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JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS
卷 54, 期 6, 页码 399-403出版社
BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1136/jmedgenet-2016-104237
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资金
- A. P. Giannini Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship
- CIRM Bridges Program
- HHMI EXROP program
- NIH [1F31-NS073329, P01HD070494, R01NS048453, R01NS052455]
- La Jolla CIRM Training Grant
- Pilot Grant - Centre for Basic and Translational Research on Disorders of the Digestive System at The Rockefeller University through the Leona M and Harry B Helmsley Charitable Foundation
- Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Background Microcephaly with nephrotic syndrome is a rare co-occurrence, constituting the Galloway-Mowat syndrome (GAMOS), caused by mutations in WDR73 (OMIM: 616144). However, not all patients harbour demonstrable WDR73 deleterious variants, suggesting that there are other yet unidentified factors contributing to GAMOS aetiology. Methods Autozygosity mapping and candidate analysis was used to identify deleterious variants in consanguineous families. Analysis of patient fibroblasts was used to study splicing and alterations in cellular function. Results In two consanguineous families with five affected individuals from Turkey with a GAMOS-like presentation, we identified a shared homozygous variant leading to partial exon 4 skipping in nucleoporin, 107-KD (NUP107). The founder mutation was associated with concomitant reduction in NUP107 protein and in the obligate binding partner NUP133 protein, as well as density of nuclear pores in patient cells. Conclusion Recently, NUP107 was suggested as a candidate in a family with nephrotic syndrome and developmental delay. Other NUP107-reported cases had isolated renal phenotypes. With the addition of these individuals, we implicate an allele-specific critical role for NUP107 in the regulation of brain growth and a GAMOS-like presentation.
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