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Sreedevi N, Swapna N, Maruthy S, Jayakumar T, Sylvester C. Molecular Evaluation of Joubert Syndrome and Hearing Impairment in a Patient with Ataxic Cerebral Palsy. Glob Med Genet 2023; 10:190-193. [PMID: 37501760 PMCID: PMC10370468 DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1771184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2023] [Accepted: 06/20/2023] [Indexed: 07/29/2023] Open
Abstract
Joubert syndrome (JBTS) is a rare autosomal recessive or X-linked congenital brain malformation with strong genetic heterogeneity. Other neurological features of JBTS include hypotonia, ataxia, developmental delay, and cognitive impairment. Hearing loss with JBTS has been reported in the literature. We present the case of a 3.5-year-old boy born to a healthy consanguineous South Indian couple who was presented with ataxic cerebral palsy (CP) and hearing impairment; medical reports confirmed typical brain malformations of JBTS. Hearing impairment was screened by audiological assessment, which confirmed the presence of severe-profound hearing loss with outer hair cell dysfunction. Whole-exome sequencing (WES) was performed to know the molecular aspects of the condition and to detect any novel mutations. The homozygous mutation AHI1 c.2023G > A associated with JBTS type 3 and GJB2 c.71G > A mutation associated with hearing impairment were identified. Sanger sequencing was performed to validate the result and it identified heterozygous AHI1 c.2023G > A and GJB2 c.71G > A in the patient's parents. This study confirms the diagnosis of JBTS by WES helps identify the genetic causes of hereditary disorders that accelerate genetic evaluation and counseling for at-risk families.
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- N. Sreedevi
- Department of Speech-Language Sciences, All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysore, India
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- Department of Speech-Language Pathology, All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysore, India
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- Department of Speech-Language Sciences, All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysore, India
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- Department of Speech-Language Sciences, All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysore, India
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- Unit for Human Genetics, All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysore, India
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Downie ML, Gupta S, Voinescu C, Levine AP, Sadeghi-Alavijeh O, Dufek-Kamperis S, Cao J, Christian M, Kari JA, Thalgahagoda S, Ranawaka R, Abeyagunawardena A, Gbadegesin R, Parekh R, Kleta R, Bockenhauer D, Stanescu HC, Gale DP. Common Risk Variants in AHI1 Are Associated With Childhood Steroid Sensitive Nephrotic Syndrome. Kidney Int Rep 2023; 8:1562-1574. [PMID: 37547536 PMCID: PMC10403666 DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2023.05.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2023] [Revised: 04/21/2023] [Accepted: 05/22/2023] [Indexed: 08/08/2023] Open
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Introduction Steroid-sensitive nephrotic syndrome (SSNS) is the most common form of kidney disease in children worldwide. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have demonstrated the association of SSNS with genetic variation at HLA-DQ/DR and have identified several non-HLA loci that aid in further understanding of disease pathophysiology. We sought to identify additional genetic loci associated with SSNS in children of Sri Lankan and European ancestry. Methods We conducted a GWAS in a cohort of Sri Lankan individuals comprising 420 pediatric patients with SSNS and 2339 genetic ancestry matched controls obtained from the UK Biobank. We then performed a transethnic meta-analysis with a previously reported European cohort of 422 pediatric patients and 5642 controls. Results Our GWAS confirmed the previously reported association of SSNS with HLA-DR/DQ (rs9271602, P = 1.12 × 10-27, odds ratio [OR] = 2.75). Transethnic meta-analysis replicated these findings and identified a novel association at AHI1 (rs2746432, P = 2.79 × 10-8, OR = 1.37), which was also replicated in an independent South Asian cohort. AHI1 is implicated in ciliary protein transport and immune dysregulation, with rare variation in this gene contributing to Joubert syndrome type 3. Conclusions Common variation in AHI1 confers risk of the development of SSNS in both Sri Lankan and European populations. The association with common variation in AHI1 further supports the role of immune dysregulation in the pathogenesis of SSNS and demonstrates that variation across the allele frequency spectrum in a gene can contribute to disparate monogenic and polygenic diseases.
