Alankarage, Dimuthu and Szot, Justin O and Pachter, Nick and Slavotinek, Anne and Selleri, Licia and Shieh, Joseph T and Winlaw, David and Giannoulatou, Eleni and Chapman, Gavin and Dunwoodie, Sally L (2020) Functional characterisation of a novel PBX1 de novo missense variant identified in a patient with syndromic congenital heart disease. Human Molecular Genetics. ISSN 0964-6906
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Abstract
PBX1 is an essential developmental transcription factor, mutations in which have recently been associated with CAKUTHED syndrome, characterised by multiple congenital defects including congenital heart disease. During analysis of a whole-exome-sequenced cohort of heterogeneous CHD patients, we identified a de novo missense variant, PBX1:c.551G>C p.R184P, in a patient with tetralogy of Fallot with absent pulmonary valve and extra-cardiac phenotypes. Functional analysis of this variant by creating a CRISPR-Cas9 gene-edited mouse model revealed multiple congenital anomalies. Congenital heart defects (persistent truncus arteriosus and ventricular septal defect), hypoplastic lungs, hypoplastic/ectopic kidneys, aplastic adrenal glands and spleen, as well as atretic trachea and palate defects were observed in the homozygous mutant embryos at multiple stages of development. We also observed developmental anomalies in a proportion of heterozygous embryos, suggestive of a dominant mode of inheritance. Analysis of gene expression and protein levels revealed that although Pbx1 transcripts are higher in homozygotes, amounts of PBX1 protein are significantly decreased. Here, we have presented the first functional model of a missense PBX1 variant and provide strong evidence that p.R184P is disease-causal. Our findings also expand the phenotypic spectrum associated with pathogenic PBX1 variants in both humans and mice.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) |
| Depositing User: | Repository Administrator |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Nov 2019 04:20 |
| Last Modified: | 26 Aug 2021 03:41 |
| URI: | https://eprints.victorchang.edu.au/id/eprint/858 |
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