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1. Overexpression of Egr1 Transcription Regulator Contributes to Schwann Cell Differentiation Defects in Neural Crest-Specific Adar1 Knockout Mice

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Lisa Zerad, Nadjet Gacem, Fanny Gayda, Lucie Day, Ketty Sinigaglia, Laurence Richard, Melanie Parisot, Nicolas Cagnard, Stephane Mathis, Christine Bole-Feysot, Mary A. O’Connell, Veronique Pingault, Emilie Dambroise, Liam P. Keegan, Jean Michel Vallat, and Nadege Bondurand

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Schwann cells, differentiation, ADAR1, MAVS, EGR1, neural crest, Cytology, QH573-671
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Adenosine deaminase acting on RNA 1 (ADAR1) is the principal enzyme for the adenosine-to-inosine RNA editing that prevents the aberrant activation of cytosolic nucleic acid sensors by endogenous double stranded RNAs and the activation of interferon-stimulated genes. In mice, the conditional neural crest deletion of Adar1 reduces the survival of melanocytes and alters the differentiation of Schwann cells that fail to myelinate nerve fibers in the peripheral nervous system. These myelination defects are partially rescued upon the concomitant removal of the Mda5 antiviral dsRNA sensor in vitro, suggesting implication of the Mda5/Mavs pathway and downstream effectors in the genesis of Adar1 mutant phenotypes. By analyzing RNA-Seq data from the sciatic nerves of mouse pups after conditional neural crest deletion of Adar1 (Adar1cKO), we here identified the transcription factors deregulated in Adar1cKO mutants compared to the controls. Through Adar1;Mavs and Adar1cKO;Egr1 double-mutant mouse rescue analyses, we then highlighted that the aberrant activation of the Mavs adapter protein and overexpression of the early growth response 1 (EGR1) transcription factor contribute to the Adar1 deletion associated defects in Schwann cell development in vivo. In silico and in vitro gene regulation studies additionally suggested that EGR1 might mediate this inhibitory effect through the aberrant regulation of EGR2-regulated myelin genes. We thus demonstrate the role of the Mda5/Mavs pathway, but also that of the Schwann cell transcription factors in Adar1-associated peripheral myelination defects.

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2024
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2. A non-coding variant in the Kozak sequence of RARS2 strongly decreases protein levels and causes pontocerebellar hypoplasia

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Romain Nicolle, Nami Altin, Karine Siquier-Pernet, Sherlina Salignac, Pierre Blanc, Arnold Munnich, Christine Bole-Feysot, Valérie Malan, Barthélémy Caron, Patrick Nitschké, Isabelle Desguerre, Nathalie Boddaert, Marlène Rio, Antonio Rausell, and Vincent Cantagrel

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Pontocerebellar Hypoplasia, RARS2, Kozak, Non-coding variant, Bioinformatic predictions, Internal medicine, RC31-1245, Genetics, QH426-470
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Abstract Bi-allelic variants in the mitochondrial arginyl-transfer RNA synthetase (RARS2) gene have been involved in early-onset encephalopathies classified as pontocerebellar hypoplasia (PCH) type 6 and in epileptic encephalopathy. A variant (NM_020320.3:c.-2A > G) in the promoter and 5’UTR of the RARS2 gene has been previously identified in a family with PCH. Only a mild impact of this variant on the mRNA level has been detected. As RARS2 is non-dosage-sensitive, this observation is not conclusive in regard of the pathogenicity of the variant. We report and describe here a new patient with the same variant in the RARS2 gene, at the homozygous state. This patient presents with a clinical phenotype consistent with PCH6 although in the absence of lactic acidosis. In agreement with the previous study, we measured RARS2 mRNA levels in patient’s fibroblasts and detected a partially preserved gene expression compared to control. Importantly, this variant is located in the Kozak sequence that controls translation initiation. Therefore, we investigated the impact on protein translation using a bioinformatic approach and western blotting. We show here that this variant, additionally to its effect on the transcription, also disrupts the consensus Kozak sequence, and has a major impact on RARS2 protein translation. Through the identification of this additional case and the characterization of the molecular consequences, we clarified the involvement of this Kozak variant in PCH and on protein synthesis. This work also points to the current limitation in the pathogenicity prediction of variants located in the translation initiation region.

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2023
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3. HOMOZYGOUS CBL MUTATION IN B LYMPHOCYTES AFTER CBL-DRIVEN JMML IMPAIRS B CELL MATURATION, FUNCTION AND ANTIBACTERIAL IMMUNITY

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Jonathan Bohlen, Marine Michelet, Federica Barzaghi, Francesco Saettini, Francesca Vendemini, Albert Catala, Laia Alsina, Francesca Conti, Fillippo Consonni, Davide Learndini, Riccardo Masetti, Edoardo Muratore, Francesco Baccelli, Ivan Bagaric, Taja Vatovec, Feroj Seyed, Isabelle Andre, Lori Buetow, Eric Delabesse, Laetitia Largeaud, Cindy Ma, Laurent Abel, Steicy Sobrino, Masato Ogishi, Boris Bessot, Cecile Rouillon, Christine Bole, Yoann Seeleuthner, Tom Le Voyer, Darawan Rinchai, Jeremie Rosain, Peng Zhang, Matthieu Chaldebas, Anna-Lena Neehus, Lucia Erazo, Zarah Janda, Camille Soudee, Chantal Lagrese, Emmanuelle Six, Danny Huang, Stuart Tangye, Vivien Beziat, Eleonora Gambineri, Marinella Veltroni, Miriam Erlacher, Alessandro Aiuti, Marlene Pasquet, Jean-Laurent Casanova, and Jacinta Bustamante

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Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens, RC254-282
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2023
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4. Bi-allelic variations in CRB2, encoding the crumbs cell polarity complex component 2, lead to non-communicating hydrocephalus due to atresia of the aqueduct of sylvius and central canal of the medulla

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Aude Tessier, Nathalie Roux, Lucile Boutaud, Elodie Lunel, Leila Hakkakian, Mélanie Parisot, Meriem Garfa-Traoré, Amale Ichkou, Nadia Elkhartoufi, Christine Bole, Patrick Nitschke, Jeanne Amiel, Jelena Martinovic, Férechté Encha-Razavi, Tania Attié-Bitach, and Sophie Thomas

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Congenital hydrocephalus, Ventriculomegaly, Aqueduct of sylvius atresia, Central canal of the medulla, CRB2, Cell–cell junction, Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system, RC346-429
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Abstract Congenital hydrocephalus is a common condition caused by the accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid in the ventricular system. Four major genes are currently known to be causally involved in hydrocephalus, either isolated or as a common clinical feature: L1CAM, AP1S2, MPDZ and CCDC88C. Here, we report 3 cases from 2 families with congenital hydrocephalus due to bi-allelic variations in CRB2, a gene previously reported to cause nephrotic syndrome, variably associated with hydrocephalus. While 2 cases presented with renal cysts, one case presented with isolated hydrocephalus. Neurohistopathological analysis allowed us to demonstrate that, contrary to what was previously proposed, the pathological mechanisms underlying hydrocephalus secondary to CRB2 variations are not due to stenosis but to atresia of both Sylvius Aqueduct and central medullar canal. While CRB2 has been largely shown crucial for apico-basal polarity, immunolabelling experiments in our fetal cases showed normal localization and level of PAR complex components (PKCι and PKCζ) as well as of tight (ZO-1) and adherens (β-catenin and N-Cadherin) junction molecules indicating a priori normal apicobasal polarity and cell–cell adhesion of the ventricular epithelium suggesting another pathological mechanism. Interestingly, atresia but not stenosis of Sylvius aqueduct was also described in cases with variations in MPDZ and CCDC88C encoding proteins previously linked functionally to the Crumbs (CRB) polarity complex, and all 3 being more recently involved in apical constriction, a process crucial for the formation of the central medullar canal. Overall, our findings argue for a common mechanism of CRB2, MPDZ and CCDC88C variations that might lead to abnormal apical constriction of the ventricular cells of the neural tube that will form the ependymal cells lining the definitive central canal of the medulla. Our study thus highlights that hydrocephalus related to CRB2, MPDZ and CCDC88C constitutes a separate pathogenic group of congenital non-communicating hydrocephalus with atresia of both Sylvius aqueduct and central canal of the medulla.

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2023
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5. Human C-terminal CUBN variants associate with chronic proteinuria and normal renal function

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Mathilda Bedin, Olivia Boyer, Aude Servais, Yong Li, Laure Villoing-Gaudé, Marie-Josephe Tête, Alexandra Cambier, Julien Hogan, Veronique Baudouin, Saoussen Krid, Albert Bensman, Florie Lammens, Ferielle Louillet, Bruno Ranchin, Cecile Vigneau, Iseline Bouteau, Corinne Isnard-Bagnis, Christoph J. Mache, Tobias Schäfer, Lars Pape, Markus Gödel, Tobias B. Huber, Marcus Benz, Günter Klaus, Matthias Hansen, Kay Latta, Olivier Gribouval, Vincent Morinière, Carole Tournant, Maik Grohmann, Elisa Kuhn, Timo Wagner, Christine Bole-Feysot, Fabienne Jabot-Hanin, Patrick Nitschké, Tarunveer S. Ahluwalia, Anna Köttgen, Christian Brix Folsted Andersen, Carsten Bergmann, Corinne Antignac, and Matias Simons

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Medicine
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2022
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6. MINPP1 prevents intracellular accumulation of the chelator inositol hexakisphosphate and is mutated in Pontocerebellar Hypoplasia

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Ekin Ucuncu, Karthyayani Rajamani, Miranda S. C. Wilson, Daniel Medina-Cano, Nami Altin, Pierre David, Giulia Barcia, Nathalie Lefort, Céline Banal, Marie-Thérèse Vasilache-Dangles, Gaële Pitelet, Elsa Lorino, Nathalie Rabasse, Eric Bieth, Maha S. Zaki, Meral Topcu, Fatma Mujgan Sonmez, Damir Musaev, Valentina Stanley, Christine Bole-Feysot, Patrick Nitschké, Arnold Munnich, Nadia Bahi-Buisson, Catherine Fossoud, Fabienne Giuliano, Laurence Colleaux, Lydie Burglen, Joseph G. Gleeson, Nathalie Boddaert, Adolfo Saiardi, and Vincent Cantagrel

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Science
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Tight regulation of inositol polyphosphate metabolism is essential for proper cell physiology. Here, the authors describe an early-onset neurodegenerative syndrome caused by loss-of-function mutations in the MINPP1 gene, characterised by intracellular imbalance of inositol polyphosphate metabolism.

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2020
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7. Impaired telomere integrity and rRNA biogenesis in PARN‐deficient patients and knock‐out models

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Maname Benyelles, Harikleia Episkopou, Marie‐Françoise O'Donohue, Laëtitia Kermasson, Pierre Frange, Florian Poulain, Fatma Burcu Belen, Meltem Polat, Christine Bole‐Feysot, Francina Langa‐Vives, Pierre‐Emmanuel Gleizes, Jean‐Pierre de Villartay, Isabelle Callebaut, Anabelle Decottignies, and Patrick Revy

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Høyeraal–Hreidarsson syndrome, p53, PARN, rRNA, shelterin, Medicine (General), R5-920, Genetics, QH426-470
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Abstract PARN, poly(A)‐specific ribonuclease, regulates the turnover of mRNAs and the maturation and stabilization of the hTR RNA component of telomerase. Biallelic PARN mutations were associated with Høyeraal–Hreidarsson (HH) syndrome, a rare telomere biology disorder that, because of its severity, is likely not exclusively due to hTR down‐regulation. Whether PARN deficiency was affecting the expression of telomere‐related genes was still unclear. Using cells from two unrelated HH individuals carrying novel PARN mutations and a human PARN knock‐out (KO) cell line with inducible PARN complementation, we found that PARN deficiency affects both telomere length and stability and down‐regulates the expression of TRF1, TRF2, TPP1, RAP1, and POT1 shelterin transcripts. Down‐regulation of dyskerin‐encoding DKC1 mRNA was also observed and found to result from p53 activation in PARN‐deficient cells. We further showed that PARN deficiency compromises ribosomal RNA biogenesis in patients' fibroblasts and cells from heterozygous Parn KO mice. Homozygous Parn KO however resulted in early embryonic lethality that was not overcome by p53 KO. Our results refine our knowledge on the pleiotropic cellular consequences of PARN deficiency.

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2019
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8. High Diagnostic Yield of Targeted Next-Generation Sequencing in a Cohort of Patients With Congenital Hypothyroidism Due to Dyshormonogenesis

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Athanasia Stoupa, Ghada Al Hage Chehade, Rim Chaabane, Dulanjalee Kariyawasam, Gabor Szinnai, Sylvain Hanein, Christine Bole-Feysot, Cécile Fourrage, Patrick Nitschke, Caroline Thalassinos, Graziella Pinto, Mouna Mnif, Sabine Baron, Marc De Kerdanet, Rachel Reynaud, Pascal Barat, Mongia Hachicha, Neila Belguith, Michel Polak, and Aurore Carré

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congenital hypothyroidism, dyshormonogenesis, mutations, targeted next-generation sequencing, gland in situ, Diseases of the endocrine glands. Clinical endocrinology, RC648-665
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ObjectiveTo elucidate the molecular cause in a well-characterized cohort of patients with Congenital Hypothyroidism (CH) and Dyshormonogenesis (DH) by using targeted next-generation sequencing (TNGS).Study designWe studied 19 well-characterized patients diagnosed with CH and DH by targeted NGS including genes involved in thyroid hormone production. The pathogenicity of novel mutations was assessed based on in silico prediction tool results, functional studies when possible, variant location in important protein domains, and a review of the recent literature.ResultsTNGS with variant prioritization and detailed assessment identified likely disease-causing mutations in 10 patients (53%). Monogenic defects most often involved TG, followed by DUOXA2, DUOX2, and NIS and were usually homozygous or compound heterozygous. Our review shows the importance of the detailed phenotypic description of patients and accurate analysis of variants to provide a molecular diagnosis.ConclusionsIn a clinically well-characterized cohort, TNGS had a diagnostic yield of 53%, in accordance with previous studies using a similar strategy. TG mutations were the most common genetic defect. TNGS identified gene mutations causing DH, thereby providing a rapid and cost-effective genetic diagnosis in patients with CH due to DH.

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2021
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9. TUBB1 mutations cause thyroid dysgenesis associated with abnormal platelet physiology

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Athanasia Stoupa, Frédéric Adam, Dulanjalee Kariyawasam, Catherine Strassel, Sanjay Gawade, Gabor Szinnai, Alexandre Kauskot, Dominique Lasne, Carsten Janke, Kathiresan Natarajan, Alain Schmitt, Christine Bole‐Feysot, Patrick Nitschke, Juliane Léger, Fabienne Jabot‐Hanin, Frédéric Tores, Anita Michel, Arnold Munnich, Claude Besmond, Raphaël Scharfmann, François Lanza, Delphine Borgel, Michel Polak, and Aurore Carré

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congenital hypothyroidism, macroplatelets, mutations, thyroid dysgenesis, TUBB1, Medicine (General), R5-920, Genetics, QH426-470
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Abstract The genetic causes of congenital hypothyroidism due to thyroid dysgenesis (TD) remain largely unknown. We identified three novel TUBB1 gene mutations that co‐segregated with TD in three distinct families leading to 1.1% of TUBB1 mutations in TD study cohort. TUBB1 (Tubulin, Beta 1 Class VI) encodes for a member of the β‐tubulin protein family. TUBB1 gene is expressed in the developing and adult thyroid in humans and mice. All three TUBB1 mutations lead to non‐functional α/β‐tubulin dimers that cannot be incorporated into microtubules. In mice, Tubb1 knock‐out disrupted microtubule integrity by preventing β1‐tubulin incorporation and impaired thyroid migration and thyroid hormone secretion. In addition, TUBB1 mutations caused the formation of macroplatelets and hyperaggregation of human platelets after stimulation by low doses of agonists. Our data highlight unexpected roles for β1‐tubulin in thyroid development and in platelet physiology. Finally, these findings expand the spectrum of the rare paediatric diseases related to mutations in tubulin‐coding genes and provide new insights into the genetic background and mechanisms involved in congenital hypothyroidism and thyroid dysgenesis.

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2018
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10. Role of miR-146a in neural stem cell differentiation and neural lineage determination: relevance for neurodevelopmental disorders

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Lam Son Nguyen, Julien Fregeac, Christine Bole-Feysot, Nicolas Cagnard, Anand Iyer, Jasper Anink, Eleonora Aronica, Olivier Alibeu, Patrick Nitschke, and Laurence Colleaux

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Autism spectrum disorders, microRNA, Human neural stem cell, Transcriptome, Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system, RC346-429
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Abstract Background MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small, non-coding RNAs that regulate gene expression at the post-transcriptional level. miRNAs have emerged as important modulators of brain development and neuronal function and are implicated in several neurological diseases. Previous studies found miR-146a upregulation is the most common miRNA deregulation event in neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism spectrum disorder (ASD), epilepsy, and intellectual disability (ID). Yet, how miR-146a upregulation affects the developing fetal brain remains unclear. Methods We analyzed the expression of miR-146a in the temporal lobe of ASD children using Taqman assay. To assess the role of miR-146a in early brain development, we generated and characterized stably induced H9 human neural stem cell (H9 hNSC) overexpressing miR-146a using various cell and molecular biology techniques. Results We first showed that miR-146a upregulation occurs early during childhood in the ASD brain. In H9 hNSC, miR-146a overexpression enhances neurite outgrowth and branching and favors differentiation into neuronal like cells. Expression analyses revealed that 10% of the transcriptome was deregulated and organized into two modules critical for cell cycle control and neuronal differentiation. Twenty known or predicted targets of miR-146a were significantly deregulated in the modules, acting as potential drivers. The two modules also display distinct transcription profiles during human brain development, affecting regions relevant for ASD including the neocortex, amygdala, and hippocampus. Cell type analyses indicate markers for pyramidal, and interneurons are highly enriched in the deregulated gene list. Up to 40% of known markers of newly defined neuronal lineages were deregulated, suggesting that miR-146a could participate also in the acquisition of neuronal identities. Conclusion Our results demonstrate the dynamic roles of miR-146a in early neuronal development and provide new insight into the molecular events that link miR-146a overexpression to impaired neurodevelopment. This, in turn, may yield new therapeutic targets and strategies.

