期刊
GENOME MEDICINE
卷 13, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s13073-021-00850-w
关键词
COPB1; COPI; beta-COP; Microcephaly; Cataract; Xenopus model; Coatomer; Intellectual disability
资金
- National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) [RP-2016-07-011]
- Wellcome Trust Seed Award in Science [204378/Z/16/Z]
- NIHR UK Rare Genetic Disease Research Consortium
- Wellcome Trust [101480Z]
- BBSRC [BB/K019988/1]
- BBSRC [BB/K019988/1, BB/R014841/1] Funding Source: UKRI
This study identified a novel recessive coatopathy characterized by severe developmental delay, cataracts, and variable microcephaly. Genetic analysis revealed variants in the COPB1 gene in two families, and CRISPR/Cas9 modelling in Xenopus tropicalis replicated the human syndrome features. This research highlights the importance of COPI subunits in brain development and human health, demonstrating the utility of exome and genome sequencing combined with Xenopus tropicalis CRISPR/Cas modelling for identifying and characterizing rare disease genes.
BackgroundCoat protein complex 1 (COPI) is integral in the sorting and retrograde trafficking of proteins and lipids from the Golgi apparatus to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). In recent years, coat proteins have been implicated in human diseases known collectively as coatopathies.MethodsWhole exome or genome sequencing of two families with a neuro-developmental syndrome, variable microcephaly and cataracts revealed biallelic variants in COPB1, which encodes the beta-subunit of COPI (beta -COP). To investigate Family 1's splice donor site variant, we undertook patient blood RNA studies and CRISPR/Cas9 modelling of this variant in a homologous region of the Xenopus tropicalis genome. To investigate Family 2's missense variant, we studied cellular phenotypes of human retinal epithelium and embryonic kidney cell lines transfected with a COPB1 expression vector into which we had introduced Family 2's mutation.ResultsWe present a new recessive coatopathy typified by severe developmental delay and cataracts and variable microcephaly. A homozygous splice donor site variant in Family 1 results in two aberrant transcripts, one of which causes skipping of exon 8 in COPB1 pre-mRNA, and a 36 amino acid in-frame deletion, resulting in the loss of a motif at a small interaction interface between beta -COP and beta'-COP. Xenopus tropicalis animals with a homologous mutation, introduced by CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing, recapitulate features of the human syndrome including microcephaly and cataracts. In vitro modelling of the COPB1 c.1651T>G p.Phe551Val variant in Family 2 identifies defective Golgi to ER recycling of this mutant beta -COP, with the mutant protein being retarded in the Golgi.ConclusionsThis adds to the growing body of evidence that COPI subunits are essential in brain development and human health and underlines the utility of exome and genome sequencing coupled with Xenopus tropicalis CRISPR/Cas modelling for the identification and characterisation of novel rare disease genes.
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