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Ciliary abnormalities due to defects in the retrograde transport protein DYNC2H1 in short-rib polydactyly syndrome.

ABSTRACT: The short-rib polydactyly (SRP) syndromes are a heterogeneous group of perinatal lethal skeletal disorders with polydactyly and multisystem organ abnormalities. Homozygosity by descent mapping in a consanguineous SRP family identified a genomic region that contained DYNC2H1, a cytoplasmic dynein involved in retrograde transport in the cilium. Affected individuals in the family were homozygous for an exon 12 missense mutation that predicted the amino acid substitution R587C. Compound heterozygosity for one missense and one null mutation was identified in two additional nonconsanguineous SRP families. Cultured chondrocytes from affected individuals showed morphologically abnormal, shortened cilia. In addition, the chondrocytes showed abnormal cytoskeletal microtubule architecture, implicating an altered microtubule network as part of the disease process. These findings establish SRP as a cilia disorder and demonstrate that DYNC2H1 is essential for skeletogenesis and growth.

SUBMITTER: Merrill AE

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2667993 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Ciliary abnormalities due to defects in the retrograde transport protein DYNC2H1 in short-rib polydactyly syndrome.

Merrill Amy E AE Merriman Barry B Farrington-Rock Claire C Camacho Natalia N Sebald Eiman T ET Funari Vincent A VA Schibler Matthew J MJ Firestein Marc H MH Cohn Zachary A ZA Priore Mary Ann MA Thompson Alicia K AK Rimoin David L DL Nelson Stanley F SF Cohn Daniel H DH Krakow Deborah D

American journal of human genetics 20090401 4

The short-rib polydactyly (SRP) syndromes are a heterogeneous group of perinatal lethal skeletal disorders with polydactyly and multisystem organ abnormalities. Homozygosity by descent mapping in a consanguineous SRP family identified a genomic region that contained DYNC2H1, a cytoplasmic dynein involved in retrograde transport in the cilium. Affected individuals in the family were homozygous for an exon 12 missense mutation that predicted the amino acid substitution R587C. Compound heterozygosi ...[more]

PMID: 19361615

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Project description:BackgroundShort-rib thoracic dysplasia 3 with or without polydactyly (SRTD3, OMIM: 613091) is an autosomal recessive disorder. SRTD3 presents clinically with a narrow thorax, short ribs, shortened tubular bones, and acetabular roof abnormalities. Clinical signs of SRTD3 vary among individuals. Pathogenic variants of DYNC2H1 (OMIM: 603297) have been reported to cause SRTD3.MethodsWe performed a detailed clinical prenatal sonographic characterization of a foetus with SRTD3. Trio whole-exome sequencing was used to identify causative variants in the family. The identified variants in the families were validated by Sanger sequencing and mass spectrometry. Multiple computational tools were used to predict the harmfulness of the two variants. A minigene splicing assay was carried out to evaluate the impact of the splice-site variant.ResultsWe evaluated prenatal sonographic images of the foetus with SRTD3, including abnormal rib curvature, narrow thorax, bilateral hypoplastic lungs, bilateral polydactyly, syndactyly, and foetal visceral situs inversus with mirror-image dextrocardia. We revealed novel compound variants of DYNC2H1 (NM_001377.3:c.11483T > G (p.Ile3828Arg) and c.2106 + 3A > T). Various statistical methods predicted that the variants would cause harmful effects on genes or gene products. The minigene assay findings suggested that c.2106 + 3A > T caused the skipping over exon 14, producing an exon 14 loss in the protein.ConclusionThis study identified a foetus with SRTD3 with situs inversus totalis with mirror-image dextrocardia in a Chinese family, revealing two novel compound heterozygous dynein cytoplasmic 2 heavy chain 1 (DYNC2H1) variants, expanding the phenotypic spectrum of SRTD3. The minigene study of c.2106 + 3A > T was predicted to cause an inframe exclusion of exon 14, which was predicted to have important molecular functions. Our findings strongly supported the use of WES in prenatal diagnosis and helped to understand the correlation of genotype and phenotypes of DYNC2H1. The specific sonographic findings and the molecular diagnosis helped add experience to further our expertise in prenatal counselling for SRTD3.

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Ciliary abnormalities due to defects in the retrograde transport protein DYNC2H1 in short-rib polydactyly syndrome.

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Ciliary abnormalities due to defects in the retrograde transport protein DYNC2H1 in short-rib polydactyly syndrome.

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