Proteasome subunit variants cause neurosensory syndrome combining deafness and cataract due to proteotoxic stress

The ubiquitin–proteasome system degrades ubiquitin‐modified proteins to maintain protein homeostasis and to control signalling. Whole‐genome sequencing of patients with severe deafness and early‐onset cataracts as part of a neurological, sensorial and cutaneous novel syndrome identified a unique deep intronic homozygous variant in the PSMC3 gene, encoding the proteasome ATPase subunit Rpt5, which lead to the transcription of a cryptic exon. The proteasome content and activity in patient\u27s fibroblasts was however unaffected. Nevertheless, patient\u27s cells exhibited impaired protein homeostasis characterized by accumulation of ubiquitinated proteins suggesting severe proteotoxic stress. Indeed, the TCF11/Nrf1 transcriptional pathway allowing proteasome recovery after proteasome inhibition is permanently activated in the patient\u27s fibroblasts. Upon chemical proteasome inhibition, this pathway was however impaired in patient\u27s cells, which were unable to compensate for proteotoxic stress although a higher proteasome content and activity. Zebrafish modelling for knockout in PSMC3 remarkably reproduced the human phenotype with inner ear development anomalies as well as cataracts, suggesting that Rpt5 plays a major role in inner ear, lens and central nervous system development

Identification of new genes implicated in rare syndromes with retinal disease including ciliopathies and description of atypical phenotypes

Les maladies rétiniennes héréditaires représentent un groupe de pathologie hétérogène sur le plan phénotypique et génétique. Elles sont dues à une dysfonction ou une dégénérescence de la neurorétine ou de l’épithélium pigmentaire rétinien. Elles peuvent être présente de manière isolée ou être associée à des atteintes extraoculaires dans les formes syndromiques. Le travail de thèse porte sur l’identification moléculaire de gènes responsables de formes rares de pathologie rétinienne syndromique incluant les ciliopathies dont le syndrome de Bardet-Biedl, caractérisé notamment par une dégénérescence rétinienne constante, et les microcéphalies associées à une choriorétinopathie. Par une approche de séquençage exomique, nous avons pu identifier trois nouveaux gènes impliqués dans ces pathologies rétiniennes syndromiques et confirmer l’implication d’un gène dans le syndrome de Bardet-Biedl. L’analyse des phénotypes rétiniens d’une cohorte de patients présentant un syndrome de Bardet-Biedl a permis la description d’un phénotype atypique avec atteinte prédominante des cônes.Inherited retinal diseases (IRDs) represent a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of rare pathologies. These disorders result of a dysfunction or a degeneration of the photoreceptors or the retinal pigment epithelium. IRDs can be subdivided in isolated forms, and syndromic forms that involve non–ocular features. This work deals with the molecular identification of genes implicated in rare forms of syndromic retinal diseases, including the ciliopathies with the Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS), characterized by a constant retinal degeneration, and the microcephaly associated with chorioretinopathy.Using an exomic sequencing approach, we have identified three new genes involved in these rare syndromic retinal diseases and confirmed the implication of a gene in Bardet-Biedl syndrome. The analysis of the retinal phenotypes of a BBS patients’ cohort allowed the description of an atypical retinal phenotype with predominantly cone dysfunction

Identification of new genes implicated in rare syndromes with retinal disease including ciliopathies and description of atypical phenotypes

Les maladies rétiniennes héréditaires représentent un groupe de pathologie hétérogène sur le plan phénotypique et génétique. Elles sont dues à une dysfonction ou une dégénérescence de la neurorétine ou de l’épithélium pigmentaire rétinien. Elles peuvent être présente de manière isolée ou être associée à des atteintes extraoculaires dans les formes syndromiques. Le travail de thèse porte sur l’identification moléculaire de gènes responsables de formes rares de pathologie rétinienne syndromique incluant les ciliopathies dont le syndrome de Bardet-Biedl, caractérisé notamment par une dégénérescence rétinienne constante, et les microcéphalies associées à une choriorétinopathie. Par une approche de séquençage exomique, nous avons pu identifier trois nouveaux gènes impliqués dans ces pathologies rétiniennes syndromiques et confirmer l’implication d’un gène dans le syndrome de Bardet-Biedl. L’analyse des phénotypes rétiniens d’une cohorte de patients présentant un syndrome de Bardet-Biedl a permis la description d’un phénotype atypique avec atteinte prédominante des cônes.Inherited retinal diseases (IRDs) represent a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of rare pathologies. These disorders result of a dysfunction or a degeneration of the photoreceptors or the retinal pigment epithelium. IRDs can be subdivided in isolated forms, and syndromic forms that involve non–ocular features. This work deals with the molecular identification of genes implicated in rare forms of syndromic retinal diseases, including the ciliopathies with the Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS), characterized by a constant retinal degeneration, and the microcephaly associated with chorioretinopathy.Using an exomic sequencing approach, we have identified three new genes involved in these rare syndromic retinal diseases and confirmed the implication of a gene in Bardet-Biedl syndrome. The analysis of the retinal phenotypes of a BBS patients’ cohort allowed the description of an atypical retinal phenotype with predominantly cone dysfunction