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2018
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11. AMPA-receptor specific biogenesis complexes control synaptic transmission and intellectual ability

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Aline Brechet, Rebecca Buchert, Jochen Schwenk, Sami Boudkkazi, Gerd Zolles, Karine Siquier-Pernet, Irene Schaber, Wolfgang Bildl, Abdelkrim Saadi, Christine Bole-Feysot, Patrick Nitschke, Andre Reis, Heinrich Sticht, Nouriya Al-Sanna’a, Arndt Rolfs, Akos Kulik, Uwe Schulte, Laurence Colleaux, Rami Abou Jamra, and Bernd Fakler

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Science
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The biogenesis of AMPA-type glutamate receptor (AMPAR) complexes is only partially understood. Here the authors identify transient assemblies of GluA1-4 proteins and proteins FRRS1l/CPT1c that drive formation of mature AMPAR complexes in the ER. Mutations in FRRS1l are associated with intellectual disability and epilepsy in three families.

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2017
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12. Correction: A homozygous KAT2B variant modulates the clinical phenotype of ADD3 deficiency in humans and flies.

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Sara Gonçalves, Julie Patat, Maria Clara Guida, Noelle Lachaussée, Christelle Arrondel, Martin Helmstädter, Olivia Boyer, Olivier Gribouval, Marie-Claire Gubler, Geraldine Mollet, Marlène Rio, Marina Charbit, Christine Bole-Feysot, Patrick Nitschke, Tobias B Huber, Patricia G Wheeler, Devon Haynes, Jane Juusola, Thierry Billette de Villemeur, Caroline Nava, Alexandra Afenjar, Boris Keren, Rolf Bodmer, Corinne Antignac, and Matias Simons

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Genetics, QH426-470
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[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1007386.].

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2018
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13. A homozygous KAT2B variant modulates the clinical phenotype of ADD3 deficiency in humans and flies.

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Sara Gonçalves, Julie Patat, Maria Clara Guida, Noelle Lachaussée, Christelle Arrondel, Martin Helmstädter, Olivia Boyer, Olivier Gribouval, Marie-Claire Gubler, Geraldine Mollet, Marlène Rio, Marina Charbit, Christine Bole-Feysot, Patrick Nitschke, Tobias B Huber, Patricia G Wheeler, Devon Haynes, Jane Juusola, Thierry Billette de Villemeur, Caroline Nava, Alexandra Afenjar, Boris Keren, Rolf Bodmer, Corinne Antignac, and Matias Simons

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Genetics, QH426-470
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Recent evidence suggests that the presence of more than one pathogenic mutation in a single patient is more common than previously anticipated. One of the challenges hereby is to dissect the contribution of each gene mutation, for which animal models such as Drosophila can provide a valuable aid. Here, we identified three families with mutations in ADD3, encoding for adducin-γ, with intellectual disability, microcephaly, cataracts and skeletal defects. In one of the families with additional cardiomyopathy and steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome (SRNS), we found a homozygous variant in KAT2B, encoding the lysine acetyltransferase 2B, with impact on KAT2B protein levels in patient fibroblasts, suggesting that this second mutation might contribute to the increased disease spectrum. In order to define the contribution of ADD3 and KAT2B mutations for the patient phenotype, we performed functional experiments in the Drosophila model. We found that both mutations were unable to fully rescue the viability of the respective null mutants of the Drosophila homologs, hts and Gcn5, suggesting that they are indeed pathogenic in flies. While the KAT2B/Gcn5 mutation additionally showed a significantly reduced ability to rescue morphological and functional defects of cardiomyocytes and nephrocytes (podocyte-like cells), this was not the case for the ADD3 mutant rescue. Yet, the simultaneous knockdown of KAT2B and ADD3 synergistically impaired kidney and heart function in flies as well as the adhesion and migration capacity of cultured human podocytes, indicating that mutations in both genes may be required for the full clinical manifestation. Altogether, our studies describe the expansion of the phenotypic spectrum in ADD3 deficiency associated with a homozygous likely pathogenic KAT2B variant and thereby identify KAT2B as a susceptibility gene for kidney and heart disease in ADD3-associated disorders.

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2018
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14. Microdeletion on chromosome 8p23.1 in a familial form of severe Buruli ulcer.

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Quentin B Vincent, Aziz Belkadi, Cindy Fayard, Estelle Marion, Ambroise Adeye, Marie-Françoise Ardant, Christian R Johnson, Didier Agossadou, Lazaro Lorenzo, Julien Guergnon, Christine Bole-Feysot, Jeremy Manry, Patrick Nitschké, Ioannis Theodorou, Jean-Laurent Casanova, Laurent Marsollier, Annick Chauty, Laurent Abel, Alexandre Alcaïs, and Franco-Beninese Buruli Research Group

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Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine, RC955-962, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270
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Buruli ulcer (BU), the third most frequent mycobacteriosis worldwide, is a neglected tropical disease caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans. We report the clinical description and extensive genetic analysis of a consanguineous family from Benin comprising two cases of unusually severe non-ulcerative BU. The index case was the most severe of over 2,000 BU cases treated at the Centre de Dépistage et de Traitement de la Lèpre et de l'Ulcère de Buruli, Pobe, Benin, since its opening in 2003. The infection spread to all limbs with PCR-confirmed skin, bone and joint infections. Genome-wide linkage analysis of seven family members was performed and whole-exome sequencing of both patients was obtained. A 37 kilobases homozygous deletion confirmed by targeted resequencing and located within a linkage region on chromosome 8 was identified in both patients but was absent from unaffected siblings. We further assessed the presence of this deletion on genotyping data from 803 independent local individuals (402 BU cases and 401 BU-free controls). Two BU cases were predicted to be homozygous carriers while none was identified in the control group. The deleted region is located close to a cluster of beta-defensin coding genes and contains a long non-coding (linc) RNA gene previously shown to display highest expression values in the skin. This first report of a microdeletion co-segregating with severe BU in a large family supports the view of a key role of human genetics in the natural history of the disease.

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2018
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15. Comprehensive Identification of Meningococcal Genes and Small Noncoding RNAs Required for Host Cell Colonization

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Elena Capel, Aldert L. Zomer, Thomas Nussbaumer, Christine Bole, Brigitte Izac, Eric Frapy, Julie Meyer, Haniaa Bouzinba-Ségard, Emmanuelle Bille, Anne Jamet, Anne Cavau, Franck Letourneur, Sandrine Bourdoulous, Thomas Rattei, Xavier Nassif, and Mathieu Coureuil

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Microbiology, QR1-502
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ABSTRACT Neisseria meningitidis is a leading cause of bacterial meningitis and septicemia, affecting infants and adults worldwide. N. meningitidis is also a common inhabitant of the human nasopharynx and, as such, is highly adapted to its niche. During bacteremia, N. meningitidis gains access to the blood compartment, where it adheres to endothelial cells of blood vessels and causes dramatic vascular damage. Colonization of the nasopharyngeal niche and communication with the different human cell types is a major issue of the N. meningitidis life cycle that is poorly understood. Here, highly saturated random transposon insertion libraries of N. meningitidis were engineered, and the fitness of mutations during routine growth and that of colonization of endothelial and epithelial cells in a flow device were assessed in a transposon insertion site sequencing (Tn-seq) analysis. This allowed the identification of genes essential for bacterial growth and genes specifically required for host cell colonization. In addition, after having identified the small noncoding RNAs (sRNAs) located in intergenic regions, the phenotypes associated with mutations in those sRNAs were defined. A total of 383 genes and 8 intergenic regions containing sRNA candidates were identified to be essential for growth, while 288 genes and 33 intergenic regions containing sRNA candidates were found to be specifically required for host cell colonization. IMPORTANCE Meningococcal meningitis is a common cause of meningitis in infants and adults. Neisseria meningitidis (meningococcus) is also a commensal bacterium of the nasopharynx and is carried by 3 to 30% of healthy humans. Under some unknown circumstances, N. meningitidis is able to invade the bloodstream and cause either meningitis or a fatal septicemia known as purpura fulminans. The onset of symptoms is sudden, and death can follow within hours. Although many meningococcal virulence factors have been identified, the mechanisms that allow the bacterium to switch from the commensal to pathogen state remain unknown. Therefore, we used a Tn-seq strategy coupled to high-throughput DNA sequencing technologies to find genes for proteins used by N. meningitidis to specifically colonize epithelial cells and primary brain endothelial cells. We identified 383 genes and 8 intergenic regions containing sRNAs essential for growth and 288 genes and 33 intergenic regions containing sRNAs required specifically for host cell colonization.

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2016
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16. Resequencing microarray technology for genotyping human papillomavirus in cervical smears.

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Nicolas Berthet, Michael Falguières, Claudia Filippone, Chloé Bertolus, Christine Bole-Feysot, Sylvain Brisse, Antoine Gessain, Isabelle Heard, and Michel Favre

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Medicine, Science
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There are more than 40 human papillomaviruses (HPVs) belonging to the alpha genus that cause sexually transmitted infections; these infections are among the most frequent and can lead to condylomas and anogenital intra-epithelial neoplasia. At least 18 of these viruses are causative agents of anogenital carcinomas. We evaluated the performance of a resequencing microarray for the detection and genotyping of alpha HPV of clinical significance using cloned HPV DNA. To reduce the number of HPV genotypes tiled on microarray, we used reconstructed ancestral sequences (RASs) as they are more closely related to the various genotypes than the current genotypes are among themselves. The performance of this approach was tested by genotyping with a set of 40 cervical smears already genotyped using the commercial PapilloCheck kit. The results of the two tests were concordant for 70% (28/40) of the samples and compatible for 30% (12/40). Our findings indicate that RASs were able to detect and identify one or several HPV in clinical samples. Associating RASs with homonym sequences improved the genotyping of HPV present in cases of multiple infection. In conclusion, we demonstrate the diagnostic potential of resequencing technology for genotyping of HPV, and illustrate its value both for epidemiological studies and for monitoring the distribution of HPV in the post-vaccination era.

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2014
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17. Abnormal Wnt and PI3Kinase signaling in the malformed intestine of lama5 deficient mice.

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Léa Ritié, Caroline Spenlé, Joël Lacroute, Anne-Laure Bolcato-Bellemin, Olivier Lefebvre, Christine Bole-Feysot, Bernard Jost, Annick Klein, Christiane Arnold, Michèle Kedinger, Dominique Bagnard, Gertraud Orend, and Patricia Simon-Assmann

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Medicine, Science
Abstract

Laminins are major constituents of basement membranes and are essential for tissue homeostasis. Laminin-511 is highly expressed in the intestine and its absence causes severe malformation of the intestine and embryonic lethality. To understand the mechanistic role of laminin-511 in tissue homeostasis, we used RNA profiling of embryonic intestinal tissue of lama5 knockout mice and identified a lama5 specific gene expression signature. By combining cell culture experiments with mediated knockdown approaches, we provide a mechanistic link between laminin α5 gene deficiency and the physiological phenotype. We show that laminin α5 plays a crucial role in both epithelial and mesenchymal cell behavior by inhibiting Wnt and activating PI3K signaling. We conclude that conflicting signals are elicited in the absence of lama5, which alter cell adhesion, migration as well as epithelial and muscle differentiation. Conversely, adhesion to laminin-511 may serve as a potent regulator of known interconnected PI3K/Akt and Wnt signaling pathways. Thus deregulated adhesion to laminin-511 may be instrumental in diseases such as human pathologies of the gut where laminin-511 is abnormally expressed as it is shown here.

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2012
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18. Increased immune complexes of hypocretin autoantibodies in narcolepsy.

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Aude Deloumeau, Sophie Bayard, Quentin Coquerel, Pierre Déchelotte, Christine Bole-Feysot, Bertrand Carlander, Valérie Cochen De Cock, Sergueï O Fetissov, and Yves Dauvilliers

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Medicine, Science
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BACKGROUND: Hypocretin peptides participate in the regulation of sleep-wake cycle while deficiency in hypocretin signaling and loss of hypocretin neurons are causative for narcolepsy-cataplexy. However, the mechanism responsible for alteration of the hypocretin system in narcolepsy-cataplexy and its relevance to other central hypersomnias remain unknown. Here we studied whether central hypersomnias can be associated with autoantibodies reacting with hypocretin-1 peptide present as immune complexes. METHODOLOGY: Serum levels of free and dissociated (total) autoantibodies reacting with hypocretin-1 peptide were measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and analyzed with regard to clinical parameters in 82 subjects with narcolepsy-cataplexy, narcolepsy without cataplexy or idiopathic hypersomnia and were compared to 25 healthy controls. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Serum levels of total but not free IgG autoantibodies against hypocretin-1 were increased in narcolepsy-cataplexy. Increased levels of complexed IgG autoantibodies against hypocretin-1 were found in all patients groups with a further increase in narcolepsy-cataplexy. Levels of total IgM hypocretin-1 autoantibodies were also elevated in all groups of patients. Increased levels of anti-idiotypic IgM autoantibodies reacting with hypocretin-1 IgG autoantibodies affinity purified from sera of subjects with narcolepsy-cataplexy were found in all three groups of patients. Disease duration correlated negatively with serum levels of hypocretin-1 IgG and IgM autoantibodies and with anti-idiotypic IgM autoantibodies. CONCLUSION: Central hypersomnias and particularly narcolepsy-cataplexy are characterized by higher serum levels of autoantibodies directed against hypocretin-1 which are present as immune complexes most likely with anti-idiotypic autoantibodies suggesting their relevance to the mechanism of sleep-wake cycle regulation.

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2010
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19. A shared pattern of altered gene expression in human embryos affected by mitochondrial diseases

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Kalliopi Chatzovoulou, Anne Mayeur, Nicolas Cagnard, Mohammed Zarhrate, Christine Bole, Patrick Nitschke, Fabienne Jabot-Hanin, Agnès Rötig, Sophie Monnot, Arnold Munnich, Nelly Frydman, and Julie Steffann

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Reproductive Medicine, Rehabilitation, Obstetrics and Gynecology
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STUDY QUESTION Does mitochondrial deficiency affect human embryonic preimplantation development? SUMMARY ANSWER The presence of a pathogenic mitochondrial variant triggers changes in the gene expression of preimplantation human embryos, compromising their development, cell differentiation, and survival. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY Quantitative and qualitative anomalies of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) are reportedly associated with impaired human embryonic development, but the underlying mechanisms remain unexplained. STUDY DESIGN, SIZE, DURATION Taking advantage of the preimplantation genetic testing for mitochondrial disorders in at-risk couples, we have compared gene expression of 9 human embryos carrying pathogenic variants in either mtDNA genes or nuclear genes encoding mitochondrial protein to 33 age-matched control embryos. PARTICIPANTS/MATERIALS, SETTING, METHODS Single-embryo transcriptomic analysis was performed on whole human blastocyst embryos donated to research. MAIN RESULTS AND THE ROLE OF CHANCE Specific pathogenic mitochondrial variants downregulate gene expression in preimplantation human embryos [566 genes in oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS)-deficient embryos], impacting transcriptional regulators, differentiation factors, and nuclear genes encoding mitochondrial proteins. These changes in gene expression primarily alter OXPHOS and cell survival pathways. LIMITATIONS, REASONS FOR CAUTION The number of OXPHOS-deficient embryos available for the study was limited owing to the rarity of this material. However, the molecular signature shared by all these embryos supports the relevance of the findings. WIDER IMPLICATIONS OF THE FINDINGS While identification of reliable markers of normal embryonic development is urgently needed in ART, our study prompts us to consider under-expression of the targeted genes reported here, as predictive biomarkers of mitochondrial dysfunction during preimplantation development. STUDY FUNDING/COMPETING INTEREST(S) This work was supported by the ‘Association Française contre les Myopathies (AFM-Téléthon)’ and the ‘La Fondation Maladies Rares’. No competing interests to declare. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER N/A.

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2023
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20. Neuropathological hallmarks of antenatal mitochondrial diseases with a corpus callosum defect

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Lucile Boutaud, Benedetta Ruzzenente, Aude Tessier, Olivia Anselem, Emmanuelle Pannier, Sarah Grotto, Naïma Talhi, Daniel Amram, Marjolaine Willems, Constance Wells, Patricia Blanchet, Yuri Musizzano, Clémence Jauny, Patrick Nitschke, Christine Bole-Feysot, Bettina Bessières, Houria Salhi, Amale Achaiaa, Metodi D Metodiev, Ferechte Razavi, Agnès Rötig, Laurence Loeuilllet, and Tania Attié-Bitach

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Neurology (clinical)
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Corpus callosum defects are frequent congenital cerebral disorders caused by mutations in more than 300 genes. These include genes implicated in corpus callosum development or function, as well as genes essential for mitochondrial physiology. However, in utero corpus callosum anomalies rarely raise a suspicion of mitochondrial disease and are characterized by a very large clinical heterogeneity. Here, we report a detailed pathological and neuro-histopathological investigation of nine foetuses from four unrelated families with prenatal onset of corpus callosum anomalies, sometimes associated with other cerebral or extra-cerebral defects. Next generation sequencing allowed the identification of novel pathogenic variants in three different nuclear genes previously reported in mitochondrial diseases: TIMMDC1, encoding a Complex I assembly factor never involved before in corpus callosum defect; MRPS22, a protein of the small mitoribosomal subunit; and EARS2, the mitochondrial tRNA-glutamyl synthetase. The present report describes the antenatal histopathological findings in mitochondrial diseases and expands the genetic spectrum of antenatal corpus callosum anomalies establishing OXPHOS function as an important factor for corpus callosum biogenesis. We propose that, when observed, antenatal corpus callosum anomalies should raise suspicion of mitochondrial disease and prenatal genetic counselling should be considered.

