC), Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (CM, ME); The Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Centre, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK (HG, NT); Laboratory of Preclinical Investigation, Translational Research Department, Curie Institute, Paris, France (EM); Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands (WK, MvR, KD, EC); Department of Physiological Sciences II, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (ME); Institucio Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (ME)
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- Affiliations of authors: Division of Molecular Pathology and Cancer Genomics Centre Netherlands (PtB, PK, EvdB, UB, MdM, EL, LM, JdR, JW, JJ), Division of Molecular Carcinogenesis (IM), Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (KJ), and Family Cancer Clinic and Department of Pathology (FH), The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Cancer Epigenetics and Biology Program (PEBC), Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (CM, ME); The Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Centre, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK (HG, NT); Laboratory of Preclinical Investigation, Translational Research Department, Curie Institute, Paris, France (EM); Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands (WK, MvR, KD, EC); Department of Physiological Sciences II, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (ME); Institucio Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (ME)
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- Affiliations of authors: Division of Molecular Pathology and Cancer Genomics Centre Netherlands (PtB, PK, EvdB, UB, MdM, EL, LM, JdR, JW, JJ), Division of Molecular Carcinogenesis (IM), Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (KJ), and Family Cancer Clinic and Department of Pathology (FH), The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Cancer Epigenetics and Biology Program (PEBC), Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (CM, ME); The Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Centre, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK (HG, NT); Laboratory of Preclinical Investigation, Translational Research Department, Curie Institute, Paris, France (EM); Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands (WK, MvR, KD, EC); Department of Physiological Sciences II, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (ME); Institucio Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (ME)
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- Affiliations of authors: Division of Molecular Pathology and Cancer Genomics Centre Netherlands (PtB, PK, EvdB, UB, MdM, EL, LM, JdR, JW, JJ), Division of Molecular Carcinogenesis (IM), Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (KJ), and Family Cancer Clinic and Department of Pathology (FH), The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Cancer Epigenetics and Biology Program (PEBC), Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (CM, ME); The Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Centre, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK (HG, NT); Laboratory of Preclinical Investigation, Translational Research Department, Curie Institute, Paris, France (EM); Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands (WK, MvR, KD, EC); Department of Physiological Sciences II, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (ME); Institucio Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (ME)
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- Affiliations of authors: Division of Molecular Pathology and Cancer Genomics Centre Netherlands (PtB, PK, EvdB, UB, MdM, EL, LM, JdR, JW, JJ), Division of Molecular Carcinogenesis (IM), Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (KJ), and Family Cancer Clinic and Department of Pathology (FH), The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Cancer Epigenetics and Biology Program (PEBC), Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (CM, ME); The Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Centre, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK (HG, NT); Laboratory of Preclinical Investigation, Translational Research Department, Curie Institute, Paris, France (EM); Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands (WK, MvR, KD, EC); Department of Physiological Sciences II, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (ME); Institucio Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (ME)
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- Affiliations of authors: Division of Molecular Pathology and Cancer Genomics Centre Netherlands (PtB, PK, EvdB, UB, MdM, EL, LM, JdR, JW, JJ), Division of Molecular Carcinogenesis (IM), Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (KJ), and Family Cancer Clinic and Department of Pathology (FH), The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Cancer Epigenetics and Biology Program (PEBC), Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (CM, ME); The Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Centre, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK (HG, NT); Laboratory of Preclinical Investigation, Translational Research Department, Curie Institute, Paris, France (EM); Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands (WK, MvR, KD, EC); Department of Physiological Sciences II, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (ME); Institucio Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (ME)
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- Affiliations of authors: Division of Molecular Pathology and Cancer Genomics Centre Netherlands (PtB, PK, EvdB, UB, MdM, EL, LM, JdR, JW, JJ), Division of Molecular Carcinogenesis (IM), Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (KJ), and Family Cancer Clinic and Department of Pathology (FH), The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Cancer Epigenetics and Biology Program (PEBC), Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (CM, ME); The Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Centre, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK (HG, NT); Laboratory of Preclinical Investigation, Translational Research Department, Curie Institute, Paris, France (EM); Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands (WK, MvR, KD, EC); Department of Physiological Sciences II, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (ME); Institucio Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (ME)
