| Literature DB >> 31066130 |
Haoyu Wu1, Kelly K D Vonk1, Silvère M van der Maarel1, Gijs W E Santen2, Lucia Daxinger1.
Abstract
Increasing use of next-generation sequencing technologies in clinical diagnostics allows large-scale discovery of genetic variants, but also results in frequent identification of variants of unknown significance (VUSs). Their classification into disease-causing and neutral variants is often hampered by the absence of robust functional tests. Here, we demonstrate that a luciferase reporter assay, in combination with ChIP-qPCR, reliably separates pathogenic ZBTB24 missense variants in the context of immunodeficiency, centromeric instability, facial anomalies (ICF) syndrome from natural variants in healthy individuals and patients of other diseases. Application of our assay to two published ZBTB24 missense VUSs indicates that they are likely not to cause ICF2 syndrome. Furthermore, we show that rare gnomAD ZBTB24 missense variants in key residues of the C2H2-ZF domain lead to a loss of function phenotype that resembles ICF2, suggesting that these individuals are carriers of ICF syndrome. In summary, we have developed a robust functional test to validate missense variants in ZBTB24.Entities:
Keywords: CAKUT; ICF syndrome; VUS; ZBTB24
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Year: 2019 PMID: 31066130 PMCID: PMC6771626 DOI: 10.1002/humu.23786
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Hum Mutat ISSN: 1059-7794 Impact factor: 4.878
Figure 1Variants in ZBTB24. (a) Schematic of ZBTB24 mRNA and protein. ZBTB24 contains a BTB and AT‐hook domain located in exon 2, and 8 C2H2 zinc finger domains that span from exon 2 to 7. ZBTB24/ICF2 nonsense variants and (bottom) missense variants with cDNA and amino acid changes. (b) Schematic of ZBTB24 mRNA and protein. gnomAD variants (black) including cDNA and amino acid changes, as well as allele frequencies, are shown. Fre: allele frequency. (bottom) Variants from undiagnosed disease network (gray and italic), CAKUT (gray) and ICF2 patients (black) with cDNA and amino acid changes. CAKUT, congenital anomalies of the kidneys and urinary tract; ICF, immunodeficiency, centromeric instability, facial anomalies
Figure 2Effects of ZBTB24 variants on ZBTB24 function. (a) Western blot showing the expression levels of Ty1‐tagged wild‐type ZBTB24 and ZBTB24 with different variants in U2OS cells. H3 is used as a loading control. (b) Luciferase reporter assay showing the relative activity of Cdca7 promoter (firefly luciferase normalized to renilla luciferase) regulated by wild‐type mouse Zbtb24 and overexpressed human ZBTB24 or with different variants in homozygous Zbtb24 mutant mESCs. Wild‐type and homozygous Zbtb24 mutant mESCs transfected with GFP were used as positive and negative control. Error bars = SEM from two biological replicates. t test ** p < .01, *** p < .001. (c) ChIP‐qPCR result shows the binding capacities of ZBTB24 or its different variants at CDCA7 promoter region. Error bars = SEM from two independent experiments. t test ** p < .01, *** p < .001. CAKUT, congenital anomalies of the kidneys and urinary tract; ChIP, chromatin immunoprecipitation; gnomAD, Genome Aggregation Database; ICF, immunodeficiency, centromeric instability, facial anomalies; qPCR, quantitative polymerase chain reaction; SEM, standard error of the mean