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Song X, Hu R, Chen Y, Xiao M, Zhang H, Wu S, Lu Q. The structure of TRAF7 coiled-coil trimer provides insight into its function in zebrafish embryonic development. J Mol Cell Biol 2024; 16:mjad083. [PMID: 38178633 PMCID: PMC11216086 DOI: 10.1093/jmcb/mjad083] [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: 04/24/2023] [Revised: 11/28/2023] [Accepted: 01/03/2024] [Indexed: 01/06/2024] Open
Abstract
TRAF7 serves as a crucial intracellular adaptor and E3 ubiquitin ligase involved in signal transduction pathways, contributing to immune responses, tumor progression, and embryonic development. Somatic mutations within the coiled-coil (CC) domain and WD40 repeat domain of TRAF7 could cause brain tumors, while germline pathogenic mutations contribute to severe developmental abnormalities. However, the precise molecular mechanism underlying TRAF7 involvement in embryonic development remains unclear. In this study, we employed zebrafish as an in vivo model system. TRAF7 knock down caused defects in zebrafish embryonic development. We determined the crystal structure of TRAF7 CC domain at 3.3 Å resolution and found that the CC region trimerization was essential for TRAF7 functionality during zebrafish embryonic development. Additionally, disease-causing mutations in TRAF7 CC region could impair the trimer formation, consequently impacting early embryonic development of zebrafish. Therefore, our study sheds light on the molecular mechanism of TRAF7 CC trimer formation and its pivotal role in embryonic development.
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- Xiaozhen Song
- Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory, Shanghai Children's Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200040, China
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- Bio-X Institutes, Key Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders (Ministry of Education), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, China
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- Laboratory of Development and Diseases and State Key Laboratory for Medical Genomics, Shanghai Institute of Hematology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
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- Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory, Shanghai Children's Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200040, China
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- Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory, Shanghai Children's Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200040, China
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- Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory, Shanghai Children's Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200040, China
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- Bio-X Institutes, Key Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders (Ministry of Education), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, China
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Kim KH, Han JY, Park J, Cho JS. The First Korean Case with Cardiac, Facial, and Digital Anomalies with Developmental Delay Caused by De Novo TRAF7 p.Arg655Gln Variant. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:3701. [PMID: 38612512 PMCID: PMC11011995 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25073701] [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: 02/15/2024] [Revised: 03/11/2024] [Accepted: 03/21/2024] [Indexed: 04/14/2024] Open
Abstract
TRAF7-related disorders represent some of the rarest inherited disorders, exhibiting clinical features that overlap with cardiac, facial, and digital anomalies with developmental delay (CAFDADD) syndrome, as well as blepharophimosis-mental retardation syndrome (BMRS). A 36-year-old male, presenting with total blindness, blepharophimosis, and intellectual disability, was admitted for the assessment of resting dyspnea several months previously. He had a history of being diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Transesophageal and transthoracic echocardiography unveiled right ventricular dilatation without significant pulmonary hypertension, bicuspid aortic valve with aortic root aneurysm, and aortic regurgitation in the proband. Sanger sequencing identified a de novo TRAF7 variant (c.1964G>A; p.Arg655Gln). Subsequently, aortic root replacement using the Bentall procedure was performed. However, despite the surgery, he continued to experience dyspnea. Upon re-evaluating OSA with polysomnography, it was discovered that continuous positive airway pressure support alleviated his symptoms. The underlying cause of his symptoms was attributed to OSA, likely exacerbated by the vertebral anomaly and short neck associated with CAFDADD syndrome. Clinicians should be attentive to the symptoms associated with OSA as it is a potentially serious medical condition in patients with TRAF7 variants.