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- Mallory L. Downie
- Department of Renal Medicine, University College London, London, UK
- Paediatric Nephrology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Renal Medicine, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Renal Medicine, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Pathology, University College London, London, UK
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
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- Pediatric Nephrology Centre of Excellence, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
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- Department of Pediatrics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Division of Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
- Department of Medicine, Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Renal Medicine, University College London, London, UK
- Paediatric Nephrology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Renal Medicine, University College London, London, UK
- Paediatric Nephrology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Renal Medicine, University College London, London, UK
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Sangermano R, Galdikaité-Braziené E, Bujakowska KM. Non-syndromic Retinal Degeneration Caused by Pathogenic Variants in Joubert Syndrome Genes. Adv Exp Med Biol 2023; 1415:173-182. [PMID: 37440031 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-27681-1_26] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/14/2023]
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Inherited retinal degenerations (IRDs) are a group of genetic disorders characterized by progressive dysfunction and loss of photoreceptors. IRDs are classified as non-syndromic or syndromic, depending on whether retinal degeneration manifests alone or in combination with other associated symptoms. Joubert syndrome (JBTS) is a genetically and clinically heterogeneous disorder affecting the central nervous system and other organs and tissues, including the neuroretina. To date, 39 genes have been associated with JBTS, a majority of which encode structural or functional components of the primary cilium, a specialized sensory organelle present in most post-mitotic cells, including photoreceptors. The use of whole exome and IRD panel next-generation sequencing in routine diagnostics of non-syndromic IRD cases led to the discovery of pathogenic variants in JBTS genes that cause photoreceptor loss without other syndromic features. Here, we recapitulate these findings, describing the JBTS gene defects leading to non-syndromic IRDs.
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- Riccardo Sangermano
- Ocular Genomics Institute, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Ocular Genomics Institute, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Ocular Genomics Institute, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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Zhang J, Wang L, Chen W, Duan J, Meng Y, Yang H, Guo Q. Whole exome sequencing facilitated the diagnosis in four Chinese pediatric cases of Joubert syndrome related disorders. Am J Transl Res 2022; 14:5088-5097. [PMID: 35958498 PMCID: PMC9360900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2022] [Accepted: 05/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Joubert syndrome is a spectrum of rare genetic disorders, mainly characterized by a distinctive cerebellar and brain stem malformation called the "molar tooth sign" (MTS), hypotonia, and intellectual disability/developmental delay. METHODS In this study, 4 pediatric cases with developmental delay and oculomotor abnormities were recruited, and submitted to a clinical evaluation and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examination. Afterwards, genetic detection with whole exome sequencing (WES) was conducted on the 4 patients. RESULTS Imaging results demonstrated cerebellar dysplasia in all probands, yet the MTS findings varied in severity. WES detected diagnostic variations in all four probands, which were distributed in four genes, namely CC2D2A, NPHP1, AHI1, and C5orf42. Two variants were novelly identified, which were the CC2D2A: c.2444delC (p.P815fs*2) and the AIH1: exon (15-17) del. In silico analysis supported the pathogenicity of the variations in this study. CONCLUSIONS Our findings expanded the mutation spectrum of Joubert syndrome related disorders, and provided solid evidence to the affected families for further genetic counseling and pregnancy guidance.