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- Affiliations of authors: Division of Molecular Pathology and Cancer Genomics Centre Netherlands (PtB, PK, EvdB, UB, MdM, EL, LM, JdR, JW, JJ), Division of Molecular Carcinogenesis (IM), Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (KJ), and Family Cancer Clinic and Department of Pathology (FH), The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Cancer Epigenetics and Biology Program (PEBC), Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (CM, ME); The Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Centre, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK (HG, NT); Laboratory of Preclinical Investigation, Translational Research Department, Curie Institute, Paris, France (EM); Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands (WK, MvR, KD, EC); Department of Physiological Sciences II, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (ME); Institucio Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (ME)
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- Affiliations of authors: Division of Molecular Pathology and Cancer Genomics Centre Netherlands (PtB, PK, EvdB, UB, MdM, EL, LM, JdR, JW, JJ), Division of Molecular Carcinogenesis (IM), Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (KJ), and Family Cancer Clinic and Department of Pathology (FH), The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Cancer Epigenetics and Biology Program (PEBC), Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (CM, ME); The Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Centre, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK (HG, NT); Laboratory of Preclinical Investigation, Translational Research Department, Curie Institute, Paris, France (EM); Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands (WK, MvR, KD, EC); Department of Physiological Sciences II, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (ME); Institucio Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (ME)
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- Affiliations of authors: Division of Molecular Pathology and Cancer Genomics Centre Netherlands (PtB, PK, EvdB, UB, MdM, EL, LM, JdR, JW, JJ), Division of Molecular Carcinogenesis (IM), Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (KJ), and Family Cancer Clinic and Department of Pathology (FH), The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Cancer Epigenetics and Biology Program (PEBC), Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (CM, ME); The Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Centre, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK (HG, NT); Laboratory of Preclinical Investigation, Translational Research Department, Curie Institute, Paris, France (EM); Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands (WK, MvR, KD, EC); Department of Physiological Sciences II, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (ME); Institucio Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (ME)
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- Affiliations of authors: Division of Molecular Pathology and Cancer Genomics Centre Netherlands (PtB, PK, EvdB, UB, MdM, EL, LM, JdR, JW, JJ), Division of Molecular Carcinogenesis (IM), Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (KJ), and Family Cancer Clinic and Department of Pathology (FH), The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Cancer Epigenetics and Biology Program (PEBC), Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (CM, ME); The Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Centre, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK (HG, NT); Laboratory of Preclinical Investigation, Translational Research Department, Curie Institute, Paris, France (EM); Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands (WK, MvR, KD, EC); Department of Physiological Sciences II, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (ME); Institucio Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (ME)
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- Affiliations of authors: Division of Molecular Pathology and Cancer Genomics Centre Netherlands (PtB, PK, EvdB, UB, MdM, EL, LM, JdR, JW, JJ), Division of Molecular Carcinogenesis (IM), Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (KJ), and Family Cancer Clinic and Department of Pathology (FH), The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Cancer Epigenetics and Biology Program (PEBC), Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (CM, ME); The Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Centre, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK (HG, NT); Laboratory of Preclinical Investigation, Translational Research Department, Curie Institute, Paris, France (EM); Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands (WK, MvR, KD, EC); Department of Physiological Sciences II, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (ME); Institucio Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (ME)
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- Affiliations of authors: Division of Molecular Pathology and Cancer Genomics Centre Netherlands (PtB, PK, EvdB, UB, MdM, EL, LM, JdR, JW, JJ), Division of Molecular Carcinogenesis (IM), Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (KJ), and Family Cancer Clinic and Department of Pathology (FH), The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Cancer Epigenetics and Biology Program (PEBC), Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (CM, ME); The Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Centre, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK (HG, NT); Laboratory of Preclinical Investigation, Translational Research Department, Curie Institute, Paris, France (EM); Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands (WK, MvR, KD, EC); Department of Physiological Sciences II, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (ME); Institucio Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (ME)