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2022
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21. Frequent Alterations of Driver Genes in Chromosome X and Their Clinical Relevance in Extranodal NK/T-Cell Lymphoma

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Yuta Ito, Amira Marouf, Yasunori Kogure, Junji Koya, Mariko Tabata, Yuki Saito, Sumito Shingaki, Mitsuhiro Yuasa, Kentaro Yamaguchi, Julie Bruneau, Manon Vavasseur, Michaël Dussiot, Isabelle Andre, Akshay Joshi, Chantal Lagresle-Peyrou, Aude Magerus, Sammara Chaubard, David Lavergne, Emmanuel Bachy, Erika Brunet, Virginie Fataccioli, Chantal Brouzes, Camille Laurent, Laurence De Leval, Alexandra Traverse-Glehen, Céline Bossard, Marie Parrens, Véronique Meignin, Laure Philippe, Julien Rossignol, Felipe Suarez, Jean-Marie Michot, Olivier Tournilhac, Christine Bole-Feysot, Patrick Nitschke, Bruno Tesson, Cécile Laurent, Thierry Jo Molina, Vahid Asnafi, Sachiko Tsukita, Koji Izutsu, Hiroaki Miyoshi, Seiji Sakata, Akito Dobashi, Kengo Takeuchi, Koichi Ohshima, Philippe Gaulard, Arnaud Jaccard, Seishi Ogawa, Olivier Hermine, Keisuke Kataoka, and Lucile Couronne

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Immunology, Cell Biology, Hematology, Biochemistry
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2022
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22. Mild MDPL in a patient with a novel de novo missense variant in the Cys-B region of POLD1

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Maya Chopra, Richard Caswell, Giulia Barcia, Sophie Rondeau, Laurence Jonard, Patrick Nitchké, Daniel Amram, Marc-Lionel Bellaiche, Veronique Abadie, Marine Parodi, Francoise Denoyelle, Andrew Hattersley, Christine Bole, Stanislas Lyonnet, and Sandrine Marlin

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Iron-Sulfur Proteins, Male, Phenotype, Lipodystrophy, Mutation, Missense, Genetics, Humans, Syndrome, Child, Genetics (clinical), DNA Polymerase III
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DNA polymerase δ is one of the three main enzymes responsible for DNA replication. POLD1 heterozygous missense variants in the exonuclease domain result in a cancer predisposition phenotype. In contrast, heterozygous variants in POLD1 polymerase domain have more recently been shown to be the underlying basis of the distinct autosomal dominant multisystem lipodystrophy disorder, MDPL (mandibular hypoplasia, deafness, progeroid features, and lipodystrophy syndrome OMIM # 615381), most commonly a recurrent in-frame deletion of serine at position 604, accounting for 18 of the 21 reported cases of this condition. One patient with an unusually severe phenotype has been reported, caused by a de novo c. 3209 T A, (p.(Ile1070Asn)) variant in the highly conserved CysB motif in the C-terminal of the POLD1 protein. This region has recently been shown to bind an iron-sulphur cluster of the 4Fe-4S type. This report concerns a novel de novo missense variant in the CysB region, c.3219 G C, (p.(Ser1073Arg)) in a male child with a milder phenotype. Using in silico analysis in the context of the recently published structure of human Polymerase δ holoenzyme, we compared these and other variants which lie in close proximity but result in differing degrees of severity and varying features. We hypothesise that the c.3219 G C, (p.(Ser1073Arg)) substitution likely causes reduced binding of the iron-sulphur cluster without significant disruption of protein structure, while the previously reported c.3209 T A (p.(Ile1070Asn)) variant likely has a more profound impact on structure and folding in the region. Our analysis supports a central role for the CysB region in regulating POLD1 activity in health and disease.

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2022
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23. Identification of Germline Non-coding Deletions in XIAP Gene Causing XIAP Deficiency Reveals a Key Promoter Sequence

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Zineb Sbihi, Kay Tanita, Camille Bachelet, Christine Bole, Fabienne Jabot-Hanin, Frederic Tores, Marc Le Loch, Radi Khodr, Akihiro Hoshino, Christelle Lenoir, Matias Oleastro, Mariana Villa, Lucia Spossito, Emma Prieto, Silvia Danielian, Erika Brunet, Capucine Picard, Takashi Taga, Shimaa Said Mohamed Ali Abdrabou, Takeshi Isoda, Masafumi Yamada, Alejandro Palma, Hirokazu Kanegane, Sylvain Latour, LATOUR, Sylvain, Lymphocyte activation and susceptibility to EBV (Equpie Inserm U1163), Imagine - Institut des maladies génétiques (IHU) (Imagine - U1163), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Tokyo Medical and Dental University [Japan] (TMDU), Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Structure Fédérative de Recherche Necker (SFR Necker - UMS 3633 / US24), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), CHU Necker - Enfants Malades [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Hospital Nacional de Pediatría J.P. Garrahan, Genome dynamics in the immune system (Equipe Inserm U1163), Shiga University of Medical Science, and Hokkaido University [Sapporo, Japan]

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Non-coding exon, Male, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], Immunology, Promoter, Inherited immunodeficiency, Genetic Diseases, X-Linked, X-Linked Inhibitor of Apoptosis Protein, Lymphoproliferative Disorders, Deletion, [SDV] Life Sciences [q-bio], Germ Cells, Humans, Immunology and Allergy, X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis
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International audience; PurposeX-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein (XIAP) deficiency, also known as the X-linked lymphoproliferative syndrome of type 2 (XLP-2), is a rare immunodeficiency characterized by recurrent hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, splenomegaly, and inflammatory bowel disease. Variants in XIAP including missense, non-sense, frameshift, and deletions of coding exons have been reported to cause XIAP deficiency. We studied three young boys with immunodeficiency displaying XLP-2-like clinical features. No genetic variation in the coding exons of XIAP was identified by whole-exome sequencing (WES), although the patients exhibited a complete loss of XIAP expression.MethodsTargeted next-generation sequencing (NGS) of the entire locus of XIAP was performed on DNA samples from the three patients. Molecular investigations were assessed by gene reporter expression assays in HEK cells and CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing in primary T cells.ResultsNGS of XIAP identified three distinct non-coding deletions in the patients that were predicted to be driven by repetitive DNA sequences. These deletions share a common region of 839 bp that encompassed the first non-coding exon of XIAP and contained regulatory elements and marks specific of an active promoter. Moreover, we showed that among the 839 bp, the exon was transcriptionally active. Finally, deletion of the exon by CRISPR-Cas9 in primary cells reduced XIAP protein expression.ConclusionsThese results identify a key promoter sequence contained in the first non-coding exon of XIAP. Importantly, this study highlights that sequencing of the non-coding exons that are not currently captured by WES should be considered in the genetic diagnosis when no variation is found in coding exons.

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2022
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24. Sex-dependent effects of a high fat diet on metabolic disorders, intestinal barrier function and gut microbiota in mouse

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Candice Lefebvre, Adam Tiffay, Charles-Edward Breemeersch, Virginie Dreux, Christine Bôle-Feysot, Charlène Guérin, Jonathan Breton, Elise Maximin, Magali Monnoye, Pierre Déchelotte, Véronique Douard, Alexis Goichon, and Moïse Coëffier

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Medicine, Science
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Abstract Obesity is often associated with sex-dependent metabolic complications, in which altered intestinal barrier function and gut microbiota contribute. We aimed to characterize in mice the sex-dependent effects of a high fat diet on these parameters. Male and female C57BL/6 mice received a standard (SD) or high fat diet (HFD; 60% kcal from fat) during 14 weeks (W14). Body composition, glucose tolerance, insulin sensitivity, intestinal permeability, colonic expression of 44 genes encoding factors involved in inflammatory response and gut barrier function, cecal microbiota, plasma adipokines and white adipose tissue response have been assessed. Both male and female HFD mice exhibited an increase of body weight and fat mass gain and glucose intolerance compared to SD mice. However, only male HFD mice tended to develop insulin resistance associated to increased Tnfα and Ccl2 mRNA expression in perigonadal adipose tissue. By contrast, only female HFD mice showed significant intestinal hyperpermeability that was associated with more markedly altered colonic inflammatory response. Cecal microbiota richness was markedly reduced in both sexes (Observed species) with sex-dependent modifications at the phyla or family level, e.g. decreased relative abundance of Bacillota and Lachnospiraceae in females, increased of Bacteroidaceae in males. Interestingly, some of these microbiota alterations were correlated with peripheral metabolic and inflammatory markers. In conclusions, male and female mice exhibit different responses to a high fat diet with specific changes of gut microbiota, intestinal barrier function, colonic and white adipose tissue inflammation, metabolic markers and body weight gain. The underlying mechanisms should be deciphered in further investigations.

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2024
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25. Persistent Müllerian duct syndrome associated with genetic defects in the regulatory subunit of myosin phosphatase

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Jean-Yves Picard, Gilles Morin, Mojgan Devouassoux-Shisheboran, Jasper Van der Smagt, Serge Klosowski, Catherine Pienkowski, Peggy Pierre-Renoult, Cécile Masson, Christine Bole, and Nathalie Josso

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Male, Anti-Mullerian Hormone, Myosin-Light-Chain Phosphatase, Disorder of Sex Development, 46,XY, Reproductive Medicine, Rehabilitation, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Humans, DNA
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STUDY QUESTION Can mutations of genes other than AMH or AMHR2, namely PPP1R12A coding myosin phosphatase, lead to persistent Müllerian duct syndrome (PMDS)? SUMMARY ANSWER The detection of PPP1R12A truncation mutations in five cases of PMDS suggests that myosin phosphatase is involved in Müllerian regression, independently of the anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) signaling cascade. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY Mutations of AMH and AMHR2 are detectable in an overwhelming majority of PMDS patients but in 10% of cases, both genes are apparently normal, suggesting that other genes may be involved. STUDY DESIGN, SIZE, DURATION DNA samples from 39 PMDS patients collected from 1990 to present, in which Sanger sequencing had failed to detect biallelic AMH or AMHR2 mutations, were screened by massive parallel sequencing. PARTICIPANTS/MATERIALS, SETTING, METHODS To rule out the possibility that AMH or AMHR2 mutations could have been missed, all DNA samples of good quality were analyzed by targeted next-generation sequencing. Twenty-four samples in which the absence of AMH or AMHR2 biallelic mutations was confirmed were subjected to whole-exome sequencing with the aim of detecting variants of other genes potentially involved in PMDS. MAIN RESULTS AND THE ROLE OF CHANCE Five patients out of 24 (21%) harbored deleterious truncation mutations of PP1R12A, the gene coding for the regulatory subunit of myosin phosphatase, were detected. In addition to PMDS, three of these patients presented with ileal and one with esophageal atresia. The congenital abnormalities associated with PMDS in our patients are consistent with those described in the literature for PPP1R12A variants and have never been described in cases of AMH or AMHR2 mutations. The role of chance is therefore extremely unlikely. LIMITATIONS, REASONS FOR CAUTION The main limitation of the study is the lack of experimental validation of the role of PPP1R12A in Müllerian regression. Only circumstantial evidence is available, myosin phosphatase is required for cell mobility, which plays a major role in Müllerian regression. Alternatively, PPP1R12A mutations could affect the AMH transduction pathway. WIDER IMPLICATIONS OF THE FINDINGS The study supports the conclusion that failure of Müllerian regression in males is not necessarily associated with a defect in AMH signaling. Extending the scope of molecular analysis should shed light upon the mechanism of the initial steps of male sex differentiation. STUDY FUNDING/COMPETING INTEREST(S) The study was funded by la Fondation Maladies Rares, GenOmics 2021_0404 and la Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale, grant EQU201903007868. The authors report no conflict of interest. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER N/A.

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2022

26. Fetal megacystis‐microcolon: Genetic mutational spectrum and identification of <scp> PDCL3 </scp> as a novel candidate gene

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Cécile Masson, Arnaud Molin, Clarisse Billon, Agnès Liard, Lucile Boutaud, Sabine Sigaudy, Sophie Thomas, Eglantine Magnin, Radia Fritih, Valérie Layet, Maryse Bonnière, Yves Ville, Alix Clemenson, Alain Diguet, Philippe Roth, Coralie Dauge, Sophie Patrier, John Rendu, Julia Tantau, Bettina Bessières, Alice Goldenberg, Leila Hakkakian, Céline Poirsier, Tania Attié-Bitach, Ferechté Razavi, Clémence Fleury, Eric Verspyck, Nadia Elkhartoufi, Maude Grelet, Amale Achaiaa, Fabienne Prieur, Christine Bole-Feysot, and Aude Tessier

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Male, 0301 basic medicine, Candidate gene, Myosin Light Chains, Colon, Urinary Bladder, Nerve Tissue Proteins, 030105 genetics & heredity, Biology, Compound heterozygosity, 03 medical and health sciences, Exome Sequencing, Fetal megacystis, Genetics, MYH11, Humans, Abnormalities, Multiple, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Gene, Genetics (clinical), Exome sequencing, Myosin Heavy Chains, Homozygote, Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction, Infant, Newborn, MYLK, Microcolon, Actins, Pedigree, 030104 developmental biology, Aborted Fetus, Mutation, Female, Carrier Proteins
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Megacystis-microcolon-intestinal-hypoperistalsis syndrome (MMIHS) is a severe congenital visceral myopathy characterized by an abdominal distension due to a large non-obstructed urinary bladder, a microcolon and intestinal hypo- or aperistalsis. Most of the patients described to date carry a sporadic heterozygous variant in ACTG2. More recently, recessive forms have been reported and mutations in MYH11, LMOD1, MYLK and MYL9 have been described at the molecular level. In the present report, we describe five patients carrying a recurrent heterozygous variant in ACTG2. Exome sequencing performed in four families allowed us to identify the genetic cause in three. In two families, we identified variants in MMIHS causal genes, respectively a nonsense homozygous variant in MYH11 and a previously described homozygous deletion in MYL9. Finally, we identified compound heterozygous variants in a novel candidate gene, PDCL3, c.[143_144del];[380G>A], p.[(Tyr48Ter)];[(Cys127Tyr)]. After cDNA analysis, a complete absence of PDLC3 expression was observed in affected individuals, indicating that both mutated transcripts were unstable and prone to mediated mRNA decay. PDCL3 encodes a protein involved in the folding of actin, a key step in thin filament formation. Presumably, loss-of-function of this protein affects the contractility of smooth muscle tissues, making PDCL3 an excellent candidate gene for autosomal recessive forms of MMIHS.

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2020
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27. Phenotypic spectrum and transcriptomic profile associated with germline variants in TRAF7

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Robert A. Hegele, Maria Iascone, Kevin A. Shapiro, Nicolas Chatron, Marwan Shinawi, Joel Charrow, Jeffrey W. Innis, Luitgard Graul-Neumann, Joanna Goes Castro Meira, Anna Lehman, Dawn L. Earl, Victoria R. Sanders, Shannon Rego, David A. Sweetser, Clémantine Dimartino, Wilhelmina S. Kerstjens-Frederikse, Antonio Vitobello, Davor Lessel, Daniel Grinberg, Laurence Faivre, Ryan Peretz, Katherine M. Christensen, Emma Reesor, Erin Beaver, Elizabeth Wohler, Margot R.F. Reijnders, Deborah Barbouth, Anna Cereda, Kaja Kristine Selmer, Melissa A. Walker, Barbro Stadheim, Alessandro Serretti, Helen Kingston, Jill Clayton-Smith, Raymond Lewandowski, Bernarda Lozić, Robert Stratton, Amelia Kirby, Anne H. O’Donnell-Luria, Sara Gabbiadini, Susanna Balcells, Myriam Oufadem, Christel Thauvin, Maha Aly, Wendy K. Chung, Susan M. White, Lauren C. Briere, Thomas Smol, Stanislas Lyonnet, Roberto Colombo, Catherine E. Keegan, Marie T. McDonald, Melanie Parisot, Tiong Yang Tan, Brian Wong, Christopher T. Gordon, Magnus Dehli Vigeland, Frances A. High, Emily Bryant, Audrey Labalme, Nara Sobreira, Arnold Munnich, Jeanne Amiel, Dayna Morel Swols, Raquel Rabionet, Laura Castilla-Vallmanya, Jennifer Heeley, Gunnar Houge, Michael J. Gambello, Bernardo Blanco-Sánchez, Lynn Pais, Olena M. Vaske, Roser Urreizti, Alison Wray, Veronique Pingault, Damien Sanlaville, John Christodoulou, John Millichap, Valérie Cormier-Daire, Parul Jayakar, Helen Cox, Frédéric Tran Mau-Them, Belinda Chong, Victoria Mok Siu, Anne Slavotinek, Antonie J. van Essen, Ingvild Aukrust, Lorne A. Clarke, Rachel Gannaway, Anne Dieux-Coeslier, Patrick Nitschké, Tony Yao, Simon Sadedin, Danielle Karlowicz, Christelle Rougeot, Christine Bole-Feysot, Sandra Yang, Megan T. Cho, Gaetan Lesca, Christiane Zweier, Castilla-Vallmanya L., Selmer K.K., Dimartino C., Rabionet R., Blanco-Sanchez B., Yang S., Reijnders M.R.F., van Essen A.J., Oufadem M., Vigeland M.D., Stadheim B., Houge G., Cox H., Kingston H., Clayton-Smith J., Innis J.W., Iascone M., Cereda A., Gabbiadini S., Chung W.K., Sanders V., Charrow J., Bryant E., Millichap J., Vitobello A., Thauvin C., Mau-Them F.T., Faivre L., Lesca G., Labalme A., Rougeot C., Chatron N., Sanlaville D., Christensen K.M., Kirby A., Lewandowski R., Gannaway R., Aly M., Lehman A., Clarke L., Graul-Neumann L., Zweier C., Lessel D., Lozic B., Aukrust I., Peretz R., Stratton R., Smol T., Dieux-Coeslier A., Meira J., Wohler E., Sobreira N., Beaver E.M., Heeley J., Briere L.C., High F.A., Sweetser D.A., Walker M.A., Keegan C.E., Jayakar P., Shinawi M., Kerstjens-Frederikse W.S., Earl D.L., Siu V.M., Reesor E., Yao T., Hegele R.A., Vaske O.M., Rego S., Shapiro K.A., Wong B., Gambello M.J., McDonald M., Karlowicz D., Colombo R., Serretti A., Pais L., O'Donnell-Luria A., Wray A., Sadedin S., Chong B., Tan T.Y., Christodoulou J., White S.M., Slavotinek A., Barbouth D., Morel Swols D., Parisot M., Bole-Feysot C., Nitschke P., Pingault V., Munnich A., Cho M.T., Cormier-Daire V., Balcells S., Lyonnet S., Grinberg D., Amiel J., Urreizti R., Gordon C.T., MUMC+: DA KG Polikliniek (9), and RS: FHML non-thematic output

