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Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria (acute premature aging) is caused by a de novo point mutation in the lamin A gene. Recently, this mutation has been accurately corrected by base editing in patient cell lines and in a mouse model, resulting in nearly complete reversal to a normal phenotype. This success opens the perspective for clinical applications in Progeria and other diseases.
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Affiliation(s)
- Bertrand Jordan
- UMR 7268 ADÉS, Aix-Marseille, Université /EFS/CNRS ; CoReBio PACA, case 901, Parc scientifique de Luminy, 13288 Marseille Cedex 09, France
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Grelet M, Blanck V, Sigaudy S, Philip N, Giuliano F, Khachnaoui K, Morel G, Grotto S, Sophie J, Poirsier C, Lespinasse J, Alric L, Calvas P, Chalhoub G, Layet V, Molin A, Colson C, Marsili L, Edery P, Lévy N, De Sandre-Giovannoli A. Outcomes of 4 years of molecular genetic diagnosis on a panel of genes involved in premature aging syndromes, including laminopathies and related disorders. Orphanet J Rare Dis 2019; 14:288. [PMID: 31829210 PMCID: PMC6907233 DOI: 10.1186/s13023-019-1189-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2019] [Accepted: 08/30/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Segmental progeroid syndromes are a heterogeneous group of rare and often severe genetic disorders that have been studied since the twentieth century. These progeroid syndromes are defined as segmental because only some of the features observed during natural aging are accelerated. METHODS Since 2015, the Molecular Genetics Laboratory in Marseille La Timone Hospital proposes molecular diagnosis of premature aging syndromes including laminopathies and related disorders upon NGS sequencing of a panel of 82 genes involved in these syndromes. We analyzed the results obtained in 4 years on 66 patients issued from France and abroad. RESULTS Globally, pathogenic or likely pathogenic variants (ACMG class 5 or 4) were identified in about 1/4 of the cases; among these, 9 pathogenic variants were novel. On the other hand, the diagnostic yield of our panel was over 60% when the patients were addressed upon a nosologically specific clinical suspicion, excepted for connective tissue disorders, for which clinical diagnosis may be more challenging. Prenatal testing was proposed to 3 families. We additionally detected 16 variants of uncertain significance and reclassified 3 of them as benign upon segregation analysis in first degree relatives. CONCLUSIONS High throughput sequencing using the Laminopathies/ Premature Aging disorders panel allowed molecular diagnosis of rare disorders associated with premature aging features and genetic counseling for families, representing an interesting first-level analysis before whole genome sequencing may be proposed, as a future second step, by the National high throughput sequencing platforms ("Medicine France Genomics 2025" Plan), in families without molecular diagnosis.
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Affiliation(s)
- Maude Grelet
- Department of Medical Genetics, Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Marseille, Marseille, France
- Aix Marseille Univ, INSERM, MMG, Marseille, France
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Marseille, Marseille, France
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Marseille, Marseille, France
- Aix Marseille Univ, INSERM, MMG, Marseille, France
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Marseille, Marseille, France
- Aix Marseille Univ, INSERM, MMG, Marseille, France
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- Hospices Civils de Lyon, Genetic Department and National HHT Reference Center, Femme-Mère-Enfants Hospital, F-69677 Bron, France
- Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, F-69100 Villeurbanne, France
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- Genetics Department, AP-HP, Robert-Debré University Hospital, Paris, France
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- Department of Medical Genetics, CHU Toulouse, Purpan Hospital, 31059 Toulouse, France
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- Department of Genetics, Reims University Hospital, Reims, France
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- Department of Genetics, Centre Hospitalier de Chambéry- Hôtel-dieu, Chambery, France
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- Internal Medicine, CHU Toulouse, Rangueil Hospital, Toulouse 3 University Hospital Center, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Medical Genetics, CHU Toulouse, Purpan Hospital, 31059 Toulouse, France
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- Department of Genetics, Le Havre Hospital, F76600 Le Havre, France
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- Department of Genetics, CHU de Caen, Avenue de la Cote de Nacre, 14000 Caen, France
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- Department of Genetics, CHU de Caen, Avenue de la Cote de Nacre, 14000 Caen, France
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Lille University Hospital, CHU, Lille, France
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- Hospices Civils de Lyon, Genetic Department and National HHT Reference Center, Femme-Mère-Enfants Hospital, F-69677 Bron, France
- Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, F-69100 Villeurbanne, France
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Marseille, Marseille, France
- Aix Marseille Univ, INSERM, MMG, Marseille, France
- CRB-TAC (Biological Ressource Center-Tissues, DNA, Cells), Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Marseille, Marseille, France
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Marseille, Marseille, France
- Aix Marseille Univ, INSERM, MMG, Marseille, France
- CRB-TAC (Biological Ressource Center-Tissues, DNA, Cells), Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Marseille, Marseille, France
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Kepten E, Miné-Hattab J. [Lamin A: a key protein in chromatin motion]. Med Sci (Paris) 2017; 33:126-130. [PMID: 28240200 DOI: 10.1051/medsci/20173302004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Eldad Kepten
- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, CNRS, Génétique et biologie du développement, UMR 3215, 26, rue d'Ulm, F-75005, Paris, France
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- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, CNRS, Dynamique du noyau, UMR 3664, 26, rue d'Ulm, F-75005, Paris, France
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Poitelon Y, Kozlov S, Devaux J, Vallat JM, Jamon M, Roubertoux P, Rabarimeriarijaona S, Baudot C, Hamadouche T, Stewart CL, Levy N, Delague V. Behavioral and molecular exploration of the AR-CMT2A mouse model Lmna (R298C/R298C). Neuromolecular Med 2012; 14:40-52. [PMID: 22331516 DOI: 10.1007/s12017-012-8168-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2011] [Accepted: 01/18/2012] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
Abstract
In 2002, we identified LMNA as the first gene responsible for an autosomal recessive axonal form of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, AR-CMT2A. All patients were found to be homozygous for the same mutation in the LMNA gene, p.Arg298Cys. In order to investigate the physiopathological mechanisms underlying AR-CMT2A, we have generated a knock-in mouse model for the Lmna p.Arg298Cys mutation. We have explored these mice through an exhaustive series of behavioral tests and histopathological analyses, but were not able to find any peripheral nerve phenotype, even at 18 months of age. Interestingly at the molecular level, however, we detect a downregulation of the Lmna gene in all tissues tested from the homozygous knock-in mouse Lmna (R298C/R298C) (skeletal muscle, heart, peripheral nerve, spinal cord and cerebral trunk). Importantly, we further reveal a significant upregulation of Pmp22, specifically in the sciatic nerves of Lmna (R298C/R298C) mice. These results indicate that, despite the absence of a perceptible phenotype, abnormalities exist in the peripheral nerves of Lmna (R298C/R298C) mice that are absent from other tissues. Although the mechanisms leading to deregulation of Pmp22 in Lmna (R298C/R298C) mice are still unclear, our results support a relation between Lmna and Pmp22 and constitute a first step toward understanding AR-CMT2A physiopathology.
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- Yannick Poitelon
- UMR_S 910, Génétique Médicale et Génomique Fonctionnelle, Inserm, 13385 Marseille cedex 05, France
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