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- Affiliations of authors: Division of Molecular Pathology and Cancer Genomics Centre Netherlands (PtB, PK, EvdB, UB, MdM, EL, LM, JdR, JW, JJ), Division of Molecular Carcinogenesis (IM), Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (KJ), and Family Cancer Clinic and Department of Pathology (FH), The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Cancer Epigenetics and Biology Program (PEBC), Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (CM, ME); The Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Centre, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK (HG, NT); Laboratory of Preclinical Investigation, Translational Research Department, Curie Institute, Paris, France (EM); Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands (WK, MvR, KD, EC); Department of Physiological Sciences II, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (ME); Institucio Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (ME)
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- Affiliations of authors: Division of Molecular Pathology and Cancer Genomics Centre Netherlands (PtB, PK, EvdB, UB, MdM, EL, LM, JdR, JW, JJ), Division of Molecular Carcinogenesis (IM), Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (KJ), and Family Cancer Clinic and Department of Pathology (FH), The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Cancer Epigenetics and Biology Program (PEBC), Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (CM, ME); The Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Centre, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK (HG, NT); Laboratory of Preclinical Investigation, Translational Research Department, Curie Institute, Paris, France (EM); Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands (WK, MvR, KD, EC); Department of Physiological Sciences II, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (ME); Institucio Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (ME)
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- Affiliations of authors: Division of Molecular Pathology and Cancer Genomics Centre Netherlands (PtB, PK, EvdB, UB, MdM, EL, LM, JdR, JW, JJ), Division of Molecular Carcinogenesis (IM), Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (KJ), and Family Cancer Clinic and Department of Pathology (FH), The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Cancer Epigenetics and Biology Program (PEBC), Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (CM, ME); The Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Centre, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK (HG, NT); Laboratory of Preclinical Investigation, Translational Research Department, Curie Institute, Paris, France (EM); Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands (WK, MvR, KD, EC); Department of Physiological Sciences II, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (ME); Institucio Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (ME)
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- Affiliations of authors: Division of Molecular Pathology and Cancer Genomics Centre Netherlands (PtB, PK, EvdB, UB, MdM, EL, LM, JdR, JW, JJ), Division of Molecular Carcinogenesis (IM), Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (KJ), and Family Cancer Clinic and Department of Pathology (FH), The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Cancer Epigenetics and Biology Program (PEBC), Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (CM, ME); The Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Centre, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK (HG, NT); Laboratory of Preclinical Investigation, Translational Research Department, Curie Institute, Paris, France (EM); Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands (WK, MvR, KD, EC); Department of Physiological Sciences II, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (ME); Institucio Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain (ME)
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van Heesch S, Simonis M, van Roosmalen MJ, Pillalamarri V, Brand H, Kuijk EW, de Luca KL, Lansu N, Braat AK, Menelaou A, Hao W, Korving J, Snijder S, van der Veken LT, Hochstenbach R, Knegt AC, Duran K, Renkens I, Alekozai N, Jager M, Vergult S, Menten B, de Bruijn E, Boymans S, Ippel E, van Binsbergen E, Talkowski ME, Lichtenbelt K, Cuppen E, Kloosterman WP. Genomic and functional overlap between somatic and germline chromosomal rearrangements. Cell Rep 2014; 9:2001-10. [PMID: 25497101 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2014.11.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2014] [Revised: 10/20/2014] [Accepted: 11/15/2014] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Genomic rearrangements are a common cause of human congenital abnormalities. However, their origin and consequences are poorly understood. We performed molecular analysis of two patients with congenital disease who carried de novo genomic rearrangements. We found that the rearrangements in both patients hit genes that are recurrently rearranged in cancer (ETV1, FOXP1, and microRNA cluster C19MC) and drive formation of fusion genes similar to those described in cancer. Subsequent analysis of a large set of 552 de novo germline genomic rearrangements underlying congenital disorders revealed enrichment for genes rearranged in cancer and overlap with somatic cancer breakpoints. Breakpoints of common (inherited) germline structural variations also overlap with cancer breakpoints but are depleted for cancer genes. We propose that the same genomic positions are prone to genomic rearrangements in germline and soma but that timing and context of breakage determines whether developmental defects or cancer are promoted.