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0301 basic medicine, NF-KAPPA-B, PROTEIN, 030105 genetics & heredity, medicine.disease_cause, Germline, Transcriptome, ACTIVATION, POLYUBIQUITINATION, Missense mutation, Exome, Genetics (clinical), Genetics, Sanger sequencing, Mutation, leads, Necrosi, craniofacial development, Phenotype, Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor-Associated Peptides and Proteins, intellectual disability, patent ductus arteriosu, symbols, Mutation, Missense, Biology, traf7, Article, akt1, target, 03 medical and health sciences, symbols.namesake, Necrosis, patent ductus arteriosus, medicine, Humans, blepharophimosi, Tumors, MUTATIONS, Fibroblasts, medicine.disease, Blepharophimosis, TRAF7, blepharophimosis, GENOMIC ANALYSIS, Germ Cells, 030104 developmental biology, MENINGIOMAS
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PURPOSE: Somatic variants in tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor 7 (TRAF7) cause meningioma, while germline variants have recently been identified in seven patients with developmental delay and cardiac, facial, and digital anomalies. We aimed to define the clinical and mutational spectrum associated with TRAF7 germline variants in a large series of patients, and to determine the molecular effects of the variants through transcriptomic analysis of patient fibroblasts.METHODS: We performed exome, targeted capture, and Sanger sequencing of patients with undiagnosed developmental disorders, in multiple independent diagnostic or research centers. Phenotypic and mutational comparisons were facilitated through data exchange platforms. Whole-transcriptome sequencing was performed on RNA from patient- and control-derived fibroblasts.RESULTS: We identified heterozygous missense variants in TRAF7 as the cause of a developmental delay-malformation syndrome in 45 patients. Major features include a recognizable facial gestalt (characterized in particular by blepharophimosis), short neck, pectus carinatum, digital deviations, and patent ductus arteriosus. Almost all variants occur in the WD40 repeats and most are recurrent. Several differentially expressed genes were identified in patient fibroblasts.CONCLUSION: We provide the first large-scale analysis of the clinical and mutational spectrum associated with the TRAF7 developmental syndrome, and we shed light on its molecular etiology through transcriptome studies.

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2020

28. Bi-allelic Variations of SMO in Humans Cause a Broad Spectrum of Developmental Anomalies Due to Abnormal Hedgehog Signaling

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Lynn Pais, Anna Pelet, Wilhelmina S. Kerstjens-Frederikse, Christine Bole-Feysot, Yunia Sribudiani, Stanislas Lyonnet, Natasha Shur, Valérie Cormier-Daire, Louise Galmiche, Cécile Masson, Christopher T. Gordon, Chelsea Kois, Céline Huber, John A. Pugh, Simon Sadedin, Thuy-Linh Le, Nicolas Goudin, Tania Attié-Bitach, Susan M. White, Tiong Yang Tan, Geneviève Baujat, Valérie Serre, Xiaomin Dong, Mohammed Zarhrate, Patrick Nitschke, Jeanne Amiel, John Christodoulou, Frans W. Verheijen, Sophie Thomas, R Hofstra, Salima El Chehadeh, Valerie Mayne, Université Paris Cité (UPC), Imagine - Institut des maladies génétiques (IHU) (Imagine - U1163), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris Cité (UPC), Embryology and genetics of human malformation (Equipe Inserm U1163), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris Cité (UPC)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris Cité (UPC), Molecular and Physiopathological bases of osteochondrodysplasia - Bases moléculaires et physiopathologiques des ostéochondrodysplasies (Equipe Inserm U1163), CHU Necker - Enfants Malades [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Institut Jacques Monod (IJM (UMR_7592)), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPC), Structure Fédérative de Recherche Necker (SFR Necker - UMS 3633 / US24), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPC), Genetics and Development of the Cerebral Cortex (Equipe Inserm U1163), Université de Paris (UP), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Paris (UP), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Paris (UP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Paris (UP), Université de Paris (UP)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), and Clinical Genetics

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0301 basic medicine, Male, Models, Molecular, Developmental Disabilities, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE, INTRAFLAGELLAR TRANSPORT PROTEIN, ACTIVATION, 0302 clinical medicine, Neoplasms, Sonic hedgehog, Child, Genetics (clinical), Nuclear Proteins, PRIMARY CILIUM, Smoothened Receptor, Hedgehog signaling pathway, Cell biology, Pedigree, Child, Preschool, Female, Signal Transduction, Patched, Nerve Tissue Proteins, Biology, Zinc Finger Protein Gli2, Article, 03 medical and health sciences, HYPOTHALAMIC HAMARTOMA, Zinc Finger Protein Gli3, GLI2, Ciliogenesis, NERVOUS-SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT, Genetics, Humans, Hedgehog Proteins, Cilia, Hedgehog, Alleles, Base Sequence, SONIC HEDGEHOG, MUTATIONS, Infant, CILIARY, 030104 developmental biology, biology.protein, Smoothened, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, GLI
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The evolutionarily conserved hedgehog (Hh) pathway is essential for organogenesis and plays critical roles in postnatal tissue maintenance and renewal. A unique feature of the vertebrate Hh pathway is that signal transduction requires the primary cilium (PC) where major pathway components are dynamically enriched. These factors include smoothened (SMO) and patched, which constitute the core reception system for sonic hedgehog (SHH) as well as GLI transcription factors, the key mediators of the pathway. Here, we report biallelic loss-of-function variations in SMO in seven individuals from five independent families; these variations cause a wide phenotypic spectrum of developmental anomalies affecting the brain (hypothalamic hamartoma and microcephaly), heart (atrioventricular septal defect), skeleton (postaxial polydactyly, narrow chest, and shortening of long bones), and enteric nervous system (aganglionosis). Cells derived from affected individuals showed normal ciliogenesis but severely altered Hh-signal transduction as a result of either altered PC trafficking or abnormal activation of the pathway downstream of SMO. In addition, Hh-independent GLI2 accumulation at the PC tip in cells from the affected individuals suggests a potential function of SMO in regulating basal ciliary trafficking of GLI2 when the pathway is off. Thus, loss of SMO function results in abnormal PC dynamics of key components of the Hh signaling pathway and leads to a large continuum of malformations in humans.

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2020
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29. Lack of the multidrug transporter MRP4/ABCC4 defines the PEL-negative blood group and impairs platelet aggregation

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Gaël Nicolas, Thierry Peyrard, Mahmoud Mikdar, Slim Azouzi, Patrick Mayeux, Christine Bole-Feysot, Alexandra Willemetz, Olivier Hermine, Cédric Vrignaud, Marc Cloutier, Emilie-Fleur Gautier, Alexandre Raneri, Virginie Salnot, Maryse St-Louis, Caroline Le Van Kim, Jessica Constanzo-Yanez, Jean-Pierre Cartron, Gabriele Jedlitschky, Nancy Robitaille, Carole Éthier, Patricia Hermand, Patrick Nitschke, Yves Colin, colin, yves, Laboratoire d'Excellence : Biogenèse et pathologies du globule rouge (Labex Gr-Ex), Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (USPC)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Biologie Intégrée du Globule Rouge (BIGR (UMR_S_1134 / U1134)), Institut National de la Transfusion Sanguine [Paris] (INTS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Université de La Réunion (UR)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université des Antilles (UA), Institut National de la Transfusion Sanguine [Paris] (INTS), Département Centre National de Référence pour les Groupes Sanguins [Paris], Plateforme protéomique 3P5 [Institut Cochin] (3P5), Institut Cochin (IC UM3 (UMR 8104 / U1016)), Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de recherche sur l'Inflammation (CRI (UMR_S_1149 / ERL_8252 / U1149)), Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Imagine - Institut des maladies génétiques (IMAGINE - U1163), Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Cytokines, hématopoïèse et réponse immune (CHRI), Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University of Medicine Greifswald, Héma-Québec [Québec], Héma-Québec [Montréal], Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), and Institut National de la Transfusion Sanguine [Paris] (INTS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Université de La Réunion (UR)-Université des Antilles (UA)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)

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Blood Platelets, 0301 basic medicine, Platelet Aggregation, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], Immunology, ATP-binding cassette transporter, ABCC4, Biology, Biochemistry, 03 medical and health sciences, Cyclic nucleotide, chemistry.chemical_compound, 0302 clinical medicine, Erythroid Cells, Antigen, hemic and lymphatic diseases, medicine, Humans, Gene, integumentary system, Impaired platelet aggregation, Cell Biology, Hematology, medicine.disease, Molecular biology, [SDV] Life Sciences [q-bio], Leukemia, Phenotype, 030104 developmental biology, chemistry, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Blood Group Antigens, biology.protein, CRISPR-Cas Systems, Multidrug Resistance-Associated Proteins, BLOOD Commentary, Gene Deletion, K562 cells
Abstract

The rare PEL-negative phenotype is one of the last blood groups with an unknown genetic basis. By combining whole-exome sequencing and comparative global proteomic investigations, we found a large deletion in the ABCC4/MRP4 gene encoding an ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter in PEL-negative individuals. The loss of PEL expression on ABCC4-CRISPR-Cas9 K562 cells and its overexpression in ABCC4-transfected cells provided evidence that ABCC4 is the gene underlying the PEL blood group antigen. Although ABCC4 is an important cyclic nucleotide exporter, red blood cells from ABCC4null/PEL-negative individuals exhibited a normal guanosine 3′,5′-cyclic monophosphate level, suggesting a compensatory mechanism by other erythroid ABC transporters. Interestingly, PEL-negative individuals showed an impaired platelet aggregation, confirming a role for ABCC4 in platelet function. Finally, we showed that loss-of-function mutations in the ABCC4 gene, associated with leukemia outcome, altered the expression of the PEL antigen. In addition to ABCC4 genotyping, PEL phenotyping could open a new way toward drug dose adjustment for leukemia treatment.

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2020
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30. Biallelic THOC6 pathogenic variants: Prenatal phenotype and review of the literature

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Lyse Ruaud, Nathalie Roux, Lucile Boutaud, Bettina Bessières, Faustine Ageorges, Amale Achaiaa, Christine Bole, Patrick Nitschke, Cécile Masson, Michel Vekemans, Alain Verloes, and Tania Attie‐Bitach

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Male, Embryology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, RNA-Binding Proteins, Toxicology, Musculoskeletal Abnormalities, Phenotype, Pregnancy, Intellectual Disability, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Exome Sequencing, Microcephaly, Humans, Female, Lymphangioma, Cystic, Developmental Biology
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The THOC6 protein is a component of the THO complex. It is involved in mRNA transcription, processing and nuclear export. Interestingly molecular biallelic loss-of-function variants of the THOC6 gene were identified in the Beaulieu-Boycott-Innes syndrome (BBIS- OMIM # 613680). This condition was described in 17 patients and is characterized by a moderate to severe intellectual disability, facial dysmorphic features and severe birth defects such as heart, skeletal, ano-genital and renal congenital malformations.In the present study, we report on a new family with two affected sibs. The 6-year-old female had severe intellectual disability with autistic features, feeding difficulties, growth delay, facial dysmorphic, and congenital malformations (hand, skeletal and cardiac anomalies). The male fetus presented antenatally with a cystic hygroma associated with severe aortic and left ventricular hypoplasia. Autopsy, after termination of pregnancy at 15 weeks of gestation, showed facial dysmorphic, short right thumb and hypospadias.Exome sequencing detected in both sibs compound heterozygous variants of the THOC6 gene (NM_024339.3, GRCh37): the already reported c.[298TA;700GT;824GA] haplotype and a novel variant c.977TG, p.(Val326Gly).We made a review of the literature of 17 BBIS reported patients including our two siblings. Severe to moderate ID and congenital malformations were constant. Prenatal and postnatal failure to thrive were frequent. Brain MRI were not specific. Prenatal findings were reported in 40% of cases but we described the first case of cystic hygroma. The present study reports extends the prenatal delineation of the phenotypic features observed in association with the presence of THOC6 variants. In addition, it underscores the intrafamilial phenotypic variability observed in BBIS.

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2022

31. Fatty acids produced by the gut microbiota dampen host inflammatory responses by modulating intestinal SUMOylation

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Chaima Ezzine, Léa Loison, Christine Bole-Feysot, Pierre Déchelotte, Moïse Coëffier, and David Ribet

Abstract

The gut microbiota produces a wide variety of metabolites, which interact with intestinal cells and contribute to host physiology. These metabolites regulate intestinal cell activities by modulating either gene transcription or post-translational modifications of gut proteins. The effect of gut commensal bacteria on SUMOylation, an essential ubiquitin-like modification in intestinal physiology, remains however unknown. Here, we show that short chain fatty acids (SCFAs) and branched chain fatty acids (BCFAs) produced by the gut microbiota increase protein SUMOylation in different intestinal cell lines in a pH-dependent manner. We demonstrate that these metabolites induce an oxidative stress which inactivates intestinal deSUMOylases and promotes the hyperSUMOylation of chromatin-bound proteins. In order to determine the impact of these modifications on intestinal physiology, we focused on the NF-κB signaling pathway, a key player in inflammation known to be regulated by SUMOylation. We demonstrated that the hyperSUMOylation induced by SCFAs/BCFAs inhibits the activation of the NF-κB pathway in intestinal cells by blocking the degradation of the inhibitory factor IκBα in response to TNFα. This results in a decrease in pro-inflammatory cytokines expression, such as IL8 or CCL20, as well as a decrease in intestinal epithelial permeability in response to TNFα. Together, our results reveal that fatty acids produced by gut commensal bacteria regulate intestinal physiology by modulating SUMOylation and illustrate a new mechanism of dampening of host inflammatory responses by the gut microbiota.

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2022
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32. Somatic genetic rescue of a germline ribosome assembly defect

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Vasileios Kargas, Mélanie Parisot, Norberto Escudero-Urquijo, Alexis Bertrand, Christine Bellanné-Chantelot, Jean Donadieu, Mohammed Zarhrate, Patrick Nitschke, Cécile Masson, Laëtitia Kermasson, Beatriz Goyenechea, Sophie Kaltenbach, Alan J. Warren, David Traynor, Stefano Fumagalli, Li Jin, Blandine Beaupain, Bruno Reversade, Ahmed Z. Boukerrou, Peter J. Bond, M. Rossmann, Olivier Alibeu, Jean-Alain Martignoles, Christine Bole-Feysot, Jonathan Moreil, Shengjiang Tan, François Delhommeau, Patrick Revy, Kong Boo Phua, Alexandre Faille, Aurore Pouliet, Christine Hilcenko, Frédéric Tores, Isabelle Radford-Weiss, Ai Ling Koh, Isabelle Callebaut, Jean-Pierre de Villartay, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research (CIMR), University of Cambridge [UK] (CAM), Wellcome Trust-Medical Research Council Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, Imagine - Institut des maladies génétiques (IHU) (Imagine - U1163), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Paris (UP), MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology [Cambridge, UK] (LMB), University of Cambridge [UK] (CAM)-Medical Research Council, Structure Fédérative de Recherche Necker (SFR Necker - UMS 3633 / US24), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), CHU Trousseau [APHP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU), Institut Necker Enfants-Malades (INEM - UM 111 (UMR 8253 / U1151)), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5), CHU Necker - Enfants Malades [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine (CR Saint-Antoine), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-CHU Saint-Antoine [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU), KK Women's and Children's Hospital [Singapore], Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS), Bioinformatics Institute [Singapore], Agency for science, technology and research [Singapore] (A*STAR), National University of Singapore (NUS), CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière [AP-HP], Sorbonne Université (SU)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Sorbonne Université (SU), Institut de minéralogie, de physique des matériaux et de cosmochimie (IMPMC), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN)-Institut de recherche pour le développement [IRD] : UR206-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Babraham Research Campus [Cambridge, Royaume-Uni], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (USPC), Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine (CRSA), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Sorbonne Université (SU), ACS - Heart failure & arrhythmias, ARD - Amsterdam Reproduction and Development, Escudero-Urquijo, Norberto [0000-0002-8201-5884], Parisot, Mélanie [0000-0003-4312-2035], Reversade, Bruno [0000-0002-4070-7997], Bond, Peter J. [0000-0003-2900-098X], Bellanné-Chantelot, Christine [0000-0001-8415-6771], Warren, Alan J. [0000-0001-9277-4553], Revy, Patrick [0000-0003-0758-8022], Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository, Service de Génétique Cytogénétique et Embryologie [CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière], Hilcenko, Christine [0000-0002-9596-7833], Rossmann, Maxim [0000-0001-8811-3277], Bond, Peter J [0000-0003-2900-098X], Warren, Alan [0000-0001-9277-4553], Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris Cité (UPC), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPC), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPC), HAL-SU, Gestionnaire, ANR-18-IDEX-0001,Université de Paris,Université de Paris(2018), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), and Warren, Alan J [0000-0001-9277-4553]