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- Kyung Hee Kim
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea;
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- Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea;
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Jeonbuk National University Medical School and Hospital, Jeonju 54907, Republic of Korea;
- Research Institute of Clinical Medicine of Jeonbuk National University, Biomedical Research Institute of Jeonbuk National University Hospital, Jeonju 54907, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea;
- Catholic Research Institute for Intractable Cardiovascular Disease, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea
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Pisan E, De Luca C, Brancati F, Sanchez Russo R, Li D, Bhoj E, Wenger T, Marwaha A, Johnson N, Beneteau C, Brischoux-Boucher E, Houge G, Paulsen J, Hammer TB, Ek J, Schweitzer D, Russell BE, Dutra-Clarke M, Nelson S, Douine ED, Corona RI, Dudding T, Thomson H, Low K, Belnap N, Iascone M, Priolo M, Carli D, Mussa A, Bijlsma EK, Kopp N, Jais JP, Amiel J, Gordon CT. The spectrum of heart defects in the TRAF7-related multiple congenital anomalies-intellectual disability syndrome. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2024; 121:e2317601121. [PMID: 38466850 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2317601121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/13/2024] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Elise Pisan
- Laboratory of embryology and genetics of human malformations, INSERM Unité Mixte de Recherche 1163, Institut Imagine and Université Paris Cité, Paris 75015, France
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- Human Genetics, Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Coppito 67100, L'Aquila, Italy
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- Human Genetics, Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Coppito 67100, L'Aquila, Italy
- Human Functional Genomics Laboratory, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico San Raffaele Roma, Rome 00163, Italy
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- Department of Human Genetics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322
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- Center for Applied Genomics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104
- Division of Human Genetics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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- Center for Applied Genomics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104
- Division of Human Genetics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105
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- Alberta Children's Hospital, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 4N1, Canada
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- Alberta Children's Hospital, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 4N1, Canada
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- Service de Génétique Médicale, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire de Bordeaux, Bordeaux F-33000, France
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- Centre de Génétique Humaine, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire de Besançon, Besançon 25000, France
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen 5021, Norway
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- Department of Medical Genetics, St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim University Hospital, Trondheim 7006, Norway
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- Department of Epilepsy Genetics and Personalized Medicine, Danish Epilepsy Centre, Dianalund 4293, Denmark
- Department of Genetics, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen 2100, Denmark
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- Department of Genetics, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen 2100, Denmark
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- Department of Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095
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- Department of Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095
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- Department of Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095
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- Department of Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095
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- Department of Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095
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- Department of Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095
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- Genetics of Learning Disability Service, Hunter Genetics, Waratah, NSW 2298, Australia
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- Genetics of Learning Disability Service, Hunter Genetics, Waratah, NSW 2298, Australia
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, St. Michaels Hospital, University Hospitals Bristol and Weston National Health Service Trust, Bristol BS2 8EJ, United Kingdom
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- Center for Rare Childhood Disorders, Translational Genomics Research Institute, Phoenix, AZ 85012
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- Medical Genetics Laboratory, Azienda Sociosanitaria Territoriale Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo 24127, Italy
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- Unit of Medical Genetics, Azienda Ospedaliera di Rilievo Nazionale Cardarelli, Naples 80131, Italy
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- Department of Medical Sciences, University of Torino, Torino 10124, Italy
- Immunogenetics and Transplant Biology Unit, Città della Salute e della Scienza University Hospital, Torino 10126, Italy
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- Pediatric Clinical Genetics Unit, Ospedale Infantile Regina Margherita, Department of Public Health and Pediatric Sciences, University of Torino, Torino 10126, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Leiden University Medical Centre, 2300 RC Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53223
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- Biostatistics Unit, Université Paris Cité, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris 75015, France
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- Laboratory of embryology and genetics of human malformations, INSERM Unité Mixte de Recherche 1163, Institut Imagine and Université Paris Cité, Paris 75015, France
- Service de Médecine Génomique des Maladies Rares, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris 75015, France
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- Laboratory of embryology and genetics of human malformations, INSERM Unité Mixte de Recherche 1163, Institut Imagine and Université Paris Cité, Paris 75015, France
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Malinowski A, Elsamadicy EA, Turan S. Prenatal diagnosis of a germline variant in TRAF7: Importance of accessibility to prenatal exome sequencing in cases of structural fetal anomalies. Clin Genet 2022; 102:164-165. [PMID: 35684978 DOI: 10.1111/cge.14170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2022] [Revised: 05/23/2022] [Accepted: 05/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
Diagnosis of a pathogenic germline TRAF7 missense variant (c.1555 C > T, p.L519F) made on a prenatal basis by exome sequencing (ES) performed on chorionic villi. This case highlights the importance of both higher-level prenatal ultrasounds and the accessibility of ES in making genetic diagnoses in making pregnancy management decisions.
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- Amy Malinowski
- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Balitimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Balitimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Balitimore, Maryland, USA
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