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- Sebastiaan van Heesch
- Hubrecht Institute-KNAW and University Medical Center Utrecht, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Hubrecht Institute-KNAW and University Medical Center Utrecht, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Universiteitsweg 100, 3584 CG Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Center for Human Genetic Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Center for Human Genetic Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Hubrecht Institute-KNAW and University Medical Center Utrecht, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Hubrecht Institute-KNAW and University Medical Center Utrecht, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Hubrecht Institute-KNAW and University Medical Center Utrecht, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Cell Biology, Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Universiteitsweg 100, 3584 CG Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Hubrecht Institute-KNAW and University Medical Center Utrecht, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Hubrecht Institute-KNAW and University Medical Center Utrecht, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Academic Medical Center, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Universiteitsweg 100, 3584 CG Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Universiteitsweg 100, 3584 CG Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Academic Medical Center, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Universiteitsweg 100, 3584 CG Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Universiteitsweg 100, 3584 CG Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Universiteitsweg 100, 3584 CG Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Universiteitsweg 100, 3584 CG Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Hubrecht Institute-KNAW and University Medical Center Utrecht, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Hubrecht Institute-KNAW and University Medical Center Utrecht, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Universiteitsweg 100, 3584 CG Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Universiteitsweg 100, 3584 CG Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Center for Human Genetic Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Universiteitsweg 100, 3584 CG Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Hubrecht Institute-KNAW and University Medical Center Utrecht, Uppsalalaan 8, 3584 CT Utrecht, the Netherlands; Department of Medical Genetics, Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Universiteitsweg 100, 3584 CG Utrecht, the Netherlands.
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Universiteitsweg 100, 3584 CG Utrecht, the Netherlands.
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van Hasselt PM, Ferdinandusse S, Monroe GR, Ruiter JPN, Turkenburg M, Geerlings MJ, Duran K, Harakalova M, van der Zwaag B, Monavari AA, Okur I, Sharrard MJ, Cleary M, O'Connell N, Walker V, Rubio-Gozalbo ME, de Vries MC, Visser G, Houwen RHJ, van der Smagt JJ, Verhoeven-Duif NM, Wanders RJA, van Haaften G. Monocarboxylate transporter 1 deficiency and ketone utilization. N Engl J Med 2014; 371:1900-7. [PMID: 25390740 DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1407778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Ketoacidosis is a potentially lethal condition caused by the imbalance between hepatic production and extrahepatic utilization of ketone bodies. We performed exome sequencing in a patient with recurrent, severe ketoacidosis and identified a homozygous frameshift mutation in the gene encoding monocarboxylate transporter 1 (SLC16A1, also called MCT1). Genetic analysis in 96 patients suspected of having ketolytic defects yielded seven additional inactivating mutations in MCT1, both homozygous and heterozygous. Mutational status was found to be correlated with ketoacidosis severity, MCT1 protein levels, and transport capacity. Thus, MCT1 deficiency is a novel cause of profound ketoacidosis; the present work suggests that MCT1-mediated ketone-body transport is needed to maintain acid-base balance.
