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Marszałek-Kruk BA, Myśliwiec A, Lipowicz A, Wolański W, Kulesa-Mrowiecka M, Dowgierd K. Children with Rare Nager Syndrome-Literature Review, Clinical and Physiotherapeutic Management. Genes (Basel) 2023; 15:29. [PMID: 38254920 PMCID: PMC10815867 DOI: 10.3390/genes15010029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2023] [Revised: 12/16/2023] [Accepted: 12/19/2023] [Indexed: 01/24/2024] Open
Abstract
Nager syndrome is a rare human developmental disorder characterized by craniofacial defects including the downward slanting of the palpebral fissures, cleft palate, limb deformities, mandibular hypoplasia, hypoplasia or absence of thumbs, microretrognathia, and ankylosis of the temporomandibular joint. The prevalence is very rare and the literature describes only about a hundred cases of Nager syndrome. There is evidence of autosomal dominant and autosomal recessive inheritance for Nager syndrome, suggesting genetic heterogeneity. The majority of the described causes of Nager syndrome include pathogenic variants in the SF3B4 gene, which encodes a component of the spliceosome; therefore, the syndrome belongs to the spliceosomopathy group of diseases. The diagnosis is made on the basis of physical and radiological examination and detection of mutations in the SF3B4 gene. Due to the diversity of defects associated with Nager syndrome, patients require multidisciplinary, complex, and long-lasting treatment. Usually, it starts from birth until the age of twenty years. The surgical procedures vary over a patient's lifetime and are related to the needed function. First, breathing and feeding must be facilitated; then, oral and facial clefts should be addressed, followed by correcting eyelid deformities and cheekbone reconstruction. In later age, a surgery of the nose and external ear is performed. Speech and hearing disorders require specialized logopedic treatment. A defect of the thumb is treated by transplanting a tendon and muscle or transferring the position of the index finger. In addition to surgery, in order to maximize a patient's benefit and to reduce functional insufficiency, complementary treatments such as rehabilitation and physiotherapy are recommended. In our study, we describe eight patients of different ages with various cases of Nager syndrome. The aim of our work was to present the actual genetic knowledge on this disease and its treatment procedures.
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- Laboratory of Physiotherapy and Physioprevention, Institute of Physiotherapy and Health Sciences, Academy of Physical Education in Katowice, 40-065 Katowice, Poland
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- Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Biology and Animal Science, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, 50-375 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Biomechatronics, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, 41-800 Zabrze, Poland
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- Department of Rehabilitation in Internal Diseases, Faculty of Health Sciences, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 31-126 Krakow, Poland
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- Head and Neck Surgery Clinic for Children and Young Adults, Department of Clinical Pediatrics, Collegium Medicum, University of Warmia and Mazury, 10-561 Olsztyn, Poland
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Harms FL, Dingemans AJM, Hempel M, Pfundt R, Bierhals T, Casar C, Müller C, Niermeijer JMF, Fischer J, Jahn A, Hübner C, Majore S, Agolini E, Novelli A, van der Smagt J, Ernst R, van Binsbergen E, Mancini GMS, van Slegtenhorst M, Barakat TS, Wakeling EL, Kamath A, Downie L, Pais L, White SM, de Vries BBA, Kutsche K. De novo PHF5A variants are associated with craniofacial abnormalities, developmental delay, and hypospadias. Genet Med 2023; 25:100927. [PMID: 37422718 DOI: 10.1016/j.gim.2023.100927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2022] [Revised: 06/30/2023] [Accepted: 07/02/2023] [Indexed: 07/10/2023] Open
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PURPOSE The SF3B splicing complex is composed of SF3B1-6 and PHF5A. We report a developmental disorder caused by de novo variants in PHF5A. METHODS Clinical, genomic, and functional studies using subject-derived fibroblasts and a heterologous cellular system were performed. RESULTS We studied 9 subjects with congenital malformations, including preauricular tags and hypospadias, growth abnormalities, and developmental delay who had de novo heterozygous PHF5A variants, including 4 loss-of-function (LOF), 3 missense, 1 splice, and 1 start-loss variant. In subject-derived fibroblasts with PHF5A LOF variants, wild-type and variant PHF5A mRNAs had a 1:1 ratio, and PHF5A mRNA levels were normal. Transcriptome sequencing revealed alternative promoter use and downregulated genes involved in cell-cycle regulation. Subject and control fibroblasts had similar amounts of PHF5A with the predicted wild-type molecular weight and of SF3B1-3 and SF3B6. SF3B complex formation was unaffected in 2 subject cell lines. CONCLUSION Our data suggest the existence of feedback mechanisms in fibroblasts with PHF5A LOF variants to maintain normal levels of SF3B components. These compensatory mechanisms in subject fibroblasts with PHF5A or SF3B4 LOF variants suggest disturbed autoregulation of mutated splicing factor genes in specific cell types, that is, neural crest cells, during embryonic development rather than haploinsufficiency as pathomechanism.
