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Genet Med ; 26(6): 101081, 2024 06.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38293907

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PURPOSE: Progressive inherited retinal degenerations (IRDs) affecting rods and cones are clinically and genetically heterogeneous and can lead to blindness with limited therapeutic options. The major gene defects have been identified in subjects of European and Asian descent with only few reports of North African descent. METHODS: Genome, targeted next-generation, and Sanger sequencing was applied to cohort of ∼4000 IRDs cases. Expression analyses were performed including Chip-seq database analyses, on human-derived retinal organoids (ROs), retinal pigment epithelium cells, and zebrafish. Variants' pathogenicity was accessed using 3D-modeling and/or ROs. RESULTS: Here, we identified a novel gene defect with three distinct pathogenic variants in UBAP1L in 4 independent autosomal recessive IRD cases from Tunisia. UBAP1L is expressed in the retinal pigment epithelium and retina, specifically in rods and cones, in line with the phenotype. It encodes Ubiquitin-associated protein 1-like, containing a solenoid of overlapping ubiquitin-associated domain, predicted to interact with ubiquitin. In silico and in vitro studies, including 3D-modeling and ROs revealed that the solenoid of overlapping ubiquitin-associated domain is truncated and thus ubiquitin binding most likely abolished secondary to all variants identified herein. CONCLUSION: Biallelic UBAP1L variants are a novel cause of IRDs, most likely enriched in the North African population.


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Distrofias de Conos y Bastones , Linaje , Pez Cebra , Humanos , Distrofias de Conos y Bastones/genética , Distrofias de Conos y Bastones/patología , Masculino , Femenino , Pez Cebra/genética , Animales , Genes Recesivos , Epitelio Pigmentado de la Retina/metabolismo , Epitelio Pigmentado de la Retina/patología , Mutación/genética , Células Fotorreceptoras Retinianas Conos/patología , Células Fotorreceptoras Retinianas Conos/metabolismo , Retina/patología , Retina/metabolismo , Adulto , Túnez , Retinitis Pigmentosa/genética , Retinitis Pigmentosa/patología , Fenotipo , Células Fotorreceptoras Retinianas Bastones/metabolismo , Células Fotorreceptoras Retinianas Bastones/patología
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Commun Biol ; 7(1): 615, 2024 May 22.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38777862

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Deficiency of adenosine deaminase 2 (DADA2) is an inborn error of immunity caused by loss-of-function mutations in the adenosine deaminase 2 (ADA2) gene. Clinical manifestations of DADA2 include vasculopathy and immuno-hematological abnormalities, culminating in bone marrow failure. A major gap exists in our knowledge of the regulatory functions of ADA2 during inflammation and hematopoiesis, mainly due to the absence of an ADA2 orthologue in rodents. Exploring these mechanisms is essential for understanding disease pathology and developing new treatments. Zebrafish possess two ADA2 orthologues, cecr1a and cecr1b, with the latter showing functional conservation with human ADA2. We establish a cecr1b-loss-of-function zebrafish model that recapitulates the immuno-hematological and vascular manifestations observed in humans. Loss of Cecr1b disrupts hematopoietic stem cell specification, resulting in defective hematopoiesis. This defect is caused by induced inflammation in the vascular endothelium. Blocking inflammation, pharmacological modulation of the A2r pathway, or the administration of the recombinant human ADA2 corrects these defects, providing insights into the mechanistic link between ADA2 deficiency, inflammation and immuno-hematological abnormalities. Our findings open up potential therapeutic avenues for DADA2 patients.


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Adenosina Desaminasa , Hematopoyesis , Células Madre Hematopoyéticas , Inflamación , Pez Cebra , Animales , Pez Cebra/genética , Adenosina Desaminasa/genética , Adenosina Desaminasa/metabolismo , Adenosina Desaminasa/deficiencia , Células Madre Hematopoyéticas/metabolismo , Inflamación/genética , Inflamación/metabolismo , Hematopoyesis/genética , Proteínas de Pez Cebra/genética , Proteínas de Pez Cebra/metabolismo , Humanos , Transducción de Señal , Péptidos y Proteínas de Señalización Intercelular/genética , Péptidos y Proteínas de Señalización Intercelular/metabolismo
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iScience ; 27(4): 109455, 2024 Apr 19.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38550987

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Animals constantly integrate sensory information with prior experience to select behavioral responses appropriate to the current situation. Genetic factors supporting this behavioral flexibility are often disrupted in neuropsychiatric conditions, such as the autism-linked ap2s1 gene which supports acoustically evoked habituation learning. ap2s1 encodes an AP2 endocytosis adaptor complex subunit, although its behavioral mechanisms and importance have been unclear. Here, we show that multiple AP2 subunits regulate acoustically evoked behavior selection and habituation learning in zebrafish. Furthermore, ap2s1 biases escape behavior choice in sensory modality-specific manners, and broadly regulates action selection across sensory contexts. We demonstrate that the AP2 complex functions acutely in the nervous system to modulate acoustically evoked habituation, suggesting several spatially and/or temporally distinct mechanisms through which AP2 regulates escape behavior selection and performance. Altogether, we show the AP2 complex coordinates action selection across diverse contexts, providing a vertebrate model for ap2s1's role in human conditions including autism spectrum disorder.

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J Clin Invest ; 134(16)2024 Jul 09.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38980724

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Reelin (RELN) is a secreted glycoprotein essential for cerebral cortex development. In humans, recessive RELN variants cause cortical and cerebellar malformations, while heterozygous variants were associated with epilepsy, autism, and mild cortical abnormalities. However, the functional effects of RELN variants remain unknown. We identified inherited and de novo RELN missense variants in heterozygous patients with neuronal migration disorders (NMDs) as diverse as pachygyria and polymicrogyria. We investigated in culture and in the developing mouse cerebral cortex how different variants impacted RELN function. Polymicrogyria-associated variants behaved as gain-of-function, showing an enhanced ability to induce neuronal aggregation, while those linked to pachygyria behaved as loss-of-function, leading to defective neuronal aggregation/migration. The pachygyria-associated de novo heterozygous RELN variants acted as dominant-negative by preventing WT RELN secretion in culture, animal models, and patients, thereby causing dominant NMDs. We demonstrated how mutant RELN proteins in vitro and in vivo predict cortical malformation phenotypes, providing valuable insights into the pathogenesis of such disorders.


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Moléculas de Adhesión Celular Neuronal , Movimiento Celular , Proteínas de la Matriz Extracelular , Mutación Missense , Proteínas del Tejido Nervioso , Proteína Reelina , Serina Endopeptidasas , Humanos , Animales , Proteínas de la Matriz Extracelular/genética , Proteínas de la Matriz Extracelular/metabolismo , Serina Endopeptidasas/genética , Serina Endopeptidasas/metabolismo , Moléculas de Adhesión Celular Neuronal/genética , Moléculas de Adhesión Celular Neuronal/metabolismo , Proteínas del Tejido Nervioso/genética , Proteínas del Tejido Nervioso/metabolismo , Ratones , Femenino , Masculino , Movimiento Celular/genética , Neuronas/metabolismo , Neuronas/patología , Polimicrogiria/genética , Polimicrogiria/patología , Corteza Cerebral/metabolismo , Corteza Cerebral/patología , Heterocigoto , Lisencefalia/genética , Lisencefalia/patología , Alelos
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