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Somatic cell, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], General Physics and Astronomy, [SDV.BC.BC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cellular Biology/Subcellular Processes [q-bio.SC], Germline, 631/208/737, 692/699/1541, Ribosome assembly, 13/1, 0302 clinical medicine, hemic and lymphatic diseases, 38/22, Dictyostelium, Eukaryotic Initiation Factors, Child, Cells, Cultured, Biological Phenomena, Genetics, 0303 health sciences, Multidisciplinary, 631/208/514/2254, article, [SDV.MHEP.HEM]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Hematology, Ribosome Subunits, Large, Eukaryotic, Ribosome, Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome, 3. Good health, [SDV] Life Sciences [q-bio], 64/24, [SDV.IMM.IA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Immunology/Adaptive immunology, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Child, Preschool, Drosophila, Haematological diseases, Protein Binding, Adult, congenital, hereditary, and neonatal diseases and abnormalities, Adolescent, Science, 45/23, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Biology, Molecular Dynamics Simulation, General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 82/80, 03 medical and health sciences, Young Adult, Germline mutation, Animals, Humans, Gene, Ribonucleoprotein, U5 Small Nuclear, 030304 developmental biology, Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, Eukaryotic Large Ribosomal Subunit, Point mutation, Infant, Proteins, [SDV.BBM.BM]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biochemistry, Molecular Biology/Molecular biology, General Chemistry, SBDS, 96/44, Peptide Elongation Factors, Germ Cells, [SDV.GEN.GH]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Genetics/Human genetics, Protein Biosynthesis, Mutation, Next-generation sequencing, 631/337/574/1789, Ribosomes
Abstract

Indirect somatic genetic rescue (SGR) of a germline mutation is thought to be rare in inherited Mendelian disorders. Here, we establish that acquired mutations in the EIF6 gene are a frequent mechanism of SGR in Shwachman-Diamond syndrome (SDS), a leukemia predisposition disorder caused by a germline defect in ribosome assembly. Biallelic mutations in the SBDS or EFL1 genes in SDS impair release of the anti-association factor eIF6 from the 60S ribosomal subunit, a key step in the translational activation of ribosomes. Here, we identify diverse mosaic somatic genetic events (point mutations, interstitial deletion, reciprocal chromosomal translocation) in SDS hematopoietic cells that reduce eIF6 expression or disrupt its interaction with the 60S subunit, thereby conferring a selective advantage over non-modified cells. SDS-related somatic EIF6 missense mutations that reduce eIF6 dosage or eIF6 binding to the 60S subunit suppress the defects in ribosome assembly and protein synthesis across multiple SBDS-deficient species including yeast, Dictyostelium and Drosophila. Our data suggest that SGR is a universal phenomenon that may influence the clinical evolution of diverse Mendelian disorders and support eIF6 suppressor mimics as a therapeutic strategy in SDS., Shwachman-Diamond syndrome (SDS) is a leukemia predisposition disorder that is caused by defective release of eIF6 during ribosome assembly. Here the authors show that acquired somatic EIF6 mutations are frequent in the hematopoietic cells from individuals with SDS and provide a selective advantage over non-modified cells.

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2021
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33. Magnetic resonance colonography assessment of acute trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid colitis in pre-pubertal rats

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Lionel Nicol, Mathilde Pala, Christine Bole-Feysot, Charlène Guérin, Guillaume Savoye, Alexis Goichon, Rachel Marion-Letellier, E. Salameh, Claire Dupont-Lucas, Moutaz Aziz, C. Savoye-Collet, Nutrition, inflammation et dysfonctionnement de l'axe intestin-cerveau (ADEN), Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Institute for Research and Innovation in Biomedicine (IRIB), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Service de Pédiatrie Médicale [Caen], Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-CHU Caen, Normandie Université (NU)-Tumorothèque de Caen Basse-Normandie (TCBN)-Tumorothèque de Caen Basse-Normandie (TCBN), UNIROUEN - UFR Santé (UNIROUEN UFR Santé), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU), Endothélium, valvulopathies et insuffisance cardiaque (EnVI), CHU Rouen, Normandie Université (NU), Equipe Quantification en Imagerie Fonctionnelle (QuantIF-LITIS), Laboratoire d'Informatique, de Traitement de l'Information et des Systèmes (LITIS), Université Le Havre Normandie (ULH), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Institut national des sciences appliquées Rouen Normandie (INSA Rouen Normandie), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Normandie Université (NU)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université Le Havre Normandie (ULH), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Normandie Université (NU)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA), Service d'Hépato-Gastroentérologie [CHU Rouen], Hôpital Charles Nicolle [Rouen]-CHU Rouen, Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Hôpital Charles Nicolle [Rouen], Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-CHU Rouen, and douville, sabine

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Male, Interleukin-1beta, Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Gastroenterology, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Mice, Random Allocation, 0302 clinical medicine, Medicine and Health Sciences, Immune Response, 0303 health sciences, Multidisciplinary, biology, Nitric oxide synthase 2, Colitis, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 3. Good health, Medicine, 030211 gastroenterology & hepatology, medicine.symptom, Anatomy, Research Article, medicine.medical_specialty, Histology, Colon, Science, Immunology, Histopathology, Inflammation, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 03 medical and health sciences, Signs and Symptoms, Internal medicine, medicine, Weaning, Ulcerative Colitis, Animals, Acute colitis, 030304 developmental biology, business.industry, Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Biology and Life Sciences, [SDV.MHEP.HEG]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Hépatology and Gastroenterology, medicine.disease, Fibrosis, [SDV.MHEP.HEG] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology/Hépatology and Gastroenterology, digestive system diseases, Rats, Gastrointestinal Tract, Disease Models, Animal, Trinitrobenzenesulfonic Acid, Anatomical Pathology, Cyclooxygenase 2, biology.protein, Cyclooxygenase, Clinical Medicine, business, Digestive System, Transforming growth factor, Developmental Biology
Abstract

Pre-pubertal murine models of acute colitis are lacking. Magnetic resonance colonography (MRC) is a promising minimally invasive tool to assess colitis. We aimed to: 1/ Adapt a model of acute experimental colitis to pre-pubertal rats and determine whether MRC characteristics correlate with histological inflammation. 2/ Test this model by administering a diet supplemented in transforming growth factor β2 to reverse inflammation. Twenty-four rats were randomized at weaning to one of 3 groups: Trinitrobenzene Sulfonic Acid (TNBS) group (n = 8) fed a standard diet, that received an intra-rectal 60 mg/kg dose of TNBS-ethanol; Control group (n = 8) fed standard diet, that received a dose of intra-rectal PBS; TNBS+MODULEN group (n = 8) that received a dose of TNBS and were exclusively fed MODULEN-IBD® after induction of colitis. One week after induction of colitis, rats were assessed by MRC, colon histopathology and inflammation markers (Interleukin 1β, Tumor necrosis factor α, Nitric Oxide Synthase 2 and Cyclooxygenase 2). TNBS induced typical features of acute colitis on histopathology and MRC (increased colon wall thickness, increased colon intensity on T2-weighted images, target sign, ulcers). Treatment with MODULEN-IBD® did not reduce signs of colitis on MRC. Inflammatory marker expression did not differ among study groups.

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2021
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34. A monocyte/dendritic cell molecular signature of SARS-CoV-2-related multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children with severe myocarditis

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Cécile Masson, Aurélien Corneau, Florence Moulin, Ghaith Abdessalem, Pedro Gonçalves, Marianne Leruez, James P. Di Santo, Mathie Lorrot, Julie Toubiana, Julien Haroche, Camille Bruneau, Isabelle Melki, Bruno Charbit, Zahra Belhadjer, Loïc de Pontual, Camille de Cevins, Brigitte Bader Meunier, Alain Fischer, Victor Garcia-Paredes, Brieuc P. Perot, Marine Luka, Damien Bonnet, Quentin Riller, Nikaïa Smith, Slimane Allali, Sonia Meynier, Aude Magérus, Christele Gras Leguen, Shen-Ying Zhang, Olivier Schwartz, Jean-Laurent Casanova, Frédéric Rieux-Laucat, Nicolas Cagnard, Francesco Carbone, Tinhinane Fali, Mélanie Parisot, Mickaël M. Ménager, Maxime Beretta, Mohammed Zarhrate, Christine Bole-Feysot, Vithura Pirabarakan, Ludivine Grzelak, Mehdi Oualha, Darragh Duffy, Laura Barnabei, Hugo Mouquet, Maxime Batignes, Alexandre Boullé, Boris Sorin, Marie-Claude Stolzenberg, Inflammatory Responses and Transcriptomic Networks in diseases (Equipe Inserm U1163), Imagine - Institut des maladies génétiques (IHU) (Imagine - U1163), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Sanofi Aventis R&D [Chilly-Mazarin], Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Immunologie Translationnelle - Translational Immunology lab, Institut Pasteur [Paris] (IP), Immunogenetics of pediatric autoimmune diseases (Equipe Inserm U1163), Cytometrie et Biomarqueurs – Cytometry and Biomarkers (UTechS CB), Immunologie humorale - Humoral Immunology, Institut Pasteur [Paris] (IP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Virus et Immunité - Virus and immunity (CNRS-UMR3569), Institut Pasteur [Paris] (IP)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Immunité Innée - Innate Immunity, Structure Fédérative de Recherche Necker (SFR Necker - UMS 3633 / US24), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Cytométrie Pitié-Salpêtrière (PASS-CYPS), Unité Mixte de Service Production et Analyse de données en Sciences de la vie et en Santé (PASS), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Sorbonne Université (SU), Human genetics of infectious diseases : Mendelian predisposition (Equipe Inserm U1163), Rockefeller University [New York], CHU Necker - Enfants Malades [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Centre d'Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses (CIMI), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU), AP-HP Hôpital universitaire Robert-Debré [Paris], Université Paris Cité (UPCité), CHU Trousseau [APHP], Centre d’Investigation Clinique de Nantes (CIC Nantes), Université de Nantes (UN)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre hospitalier universitaire de Nantes (CHU Nantes), Hôpital Jean Verdier [AP-HP], Université Paris 13 (UP13), Collège de France (CdF (institution)), Biodiversité et Epidémiologie des Bactéries pathogènes - Biodiversity and Epidemiology of Bacterial Pathogens, ANR-18-IDEX-0001,Université de Paris,Université de Paris(2018), ANR-17-EURE-0013,GENE,Génétique et Epigénétique Nouvelle Ecole(2017), ANR-18-RHUS-0010,ATRACTION,Autoimmunity/inflammation Through Rnaseq Analysis at the single Cell level for Therapeutic Innovation(2018), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris Cité (UPC)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris Cité (UPC), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris Cité (UPC), Institut Pasteur [Paris], Institut Pasteur [Paris]-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Virus et Immunité - Virus and immunity, Institut Pasteur [Paris]-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPC), and Université Paris Cité (UPC)

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Adult, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A, Chemokine, Myocarditis, medicine.medical_treatment, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], MIS-C, Monocytes, chemistry.chemical_compound, Viewpoint, scRNA-seq, medicine, otorhinolaryngologic diseases, Humans, Kawasaki Disease, Child, Connective Tissue Diseases, biology, business.industry, SARS-CoV-2, Monocyte, NF-kappa B, COVID-19, General Medicine, Dendritic Cells, Gene signature, medicine.disease, Pathophysiology, Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome, Vascular endothelial growth factor, medicine.anatomical_structure, Cytokine, chemistry, TNF-α and NF-κB signaling, Immunology, biology.protein, Cytokines, Tumor necrosis factor alpha, lack of responses to type I and type II IFN secretion, Clinical and Translational Article, Chemokines, myocarditis, business, PIMS-TS
Abstract

Background Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection in children is generally milder than in adults, but a proportion of cases result in hyperinflammatory conditions often including myocarditis. Methods To better understand these cases, we applied a multiparametric approach to the study of blood cells of 56 children hospitalized with suspicion of SARS-CoV-2 infection. Plasma cytokine and chemokine levels and blood cellular composition were measured, alongside gene expression at the bulk and single-cell levels. Findings The most severe forms of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) related to SARS-CoV-2 that resulted in myocarditis were characterized by elevated levels of pro-angiogenesis cytokines and several chemokines. Single-cell transcriptomics analyses identified a unique monocyte/dendritic cell gene signature that correlated with the occurrence of severe myocarditis characterized by sustained nuclear factor κB (NF-κB) activity and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) signaling and associated with decreased gene expression of NF-κB inhibitors. We also found a weak response to type I and type II interferons, hyperinflammation, and response to oxidative stress related to increased HIF-1α and Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) signaling. Conclusions These results provide potential for a better understanding of disease pathophysiology. Funding Agence National de la Recherche (Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Imagine, grant ANR-10-IAHU-01; Recherche Hospitalo-Universitaire, grant ANR-18-RHUS-0010; Laboratoire d’Excellence ‘‘Milieu Intérieur,” grant ANR-10-LABX-69-01; ANR-flash Covid19 “AIROCovid” and “CoVarImm”), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), and the “URGENCE COVID-19” fundraising campaign of Institut Pasteur., Graphical abstract, Context and significance Children with SARS-CoV-2 infection were initially thought to have only mild COVID-19 symptoms. However, several weeks into the first wave of SARS-CoV-2 infections, there was a surge of a postacute pathology called multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C). The authors recruited a cohort of children with suspicion of SARS-CoV-2 infection and uncovered hyperinflammation, hypoxic conditions, exacerbation of TNF-α signaling via NF-κB, and absence of responses to type I and type II IFN secretion in the most severe forms of MIS-C with severe myocarditis. This work led the authors to identify in monocytes and validate in peripheral blood mononuclear cells a molecular signature of 25 genes that allows discrimination of the most severe forms of MIS-C with myocarditis., Multiparametric analysis identifies, in monocytes and dendritic cells, a molecular signature of the most severe forms of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection. Severe myocarditis is characterized by an excess of TNF-α signaling via NF-κB, hypoxic conditions, and hyperinflammation in the absence of type I and type II interferon responses.

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2021
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35. Mutations in PERP Cause Dominant and Recessive Keratoderma

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Vanessa Gildenstern, Keith A. Choate, Young H. Lim, Patrick Nitschké, Alain Hovnanian, Yolanda R. Helfrich, Richard P. Lifton, Christine Bole-Feysot, S. Duchatelet, Raúl de Lucas, Leonard M. Milstone, Lynn M. Boyden, Laura D. Attardi, Fernando Santos-Simarro, Laure Guibbal, Akemi Ishida-Yamamoto, Jing Zhou, Ronghua Hu, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5), Yale University School of Medicine, Asahikawa Medical College, University of Michigan System, Stanford School of Medicine [Stanford], Stanford Medicine, and Stanford University-Stanford University

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Adult, Male, 0301 basic medicine, Heterozygote, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], DNA Mutational Analysis, Dermatology, Biology, Biochemistry, Article, Loss of heterozygosity, Young Adult, 03 medical and health sciences, symbols.namesake, 0302 clinical medicine, Keratoderma, Palmoplantar, Keratin, Cell Adhesion, medicine, Humans, Genes, Tumor Suppressor, Child, Frameshift Mutation, Keratoderma, Molecular Biology, Gene, chemistry.chemical_classification, integumentary system, Homozygote, Membrane Proteins, Desmosomes, Exons, Cell Biology, medicine.disease, Cell biology, Microscopy, Electron, 030104 developmental biology, Palmoplantar keratoderma, chemistry, OLMSTED SYNDROME, Codon, Nonsense, Child, Preschool, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Mendelian inheritance, symbols, Female, Epidermis, Intracellular
Abstract

Investigation of genetic determinants of Mendelian skin disorders has substantially advanced understanding of epidermal biology. Here we show that mutations in PERP, encoding a crucial component of desmosomes, cause both dominant and recessive human keratoderma. Heterozygosity for a C-terminal truncation, which produces a protein that appears to be unstably incorporated into desmosomes, causes Olmsted syndrome with severe periorificial and palmoplantar keratoderma in multiple unrelated kindreds. Homozygosity for an N-terminal truncation ablates expression and causes widespread erythrokeratoderma, with expansion of epidermal differentiation markers. Both exhibit epidermal hyperproliferation, immature desmosomes lacking a dense midline observed via electron microscopy, and impaired intercellular adhesion upon mechanical stress. Localization of other desmosomal components appears normal, which is in contrast to other conditions caused by mutations in genes encoding desmosomal proteins. These discoveries highlight the essential role of PERP in human desmosomes and epidermal homeostasis and further expand the heterogeneous spectrum of inherited keratinization disorders.