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- Frederike L Harms
- Institute of Human Genetics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany; Institute of Human Genetics, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Bioinformatics Core, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Bioinformatics Core, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute for Clinical Genetics, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus at the Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute for Clinical Genetics, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus at the Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Neuropaediatrics, Medizinische Fakultät Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Experimental Medicine, San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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- Laboratory of Medical Genetics, Translational Cytogenomics Research Unit, Bambino Gesù Children Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Laboratory of Medical Genetics, Translational Cytogenomics Research Unit, Bambino Gesù Children Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Discovery Unit, Department of Clinical Genetics, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- North East Thames Regional Genetic Service, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- All Wales Medical Genomics Service/ Pennaeth Labordy Genomeg Cymru Gyfan, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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- Victorian Clinical Genetics Service, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, VIC; Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA
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- Victorian Clinical Genetics Service, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, VIC; Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Human Genetics, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
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Kumar S, Alam SS, Bareke E, Beauchamp MC, Dong Y, Chan W, Majewski J, Jerome-Majewska LA. Sf3b4 regulates chromatin remodeler splicing and Hox expression. Differentiation 2023; 131:59-73. [PMID: 37167859 DOI: 10.1016/j.diff.2023.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2023] [Revised: 04/27/2023] [Accepted: 04/28/2023] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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SF3B proteins form a heptameric complex in the U2 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein, essential for pre-mRNA splicing. Heterozygous pathogenic variants in human SF3B4 are associated with head, face, limb, and vertebrae defects. Using the CRISPR/Cas9 system, we generated mice with constitutive heterozygous deletion of Sf3b4 and showed that mutant embryos have abnormal vertebral development. Vertebrae abnormalities were accompanied by changes in levels and expression pattern of Hox genes in the somites. RNA sequencing analysis of whole embryos and somites of Sf3b4 mutant and control litter mates revealed increased expression of other Sf3b4 genes. However, the mutants exhibited few differentially expressed genes and a large number of transcripts with differential splicing events (DSE), predominantly increased exon skipping and intron retention. Transcripts with increased DSE included several genes involved in chromatin remodeling that are known to regulate Hox expression. Our study confirms that Sf3b4 is required for normal vertebrae development and shows, for the first time, that like Sf3b1, Sf3b4 also regulates Hox expression. We propose that abnormal splicing of chromatin remodelers is primarily responsible for vertebral defects found in Sf3b4 heterozygous mutant embryos.
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- Shruti Kumar
- Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, H3A 0G1, Canada
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- Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, H3A 0G1, Canada
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- Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre at Glen Site, Montreal, QC, H4A 3J1, Canada
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- Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, H3A 0G1, Canada
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, H3A 2B2, Canada
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- Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, H3A 0G1, Canada
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- Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, H3A 0G1, Canada; Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, McGill University, Montreal, QC, H3A 2B2, Canada; Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre at Glen Site, Montreal, QC, H4A 3J1, Canada; Department of Pediatrics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, H4A 3J1, Canada.
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Ulhaq ZS, Soraya GV, Istifiani LA, Pamungkas SA, Tse WKF. SF3B4 Frameshift Variants Represented a More Severe Clinical Manifestation in Nager Syndrome. Cleft Palate Craniofac J 2022:10556656221089156. [PMID: 35331022 DOI: 10.1177/10556656221089156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Nager syndrome (NS) is a rare disease marked with craniofacial and preaxial limb anomalies. In this report, we summarized the current evidence to determine a possible genotype-phenotype association among NS individuals. Twenty-four articles comprising of 84 NS (including 9 patients with a severe form of NS [Rodriguez syndrome]) patients were examined, of which 76% were caused by variants in SF3B4 (OMIM *605593, Splicing Factor 3B, Subunit 4). Within the SF3B4 gene, variants located in exon 3 commonly occurred (20%) from a total identified variant, while hotspot location was identified in exon 1 (12%), and primarily occurred as frameshift variants (64%). Thirty-five distinct pathogenic variants within SF3B4 gene were identified with two common sites, c.1A > G and c.1060dupC in exons 1 and 5, respectively. Although no significant genotype-phenotype association was found, it is notable that patients with frameshift SF3B4 variants and predicted to lead to nonsense-mediated RNA decay (NMD) of the transcripts tended to have a more severe clinical manifestation. Additionally, patients harboring variants in exons 2 and 3 displayed a higher proportion of cardiac malformations. Taken together, this article summarizes the pathogenic variants observed in SF3B4 and provides a possible genotype-phenotype relationship in this disease.