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- Jing Zhang
- Prenatal Diagnosis Center, Shijiazhuang Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Hebei Medical University (Key Laboratory of Maternal and Fetal Medicine of Hebei Province)Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
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- Neurology Department, Children’s Hospital of Hebei Province, Hebei Medical UniversityShijiazhuang, Hebei, China
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- Prenatal Diagnosis Center, Shijiazhuang Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Hebei Medical University (Key Laboratory of Maternal and Fetal Medicine of Hebei Province)Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
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- Radiology Department, Shijiazhuang Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Hebei Medical UniversityShijiazhuang, Hebei, China
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- Prenatal Diagnosis Center, Shijiazhuang Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Hebei Medical University (Key Laboratory of Maternal and Fetal Medicine of Hebei Province)Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
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- Neurology Department, Children’s Hospital of Hebei Province, Hebei Medical UniversityShijiazhuang, Hebei, China
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- Prenatal Diagnosis Center, Shijiazhuang Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Hebei Medical University (Key Laboratory of Maternal and Fetal Medicine of Hebei Province)Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China
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Tuncel G, Kaymakamzade B, Engindereli Y, Temel SG, Ergoren MC. A Homozygous Synonymous Variant Likely Cause of Severe Ciliopathy Phenotype. Genes (Basel) 2021; 12:genes12060945. [PMID: 34205586 PMCID: PMC8234327 DOI: 10.3390/genes12060945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2021] [Revised: 06/11/2021] [Accepted: 06/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Joubert syndrome (OMIM #213300) is a rare neurodevelopmental disease characterized by abnormal breathing patterns, intellectual impairment, ocular findings, renal cysts, and hepatic fibrosis. It is classified as a ciliopathy disease, where cilia function or structure in various organs are affected. Here, we report a 17-year-old male whose main clinical findings are oculomotor apraxia and truncal ataxia. Magnetic resonance imaging revealed the characteristic molar tooth sign of Joubert syndrome. He also has obsessive–compulsive disorder concomitantly, which is not a known feature of Joubert syndrome. Molecular genetic analysis revealed a homozygous c.2106G>A (p.(Thr702=)) variation in the Abelson helper integration 1 (AHI1) gene and another homozygous c.1739C>T (p.Thr580Ile) variation in the coiled-coil and C2 domain-containing protein 1A (CC2D1A) gene. Even though certain AHI1 variations were previously associated with Joubert syndrome (JS), c.2106G>A (p.(Thr702=)) was only reported in one patient in trans with another known pathogenic JS variant. The CC2D1A c.1739C>T (p.Thr580Ile) variation, on the other hand, has been reported to cause autosomal recessive nonsyndromic mental retardation, but there are conflicting interpretations about its pathogenicity. Overall, to our knowledge, this is the first patient representing a severe ciliopathy phenotype caused by a homozygous synonymous AHI1 variation. Further investigations should be performed to determine any involvement of the CC2D1A gene in ciliopathy phenotypes such as Joubert syndrome.
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- Gulten Tuncel
- Rare Disease Research Group, DESAM Institue, Near East University, Nicosia 99138, Cyprus;
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- Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Near East University, Nicosia 99138, Cyprus;
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- Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Near East University, Nicosia 99138, Cyprus;
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Bursa Uludag University, Bursa 16059, Turkey;
- Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Bursa Uludag University, Bursa 16059, Turkey
- Department of Translational Medicine, Institute of Health Sciences, Bursa Uludag University, Bursa 16059, Turkey
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- Rare Disease Research Group, DESAM Institue, Near East University, Nicosia 99138, Cyprus;
- Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Near East University, Nicosia 99138, Cyprus
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Hsiao YC, Muñoz-Estrada J, Tuz K, Ferland RJ. The Transition Zone Protein AHI1 Regulates Neuronal Ciliary Trafficking of MCHR1 and Its Downstream Signaling Pathway. J Neurosci 2021; 41:3932-43. [PMID: 33741721 DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2993-20.2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2020] [Revised: 02/25/2021] [Accepted: 03/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The Abelson-helper integration site 1 (AHI1) gene encodes for a ciliary transition zone localizing protein that when mutated causes the human ciliopathy, Joubert syndrome. We prepared and examined neuronal cultures derived from male and female embryonic Ahi1 +/+ and Ahi1 -/- mice (littermates) and found that the distribution of ciliary melanin-concentrating hormone receptor-1 (MchR1) was significantly reduced in Ahi1 -/- neurons; however, the total and surface expression of MchR1 on Ahi1 -/- neurons was similar to controls (Ahi1 +/+). This indicates that a pathway for MchR1 trafficking to the surface plasma membrane is intact, but the process of targeting MchR1 into cilia is impaired in Ahi1-deficient mouse neurons, indicating a role for Ahi1 in localizing MchR1 to the cilium. Mouse Ahi1 -/- neurons that fail to accumulate MchR1 in the ciliary membrane have significant decreases in two downstream MchR1 signaling pathways [cAMP and extracellular signal-regulated kinase (Erk)] on MCH stimulation. These results suggest that the ciliary localization of MchR1 is necessary and critical for MchR1 signaling, with Ahi1 participating in regulating MchR1 localization to cilia, and further supporting cilia as critical signaling centers in neurons.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT Our work here demonstrates that neuronal primary cilia are powerful and focused signaling centers for the G-protein-coupled receptor (GPCR), melanin-concentrating hormone receptor-1 (MCHR1), with a role for the ciliary transition zone protein, Abelson-helper integration site 1 (AHI1), in mediating ciliary trafficking of MCHR1. Moreover, our manuscript further expands the repertoire of cilia functions on neurons, a cell type that has not received significant attention in the cilia field. Lastly, our work demonstrates the significant influence of ciliary GPCR signaling in the overall signaling of neurons.