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2019
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36. A monocyte/dendritic cell molecular signature of SARS-CoV2-related multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) with severe myocarditis

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Ludivine Grzelak, Maxime Beretta, Slimane Allali, Aude Magérus, Hugo Mouquet, Maxime Batignes, Isabelle Melki, Olivier Schwartz, Quentin Riller, Mehdi Oualha, Nicolas Cagnard, Christine Bole-Feysot, Camille de Cevins, James P. Di Santo, Christele Gras Leguen, Florence Moulin, Jean-Laurent Casanova, Cécile Masson, Aurélien Corneau, Damien Bonnet, Vithura Pirabarakan, Mickaël M. Ménager, Camille Bruneau, Brieuc P. Perot, Francesco Carbone, Darragh Duffy, Mohammed Zarhrate, Marie-Claude Stolzenberg, Alexandre Boullé, Mélanie Parisot, Boris Sorin, Ghaith Abdessalem, Alain Fischer, Marianne Leruez, Julie Toubiana, Victor Garcia-Paredes, Mathie Lorrot, Loïc de Pontual, Zahra Belhadjer, Bruno Charbit, Tinhinane Fali, Marine Luka, Nikaïa Smith, Brigitte Bader Meunier, Shen-Ying Zhang, Sonia Meynier, Fredéric Rieux Laucat, Julien Haroche, Pedro Gonçalves, Laura Barnabei, Inflammatory Responses and Transcriptomic Networks in diseases (Equipe Inserm U1163), Imagine - Institut des maladies génétiques (IHU) (Imagine - U1163), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Paris (UP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Paris (UP), Sanofi Aventis R&D [Chilly-Mazarin], Immunologie Translationnelle - Translational Immunology lab, Institut Pasteur [Paris], Immunogenetics of pediatric autoimmune diseases (Equipe Inserm U1163), Cytometrie et Biomarqueurs – Cytometry and Biomarkers (UTechS CB), Immunologie humorale - Humoral Immunology, Institut Pasteur [Paris]-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Virus et Immunité - Virus and immunity, Institut Pasteur [Paris]-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Immunité Innée - Innate Immunity, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Paris (UP), Structure Fédérative de Recherche Necker (SFR Necker - UMS 3633 / US24), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), Cytométrie Pitié-Salpêtrière (PASS-CYPS), Unité Mixte de Service Production et Analyse de données en Sciences de la vie et en Santé (PASS), Sorbonne Université (SU)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Human genetics of infectious diseases : Mendelian predisposition (Equipe Inserm U1163), Rockefeller University [New York], Service d'immuno-hématologie pédiatrique [CHU Necker], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-CHU Necker - Enfants Malades [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Service d'Immunologie [CHU Pitié-Salpétrière], CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU), AP-HP Hôpital universitaire Robert-Debré [Paris], CHU Trousseau [APHP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU), Département des urgences pédiatriques [CHU Necker], CHU Necker - Enfants Malades [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Laboratoire de Virologie [CHU Necker], Département de Pédiatrie et maladies infectieuses [CHU Necker], Centre hospitalier universitaire de Nantes (CHU Nantes), Service de Pédiatrie [Jean Verdier], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Hôpital Jean Verdier [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Université Sorbonne Paris Nord, Collège de France (CdF (institution)), Biodiversité et Epidémiologie des Bactéries pathogènes - Biodiversity and Epidemiology of Bacterial Pathogens, The study was supported by the Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), by the 'URGENCE COVID-19' fundraising campaign of Institut Pasteur, by the Atip-Avenir, Emergence ville de Paris program and fond de dotation Janssen Horizon and by government grants managed by the Agence National de la Recherche as part of the 'Investment for the Future' program (Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Imagine, grant ANR-10-IAHU-01, Recherche Hospitalo-Universitaire, grant ANR-18-RHUS-0010, Laboratoire d’Excellence ‘‘Milieu Intérieur', grant ANR-10-LABX-69-01), the Centre de Référence Déficits Immunitaires Héréditaires (CEREDIH), the Agence National de la Recherche (ANR-flash Covid19 'AIROCovid' to FRL and 'CoVarImm' to DD and JDS), and by the FAST Foundation (French Friends of Sheba Tel Hashomer Hospital). The LabTech Single Cell@Imagine is supported by the Paris Region and the 'Investissements d’avenir' program through the 2019 ATF funding – Sésame Filières PIA (Grant N°3877871). CdC is the recipient of a CIFRE-PhD (Sanofi). L.B. was a recipient of an Imagine institute PhD international program supported by the Fondation Bettencourt Schueller. L.B. was also supported by the EUR G.E.N.E. (reference #ANR-17-EURE-0013) and is part of the Université de Paris IdEx #ANR-18-IDEX-0001 funded by the French Government through its 'Investments for the Future' program. S.M. was a recipient of an INSERM and Institut Imagine post-doctorat program supported by the Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale (FRM N°SPF20170938825). NS was a recipient of the Pasteur-Roux-Cantarini Fellowship. VGP obtained an Imagine international PhD fellowship program supported by the Fondation Bettencourt Schueller. BPP is the recipient of an ANRS post-doctoral fellowship., ANR-10-IAHU-0001,Imagine,Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Imagine(2010), ANR-18-RHUS-0010,ATRACTION,Autoimmunity/inflammation Through Rnaseq Analysis at the single Cell level for Therapeutic Innovation(2018), ANR-10-LABX-0069,MILIEU INTERIEUR,GENETIC & ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL OF IMMUNE PHENOTYPE VARIANCE: ESTABLISHING A PATH TOWARDS PERSONALIZED MEDICINE(2010), ANR-20-COVI-0022,AIROCovid19,Analyse Omics de la réponse immune aigue au cours de l'infection à Covid19: rationnel moléculaire pour un traitement ciblé(2020), ANR-17-EURE-0013,GENE,Génétique et Epigénétique Nouvelle Ecole(2017), ANR-18-IDEX-0001,Université de Paris,Université de Paris(2018), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Institut Pasteur [Paris] (IP), Institut Pasteur [Paris] (IP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Virus et Immunité - Virus and immunity (CNRS-UMR3569), Institut Pasteur [Paris] (IP)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), and Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Sorbonne Université (SU)

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0303 health sciences, Chemokine, Myocarditis, biology, business.industry, Monocyte, Dendritic cell, Gene signature, medicine.disease_cause, medicine.disease, Pathophysiology, 3. Good health, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, medicine.anatomical_structure, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Immunology, biology.protein, medicine, [SDV.IMM]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Immunology, Tumor necrosis factor alpha, business, Oxidative stress, 030304 developmental biology
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SARS-CoV-2 infection in children is generally milder than in adults, yet a proportion of cases result in hyperinflammatory conditions often including myocarditis. To better understand these cases, we applied a multi-parametric approach to the study of blood cells of 56 children hospitalized with suspicion of SARS-CoV-2 infection. The most severe forms of MIS-C (multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children related to SARS-CoV-2), that resulted in myocarditis, were characterized by elevated levels of pro-angiogenesis cytokines and several chemokines. Single-cell transcriptomic analyses identified a unique monocyte/dendritic cell gene signature that correlated with the occurrence of severe myocarditis, characterized by sustained NF-κB activity, TNF-α signaling, associated with decreased gene expression of NF-κB inhibitors. We also found a weak response to type-I and type-II interferons, hyperinflammation and response to oxidative stress related to increased HIF-1α and VEGF signaling. These results provide potential for a better understanding of disease pathophysiology.

Published
2021

37. 16p13.11p11.2 triplication syndrome: a new recognizable genomic disorder characterized by optical genome mapping and whole genome sequencing

Author

Romain Nicolle, Karine Siquier-Pernet, Marlène Rio, Anne Guimier, Emmanuelle Ollivier, Patrick Nitschke, Christine Bole-Feysot, Serge Romana, Alex Hastie, Vincent Cantagrel, and Valérie Malan

Subjects
Chromosome Aberrations, Segmental Duplications, Genomic, Whole Genome Sequencing, Genetics, Chromosome Mapping, Humans, Genomics, Syndrome, Genetics (clinical), Article
Abstract

Highly identical segmental duplications (SDs) account for over 5% of the human genome and are enriched in the short arm of the chromosome 16. These SDs are susceptibility factors for recurrent chromosomal rearrangements mediated by non-allelic homologous recombination (NAHR). Chromosomal microarray analysis (CMA) has been widely used as the first-tier test for individuals with developmental disabilities and/or congenital anomalies and several genomic disorders involving the 16p-arm have been identified with this technique. However, the resolution of CMA and the limitations of short-reads whole genome sequencing (WGS) technology do not allow the full characterization of the most complex chromosomal rearrangements. Herein, we report on two unrelated patients with a de novo 16p13.11p11.2 triplication associated with a 16p11.2 duplication, detected by CMA. These patients share a similar phenotype including hypotonia, severe neurodevelopmental delay with profound speech impairment, hyperkinetic behavior, conductive hearing loss, and distinctive facial features. Short-reads WGS could not map precisely any of the rearrangement’s breakpoints that lie within SDs. We used optical genome mapping (OGM) to determine the relative orientation of the triplicated and duplicated segments as well as the genomic positions of the breakpoints, allowing us to propose a mechanism involving recombination between allelic SDs and a NAHR event. In conclusion, we report a new clinically recognizable genomic disorder. In addition, the mechanism of these complex chromosomal rearrangements involving SDs could be unraveled by OGM.

Published
2021

38. High-Resolution Typing of Staphylococcus epidermidis Based on Core Genome Multilocus Sequence Typing To Investigate the Hospital Spread of Multidrug-Resistant Clones

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Sylvain Brisse, Johanna Roux, Jean-Philippe Barnier, Emmanuelle Bille, Mathieu Coureuil, Daniel Euphrasie, Alain Charbit, Christine Bole-Feysot, Anne Jamet, Julie Meyer, Xavier Nassif, Jean-François Magny, Julien Guglielmini, Bryan Brancotte, Agnès Ferroni, Centre d'infectiologie Necker-Pasteur [CHU Necker], Institut Pasteur [Paris]-CHU Necker - Enfants Malades [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Département de Biologie Computationnelle - Department of Computational Biology, Institut Pasteur [Paris]-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut Necker Enfants-Malades (INEM - UM 111 (UMR 8253 / U1151)), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Biodiversité et Biotechnologie Fongiques (BBF), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-École Centrale de Marseille (ECM)-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE), Biodiversité et Epidémiologie des Bactéries pathogènes - Biodiversity and Epidemiology of Bacterial Pathogens, Institut Pasteur [Paris], Contrat de Recherche Clinique, French Ministry of Health CRC17040, Institut Pasteur [Paris] (IP)-CHU Necker - Enfants Malades [AP-HP], Institut Pasteur [Paris] (IP)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Institut Pasteur [Paris] (IP), Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), and Charbit, Alain

Subjects
Microbiology (medical), Epidemiology, Locus (genetics), Genome, 03 medical and health sciences, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Humans, Typing, [SDV.MP] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology, Gene, Pathogen, 030304 developmental biology, Genetics, 0303 health sciences, biology, 030306 microbiology, Staphylococcal Infections, biology.organism_classification, Hospitals, Clone Cells, 3. Good health, Multiple drug resistance, [SDV.MP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Microbiology and Parasitology, Multilocus sequence typing, Genome, Bacterial, Multilocus Sequence Typing
Abstract

International audience; ABSTRACT Staphylococcus epidermidis is a pathogen emerging worldwide as a leading cause of health care-associated infections. A standardized high-resolution typing method to document transmission and dissemination of multidrug-resistant S. epidermidis strains is needed. Our aim was to provide a core genome multilocus sequence typing (cgMLST) scheme for S. epidermidis to improve the international surveillance of S. epidermidis . We defined a cgMLST scheme based on 699 core genes and used it to investigate the population structure of the species and the genetic relatedness of isolates recovered from infants hospitalized in several wards of a French hospital. Our results show the long-lasting endemic persistence of S. epidermidis clones within and across wards of hospitals and demonstrate the ability of our cgMLST approach to identify and track these clones. We made the scheme publicly available through the Institut Pasteur BIGSdb server ( http://bigsdb.pasteur.fr/epidermidis/ ). This tool should enable international harmonization of the epidemiological surveillance of multidrug-resistant S. epidermidis clones. By comparing gene distribution among infection and commensal isolates, we also confirmed the association of the mecA locus with infection isolates and of the fdh gene with commensal isolates. (This study has been registered at ClinicalTrials.gov under registration no. NCT03374371.)

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2021
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39. A Monocyte/Dendritic Cell Molecular Signature of SARS-CoV-2 Related Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) with Severe Myocarditis

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Camille de Cevins, Marine Luka, Nikaia Smith, Sonia Meynier, Aude Magérus, Francesco Carbone, Victor Garcia-Paredes, Laura Barnabei, Maxime Batignes, Alexandre Boullé, Marie-Claude Stolzenberg, Brieuc P. Pérot, Bruno Charbit, Tinhinane Fali, Vithura Pirabarakan, Boris Sorin, Quentin Riller, Ghaith Abdessalem, Maxime Beretta, Ludivine Grzelak, Pedro Goncalves, James Di Santo, Hugo Mouquet, Olivier Schwartz, Mohammed Zarhrate, Mélanie Parisot, Christine Bole-Feysot, Cécile Masson, Nicolas Cagnard, Aurelien Corneau, Camille Bruneau, Shen-Ying Zhang, Jean-Laurent Casanova, Brigitte Bader Meunier, Julien Haroche, Isabelle Melki, Mathie Lorrot, Mehdi Oualha, Florence Moulin, Damien Bonnet, Zahra Belhadjer, Mariane Leruez, Slimane Allali, Christele Gras Leguen, Loic de Pontual, Pediatric-Biocovid Study Group, Alain Fischer, Darragh Duffy, Frederic Rieux-Laucat, Julie Toubiana, and Mickaël Mathieu Ménager

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Gynecology, medicine.medical_specialty, Myocarditis, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), business.industry, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), Monocyte, education, Ethics committee, medicine.disease, medicine.anatomical_structure, Medicine, VEGF signaling, business
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SARS-CoV-2 infection in children is generally milder than in adults, yet a proportion of cases result in hyperinflammatory conditions often including myocarditis. To better understand these cases, we applied a multi-parametric approach to the study of blood cells of 56 children hospitalized with suspicion of SARS-CoV-2 infection. The most severe forms of MIS-C (multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children related to SARS-CoV-2), that resulted in myocarditis, were characterized by elevated levels of pro-angiogenesis cytokines and several chemokines. Single-cell transcriptomic analyses identified a unique monocyte/dendritic cell gene signature that correlated with the occurrence of severe myocarditis, characterized by sustained NF-κ B activity, TNF-α signaling, associated with decreased gene expression of NF-κ B inhibitors. We also found a weak response to type-I and type-II interferons, hyperinflammation and response to oxidative stress related to increased HIF-1α and VEGF signaling. These results provide potential for a better understanding of disease pathophysiology. Funding: The study was supported by the Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM), by the “URGENCE COVID-19” fundraising campaign of Institut Pasteur, by the Atip-Avenir, Emergence ville de Paris program and fond de dotation Janssen Horizon and by government grants managed by the Agence National de la Recherche as part of the “Investment for the Future” program (Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Imagine, grant ANR-10-IAHU-01, Recherche Hospitalo-Universitaire, grant ANR-18-RHUS-0010, Laboratoire d’Excellence ‘‘Milieu Interieur”, grant ANR-10-LABX-69-01), the Centre de Reference Deficits Immunitaires Hereditaires (CEREDIH), the Agence National de la Recherche (ANR-flash Covid19 “AIROCovid” to FRL and “CoVarImm” to DD and JDS), and by the FASTFoundation (French Friends of Sheba Tel Hashomer Hospital). The LabTech Single-Cell@Imagine is supported by the Paris Region and the “Investissements d’avenir” program through the 2019 ATF funding – Sesame Filieres PIA (Grant N°3877871).CdC is the recipient of a CIFRE-PhD (Sanofi). L.B. was a recipient of an Imagine institute PhD international program supported by the Fondation Bettencourt Schueller. L.B. was also supported by the EUR G.E.N.E. (reference #ANR-17-EURE-0013) and is part of the Universite de Paris IdEx #ANR-18-IDEX-0001 funded by the French Government through its“Investments for the Future” program. S.M. was a recipient of an INSERM and Institut Imagine post-doctorat program supported by the Fondation pour la Recherche Medicale (FRMN°SPF20170938825). NS was a recipient of the Pasteur-Roux-Cantarini Fellowship. VGP obtained an Imagine international PhD fellowship program supported by the Fondation Bettencourt Schueller. BPP is the recipient of an ANRS post-doctoral fellowship. Conflict of Interest: DD, FRL, JT and MMM are listed as inventors on a patent application related to this technology (European Patent Application no. EP21305197, entitled “Methods of predicting multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C) with severe myocarditis in subjects suffering from a SARS-CoV-2 infection”). Ethical Approval: The study was approved by the Ethics Committee (Comite de Protection des Personnes Ouest IV, n° DC-2017-2987).

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2021
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40. Sex-dependent circadian alterations of both central and peripheral clock genes expression and gut–microbiota composition during activity-based anorexia in mice

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Colin Salaün, Marine Courvalet, Léna Rousseau, Kévin Cailleux, Jonathan Breton, Christine Bôle-Feysot, Charlène Guérin, Marion Huré, Alexis Goichon, Jean-Claude do Rego, Pierre Déchelotte, David Ribet, Najate Achamrah, and Moïse Coëffier

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Medicine, Physiology, QP1-981
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Abstract Rationale Patients with anorexia nervosa (AN) often present sleep disorders and circadian hormonal dysregulation. The role of the microbiota–gut–brain axis in the regulation of feeding behavior has emerged during the last decades but its relationships with the circadian rhythm remains poorly documented. Thus, we aimed to characterize the circadian clock genes expression in peripheral and central tissues in the activity-based anorexia mouse model (ABA), as well as the dynamics of the gut–microbiota composition. Methods From day 1 to day 17, male and female C57Bl/6 mice were submitted or not to the ABA protocol (ABA and control (CT) groups), which combines a progressive limited access to food and a free access to a running wheel. At day 17, fasted CT and ABA mice were euthanized after either resting (EoR) or activity (EoA) phase (n = 10–12 per group). Circadian clock genes expression was assessed by RT-qPCR on peripheral (liver, colon and ileum) and central (hypothalamic suprachiasmatic nucleus or SCN) tissues. Cecal bacterial taxa abundances were evaluated by qPCR. Data were compared by two-way ANOVA followed by post-tests. Results ABA mice exhibited a lower food intake, a body weight loss and an increase of diurnal physical activity that differ according with the sex. Interestingly, in the SCN, only ABA female mice exhibited altered circadian clock genes expression (Bmal1, Per1, Per2, Cry1, Cry2). In the intestinal tract, modification of clock genes expression was also more marked in females compared to males. For instance, in the ileum, female mice showed alteration of Bmal1, Clock, Per1, Per2, Cry1, Cry2 and Rev-erbα mRNA levels, while only Per2 and Cry1 mRNAs were affected by ABA model in males. By contrast, in the liver, clock genes expression was more markedly affected in males compared to females in response to ABA. Finally, circadian variations of gut–bacteria abundances were observed in both male and female mice and sex-dependent alteration were observed in response to the ABA model. Conclusions This study shows that alteration of circadian clock genes expression at both peripheral and central levels occurs in response to the ABA model. In addition, our data underline that circadian variations of the gut–microbiota composition are sex-dependent.