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- Zulvikar Syambani Ulhaq
- National Research and Innovation Agency, Republic of Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia.,Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Maulana Malik Ibrahim State Islamic University, Malang, Indonesia
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia.,Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia
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- Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Health Sciences, Brawijaya University, Malang, Indonesia
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- Laboratory of Developmental Disorders and Toxicology, Center for Promotion of International Education and Research, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Maharana SK, Saint-Jeannet JP. Molecular mechanisms of hearing loss in Nager syndrome. Dev Biol 2021; 476:200-208. [PMID: 33864777 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2021.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2020] [Revised: 04/07/2021] [Accepted: 04/07/2021] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Nager syndrome is a rare human developmental disorder characterized by hypoplastic neural crest-derived craniofacial bones and limb defects. Mutations in SF3B4 gene, which encodes a component of the spliceosome, are a major cause for Nager. A review of the literature indicates that 45% of confirmed cases are also affected by conductive, sensorineural or mixed hearing loss. Conductive hearing loss is due to defective middle ear ossicles, which are neural crest derived, while sensorineural hearing loss typically results from defective inner ear or vestibulocochlear nerve, which are both derived from the otic placode. Animal model of Nager syndrome indicates that upon Sf3b4 knockdown cranial neural crest progenitors are depleted, which may account for the conductive hearing loss in these patients. To determine whether Sf3b4 plays a role in otic placode formation we analyzed the impact of Sf3b4 knockdown on otic development. Sf3b4-depleted Xenopus embryos exhibited reduced expression of several pan-placodal genes six1, dmrta1 and foxi4.1. We confirmed the dependence of placode genes expression on Sf3b4 function in animal cap explants expressing noggin, a BMP antagonist critical to induce placode fate in the ectoderm. Later in development, Sf3b4 morphant embryos had reduced expression of pax8, tbx2, otx2, bmp4 and wnt3a at the otic vesicle stage, and altered otic vesicle development. We propose that in addition to the neural crest, Sf3b4 is required for otic development, which may account for sensorineural hearing loss in Nager syndrome.
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- Santosh Kumar Maharana
- Department of Molecular Pathobiology, New York University, College of Dentistry, New York, USA
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Xu C, Xiang Y, Xu X, Zhou L, Li H, Dong X, Tang S. Clinical application of chromosomal microarray analysis for fetuses with craniofacial malformations. Mol Cytogenet 2020; 13:38. [PMID: 32863884 PMCID: PMC7448974 DOI: 10.1186/s13039-020-00502-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2020] [Accepted: 07/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Background The potential correlations between chromosomal abnormalities and craniofacial malformations (CFMs) remain a challenge in prenatal diagnosis. This study aimed to evaluate 118 fetuses with CFMs by applying chromosomal microarray analysis (CMA) and G-banded chromosome analysis. Results Of the 118 cases in this study, 39.8% were isolated CFMs (47/118) whereas 60.2% were non-isolated CFMs (71/118). The detection rate of chromosomal abnormalities in non-isolated CFM fetuses was significantly higher than that in isolated CFM fetuses (26/71 vs. 7/47, p = 0.01). Compared to the 16 fetuses (16/104; 15.4%) with pathogenic chromosomal abnormalities detected by karyotype analysis, CMA identified a total of 33 fetuses (33/118; 28.0%) with clinically significant findings. These 33 fetuses included cases with aneuploidy abnormalities (14/118; 11.9%), microdeletion/microduplication syndromes (9/118; 7.6%), and other pathogenic copy number variations (CNVs) only (10/118; 8.5%).We further explored the CNV/phenotype correlation and found a series of clear or suspected dosage-sensitive CFM genes including TBX1, MAPK1, PCYT1A, DLG1, LHX1, SHH, SF3B4, FOXC1, ZIC2, CREBBP, SNRPB, and CSNK2A1. Conclusion These findings enrich our understanding of the potential causative CNVs and genes in CFMs. Identification of the genetic basis of CFMs contributes to our understanding of their pathogenesis and allows detailed genetic counselling.