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- Peter M van Hasselt
- From the Division of Pediatrics, Department of Metabolic Diseases (P.M.H., G.V.), and the Division of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology (R.H.J.H.), Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, and the Center for Molecular Medicine, Department of Medical Genetics (G.R.M., M.J.G., K.D., M.H., B.Z., J.J.S., N.M.V.-D., G.H.), University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Laboratory Genetic Metabolic Diseases, Departments of Clinical Chemistry and Pediatrics, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam (S.F., J.P.N.R., M.T., R.J.A.W.), the Division of Pediatrics, Department of Metabolic Diseases, and Laboratory Genetic Metabolic Diseases, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht (M.E.R.-G.), and the Department of Pediatrics, Nijmegen Center for Mitochondrial Disorders, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen (M.C.V.) - all in the Netherlands; the National Centre for Inherited Metabolic Disorders, Children's University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland (A.A.M.); the Department of Pediatric Metabolism and Nutrition, Gazi University School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey (I.O.); and the Department of Paediatric Metabolic Medicine, Sheffield Children's Hospital, Sheffield (M.J.S.), the Department of Metabolic Medicine, Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London (M.C.), Chemical Pathology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Salisbury (N.O.), and the Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton (V.W.) - all in the United Kingdom
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Hoogstraat M, de Pagter MS, Cirkel GA, van Roosmalen MJ, Harkins TT, Duran K, Kreeftmeijer J, Renkens I, Witteveen PO, Lee CC, Nijman IJ, Guy T, van ’t Slot R, Jonges TN, Lolkema MP, Koudijs MJ, Zweemer RP, Voest EE, Cuppen E, Kloosterman WP. Genomic and transcriptomic plasticity in treatment-naive ovarian cancer. Genome Res 2014; 24:200-11. [PMID: 24221193 PMCID: PMC3912411 DOI: 10.1101/gr.161026.113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2013] [Accepted: 10/17/2013] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Intra-tumor heterogeneity is a hallmark of many cancers and may lead to therapy resistance or interfere with personalized treatment strategies. Here, we combined topographic mapping of somatic breakpoints and transcriptional profiling to probe intra-tumor heterogeneity of treatment-naïve stage IIIC/IV epithelial ovarian cancer. We observed that most substantial differences in genomic rearrangement landscapes occurred between metastases in the omentum and peritoneum versus tumor sites in the ovaries. Several cancer genes such as NF1, CDKN2A, and FANCD2 were affected by lesion-specific breakpoints. Furthermore, the intra-tumor variability involved different mutational hallmarks including lesion-specific kataegis (local mutation shower coinciding with genomic breakpoints), rearrangement classes, and coding mutations. In one extreme case, we identified two independent TP53 mutations in ovary tumors and omentum/peritoneum metastases, respectively. Examination of gene expression dynamics revealed up-regulation of key cancer pathways including WNT, integrin, chemokine, and Hedgehog signaling in only subsets of tumor samples from the same patient. Finally, we took advantage of the multilevel tumor analysis to understand the effects of genomic breakpoints on qualitative and quantitative gene expression changes. We show that intra-tumor gene expression differences are caused by site-specific genomic alterations, including formation of in-frame fusion genes. These data highlight the plasticity of ovarian cancer genomes, which may contribute to their strong capacity to adapt to changing environmental conditions and give rise to the high rate of recurrent disease following standard treatment regimes.
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- Marlous Hoogstraat
- Department of Medical Oncology, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Netherlands Center for Personalized Cancer Treatment, 3584 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Netherlands Center for Personalized Cancer Treatment, 3584 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Netherlands Center for Personalized Cancer Treatment, 3584 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Netherlands Center for Personalized Cancer Treatment, 3584 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Netherlands Center for Personalized Cancer Treatment, 3584 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Reproductive Medicine and Gynaecology, Division Woman and Baby, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Netherlands Center for Personalized Cancer Treatment, 3584 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Netherlands Center