RAP1-mediated MEK/ERK pathway defects in Kabuki syndrome

2015 | journal article; research paper. A publication with affiliation to the University of Göttingen.

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​RAP1-mediated MEK/ERK pathway defects in Kabuki syndrome​
Boegershausen, N.; Tsai, I.-C.; Pohl, E.; Kiper, P. O. S.; Beleggia, F.; Percin, E. F. & Keupp, K. et al.​ (2015) 
Journal of Clinical Investigation125(9) pp. 3585​-3599​.​ DOI: https://doi.org/10.1172/JCI80102 

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Boegershausen, Nina; Tsai, I-Chun; Pohl, Esther; Kiper, Pelin Ozlem Simsek; Beleggia, Filippo; Percin, E. Ferda; Keupp, Katharina; Matchan, Angela; Milz, Esther; Alanay, Yasemin; Kayserili, Hülya; Liu, Yicheng; Banka, Siddharth; Kranz, Andrea; Zenker, Martin; Wieczorek, Dagmar; Elcioglu, Nursel H.; Prontera, Paolo; Lyonnet, Stanislas; Meitinger, Thomas; Stewart, Adrian Francis; Donnai, Dian; Strom, Tim M.; Boduroglu, Koray; Yigit, Gökhan ; Li, Yun ; Katsanis, Nicholas; Wollnik, Bernd 
Abstract
The genetic disorder Kabuki syndrome (KS) is characterized by developmental delay and congenital anomalies. Dominant mutations in the chromatin regulators lysine (K)-specific methyltransferase 2D (KMT2D) (also known as MLL2) and lysine (K)-specific demethylase 6A (KDM6A) underlie the majority of cases. Although the functions of these chromatin-modifying proteins have been studied extensively, the physiological systems regulated by them are largely unknown. Using whole-exome sequencing, we identified a mutation in RAP1A that was converted to homozygosity as the result of uniparental isodisomy (UPD) in a patient with KS and a de novo, dominant mutation in RAP1B in a second individual with a KS-like phenotype. We elucidated a genetic and functional interaction between the respective KS-associated genes and their products in zebrafish models and patient cell lines. Specifically, we determined that dysfunction of known KS genes and the genes identified in this study results in aberrant MEK/ERK signaling as well as disruption of F-actin polymerization and cell intercalation. Moreover, these phenotypes could be rescued in zebrafish models by rebalancing MEK/ERK signaling via administration of small molecule inhibitors of MEK. Taken together, our studies suggest that the KS pathophysiology overlaps with the RASopathies and provide a potential direction for treatment design.
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2015
Publisher
Amer Soc Clinical Investigation Inc
Journal
Journal of Clinical Investigation 
ISSN
0021-9738
eISSN
1558-8238

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