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- Chenyang Xu
- Center of Prenatal Diagnosis, Wenzhou Central Hospital, Wenzhou, China
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- Center of Prenatal Diagnosis, Wenzhou Central Hospital, Wenzhou, China
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- Center of Prenatal Diagnosis, Wenzhou Central Hospital, Wenzhou, China
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- Center of Prenatal Diagnosis, Wenzhou Central Hospital, Wenzhou, China
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- Center of Prenatal Diagnosis, Wenzhou Central Hospital, Wenzhou, China
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- Center of Prenatal Diagnosis, Wenzhou Central Hospital, Wenzhou, China
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- Center of Prenatal Diagnosis, Wenzhou Central Hospital, Wenzhou, China.,Key Laboratory of Medical Genetic, School of Laboratory Medicine and Life Science, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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Zhao J, Yang L. Broad-spectrum next-generation sequencing-based diagnosis of a case of Nager syndrome. J Clin Lab Anal 2020; 34:e23426. [PMID: 32537850 PMCID: PMC7521291 DOI: 10.1002/jcla.23426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2020] [Revised: 05/18/2020] [Accepted: 05/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Nager syndrome is a rare genetic syndrome characterized by craniofacial and preaxial limb anomalies. Haploinsufficiency of the SF3B4 gene has been identified as a significant reason for Nager syndrome. Treacher Collins syndrome (TCS) has similar facial features; however, the TCOF1, POLR1D, and POLR1C genes have been reported as the critical disease-causing genes. Similar phenotypes make it easy to misdiagnose. CASE REPORT In this report, we have presented a case of one newborn with acrofacial dysostosis, who was first diagnosed with TCS. Expanded next-generation sequencing eventually detected a (c.1A>G) heterozygous mutation in the SF3B4 gene at chr1:149899651 that was confirmed by Sanger sequencing. Combined with his preaxial limb anomalies discovered after his death, a diagnosis of Nager syndrome was made. CONCLUSIONS This report presents one patient with Nager syndrome who was initially misdiagnosed with TCS. Correct genetic testing will be beneficial to future prenatal diagnosis.
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- Jue Zhao
- Department of Obstetrics, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, People's Hospital of Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Obstetrics, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, People's Hospital of Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, China
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Beauchamp MC, Alam SS, Kumar S, Jerome-Majewska LA. Spliceosomopathies and neurocristopathies: Two sides of the same coin? Dev Dyn 2020; 249:924-945. [PMID: 32315467 DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2019] [Revised: 03/26/2020] [Accepted: 04/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Mutations in core components of the spliceosome are responsible for a group of syndromes collectively known as spliceosomopathies. Patients exhibit microcephaly, micrognathia, malar hypoplasia, external ear anomalies, eye anomalies, psychomotor delay, intellectual disability, limb, and heart defects. Craniofacial malformations in these patients are predominantly found in neural crest cells-derived structures of the face and head. Mutations in eight genes SNRPB, RNU4ATAC, SF3B4, PUF60, EFTUD2, TXNL4, EIF4A3, and CWC27 are associated with craniofacial spliceosomopathies. In this review, we provide a brief description of the normal development of the head and the face and an overview of mutations identified in genes associated with craniofacial spliceosomopathies. We also describe a model to explain how and when these mutations are most likely to impact neural crest cells. We speculate that mutations in a subset of core splicing factors lead to disrupted splicing in neural crest cells because these cells have increased sensitivity to inefficient splicing. Hence, disruption in splicing likely activates a cellular stress response that includes increased skipping of regulatory exons in genes such as MDM2 and MDM4, key regulators of P53. This would result in P53-associated death of neural crest cells and consequently craniofacial malformations associated with spliceosomopathies.
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- Marie-Claude Beauchamp
- Department of Pediatrics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.,McGill University Health Centre at Glen Site, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- McGill University Health Centre at Glen Site, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.,Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- McGill University Health Centre at Glen Site, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.,Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Pediatrics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.,McGill University Health Centre at Glen Site, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.,Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.,Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Drozniewska M, Kilby MD, Vogt J, Togneri F, Quinlan‐Jones E, Reali L, Allen S, McMullan D. Second-trimester prenatal diagnosis of Nager syndrome with a deletion including SF3B4 detected by chromosomal microarray. Clin Case Rep 2020; 8:508-511. [PMID: 32185046 PMCID: PMC7069884 DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.2509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2018] [Revised: 01/07/2019] [Accepted: 10/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
Abstract
Nager syndrome is a rare, complex malformation syndrome, for which there is limited information on prenatal genetic testing. Clinical diagnosis of Nager syndrome, which can be caused by deletions encompassing SF3B4 gene, is possible prenatally. Prenatal chromosomal microarray can aid genotype-phenotype correlation in pregnancies with structural abnormalities seen on ultrasound.