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Zhu L, Chen L, Yan L, Perkins BD, Li S, Li B, Xu HA, Li XJ. Mutant Ahi1 Affects Retinal Axon Projection in Zebrafish via Toxic Gain of Function. Front Cell Neurosci 2019; 13:81. [PMID: 30949029 PMCID: PMC6438259 DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2019.00081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2019] [Accepted: 02/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Joubert syndrome (JBTS) is an inherited autosomal recessive disorder associated with cerebellum and brainstem malformation and can be caused by mutations in the Abelson helper integration site-1 (AHI1) gene. Although AHI1 mutations in humans cause abnormal cerebellar development and impaired axonal decussation in JBTS, these phenotypes are not robust or are absent in various mouse models with Ahi1 mutations. AHI1 contains an N-terminal coiled-coil domain, multiple WD40 repeats, and a C-terminal Src homology 3 (SH3) domain, suggesting that AHI1 functions as a signaling or scaffolding protein. Since most AHI1 mutations in humans can result in truncated AHI1 proteins lacking WD40 repeats and the SH3 domain, it remains unclear whether mutant AHI1 elicits toxicity via a gain-of-function mechanism by the truncated AHI1. Because Ahi1 in zebrafish and humans share a similar N-terminal region with a coiled-coil domain that is absent in mouse Ahi1, we used zebrafish as a model to investigate whether Ahi1 mutations could affect axonal decussation. Using in situ hybridization, we found that ahi1 is highly expressed in zebrafish ocular tissues, especially in retina, allowing us to examine its effect on retinal ganglion cell (RGC) projection and eye morphology. We injected a morpholino to zebrafish embryos, which can generate mutant Ahi1 lacking the intact WD40 repeats, and found RGC axon misprojection and ocular dysplasia in 4 dpf (days post-fertilization) larvae after the injection. However, ahi1 null zebrafish showed normal RGC axon projection and ocular morphology. We then used CRISPR/Cas9 to generate truncated ahi1 and also found similar defects in the RGC axon projection as seen in those injected with ahi1 morpholino. Thus, the aberrant retinal axon projection in zebrafish is caused by the presence of mutant ahi1 rather than the loss of ahi1, suggesting that mutant Ahi1 may affect axonal decussation via toxic gain of function.
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- Louyin Zhu
- School of Life Sciences and Institute of Life Science, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.,Jiangxi Provincial Collaborative Innovation Center for Cardiovascular, Digestive and Neuropsychiatric Diseases, Nanchang, China.,Department of Human Genetics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- School of Life Sciences and Institute of Life Science, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.,Guangdong-Hongkong-Macau Institute of CNS Regeneration (GHMICR), Jinan University, Guangzhou, China
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- School of Life Sciences and Institute of Life Science, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
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- Department of Human Genetics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States
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- School of Life Sciences and Institute of Life Science, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.,Jiangxi Provincial Collaborative Innovation Center for Cardiovascular, Digestive and Neuropsychiatric Diseases, Nanchang, China
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- School of Life Sciences and Institute of Life Science, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.,Jiangxi Provincial Collaborative Innovation Center for Cardiovascular, Digestive and Neuropsychiatric Diseases, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Human Genetics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States
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Nguyen TMT, Hull S, Roepman R, van den Born LI, Oud MM, de Vrieze E, Hetterschijt L, Letteboer SJF, van Beersum SEC, Blokland EA, Yntema HG, Cremers FPM, van der Zwaag PA, Arno G, van Wijk E, Webster AR, Haer-Wigman L. Missense mutations in the WD40 domain of AHI1 cause non-syndromic retinitis pigmentosa. J Med Genet 2017; 54:624-632. [PMID: 28442542 PMCID: PMC5574394 DOI: 10.1136/jmedgenet-2016-104200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2016] [Revised: 02/02/2017] [Accepted: 02/27/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Background Recent findings suggesting that Abelson helper integration site 1 (AHI1) is involved in non-syndromic retinal disease have been debated, as the functional significance of identified missense variants was uncertain. We assessed whether AHI1 variants cause non-syndromic retinitis pigmentosa (RP). Methods Exome sequencing was performed in three probands with RP. The effects of the identified missense variants in AHI1 were predicted by three-dimensional structure homology modelling. Ciliary parameters were evaluated in patient’s fibroblasts, and recombinant mutant proteins were expressed in ciliated retinal pigmented epithelium cells. Results In the three patients with RP, three sets of compound heterozygous variants were