期刊
HUMAN MUTATION
卷 43, 期 9, 页码 1299-1313出版社
WILEY-HINDAWI
DOI: 10.1002/humu.24414
关键词
alternative splicing; myoclonic seizures; neurodevelopmental disorder; NOVA2; psychomotor regression; truncating variants
资金
- Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Universita e della Ricerca
- NIMH [MH111661]
Alternative splicing plays a crucial role in cell-type-specific gene transcription and NOVA2 gene mutations are associated with neurodevelopmental disorders. This study identified several novel pathogenic variants in NOVA2 and demonstrated their negative impact on alternative splicing events. These findings expand our understanding of NOVA2-related neurodevelopmental disorders.
Alternative splicing (AS) is crucial for cell-type-specific gene transcription and plays a critical role in neuronal differentiation and synaptic plasticity. De novo frameshift variants in NOVA2, encoding a neuron-specific key splicing factor, have been recently associated with a new neurodevelopmental disorder (NDD) with hypotonia, neurological features, and brain abnormalities. We investigated eight unrelated individuals by exome sequencing (ES) and identified seven novel pathogenic NOVA2 variants, including two with a novel localization at the KH1 and KH3 domains. In addition to a severe NDD phenotype, novel clinical features included psychomotor regression, attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), dyspraxia, and urogenital and endocrinological manifestations. To test the effect of the variants on splicing regulation, we transfected HeLa cells with wildtype and mutant NOVA2 complementary DNA (cDNA). The novel variants NM_002516.4:c.754_756delCTGinsTT p.(Leu252Phefs*144) and c.1329dup p.(Lys444Glnfs*82) all negatively affected AS events. The distal p.(Lys444Glnfs*82) variant, causing a partial removal of the KH3 domain, had a milder functional effect leading to an intermediate phenotype. Our findings expand the molecular and phenotypic spectrum of NOVA2-related NDD, supporting the pathogenic role of AS disruption by truncating variants and suggesting that this is a heterogeneous condition with variable clinical course.
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