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Loss-of-function variants in exon 4 of TAB2 cause a recognizable multisystem disorder with cardiovascular, facial, cutaneous, and musculoskeletal involvement

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GENETICS IN MEDICINE
卷 24, 期 2, 页码 439-453

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ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.gim.2021.10.009

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Congenital heart defect; Connective tissue; Ehlers-Danlos syndrome; Osteoblast; TAK1

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This study describes a multisystem disorder caused by heterozygous loss-of-function variants in the TAB2 gene, involving cardiovascular, facial, musculoskeletal, and cutaneous anomalies.
Purpose: This study aimed to describe a multisystemic disorder featuring cardiovascular, facial, musculoskeletal, and cutaneous anomalies caused by heterozygous loss-of-function variants in TAB2. Methods: Affected individuals were analyzed by next-generation technologies and genomic array. The presumed loss-of-function effect of identified variants was assessed by luciferase assay in cells transiently expressing TAB2 deleterious alleles. In available patients' fibroblasts, variant pathogenicity was further explored by immunoblot and osteoblast differentiation assays. The transcriptomic profile of fibroblasts was investigated by RNA sequencing. Results: A total of 11 individuals from 8 families were heterozygotes for a novel TAB2 variant. In total, 7 variants were predicted to be null alleles and 1 was a missense change. An additional subject was heterozygous for a 52 kb microdeletion involving TAB2 exons 1 to 3. Luciferase assay indicated a decreased transcriptional activation mediated by NF-kappa B signaling for all point variants. Immunoblot analysis showed a reduction of TAK1 phosphorylation while osteoblast differentiation was impaired. Transcriptomic analysis identified deregulation of multiple pleiotropic pathways, such as TGF beta-, Ras-MAPK-, and Wnt-signaling networks. Conclusion: Our data defined a novel disorder associated with loss-of-function or, more rarely, hypomorphic alleles in a restricted linker region of TAB2. The pleiotropic manifestations in this disorder partly recapitulate the 6q25.1 (TAB2) microdeletion syndrome and deserve the definition of cardio-facial-cutaneous-articular syndrome. (C) 2021 American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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