for Personalized Cancer Treatment, 3584 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Hubrecht Institute, KNAW and University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584 CT Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, 3584 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Vergult S, Van Binsbergen E, Sante T, Nowak S, Vanakker O, Claes K, Poppe B, Van der Aa N, van Roosmalen MJ, Duran K, Tavakoli-Yaraki M, Swinkels M, van den Boogaard MJ, van Haelst M, Roelens F, Speleman F, Cuppen E, Mortier G, Kloosterman WP, Menten B. Mate pair sequencing for the detection of chromosomal aberrations in patients with intellectual disability and congenital malformations. Eur J Hum Genet 2013; 22:652-9. [PMID: 24105367 DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2013.220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2013] [Revised: 08/13/2013] [Accepted: 08/29/2013] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Recently, microarrays have replaced karyotyping as a first tier test in patients with idiopathic intellectual disability and/or multiple congenital abnormalities (ID/MCA) in many laboratories. Although in about 14-18% of such patients, DNA copy-number variants (CNVs) with clinical significance can be detected, microarrays have the disadvantage of missing balanced rearrangements, as well as providing no information about the genomic architecture of structural variants (SVs) like duplications and complex rearrangements. Such information could possibly lead to a better interpretation of the clinical significance of the SV. In this study, the clinical use of mate pair next-generation sequencing was evaluated for the detection and further characterization of structural variants within the genomes of 50 ID/MCA patients. Thirty of these patients carried a chromosomal aberration that was previously detected by array CGH or karyotyping and suspected to be pathogenic. In the remaining 20 patients no causal SVs were found and only benign aberrations were detected by conventional techniques. Combined cluster and coverage analysis of the mate pair data allowed precise breakpoint detection and further refinement of previously identified balanced and (complex) unbalanced aberrations, pinpointing the causal gene for some patients. We conclude that mate pair sequencing is a powerful technology that can provide rapid and unequivocal characterization of unbalanced and balanced SVs in patient genomes and can be essential for the clinical interpretation of some SVs.
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- Sarah Vergult
- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department for Medical Genetics, University Hospital of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- 1] Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium [2] Department for Medical Genetics, University Hospital of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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Harakalova M, van den Boogaard MJ, Sinke R, van Lieshout S, van Tuil MC, Duran K, Renkens I, Terhal PA, de Kovel C, Nijman IJ, van Haelst M, Knoers NVAM, van Haaften G, Kloosterman W, Hennekam RCM, Cuppen E, Ploos van Amstel HK. X-exome sequencing identifies a HDAC8 variant in a large pedigree with X-linked intellectual disability, truncal obesity, gynaecomastia, hypogonadism and unusual face. J Med Genet 2012; 49:539-43. [PMID: 22889856 DOI: 10.1136/jmedgenet-2012-100921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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BACKGROUND We present a large Dutch family with seven males affected by a novel syndrome of X-linked intellectual disability, hypogonadism, gynaecomastia, truncal obesity, short stature and recognisable craniofacial manifestations resembling but not identical to Wilson-Turner syndrome. Seven female relatives show a much milder expression of the phenotype. METHODS AND RESULTS We performed X chromosome exome (X-exome) sequencing in five individuals from this family and identified a novel intronic variant in the histone deacetylase 8 gene (HDAC8), c.164+5G>A, which disturbs the normal splicing of exon 2 resulting in exon skipping, and introduces a premature stop at the beginning of the histone deacetylase catalytic domain. The identified variant completely segregates in this family and was absent in 96 Dutch controls and available databases. Affected female carriers showed a notably skewed X-inactivation pattern in lymphocytes in which the mutated X-chromosome was completely inactivated. CONCLUSIONS HDAC8 is a member of the protein family of histone deacetylases that play a major role in epigenetic gene silencing during development. HDAC8 specifically controls the patterning of the skull with the mouse HDAC8 knock-out showing craniofacial deformities of the skull. The present family provides the first evidence for involvement of HDAC8 in a syndromic form of intellectual disability.