detected in AHI1 (c.2174G>A; p.Trp725* and c.2258A>T; p.Asp753Val, c.660delC; p.Ser221Glnfs*10 and c.2090C>T; p.Pro697Leu, c.2087A>G; p.His696Arg and c.2429C>T; p.Pro810Leu). All four missense variants were present in the conserved WD40 domain of Jouberin, the ciliary protein encoded by AHI1, with variable predicted implications for the domain structure. No significant changes in the percentage of ciliated cells, nor in cilium length or intraflagellar transport were detected. However, expression of mutant recombinant Jouberin in ciliated cells showed a significantly decreased enrichment at the ciliary base. Conclusions This report confirms that mutations in AHI1 can underlie autosomal recessive RP. Moreover, it structurally and functionally validates the effect of the RP-associated AHI1 variants on protein function, thus proposing a new genotype–phenotype correlation for AHI1 mutation associated retinal ciliopathies.
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- Thanh-Minh T Nguyen
- Department of Human Genetics, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.,Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- UniversityCollege London, Instituteof Ophthalmology, London, United Kingdom.,Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Human Genetics, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.,Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Human Genetics, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.,Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.,Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.,Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Human Genetics, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.,Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Human Genetics, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.,Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Human Genetics, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Human Genetics, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Human Genetics, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.,Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Genetics, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- UniversityCollege London, Instituteof Ophthalmology, London, United Kingdom.,Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.,Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- UniversityCollege London, Instituteof Ophthalmology, London, United Kingdom.,Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Human Genetics, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.,Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Ren Z, Qiu A, Zhang A, Huang L, Rao S. A cis-eQTL in AHI1 confers risk to schizophrenia in European populations. Neurosci Lett 2016; 632:130-5. [PMID: 27585752 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2016.08.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2016] [Revised: 08/21/2016] [Accepted: 08/28/2016] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Schizophrenia is a devastating mental disorder, with heritability as high as 80%. Although genome-wide association studies have identified multiple promising risk variants of schizophrenia, they could only explain a small portion of the disease heritability, and other variants with low to moderate effect remain to be identified. Abelson helper integration site 1 (AHI1) is highly expressed in mammals throughout the developing brain, with lower expression continuing into adulthood. Besides, previous evidence suggested that AHI1 expression was changed in schizophrenia patients. Furthermore, association signal between AHI1 variants and schizophrenia has been reported in several European samples. In the present study, we first analyzed two expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL) datasets in healthy individuals and investigated the associations of eQTL of AHI1 with schizophrenia in independent European samples. We observed that a cis-eQTL of AHI1, rs11154801, showed significant association with AHI1 expression in both datasets (P<5E-05). Genetic evidence exhibited that rs11154801 was significantly associated with schizophrenia risk in both the discovery sample (9394 cases and 12462 controls, P=0.046, OR=0.958, 95% CI=0.918-0.999) and the replication sample (3240 cases and 14786 controls, P=0.024, OR=0.949, 95% CI=0.870-0.990). When the discovery and replication samples were pooled together, this association was further strengthened (P=0.004, OR=0.949, 95% CI=0.916-0.983). These results suggested that AHI1 is likely a risk gene for schizophrenia, at least in European populations.
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- Zhimin Ren
- Pediatrics Department, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, 150086, China
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- Department of respiration, Harbin Children's Hospital, Harbin, 150086, China
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- Pediatrics Department, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, 150086, China
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- Pharmacy Department, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, 150086, China.
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- School of Life Science and Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, China.