Phénotypes rétiniens atypiques dans le syndrome de Bardet-Biedl (Etude de corrélation génotype-phénotype)

STRASBOURG-Medecine (674822101) / SudocSudocFranceF

The Polerovirus Minor Capsid Protein Determines Vector Specificity and Intestinal Tropism in the Aphid

Aphid transmission of poleroviruses is highly specific, but the viral determinants governing this specificity are unknown. We used a gene exchange strategy between two poleroviruses with different vectors, Beet western yellows virus (BWYV) and Cucurbit aphid-borne yellows virus (CABYV), to analyze the role of the major and minor capsid proteins in vector specificity. Virus recombinants obtained by exchanging the sequence of the readthrough domain (RTD) between the two viruses replicated in plant protoplasts and in whole plants. The hybrid readthrough protein of chimeric viruses was incorporated into virions. Aphid transmission experiments using infected plants or purified virions revealed that vector specificity is driven by the nature of the RTD. BWYV and CABYV have specific intestinal sites in the vectors for endocytosis: the midgut for BWYV and both midgut and hindgut for CABYV. Localization of hybrid virions in aphids by transmission electron microscopy revealed that gut tropism is also determined by the viral origin of the RTD

The AnnotSV webserver in 2023: updated visualization and ranking

International audienceMuch of the human genetics variant repertoire is composed of single nucleotide variants (SNV) and small insertion/deletions (indel) but structural variants (SV) remain a major part of our modified DNA. SV detection has often been a complex question to answer either because of the necessity to use different technologies (array CGH, SNP array, Karyotype, Optical Genome Mapping…) to detect each category of SV or to get an appropriate resolution (Whole Genome Sequencing). Thanks to the deluge of pangenomic analysis, Human geneticists are accumulating SV and their interpretation remains time consuming and challenging. The AnnotSV webserver (https://www.lbgi.fr/AnnotSV/) aims at being an efficient tool to (i) annotate and interpret SV potential pathogenicity in the context of human diseases, (ii) recognize potential false positive variants from all the SV identified and (iii) visualize the patient variants repertoire. The most recent developments in the AnnotSV webserver are: (i) updated annotations sources and ranking, (ii) three novel output formats to allow diverse utilization (analysis, pipelines), as well as (iii) two novel user interfaces including an interactive circos view

A mutation in VPS15 (PIK3R4) causes a ciliopathy and affects IFT20 release from the cis-Golgi

Ciliopathies are a group of diseases that affect kidney and retina among other organs. Here, we identify a missense mutation in PIK3R4 (phosphoinositide 3-kinase regulatory subunit 4, named VPS15) in a family with a ciliopathy phenotype. Besides being required for trafficking and autophagy, we show that VPS15 regulates primary cilium length in human fibroblasts, as well as ciliary processes in zebrafish. Furthermore, we demonstrate its interaction with the golgin GM130 and its localization to the Golgi. The VPS15-R998Q patient mutation impairs Golgi trafficking functions in humanized yeast cells. Moreover, in VPS15-R998Q patient fibroblasts, the intraflagellar transport protein IFT20 is not localized to vesicles trafficking to the cilium but is restricted to the Golgi. Our findings suggest that at the Golgi, VPS15 and GM130 form a protein complex devoid of VPS34 to ensure the IFT20-dependent sorting and transport of membrane proteins from the cis-Golgi to the primary cilium