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- Magdalena Harakalova
- Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht (UMCU), Utrecht 3584 EA, The Netherlands
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Kloosterman WP, Tavakoli-Yaraki M, van Roosmalen MJ, van Binsbergen E, Renkens I, Duran K, Ballarati L, Vergult S, Giardino D, Hansson K, Ruivenkamp CAL, Jager M, van Haeringen A, Ippel EF, Haaf T, Passarge E, Hochstenbach R, Menten B, Larizza L, Guryev V, Poot M, Cuppen E. Constitutional chromothripsis rearrangements involve clustered double-stranded DNA breaks and nonhomologous repair mechanisms. Cell Rep 2012; 1:648-55. [PMID: 22813740 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2012.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2011] [Revised: 02/09/2012] [Accepted: 05/14/2012] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Chromothripsis represents a novel phenomenon in the structural variation landscape of cancer genomes. Here, we analyze the genomes of ten patients with congenital disease who were preselected to carry complex chromosomal rearrangements with more than two breakpoints. The rearrangements displayed unanticipated complexity resembling chromothripsis. We find that eight of them contain hallmarks of multiple clustered double-stranded DNA breaks (DSBs) on one or more chromosomes. In addition, nucleotide resolution analysis of 98 breakpoint junctions indicates that break repair involves nonhomologous or microhomology-mediated end joining. We observed that these eight rearrangements are balanced or contain sporadic deletions ranging in size between a few hundred base pairs and several megabases. The two remaining complex rearrangements did not display signs of DSBs and contain duplications, indicative of rearrangement processes involving template switching. Our work provides detailed insight into the characteristics of chromothripsis and supports a role for clustered DSBs driving some constitutional chromothripsis rearrangements.
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- Wigard P Kloosterman
- Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Universiteitsweg 100, 3584 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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Meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS) is one of the most common conditions associated with aspiration during the newborn period. MAS can be defined as respiratory distress in a neonate born through meconium-stained amniotic fluid (MSAE) with symptoms that cannot otherwise be explained. It can be characterized by early onset of respiratory distress in term and near-term infants delivered through MSAE. Early presentation includes respiratory symptoms such as respiratory distress, poor lung compliance, hypoxemia, and radiographic findings of hyperinflation and patchy opacifications. This article discusses the pathophysiologv of MAS, historical and current prevention strategies, current management strategies, and prognoses for infants born through MSAE.
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van de Sluis B, Muller P, Duran K, Chen A, Groot AJ, Klomp LW, Liu PP, Wijmenga C. Increased activity of hypoxia-inducible factor 1 is associated with early embryonic lethality in Commd1 null mice. Mol Cell Biol 2007; 27:4142-56. [PMID: 17371845 PMCID: PMC1900009 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.01932-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2006] [Revised: 11/15/2006] [Accepted: 03/11/2007] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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COMMD1 (previously known as MURR1) belongs to a novel family of proteins termed the copper metabolism gene MURR1 domain (COMMD) family. The 10 COMMD family members are well conserved between vertebrates, but the functions of most of the COMMD proteins are unknown. We recently established that COMMD1 is associated with the hepatic copper overload disorder copper toxicosis in Bedlington terriers. Recent in vitro studies indicate that COMMD1 has multiple functions, including sodium transport and NF-kappaB signaling. To elucidate the function of Commd1 in vivo, we generated homozygous Commd1 null (Commd1(-/-)) mice. Commd1(-/-) embryos died in utero between 9.5 and 10.5 days postcoitum (dpc), their development was generally retarded, and placenta vascularization was absent. Microarray analysis identified transcriptional upregulation of hypoxia-inducible factor 1 (HIF-1) target genes in 9.5-dpc Commd1(-/-) embryos compared to normal embryos, a feature that was associated with increased Hif-1alpha stability. Consistent with these observations, COMMD1 physically associates with HIF-1alpha and inhibits HIF-1alpha stability and HIF-1 transactivation in vitro. Thus, this study identifies COMMD1 as a novel regulator of HIF-1 activity and shows that Commd1 deficiency in mice leads to embryonic lethality associated with dysregulated placenta vascularization.