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- Malgorzata Drozniewska
- West Midlands Regional Genetics LaboratoryBirmingham Women’s & Children’s NHS Foundation TrustBirminghamUK
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- Fetal Medicine CentreBirmingham Women's & Children’s NHS Foundation TrustBirminghamUK
- Birmingham Centre for Women's and New‐born HealthCollege of Medical and Dental SciencesInstitute of Metabolism and Systems ResearchUniversity of BirminghamBirminghamUK
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- Clinical Genetics UnitWest Midlands Regional Genetics ServiceBirmingham Women’s & Children’s NHS Foundation TrustBirminghamUK
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- West Midlands Regional Genetics LaboratoryBirmingham Women’s & Children’s NHS Foundation TrustBirminghamUK
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- West Midlands Regional Genetics LaboratoryBirmingham Women’s & Children’s NHS Foundation TrustBirminghamUK
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- West Midlands Regional Genetics LaboratoryBirmingham Women’s & Children’s NHS Foundation TrustBirminghamUK
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- West Midlands Regional Genetics LaboratoryBirmingham Women’s & Children’s NHS Foundation TrustBirminghamUK
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snRNP proteins in health and disease. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2017; 79:92-102. [PMID: 29037818 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2017.10.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2017] [Revised: 10/09/2017] [Accepted: 10/12/2017] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
Abstract
Split gene architecture of most human genes requires removal of intervening sequences by mRNA splicing that occurs on large multiprotein complexes called spliceosomes. Mutations compromising several spliceosomal components have been recorded in degenerative syndromes and haematological neoplasia, thereby highlighting the importance of accurate splicing execution in homeostasis of assorted adult tissues. Moreover, insufficient splicing underlies defective development of craniofacial skeleton and upper extremities. This review summarizes recent advances in the understanding of splicing factor function deduced from cryo-EM structures. We combine these data with the characterization of splicing factors implicated in hereditary or somatic disorders, with a focus on potential functional consequences the mutations may elicit in spliceosome assembly and/or performance. Given aberrant splicing or perturbations in splicing efficiency substantially underpin disease pathogenesis, profound understanding of the mis-splicing principles may open new therapeutic vistas. In three major sections dedicated to retinal dystrophies, hereditary acrofacial syndromes, and haematological malignancies, we delineate the noticeable variety of conditions associated with dysfunctional splicing and accentuate recurrent patterns in splicing defects.
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Nager acrofacial dysostosis with a novel mutation in SF3B4 and developmental retardation in an Egyptian child. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017. [DOI: 10.1097/01.mxe.0000521018.95032.31] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Dujardin G, Daguenet É, Bernard DG, Flodrops M, Durand S, Chauveau A, El Khoury F, Le Jossic-Corcos C, Corcos L. L’épissage des ARN pré-messagers : quand le splicéosome perd pied. Med Sci (Paris) 2017; 32:1103-1110. [DOI: 10.1051/medsci/20163212014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Cassina M, Cerqua C, Rossi S, Salviati L, Martini A, Clementi M, Trevisson E. A synonymous splicing mutation in the SF3B4 gene segregates in a family with highly variable Nager syndrome. Eur J Hum Genet 2016; 25:371-375. [PMID: 27966544 DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2016.176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2016] [Revised: 10/07/2016] [Accepted: 11/01/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
Nager syndrome is a rare preaxial acrofacial dysostosis that is caused by heterozygous loss-of-function variants in SF3B4. This gene encodes for a protein required for the assembly of spliceosomal complexes, being a master gene for splicing regulation. The main clinical features of Nager syndrome include facial-mandibular and preaxial limb malformations, with normal cognitive functioning. Most Nager patients are sporadic, but few familial cases with a highly variable phenotype have been reported. In this work, we report a novel synonymous variant within exon 3 of the SF3B4 gene in a family with three members affected by Nager syndrome. No pathogenic variants have been detected in other 24 genes associated with syndromes characterized by mandibulo-facial anomalies. The pathogenicity of the mutation was demonstrated through a hybrid minigene assay, which confirmed an aberrant splicing with the creation of a cryptic splice site, and showed that this allele is hypomorphic. Our findings emphasize the importance to perform functional analyses to assess the possible consequences of synonymous variants and confirmed that hybrid minigenes represent an effective tool to evaluate the effects of variants on splicing, particularly when RNA is not available.
