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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION
卷 125, 期 9, 页码 3585-3599出版社
AMER SOC CLINICAL INVESTIGATION INC
DOI: 10.1172/JCI80102
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- German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
- E-RARE network CRANIRARE-2 [01GM1211A, 01GM1211B]
- national rare disease network FACE [01GM1109C]
- TUBITAK [112S398]
- NIH [R01DK075972, P50DK096415]
- NRSA [F32DK094578]
- Else Kroner-Fresenius-Stiftung [2012_A300]
The genetic disorder Kabuki syndrome (KS) is characterized by developmental delay and congenital anomalies. Dominant mutations in the chromatin regulators lysine (K)-specific methyltransferase 2D (KMT2D) (also known as MLL2) and lysine (K)-specific demethylase 6A (KDM6A) underlie the majority of cases. Although the functions of these chromatin-modifying proteins have been studied extensively, the physiological systems regulated by them are largely unknown. Using whole-exome sequencing, we identified a mutation in RAP1A that was converted to homozygosity as the result of uniparental isodisomy (UPD) in a patient with KS and a de novo, dominant mutation in RAP1B in a second individual with a KS-like phenotype. We elucidated a genetic and functional interaction between the respective KS-associated genes and their products in zebrafish models and patient cell lines. Specifically, we determined that dysfunction of known KS genes and the genes identified in this study results in aberrant MEK/ERK signaling as well as disruption of F-actin polymerization and cell intercalation. Moreover, these phenotypes could be rescued in zebrafish models by rebalancing MEK/ERK signaling via administration of small molecule inhibitors of MEK. Taken together, our studies suggest that the KS pathophysiology overlaps with the RASopathies and provide a potential direction for treatment design.
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