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- Bart van de Sluis
- Laboratory of Metabolic and Endocrine Diseases, Room KC.02.069.1, UMC Utrecht, Lundlaan 6, 3584 EA Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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Blom IE, van Dijk AJ, Wieten L, Duran K, Ito Y, Kleij L, deNichilo M, Rabelink TJ, Weening JJ, Aten J, Goldschmeding R. In vitro evidence for differential involvement of CTGF, TGFbeta, and PDGF-BB in mesangial response to injury. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2001; 16:1139-48. [PMID: 11390712 DOI: 10.1093/ndt/16.6.1139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) is a profibrotic growth factor, which is upregulated in wound healing and renal fibrosis, including anti-Thy-1.1 nephritis. The kinetics of CTGF mRNA expression in anti-Thy-1.1 nephritis suggested that CTGF regulation might contribute to glomerular response to injury downstream of transforming growth factor-beta (TGFbeta). In anti-Thy-1.1 nephritis the initial damage is followed by mesangial repair and limited sclerosis, which involves mesangial cell (MC) activation (alpha-smooth-muscle actin (alphaSMA) expression), proliferation, migration, and extracellular matrix production. The present in vitro study addresses the possible role of CTGF in these different aspects of mesangial response to injury, and how CTGF activity might relate to effects of TGFbeta and platelet-derived growth factor-BB (PDGF-BB). METHODS AND RESULTS Immunostaining and ELISA showed that alphaSMA expression and transformation of MC into myofibroblast-like cells was induced by TGFbeta, but not affected by PDGF-BB, CTGF, or neutralizing anti-CTGF antibodies. [(3)H]thymidine incorporation and Ki67 staining demonstrated that, unlike PDGF-BB, neither CTGF nor TGFbeta induced the proliferation of MC. In contrast, both CTGF and TGFbeta induced MC migration, as evidenced by approximation of wound edges in scrape-wounded, non-proliferating rat MC monolayers. In addition, fibronectin expression was upregulated by both CTGF and TGFbeta, as measured by dot-blot analysis. Anti-CTGF completely blocked the effect of added CTGF. Moreover, anti-CTGF significantly reduced TGFbeta-induced increase in fibronectin. CONCLUSION It thus appears that CTGF is specifically involved in a subset of the adaptive changes of MC involved in mesangial repair and sclerosis, which makes it an interesting candidate target for future intervention strategies.
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- I E Blom
- Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Feenstra M, Rozemuller E, Duran K, Stuy I, van den Tweel J, Slootweg P, de Weger R, Tilanus M. Mutation in the beta 2m gene is not a frequent event in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas. Hum Immunol 1999; 60:697-706. [PMID: 10439315 DOI: 10.1016/s0198-8859(99)00015-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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In cryostat sections of 84 head and neck squamous cell carcinomas (HNSCC) HLA class I and beta 2m expression was analysed using monomorphic and locus specific monoclonal antibodies. Loss of expression was heterogeneous and none of the tumours tested showed a total loss of HLA class I and/or beta 2m when analysed with W6/32, which recognises HLA class I determinants and anti-beta 2m MoAbs. Weak HLA class I and beta 2m expression was found in 9 tumours (11%) and heterogeneous expression was found in 2 tumours (2%). When analysed with locus-specific antibodies (HCA2 and HC10, anti-HLA-A and anti-HLA-B/C, respectively) 37 tumours (44%) showed a loss, weak or heterogeneous expression of one or both loci. Tumours showing a down-regulated HLA class I expression were analysed for mutations in either allele of the beta 2m gene by sequencing based mutation analysis (SBMA). Exon 1 and exons 2 and 3 were amplified separately by PCR using M13-tailed intron-specific primers. PCR products were sequenced in two directions. In none of the tumours mutations in the beta 2m gene were detected. In 59% of the tumours with down-regulated HLA class I expression, lost or down-regulated TAP 1 expression was found when analysed with anti-TAP 1 antibodies. This indicates an important role for TAP in down-regulation of HLA class I expression in HNSCC.
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- M Feenstra
- Department of Pathology, University Hospital, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Versluis LF, Rozemuller EH, Duran K, Tilanus MG. Ambiguous DPB1 allele combinations resolved by direct sequencing of selectively amplified alleles. Tissue Antigens 1995; 46:345-9. [PMID: 8560459 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0039.1995.tb02507.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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- L F Versluis
- Department of Pathology, University Hospital Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Duran K. [The population debates of Cairo from an Islamic viewpoint]. Europa Archiv 1994; 49:667-74. [PMID: 12290238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/19/2023]
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