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- Matteo Cassina
- Department of Woman and Child Health, Clinical Genetics Unit, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.,Istituto di Ricerca Pediatrica, Città della Speranza, Laboratorio di Genetica Clinica ed Epidemiologica, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Woman and Child Health, Clinical Genetics Unit, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.,Istituto di Ricerca Pediatrica, Città della Speranza, Laboratorio di Genetica Clinica ed Epidemiologica, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Woman and Child Health, Clinical Genetics Unit, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.,Istituto di Ricerca Pediatrica, Città della Speranza, Laboratorio di Genetica Clinica ed Epidemiologica, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Woman and Child Health, Clinical Genetics Unit, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.,Istituto di Ricerca Pediatrica, Città della Speranza, Laboratorio di Genetica Clinica ed Epidemiologica, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Neurosciences, Operative Unit of Otolaryngology and Otosurgery, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Woman and Child Health, Clinical Genetics Unit, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.,Istituto di Ricerca Pediatrica, Città della Speranza, Laboratorio di Genetica Clinica ed Epidemiologica, Padova, Italy
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- Department of Woman and Child Health, Clinical Genetics Unit, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.,Istituto di Ricerca Pediatrica, Città della Speranza, Laboratorio di Genetica Clinica ed Epidemiologica, Padova, Italy
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Marques F, Tenney J, Duran I, Martin J, Nevarez L, Pogue R, Krakow D, Cohn DH, Li B. Altered mRNA Splicing, Chondrocyte Gene Expression and Abnormal Skeletal Development due to SF3B4 Mutations in Rodriguez Acrofacial Dysostosis. PLoS Genet 2016; 12:e1006307. [PMID: 27622494 PMCID: PMC5021280 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2016] [Accepted: 08/17/2016] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
Abstract
The acrofacial dysostoses (AFD) are a genetically heterogeneous group of inherited disorders with craniofacial and limb abnormalities. Rodriguez syndrome is a severe, usually perinatal lethal AFD, characterized by severe retrognathia, oligodactyly and lower limb abnormalities. Rodriguez syndrome has been proposed to be a severe form of Nager syndrome, a non-lethal AFD that results from mutations in SF3B4, a component of the U2 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein particle (U2 snRNP). Furthermore, a case with a phenotype intermediate between Rodriguez and Nager syndromes has been shown to have an SF3B4 mutation. We identified heterozygosity for SF3B4 mutations in Rodriguez syndrome, confirming that the phenotype is a dominant disorder that is allelic with Nager syndrome. The mutations led to reduced SF3B4 synthesis and defects in mRNA splicing, primarily exon skipping. The mutations also led to reduced expression in growth plate chondrocytes of target genes, including the DLX5, DLX6, SOX9, and SOX6 transcription factor genes, which are known to be important for skeletal development. These data provide mechanistic insight toward understanding how SF3B4 mutations lead to the skeletal abnormalities observed in the acrofacial dysostoses. The acrofacial dysostoses (AFD) are inherited disorders with abnormalities of the facial and limb bones. Rodriguez syndrome is a severe type of AFD that is usually lethal in the immediate perinatal period. Rodriguez syndrome has been proposed to be a severe form of Nager syndrome, a non-lethal AFD that results from mutations in SF3B4, a component of mRNA splicing machinery needed for proper maturation of primary transcripts. Furthermore, a case with a phenotype intermediate between Rodriguez and Nager syndromes has been shown to have an SF3B4 mutation. We found that mutations in SF3B4 produce Rodriguez syndrome, further demonstrating that it is allelic with Nager syndrome. The consequences of the mutations include abnormal splicing and reduced expression in growth plate chondrocytes of genes that are important for proper development of the skeleton, providing mechanistic insight toward understanding how SF3B4 mutations lead to the skeletal abnormalities observed in the acrofacial dysostoses.
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- Felipe Marques
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Genômicas e Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil
- Laboratório de Biotecnologia, Universidade CEUMA, Campus Renascença, São Luís-MA, Brazil
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Genetics, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Genômicas e Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Department of Human Genetics, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- * E-mail: (DK); (DHC)
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- * E-mail: (DK); (DHC)
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- Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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