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Case report: Biochemical and clinical phenotypes caused by cysteine substitutions in the epidermal growth factor-like domains of fibrillin-1

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FRONTIERS IN GENETICS
卷 13, 期 -, 页码 -

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FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2022.928683

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Marfan syndrome; FBN1; mutation; EGF-like domain; cysteine

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  1. Shenzhen San Ming Project
  2. Joint Fund for Basic and Applied Basic Research of Guangdong Province
  3. [SZSM201812091]
  4. [2021A1515111012]

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In this study, we investigated the effects of cysteine mutations in different domains of fibrillin-1 on protein stability and found that mutations in the EGF domain have a greater impact on proteolytic sensitivity and thermostability compared to mutations in the cbEGF domain. Furthermore, cysteine mutations can result in the exposure or alteration of enzymatic sites. These results suggest that cysteine mutations in fibrillin-1 may play a significant role in the pathogenesis of diseases such as Marfan syndrome.
Marfan syndrome, an autosomal dominant disorder of connective tissue, is primarily caused by mutations in the fibrillin-1 (FBN1) gene, which encodes the protein fibrillin-1. The protein is composed of epidermal growth factor-like (EGF-like) domains, transforming growth factor beta-binding protein-like (TB) domains, and hybrid (Hyb) domains and is an important component of elastin-related microfibrils in elastic fiber tissue. In this study, we report a cysteine to tyrosine substitution in two different domains of fibrillin-1, both of which cause Marfan syndrome with ocular abnormalities, in two families. Using protease degradation and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry analyses, we explored the different effects of substitution of cysteine by tyrosine in an EGF-like and a calcium-binding (cb) EGF-like domain on protein stability. The results showed that cysteine mutations in the EGF domain are more likely to result in altered proteolytic sensitivity and thermostability than those in the cbEGF domain. Furthermore, cysteine mutations can lead to new enzymatic sites exposure or hidden canonical cleavage sites. These results indicate the differential clinical phenotypes and molecular pathogenesis of Marfan syndrome caused by cysteine mutations in different fibrillin-1 domains. These results strongly suggest that failure to form disulfide bonds and abnormal proteolysis of fibrillin-1 caused by cysteine mutations may be an important factor underlying the pathogenesis of diseases caused by fibrillin-1 mutations, such as Marfan syndrome.

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