PUBLICATION

Mutations in Either TUBB or MAPRE2 Cause Circumferential Skin Creases Kunze Type

Authors
Isrie, M., Breuss, M., Tian, G., Hansen, A.H., Cristofoli, F., Morandell, J., Kupchinsky, Z.A., Sifrim, A., Rodriguez-Rodriguez, C.M., Dapena, E.P., Doonanco, K., Leonard, N., Tinsa, F., Moortgat, S., Ulucan, H., Koparir, E., Karaca, E., Katsanis, N., Marton, V., Vermeesch, J.R., Davis, E.E., Cowan, N.J., Keays, D.A., Van Esch, H.
ID
ZDB-PUB-151208-8
Date
2015
Source
American journal of human genetics   97: 790-800 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Davis, Erica, Katsanis, Nicholas
Keywords
MAPRE2, Michelin tire baby, TUBB, circumferential skin creases, exome sequencing, tubulinopathy
MeSH Terms
  • Adolescent
  • Animals
  • Brain/growth & development
  • Brain/metabolism*
  • Brain/pathology
  • Child
  • Cutis Laxa/congenital*
  • Cutis Laxa/genetics
  • Cutis Laxa/metabolism
  • Cutis Laxa/pathology
  • Female
  • Gene Dosage
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
  • Genes, Recessive
  • Hamartoma/genetics*
  • Hamartoma/metabolism
  • Hamartoma/pathology
  • Haploinsufficiency
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Inheritance Patterns
  • Male
  • Microtubule-Associated Proteins/genetics*
  • Microtubule-Associated Proteins/metabolism
  • Microtubules/genetics*
  • Microtubules/metabolism
  • Microtubules/pathology
  • Mutation*
  • Protein Folding
  • Protein Multimerization
  • Skin/growth & development
  • Skin/metabolism*
  • Skin/pathology
  • Skin Abnormalities/genetics*
  • Skin Abnormalities/metabolism
  • Skin Abnormalities/pathology
  • Tubulin/genetics*
  • Tubulin/metabolism
  • Young Adult
  • Zebrafish
PubMed
26637975 Full text @ Am. J. Hum. Genet.
Abstract
Circumferential skin creases Kunze type (CSC-KT) is a specific congenital entity with an unknown genetic cause. The disease phenotype comprises characteristic circumferential skin creases accompanied by intellectual disability, a cleft palate, short stature, and dysmorphic features. Here, we report that mutations in either MAPRE2 or TUBB underlie the genetic origin of this syndrome. MAPRE2 encodes a member of the microtubule end-binding family of proteins that bind to the guanosine triphosphate cap at growing microtubule plus ends, and TUBB encodes a β-tubulin isotype that is expressed abundantly in the developing brain. Functional analyses of the TUBB mutants show multiple defects in the chaperone-dependent tubulin heterodimer folding and assembly pathway that leads to a compromised yield of native heterodimers. The TUBB mutations also have an impact on microtubule dynamics. For MAPRE2, we show that the mutations result in enhanced MAPRE2 binding to microtubules, implying an increased dwell time at microtubule plus ends. Further, in vivo analysis of MAPRE2 mutations in a zebrafish model of craniofacial development shows that the variants most likely perturb the patterning of branchial arches, either through excessive activity (under a recessive paradigm) or through haploinsufficiency (dominant de novo paradigm). Taken together, our data add CSC-KT to the growing list of tubulinopathies and highlight how multiple inheritance paradigms can affect dosage-sensitive biological systems so as to result in the same clinical defect.
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