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Porcelli S, Pae CU, Han C, Lee SJ, Patkar AA, Masand PS, Balzarro B, Alberti S, De Ronchi D, Serretti A. Abelson helper integration site-1 gene variants on major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder. Psychiatry Investig 2014; 11:481-6. [PMID: 25395981 PMCID: PMC4225214 DOI: 10.4306/pi.2014.11.4.481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2013] [Revised: 01/18/2014] [Accepted: 01/19/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE The present study aimed to explore whether 4 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within the AHI1 gene could be associated with major depressive disorder (MD) and bipolar disorder (BD), and whether they could predict clinical outcomes in mood disorders. METHODS One hundred and eighty-four (184) patients with MD, 170 patients with BD and 170 healthy controls were genotyped for 4 AHI1 SNPs (rs11154801, rs7750586, rs9647635 and rs9321501). Baseline and final clinical measures for MD patients were assessed through the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HAM-D). Allelic and genotypic frequencies in MD and BD subjects were compared with those of each disorder and healthy group using the χ(2) statistics. Repeated measures ANOVA was used to test possible influences of SNPs on treatment efficacy. RESULTS The rs9647635 A/A was more represented in subjects with BD as compared with MD and healthy subjects together. The rs9647635 A/A was also more presented in patients with MD than in healthy subjects. With regard to the allelic analysis, rs9647635 A allele was more represented in subjects with BD compared with healthy subjects, while it was not observed between patients with MD and healthy subjects. CONCLUSION Our findings provide potential evidence of an association between some variants of AHI1 and mood disorders susceptibility but not with clinical outcomes. However, we will need to do more adequately-powered and advanced association studies to draw any conclusion due to clear limitations.
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- Stefano Porcelli
- Institute of Psychiatry, Department of Biomedical and NeuroMotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Psychiatry, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Psychiatry, Korea University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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- Institute of Psychiatry, Department of Biomedical and NeuroMotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Institute of Psychiatry, Department of Biomedical and NeuroMotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Institute of Psychiatry, Department of Biomedical and NeuroMotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Institute of Psychiatry, Department of Biomedical and NeuroMotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Tuz K, Hsiao YC, Juárez O, Shi B, Harmon EY, Phelps IG, Lennartz MR, Glass IA, Doherty D, Ferland RJ. The Joubert syndrome-associated missense mutation (V443D) in the Abelson-helper integration site 1 ( AHI1) protein alters its localization and protein-protein interactions. J Biol Chem 2013; 288:13676-94. [PMID: 23532844 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.420786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Missense mutations in AHI1 result in the neurodevelopmental ciliopathy called Joubert syndrome. RESULTS Mutations in AHI1 decrease cilia formation, alter its localization and stability, and change its binding to HAP1 and NPHP1. CONCLUSION Mutations in AHI1 affect ciliogenesis, AHI1 protein localization, and AHI1-protein interactions. SIGNIFICANCE This study begins to describe how missense mutations in AHI1 can cause Joubert syndrome. Mutations in AHI1 cause Joubert syndrome (JBTS), a neurodevelopmental ciliopathy, characterized by midbrain-hindbrain malformations and motor/cognitive deficits. Here, we show that primary cilia (PC) formation is decreased in fibroblasts from individuals with JBTS and AHI1 mutations. Most missense mutations in AHI1, causing JBTS, occur in known protein domains, however, a common V443D mutation in AHI1 is found in a region with no known protein motifs. We show that cells transfected with AHI1-V443D, or a new JBTS-causing mutation, AHI1-R351L, have aberrant localization of AHI1 at the basal bodies of PC and at cell-cell junctions, likely through decreased binding of mutant AHI1 to NPHP1 (another JBTS-causing protein). The AHI1-V443D mutation causes decreased AHI1 stability because there is a 50% reduction in AHI1-V443D protein levels compared with wild type AHI1. Huntingtin-associated protein-1 (Hap1) is a regulatory protein that binds Ahi1, and Hap1 knock-out mice have been reported to have JBTS-like phenotypes, suggesting a role for Hap1 in ciliogenesis. Fibroblasts and neurons with Hap1 deficiency form PC with normal growth factor-induced ciliary signaling, indicating that the Hap1 JBTS phenotype is likely not through effects at PC. These results also suggest that the binding of Ahi1 and Hap1 may not be critical for ciliary function. However, we show that HAP1 has decreased binding to AHI1-V443D indicating that this altered binding could be responsible for the JBTS-like phenotype through an unknown pathway. Thus, these JBTS-associated missense mutations alter their subcellular distribution and protein interactions, compromising functions of AHI1 in cell polarity and cilium-mediated signaling, thereby contributing to JBTS.
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- Karina Tuz
- Center for Neuropharmacology and Neuroscience, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York 12208, USA
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