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2024
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41. MINPP1 prevents intracellular accumulation of the chelator inositol hexakisphosphate and is mutated in Pontocerebellar Hypoplasia

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Nathalie Rabasse, Catherine Fossoud, Nadia Bahi-Buisson, Miranda S. C. Wilson, Elsa Lorino, Celine Banal, Meral Topçu, Gaele Pitelet, Eric Bieth, Christine Bole-Feysot, Nami Altin, Vincent Cantagrel, Arnold Munnich, Marie-Therese Vasilache-Dangles, Fabienne Giuliano, Lydie Burglen, Adolfo Saiardi, Valentina Stanley, Nathalie Lefort, Giulia Barcia, Pierre David, Karthyayani Rajamani, Daniel Medina-Cano, Patrick Nitschke, Joseph G. Gleeson, Maha S. Zaki, Laurence Colleaux, Nathalie Boddaert, Fatma Mujgan Sonmez, Damir Musaev, Ekin Ucuncu, Imagine - Institut des maladies génétiques (IHU) (Imagine - U1163), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Paris (UP), University College of London [London] (UCL), Structure Fédérative de Recherche Necker (SFR Necker - UMS 3633 / US24), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), CHU Necker - Enfants Malades [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Service de neurologie pédiatrique [CHU Necker], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice (CHU Nice), Centre hospitalier universitaire de Nantes (CHU Nantes), Centre Hospitalier Antibes - Juan-les-Pins, CHU Toulouse [Toulouse], Hacettepe University = Hacettepe Üniversitesi, Karadeniz Technical University (KTU), Rady Children's Hospital, CHU Trousseau [APHP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU), Sorbonne Université - Faculté de Médecine (SU FM), Sorbonne Université (SU), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Cité (UPCité), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-CHU Necker - Enfants Malades [AP-HP], Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse (CHU Toulouse), and Gestionnaire, Hal Sorbonne Université

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Male, 0301 basic medicine, Cytoplasm, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], Cellular differentiation, General Physics and Astronomy, Gene Knockout Techniques, chemistry.chemical_compound, 0302 clinical medicine, Homeostasis, Inositol, Phosphorylation, Child, Chelating Agents, Mice, Knockout, Multidisciplinary, Cell Death, Chemistry, Stem Cells, Neurodevelopmental disorders, Cell Differentiation, Cell biology, [SDV] Life Sciences [q-bio], Child, Preschool, Second messenger system, Female, Intracellular, Cell physiology, Programmed cell death, Phytic Acid, Science, Pontocerebellar hypoplasia, Stem-cell differentiation, Article, General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 03 medical and health sciences, Cerebellar Diseases, medicine, Animals, Humans, HEK 293 cells, Infant, General Chemistry, medicine.disease, Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases, Mice, Inbred C57BL, HEK293 Cells, 030104 developmental biology, Mutation, Transcriptome, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
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Inositol polyphosphates are vital metabolic and secondary messengers, involved in diverse cellular functions. Therefore, tight regulation of inositol polyphosphate metabolism is essential for proper cell physiology. Here, we describe an early-onset neurodegenerative syndrome caused by loss-of-function mutations in the multiple inositol-polyphosphate phosphatase 1 gene (MINPP1). Patients are found to have a distinct type of Pontocerebellar Hypoplasia with typical basal ganglia involvement on neuroimaging. We find that patient-derived and genome edited MINPP1−/− induced stem cells exhibit an inefficient neuronal differentiation combined with an increased cell death. MINPP1 deficiency results in an intracellular imbalance of the inositol polyphosphate metabolism. This metabolic defect is characterized by an accumulation of highly phosphorylated inositols, mostly inositol hexakisphosphate (IP6), detected in HEK293 cells, fibroblasts, iPSCs and differentiating neurons lacking MINPP1. In mutant cells, higher IP6 level is expected to be associated with an increased chelation of intracellular cations, such as iron or calcium, resulting in decreased levels of available ions. These data suggest the involvement of IP6-mediated chelation on Pontocerebellar Hypoplasia disease pathology and thereby highlight the critical role of MINPP1 in the regulation of human brain development and homeostasis., Tight regulation of inositol polyphosphate metabolism is essential for proper cell physiology. Here, the authors describe an early-onset neurodegenerative syndrome caused by loss-of-function mutations in the MINPP1 gene, characterised by intracellular imbalance of inositol polyphosphate metabolism.

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2020
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42. Oncogenetic Landscape Of Lymphomagenesis In Coeliac Disease

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Thierry Jo Molina, Ludovic Lhermitte, Christine Bole-Feysot, Georgia Malamut, Elizabeth Macintyre, Morgane Cheminant, Amélie Trinquand, Sophie Kaltenbach, Bruno Tesson, Olivier Hermine, David Sibon, Sofia Berrabah, Patrick Villarese, Christophe Cellier, Sherine Khater, Nicolas Guegan, Sascha Cording, Julie Bruneau, Marc Bras, Bertrand Meresse, Nadine Cerf-Bensussan, Vahid Asnafi, and Michael Dussiot

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Bortezomib, medicine, Cancer research, Proteasome inhibitor, Biology, medicine.disease, DDX3X, TNFAIP3, Coeliac disease, Exome sequencing, Comparative genomic hybridization, medicine.drug, Lymphoma
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ObjectiveEnteropathy-associated T-cell lymphoma (EATL) is a rare but severe complication of celiac disease (CeD), often preceded by low-grade clonal intraepithelial lymphoproliferation, referred to as type II refractory CeD (RCDII). Knowledge on underlying oncogenic mechanisms remains scarce. Here, we analysed and compared the mutational landscape of RCDII and EATL in order to identify genetic drivers of CeD-associated lymphomagenesis.DesignPure populations of RCDII-cells derived from intestinal biopsies (n=9) or sorted from blood (n=2) were analysed by whole exome sequencing, comparative genomic hybridization and RNA-sequencing. Biopsies from RCDII (n=50), EATL (n=19), type I refractory CeD (n=7) and uncomplicated CeD (n=7) were analysed by targeted next-generation sequencing. Moreover, functional in vitro studies and drug testing were performed in RCDII-derived cell lines.Results80% of RCDII and 90% of EATL displayed somatic gain-of-functions mutations in the JAK1-STAT3 pathway, including a remarkable p.G1097 hotspot mutation in the JAK1 kinase-domain in approximately 50% of cases. Other recurrent somatic events were deleterious mutations in NFκB-regulators TNFAIP3 and TNIP3 and potentially oncogenic mutations in TET2, KMT2D and DDX3X. JAK1 inhibitors and the proteasome inhibitor bortezomib could block survival and proliferation of malignant RCDII-cell lines.ConclusionMutations activating the JAK1-STAT3 pathway appear to be the main drivers of CeD-associated lymphomagenesis. In concert with mutations in negative regulators of NFκB, they may favour the clonal emergence of malignant lymphocytes in the cytokine-rich coeliac intestine. The identified mutations are attractive therapeutic targets to treat RCDII and block progression towards EATL.

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2020
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43. Improving the diagnostic efficiency of primary immunodeficiencies with targeted next-generation sequencing

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Brigitte Bader-Meunier, Thibault Comont, Felipe Suarez, Alain Fischer, Vincent Barlogis, David Boutboul, Claire Fieschi, Guillaume Vogt, Marlène Pasquet, Frédéric Rieux-Laucat, Jérémie Rosain, Marine Gil, Lionel Galicier, Etienne Merlin, Cécile Fourrage, Christine Bole, Nicholas Renaud, Wadih Abou Chahla, Capucine Picard, Sylvain Hanein, Stéphane Blanche, Patrick Nitschké, Despina Moshous, Benedicte Neven, Isabelle André, Virginie Grandin, Alexandre Alcaïs, Sylvain Latour, Jean-Pierre de Villartay, Chantal Lagresle-Peyrou, Jean-Sebastien Diana, Eric Oksenhendler, Marion Malphettes, Samuel Chevalier, Elisabeth Hulier-Ammar, Olivier Hermine, Mathieu Fusaro, Jacinta Bustamante, Nathalie Lambert, Vivien Béziat, Geneviève de Saint Basile, Nizar Mahlaoui, Martin Castelle, Sven Kracker, Alain Lefevre-Utile, Imagine - Institut des maladies génétiques (IHU) (Imagine - U1163), and Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Paris (UP)

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0301 basic medicine, Adult, Male, Adolescent, Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases, health care facilities, manpower, and services, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], Immunology, education, MEDLINE, Immunoglobulins, Bioinformatics, DNA sequencing, 03 medical and health sciences, Young Adult, 0302 clinical medicine, Immunology and Allergy, Medicine, Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors, Humans, Child, health care economics and organizations, Aged, Primary (chemistry), business.industry, Infant, Newborn, High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing, Infant, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, 3. Good health, I-kappa B Kinase, 030104 developmental biology, Child, Preschool, Cohort, Mutation, Etiology, Primary immunodeficiency, Female, business, 030215 immunology
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This study aims to validate a targeted next-generation sequencing panel of 300 genes to diagnose a cohort of 129 patients with primary immunodeficiency with no prior molecular etiology.

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2020
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44. MINPP1prevents intracellular accumulation of the cation chelator inositol hexakisphosphate and is mutated in Pontocerebellar Hypoplasia

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Arnold Munnich, Catherine Fossoud, Nathalie Lefort, Meral Topçu, Patrick Nitschke, Pierre David, Karthyayani Rajamani, Joseph G. Gleeson, Christine Bole-Feysot, Marie-Therese Vasilache-Dangles, Valentina Stanley, Nadia Bahi-Buisson, Miranda S. C. Wilson, Laurence Colleaux, Elsa Lorino, Nathalie Rabasse, Lydie Burglen, Gaele Pitelet, Adolfo Saiardi, Maha S. Zaki, Nami Altin, Fabienne Giuliano, Vincent Cantagrel, Giulia Barcia, Eric Bieth, Daniel Medina-Cano, Fatma Mujgan Sonmez, Damir Musaev, Nathalie Boddaert, and Ekin Ucuncu

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Cell physiology, chemistry.chemical_compound, chemistry, HEK 293 cells, Second messenger system, Pontocerebellar hypoplasia, medicine, Inositol, medicine.disease, Multiple inositol-polyphosphate phosphatase 1, Intracellular, Homeostasis, Cell biology
Abstract

Inositol polyphosphates are vital metabolic and secondary messengers, involved in diverse cellular functions. Therefore, tight regulation of inositol polyphosphate metabolism is essential for proper cell physiology. Here, we describe an early-onset neurodegenerative syndrome caused by loss-of-function mutations in themultiple inositol polyphosphate phosphatase 1gene (MINPP1). Patients were found to have a distinct type of Pontocerebellar Hypoplasia with typical basal ganglia involvement on neuroimaging. We found that patient-derived and genome editedMINPP1-/-induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) are not able to differentiate efficiently into neurons. MINPP1 deficiency results in an intracellular imbalance of the inositol polyphosphate metabolism. This metabolic defect is characterized by an accumulation of highly phosphorylated inositols, mostly inositol hexakiphosphate (IP6), detected in HEK293, fibroblasts, iPSCs and differentiating neurons lacking MINPP1. In mutant cells, higher IP6level is expected to be associated with an increased chelation of intracellular cations, such as iron or calcium, resulting in decreased levels of available ions. These data suggest the involvement of IP6-mediated chelation on Pontocerebellar Hypoplasia disease pathology and thereby highlight the critical role of MINPP1 in the regulation of human brain development and homeostasis.

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2020
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45. Human C-terminal CUBN variants associate with chronic proteinuria and normal renal function

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Marie-Josèphe Tête, Matthias Hansen, Florie Lammens, Tobias Schäfer, Albert Bensman, Alexandra Cambier, Tobias B. Huber, Christoph J. Mache, Elisa Kuhn, Christian Brix Folsted Andersen, Corinne Isnard-Bagnis, Tarunveer S. Ahluwalia, Günter Klaus, Mathilda Bedin, Fabienne Jabot-Hanin, Julien Hogan, Laure Villoing-Gaudé, Timo Wagner, Patrick Nitschke, Carole Tournant, Marcus R. Benz, Maik Grohmann, Markus Gödel, Aude Servais, Corinne Antignac, Cécile Vigneau, Ferielle Louillet, Christine Bole-Feysot, Véronique Baudouin, Iseline Bouteau, Lars Pape, Kay Latta, Carsten Bergmann, Yong Li, Vincent Morinière, Saoussen Krid, Olivier Gribouval, Olivia Boyer, Bruno Ranchin, Anna Köttgen, Matias Simons, Imagine - Institut des maladies génétiques (IMAGINE - U1163), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Neuropathies héréditaires et rein en développement, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Département de Néphrologie [CHU Necker], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (APHP)-CHU Necker - Enfants Malades [AP-HP], School of Software (THSS), Tsinghua University [Beijing], Néphropathies héréditaires et rein en développement (UMR_S 983), CHU Necker - Enfants Malades [AP-HP]-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (APHP), Hôpital Robert Debré Paris, Hôpital Robert Debré, Service de neuropédiatrie et maladies métaboliques [CHU Robert-Debré], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (APHP)-Hôpital Robert Debré, Service de néphrologie et pédiatrie générale [CHU Trousseau], Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (APHP)-CHU Trousseau [APHP], UNIROUEN - UFR Santé (UNIROUEN UFR Santé), Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU), Service de Néphrologie Rhumatologie Dermatologie, HCL Groupement Hospitalier Est-Hôpital Femme Mère Enfant [CHU - HCL] (HFME), Hospices Civils de Lyon (HCL)-Hospices Civils de Lyon (HCL)-Centre de référence Maladies Rénales Rares, CHU Pontchaillou [Rennes], Institut de recherche en santé, environnement et travail (Irset), Université d'Angers (UA)-Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-École des Hautes Études en Santé Publique [EHESP] (EHESP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Structure Fédérative de Recherche en Biologie et Santé de Rennes ( Biosit : Biologie - Santé - Innovation Technologique ), Service d'urologie, néphrologie et transplantation [CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (APHP)-CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière [APHP], Department of Pediatric Kidney, Hannover Medical School [Hannover] (MHH)-Children's Hospital, Renal Division, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, Service de Génétique Médicale [CHU Necker], Institute for Research and Innovation in Biomedicine (IRIB), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), CHU Necker - Enfants Malades [AP-HP], Plateforme de bioinformatique, Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5), IT University of Copenhagen, NNF18OC0052457, Novo Nordisk Fonden, KO 3598/5-1,KIDGEM SFB1140 246781735, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, ANR-10-IAHU-01,ANR-14-ACHN-0013, Agence Nationale de la Recherche, 01GM1515C, Federal Ministry or Education and Research, Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Tsinghua University [Beijing] (THU), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-CHU Necker - Enfants Malades [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Hôpital Robert Debré, Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-CHU Trousseau [APHP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Sorbonne Université (SU), Hôpital Femme Mère Enfant [CHU - HCL] (HFME), Hospices Civils de Lyon (HCL)-Hospices Civils de Lyon (HCL)-HCL Groupement Hospitalier Est-Centre de référence Maladies Rénales Rares, Service d'Urologie [CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière], CHU Pitié-Salpêtrière [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-CHU Necker - Enfants Malades [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), CHU Trousseau [APHP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Sorbonne Université (SU), Université d'Angers (UA)-Université de Rennes (UR)-École des Hautes Études en Santé Publique [EHESP] (EHESP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Structure Fédérative de Recherche en Biologie et Santé de Rennes ( Biosit : Biologie - Santé - Innovation Technologique ), IT University of Copenhagen (ITU), ANR-10-IAHU-0001,Imagine,Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Imagine(2010), and ANR-14-ACHN-0013,NEPHROFLY,Utilisation de Drosophila melanogaster pour étudier les maladies génétiques du rein(2014)

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Male, 0301 basic medicine, Nephrology, medicine.medical_specialty, Anemia, Megaloblastic, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], Renal function, Receptors, Cell Surface, Kidney, urologic and male genital diseases, Gastroenterology, Kidney Tubules, Proximal, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, Malabsorption Syndromes, Internal medicine, Chronic kidney disease, medicine, Genetics, Albuminuria, Humans, Alport syndrome, [SDV.GEN]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Genetics, Proteinuria, business.industry, urogenital system, Vitamin B 12 Deficiency, General Medicine, medicine.disease, Cubilin, female genital diseases and pregnancy complications, 3. Good health, 030104 developmental biology, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Mutation, Female, Clinical Medicine, medicine.symptom, business, Nephrotic syndrome, Genetic diseases
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International audience; BACKGROUNDProteinuria is considered an unfavorable clinical condition that accelerates renal and cardiovascular disease. However, it is not clear whether all forms of proteinuria are damaging. Mutations in CUBN cause Imerslund-Gräsbeck syndrome (IGS), which is characterized by intestinal malabsorption of vitamin B12 and in some cases proteinuria. CUBN encodes for cubilin, an intestinal and proximal tubular uptake receptor containing 27 CUB domains for ligand binding.METHODSWe used next-generation sequencing for renal disease genes to genotype cohorts of patients with suspected hereditary renal disease and chronic proteinuria. CUBN variants were analyzed using bioinformatics, structural modeling, and epidemiological methods.RESULTSWe identified 39 patients, in whom biallelic pathogenic variants in the CUBN gene were associated with chronic isolated proteinuria and early childhood onset. Since the proteinuria in these patients had a high proportion of albuminuria, glomerular diseases such as steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome or Alport syndrome were often the primary clinical diagnosis, motivating renal biopsies and the use of proteinuria-lowering treatments. However, renal function was normal in all cases. By contrast, we did not found any biallelic CUBN variants in proteinuric patients with reduced renal function or focal segmental glomerulosclerosis. Unlike the more N-terminal IGS mutations, 37 of the 41 proteinuria-associated CUBN variants led to modifications or truncations after the vitamin B12-binding domain. Finally, we show that 4 C-terminal CUBN variants are associated with albuminuria and slightly increased GFR in meta-analyses of large population-based cohorts.CONCLUSIONCollectively, our data suggest an important role for the C-terminal half of cubilin in renal albumin reabsorption. Albuminuria due to reduced cubilin function could be an unexpectedly common benign condition in humans that may not require any proteinuria-lowering treatment or renal biopsy.FUNDINGATIP-Avenir program, Fondation Bettencourt-Schueller (Liliane Bettencourt Chair of Developmental Biology), Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) Investissements d'avenir program (ANR-10-IAHU-01) and NEPHROFLY (ANR-14-ACHN-0013, to MS), Steno Collaborative Grant 2018 (NNF18OC0052457, to TSA and MS), Heisenberg Professorship of the German Research Foundation (KO 3598/5-1, to AK), Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) Collaborative Research Centre (SFB) KIDGEM 1140 (project 246781735, to CB), and Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMB) (01GM1515C, to CB).

