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Inborn Errors of RNA Lariat Metabolism in Humans with Brainstem Viral Infection.

ABSTRACT: Viruses that are typically benign sometimes invade the brainstem in otherwise healthy children. We report bi-allelic DBR1 mutations in unrelated patients from different ethnicities, each of whom had brainstem infection due to herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV1), influenza virus, or norovirus. DBR1 encodes the only known RNA lariat debranching enzyme. We show that DBR1 expression is ubiquitous, but strongest in the spinal cord and brainstem. We also show that all DBR1 mutant alleles are severely hypomorphic, in terms of expression and function. The fibroblasts of DBR1-mutated patients contain higher RNA lariat levels than control cells, this difference becoming even more marked during HSV1 infection. Finally, we show that the patients' fibroblasts are highly susceptible to HSV1. RNA lariat accumulation and viral susceptibility are rescued by wild-type DBR1. Autosomal recessive, partial DBR1 deficiency underlies viral infection of the brainstem in humans through the disruption of tissue-specific and cell-intrinsic immunity to viruses.

SUBMITTER: Zhang SY

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5886375 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Inborn Errors of RNA Lariat Metabolism in Humans with Brainstem Viral Infection.

Zhang Shen-Ying SY Clark Nathaniel E NE Freije Catherine A CA Pauwels Elodie E Taggart Allison J AJ Okada Satoshi S Mandel Hanna H Garcia Paula P Ciancanelli Michael J MJ Biran Anat A Lafaille Fabien G FG Tsumura Miyuki M Cobat Aurélie A Luo Jingchuan J Volpi Stefano S Zimmer Bastian B Sakata Sonoko S Dinis Alexandra A Ohara Osamu O Garcia Reino Eduardo J EJ Dobbs Kerry K Hasek Mary M Holloway Stephen P SP McCammon Karen K Hussong Stacy A SA DeRosa Nicholas N Van Skike Candice E CE Katolik Adam A Lorenzo Lazaro L Hyodo Maki M Faria Emilia E Halwani Rabih R Fukuhara Rie R Smith Gregory A GA Galvan Veronica V Damha Masad J MJ Al-Muhsen Saleh S Itan Yuval Y Boeke Jef D JD Notarangelo Luigi D LD Studer Lorenz L Kobayashi Masao M Diogo Luisa L Fairbrother William G WG Abel Laurent L Rosenberg Brad R BR Hart P John PJ Etzioni Amos A Casanova Jean-Laurent JL

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Viruses that are typically benign sometimes invade the brainstem in otherwise healthy children. We report bi-allelic DBR1 mutations in unrelated patients from different ethnicities, each of whom had brainstem infection due to herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV1), influenza virus, or norovirus. DBR1 encodes the only known RNA lariat debranching enzyme. We show that DBR1 expression is ubiquitous, but strongest in the spinal cord and brainstem. We also show that all DBR1 mutant alleles are severely hypomo ...[more]

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Inborn Errors of RNA Lariat Metabolism in Humans with Brainstem Viral Infection.

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Inborn Errors of RNA Lariat Metabolism in Humans with Brainstem Viral Infection.

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