학술논문
De novo variants in DENND5B cause a neurodevelopmental disorder.
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Article
Author
Scala, Marcello; Tomati, Valeria; Ferla, Matteo; Lena, Mariateresa; Cohen, Julie S.; Fatemi, Ali; Brokamp, Elly; Bican, Anna; Phillips III, John A.; Koziura, Mary E.; Nicouleau, Michael; Rio, Marlene; Siquier, Karine; Boddaert, Nathalie; Musante, Ilaria; Tamburro, Serena; Baldassari, Simona; Iacomino, Michele; Scudieri, Paolo; Rosenfeld, Jill A.
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Subject
*GUANINE nucleotide exchange factors
*NEURAL development
*COATED vesicles
*MISSENSE mutation
*WHITE matter (Nerve tissue)
*FLUORESCENT proteins
*PROTEIN folding
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ISSN
0002-9297
Abstract
The Rab family of guanosine triphosphatases (GTPases) includes key regulators of intracellular transport and membrane trafficking targeting specific steps in exocytic, endocytic, and recycling pathways. DENND5B (Rab6-interacting Protein 1B-like protein, R6IP1B) is the longest isoform of DENND5, an evolutionarily conserved DENN domain-containing guanine nucleotide exchange factor (GEF) that is highly expressed in the brain. Through exome sequencing and international matchmaking platforms, we identified five de novo variants in DENND5B in a cohort of five unrelated individuals with neurodevelopmental phenotypes featuring cognitive impairment, dysmorphism, abnormal behavior, variable epilepsy, white matter abnormalities, and cortical gyration defects. We used biochemical assays and confocal microscopy to assess the impact of DENND5B variants on protein accumulation and distribution. Then, exploiting fluorescent lipid cargoes coupled to high-content imaging and analysis in living cells, we investigated whether DENND5B variants affected the dynamics of vesicle-mediated intracellular transport of specific cargoes. We further generated an in silico model to investigate the consequences of DENND5B variants on the DENND5B-RAB39A interaction. Biochemical analysis showed decreased protein levels of DENND5B mutants in various cell types. Functional investigation of DENND5B variants revealed defective intracellular vesicle trafficking, with significant impairment of lipid uptake and distribution. Although none of the variants affected the DENND5B-RAB39A interface, all were predicted to disrupt protein folding. Overall, our findings indicate that DENND5B variants perturb intracellular membrane trafficking pathways and cause a complex neurodevelopmental syndrome with variable epilepsy and white matter involvement. [Display omitted] In this study, we identify de novo missense variants in DENND5B as the cause of a neurodevelopmental disorder with dysmorphism and epilepsy. We show that these variants impair intracellular vesicle trafficking, lipid uptake and intracellular distribution, and protein folding, leading to complex neurological manifestations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]