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2020
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46. A Variety of Alu-Mediated Copy Number Variations Can Underlie IL-12Rβ1 Deficiency

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Yuriy Stepanovskiy, Liudmyla Chernyshova, Elfride De Baere, Davood Mansouri, Nima Parvaneh, Mahboubeh Mansouri, María Teresa Herrera, S. Alireza Mahdaviani, Fabienne Jabot-Hanin, Jacinta Bustamante, Mélanie Migaud, Laurent Abel, Anne Puel, Jérémie Rosain, Alejandro Nieto-Patlán, Frédéric Tores, Mehrnaz Mesdaghi, Emilie Corvilain, Gaspard Kerner, Virginie Grandin, Edna Venegas-Montoya, Capucine Picard, Stéphanie Boisson-Dupuis, Patrick Nitschke, Sigifredo Pedraza-Sánchez, Carmen Oleaga-Quintas, Stéphane Marot, Caroline Deswarte, Jean-Laurent Casanova, Christine Bole-Feysot, Hannah Verdin, Anastasia Bondarenko, Garyfallia Syridou, Maria Tsolia, Sara Elva Espinosa-Padilla, Nathalie Lambert, Corinne Jacques, Lizbeth Blancas-Galicia, and Marco Antonio Yamazaki-Nakashimada

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Male, 0301 basic medicine, DNA Copy Number Variations, Immunology, Gene Expression, Alu element, Locus (genetics), Biology, Genome, Article, Interferon-gamma, 03 medical and health sciences, symbols.namesake, Alu Elements, Gene duplication, Interleukin-12 Receptor beta 1 Subunit, Humans, Immunology and Allergy, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Copy-number variation, Indel, Interleukin 12 receptor, beta 1 subunit, Alleles, Genetic Association Studies, Genetics, Mycobacterium Infections, Base Sequence, Chromosome Mapping, Pedigree, Phenotype, 030104 developmental biology, Mutation, Mendelian inheritance, symbols, Female
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PURPOSE: Inborn errors of IFN-γ immunity underlie Mendelian susceptibility to mycobacterial disease (MSMD). Autosomal recessive complete IL-12Rβ1 deficiency is the most frequent genetic etiology of MSMD. Only two of the 84 known mutations are copy number variations (CNVs), identified in two of the 213 IL-12Rβ1-deficient patients and two of the 164 kindreds reported. These two CNVs are large deletions found in the heterozygous or homozygous state. We searched for novel families with IL-12Rβ1 deficiency due to CNVs. METHODS: We studied six MSMD patients from five unrelated kindreds displaying adverse reactions to BCG vaccination. Three of the patients also presented systemic salmonellosis, two had mucocutaneous candidiasis, and one had disseminated histoplasmosis. We searched for CNVs and other variation by IL12RB1-targeted next-generation sequencing (NGS). RESULTS: We identified six new IL-12Rβ1-deficient patients with a complete loss of IL-12Rβ1 expression on PHA-activated T cells and/or EBV-transformed B cells. The cells of these patients did not respond to IL-12 and IL-23. Five different CNVs encompassing IL12RB1 (four deletions and one duplication) were identified in these patients by NGS coverage analysis, in either the homozygous state (n=1) or in trans (n=4) with a single nucleotide variation (n=3) or a small indel (n=1). Seven of the nine mutations are novel. Interestingly, four of the five CNVs were predicted to be driven by nearby Alu elements, as well as the two previously reported large deletions. The IL12RB1 locus is actually enriched in Alu elements (44.7%), when compared with the rest of the genome (10.5%). CONCLUSION: The IL12RB1 locus is Alu-enriched and therefore prone to rearrangements at various positions. CNVs should be considered in the genetic diagnosis of IL-12Rβ1 deficiency.

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2018
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47. De novo mutation screening in childhood-onset cerebellar atrophy identifies gain-of-function mutations in the CACNA1G calcium channel gene

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Giulia Barcia, Laurence Hubert, Emily Fassi, Julien Thevenon, Laurence Faivre, Philippe Lory, Daniel Medina-Cano, Pierre Blanc, Nathalie Boddaert, Nami Altin, Karine Siquier-Pernet, Marlène Rio, Céline Vidal, Jean Chemin, Sylvain Hanein, Holly H. Zimmerman, Marwan Shinawi, Patrick Nitschke, Vincent Cantagrel, Cécile Fourage, Nadia Bahi-Buisson, Christine Bole-Feysot, Jeanne Amiel, Ali Ahmad, Arnold Munnich, Michael Nicouleau, Stanislas Lyonnet, Laurence Colleaux, Isabelle Desguerre, Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle (IGF), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Imagine - Institut des maladies génétiques (IMAGINE - U1163), Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5), Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (USPC), Plateforme de génomique [SFR Necker], Structure Fédérative de Recherche Necker (SFR Necker - UMS 3633 / US24), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Service de Génétique Médicale [CHU Necker], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-CHU Necker - Enfants Malades [AP-HP], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), CHU Necker - Enfants Malades [AP-HP], Plate Forme Paris Descartes de Bioinformatique (BIP-D), Centre de génétique - Centre de référence des maladies rares, anomalies du développement et syndromes malformatifs (CHU de Dijon), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Dijon - Hôpital François Mitterrand (CHU Dijon), Service de neurologie pédiatrique [CHU Necker], Neuroimagerie en psychiatrie (U1000), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Institut Cochin (IC UM3 (UMR 8104 / U1016)), Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Génétique et épigénétique des maladies métaboliques, neurosensorielles et du développement (Inserm U781), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Service de Radiologie et imagerie médicale [CHU Necker], Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine (BCM), Baylor University-Baylor University, ANR-16-CE12-0005,SCD-Mec,Mécanismes développementaux des anomalies structurelles cérébelleuses(2016), Université de Montpellier (UM)-Université Montpellier 1 (UM1)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), and Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)

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Male, 0301 basic medicine, Microcephaly, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], Developmental Disabilities, medicine.disease_cause, Deep cerebellar nuclei, Cohort Studies, Calcium Channels, T-Type, Purkinje Cells, Epilepsy, 0302 clinical medicine, Cerebellum, Child, Exome sequencing, Mutation, Brain, Phenotype, Pedigree, Child, Preschool, Gain of Function Mutation, CACNA1G, Female, Cerebellar atrophy, medicine.symptom, voltage-gated calcium channel, Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, Adolescent, Cerebellar Ataxia, Biology, 03 medical and health sciences, cerebellar atrophy, Cerebellar Diseases, Intellectual Disability, Internal medicine, medicine, Humans, [SDV.GEN]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Genetics, Cerebellar ataxia, medicine.disease, de novo mutation, 030104 developmental biology, Endocrinology, Calcium, Calcium Channels, Neurology (clinical), Atrophy, Cav3.1, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Abstract

IF 10.848; International audience; Cerebellar atrophy is a key neuroradiological finding usually associated with cerebellar ataxia and cognitive development defect in children. Unlike the adult forms, early onset cerebellar atrophies are classically described as mostly autosomal recessive conditions and the exact contribution of de novo mutations to this phenotype has not been assessed. In contrast, recent studies pinpoint the high prevalence of pathogenic de novo mutations in other developmental disorders such as intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorders and epilepsy. Here, we investigated a cohort of 47 patients with early onset cerebellar atrophy and/or hypoplasia using a custom gene panel as well as whole exome sequencing. De novo mutations were identified in 35% of patients while 27% had mutations inherited in an autosomal recessive manner. Understanding if these de novo events act through a loss or a gain of function effect is critical for treatment considerations. To gain a better insight into the disease mechanisms causing these cerebellar defects, we focused on CACNA1G, a gene not yet associated with the early-onset form. This gene encodes the Cav3.1 subunit of T-type calcium channels highly expressed in Purkinje neurons and deep cerebellar nuclei. We identified four patients with de novo CACNA1G mutations. They all display severe motor and cognitive impairment, cerebellar atrophy as well as variable features such as facial dysmorphisms, digital anomalies, microcephaly and epilepsy. Three subjects share a recurrent c.2881G>A/p.Ala961Thr variant while the fourth patient has the c.4591A>G/p.Met1531Val variant. Both mutations drastically impaired channel inactivation properties with significantly slower kinetics (∼5 times) and negatively shifted potential for half-inactivation (>10 mV). In addition, these two mutations increase neuronal firing in a cerebellar nuclear neuron model and promote a larger window current fully inhibited by TTA-P2, a selective T-type channel blocker. This study highlights the prevalence of de novo mutations in early-onset cerebellar atrophy and demonstrates that A961T and M1531V are gain of function mutations. Moreover, it reveals that aberrant activity of Cav3.1 channels can markedly alter brain development and suggests that this condition could be amenable to treatment.

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2018
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48. BAFF and CD4+ T cells are major survival factors for long-lived splenic plasma cells in a B-cell–depletion context

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Claude-Agnès Reynaud, Jean-Claude Weill, Simon Le Gallou, Matthieu Mahévas, Lan-Huong Thai, Etienne Crickx, Zhicheng Zhou, Nicolas Cagnard, Christine Bole, Tatiana Fadeev, Jérôme Mégret, and Ailsa Robbins

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0301 basic medicine, biology, Chemistry, Autoimmune Cytopenia, Immunology, Cell, Context (language use), Spleen, Cell Biology, Hematology, Biochemistry, Cell biology, 03 medical and health sciences, 030104 developmental biology, 0302 clinical medicine, medicine.anatomical_structure, Immune system, medicine, biology.protein, Bone marrow, Antibody, B-cell activating factor, 030215 immunology
Abstract

Previous data have suggested that B-cell-depletion therapy may induce the settlement of autoreactive long-lived plasma cells (LLPCs) in the spleen of patients with autoimmune cytopenia. To investigate this process, we used the AID-CreERT2-EYFP mouse model to follow plasma cells (PCs) engaged in an immune response. Multiplex polymerase chain reaction at the single-cell level revealed that only a small fraction of splenic PCs had a long-lived signature, whereas PCs present after anti-CD20 antibody treatment appeared more mature, similar to bone marrow PCs. This observation suggested that, in addition to a process of selection, a maturation induced on B-cell depletion drove PCs toward a long-lived program. We showed that B-cell activating factor (BAFF) and CD4+ T cells play a major role in the PC survival niche, because combining anti-CD20 with anti-BAFF or anti-CD4 antibody greatly reduce the number of splenic PCs. Similar results were obtained in the lupus-prone NZB/W model. These different contributions of soluble and cellular components of the PC niche in the spleen demonstrate that the LLPC expression profile is not cell intrinsic but largely depends on signals provided by the splenic microenvironment, implying that interfering with these components at the time of B-cell depletion might improve the response rate in autoimmune cytopenia.

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2018
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49. Klhl6 Deficiency Impairs Transitional B Cell Survival and Differentiation

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Auriel Dahan, Frédérique Lembo, Annie De Smet, Christine Bole-Feysot, Jean-Claude Weill, Damiana Lecoeuche, Nicolas Cagnard, Delphine Sterlin, Barbara Bertocci, Tatiana Fadeev, Baptiste Gaillard, Claude-Agnès Reynaud, and Julius Kühn

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0301 basic medicine, Lymphoma, B-Cell, Cellular differentiation, Immunology, Somatic hypermutation, Cell Line, Mice, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, medicine, Animals, Humans, Immunology and Allergy, B cell, Cell Proliferation, Genetics, B-Lymphocytes, biology, Cell growth, Precursor Cells, B-Lymphoid, Germinal center, Cell Differentiation, Germinal Center, Burkitt Lymphoma, Cell biology, Ubiquitin ligase, 030104 developmental biology, medicine.anatomical_structure, Cell culture, Mutation, biology.protein, Carrier Proteins, Cytokinesis, 030215 immunology
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Klhl6 belongs to the KLHL gene family, which is composed of an N-terminal BTB-POZ domain and four to six Kelch motifs in tandem. Several of these proteins function as adaptors of the Cullin3 E3 ubiquitin ligase complex. In this article, we report that Klhl6 deficiency induces, as previously described, a 2-fold reduction in mature B cells. However, we find that this deficit is centered on the inability of transitional type 1 B cells to survive and to progress toward the transitional type 2 B cell stage, whereas cells that have passed this step generate normal germinal centers (GCs) upon a T-dependent immune challenge. Klhl6-deficient type 1 B cells showed a 2-fold overexpression of genes linked with cell proliferation, including most targets of the anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome complex, a set of genes whose expression is precisely downmodulated upon culture of splenic transitional B cells in the presence of BAFF. These results thus suggest a delay in the differentiation process of Klhl6-deficient B cells between the immature and transitional stage. We further show, in the BL2 Burkitt’s lymphoma cell line, that KLHL6 interacts with Cullin3, but also that it binds to HBXIP/Lamtor5, a protein involved in cell-cycle regulation and cytokinesis. Finally, we report that KLHL6, which is recurrently mutated in B cell lymphomas, is an off-target of the normal somatic hypermutation process taking place in GC B cells in both mice and humans, thus leaving open whether, despite the lack of impact of Klhl6 deficiency on GC B cell expansion, mutants could contribute to the oncogenic process.

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2017
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50. A rare castration-resistant progenitor cell population is highly enriched in Pten-null prostate tumours

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Julie Codzamanian, Christine Bole-Feysot, Andréa De Goyon-Pélard, Lucila Sackmann Sala, Mylène Leprévost, Gail P. Risbridger, Jacques Emmanuel Guidotti, Vincent Goffin, Jan Pencik, Lukas Kenner, Florence Boutillon, Ashlee K. Clark, Giulia Menara, Renea A. Taylor, Richard Moriggl, Natalie Lister, and Nicolas Cagnard

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0301 basic medicine, medicine.medical_specialty, education.field_of_study, medicine.drug_class, Population, Biology, medicine.disease, Androgen, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Androgen receptor, 03 medical and health sciences, Prostate cancer, 030104 developmental biology, Endocrinology, medicine.anatomical_structure, Castration Resistance, Prostate, Internal medicine, Cancer research, medicine, Progenitor cell, Stem cell, education
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Castration-resistant prostate cancer is a lethal disease. The cell type(s) that survive androgen deprivation remain poorly described, despite global efforts to understand the various mechanisms of therapy resistance. We recently identified in wild-type (WT) mouse prostates a rare population of luminal progenitor cells that we called LSCmed according to their FACS profile (Lin- /Sca-1+ /CD49fmed ). Here, we investigated the prevalence and castration resistance of LSCmed in various mouse models of prostate tumourigenesis (Pb-PRL, Ptenpc-/- , and Hi-Myc mice). LSCmed prevalence is low (∼8%, similar to WT) in Hi-Myc mice, where prostatic androgen receptor signalling is unaltered, but is significantly higher in the two other models, where androgen receptor signalling is decreased, rising up to more than 80% in Ptenpc-/- prostates. LSCmed tolerate androgen deprivation and persist or are enriched 2-3 weeks after castration. The tumour-initiating properties of LSCmed from Ptenpc-/- mice were demonstrated by regeneration of tumours in vivo. Transcriptomic analysis revealed that LSCmed represent a unique cell entity as their gene expression profile is different from luminal and basal/stem cells, but shares markers of each. Their intrinsic androgen signalling is markedly decreased, explaining why LSCmed tolerate androgen deprivation. This also illuminates why Ptenpc-/- tumours are castration-resistant since LSCmed represent the most prevalent cell type in this model. We validated CK4 as a specific marker for LSCmed on sorted cells and prostate tissues by immunostaining, allowing for the detection of LSCmed in various mouse prostate specimens. In castrated Ptenpc-/- prostates, there was significant proliferation of CK4+ cells, further demonstrating their key role in castration-resistant prostate cancer progression. Taken together, this study identifies LSCmed as a probable source of prostate cancer relapse after androgen deprivation and as a new therapeutic target for the prevention of castrate-resistant prostate cancer. Copyright © 2017 Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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2017
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