Disease-causing 7.4 kb cis-regulatory deletion disrupting conserved non-coding sequences and their interaction with the FOXL2 promotor: implications for mutation screening
Authors
D'haene, BarbaraAttanasio, Catia
Beysen, Diane
Dostie, Josee
Lemire, Edmond
Bouchard, Philippe
Field, Michael
Jones, Kristie
Lorenz, Birgit
Menten, Bjorn
Buysse, Karen
Pattyn, Filip
Friedli, Marc
Ucla, Catherine
Rossier, Colette
Wyss, Carine
Speleman, Frank
De Paepe, Anne
Dekker, Job
Antonarakis, Stylianos E.
De Baere, Elfride
UMass Chan Affiliations
Program in Gene Function and ExpressionDocument Type
Journal ArticlePublication Date
2009-06-23Keywords
*5' Untranslated RegionsBlepharophimosis
Cell Line
Conserved Sequence
DNA Mutational Analysis
Forkhead Transcription Factors
Humans
*Promoter Regions, Genetic
Protein Binding
*Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid
*Sequence Deletion
Genetics and Genomics
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To date, the contribution of disrupted potentially cis-regulatory conserved non-coding sequences (CNCs) to human disease is most likely underestimated, as no systematic screens for putative deleterious variations in CNCs have been conducted. As a model for monogenic disease we studied the involvement of genetic changes of CNCs in the cis-regulatory domain of FOXL2 in blepharophimosis syndrome (BPES). Fifty-seven molecularly unsolved BPES patients underwent high-resolution copy number screening and targeted sequencing of CNCs. Apart from three larger distant deletions, a de novo deletion as small as 7.4 kb was found at 283 kb 5' to FOXL2. The deletion appeared to be triggered by an H-DNA-induced double-stranded break (DSB). In addition, it disrupts a novel long non-coding RNA (ncRNA) PISRT1 and 8 CNCs. The regulatory potential of the deleted CNCs was substantiated by in vitro luciferase assays. Interestingly, Chromosome Conformation Capture (3C) of a 625 kb region surrounding FOXL2 in expressing cellular systems revealed physical interactions of three upstream fragments and the FOXL2 core promoter. Importantly, one of these contains the 7.4 kb deleted fragment. Overall, this study revealed the smallest distant deletion causing monogenic disease and impacts upon the concept of mutation screening in human disease and developmental disorders in particular.Source
D'haene B, Attanasio C, Beysen D, Dostie J, Lemire E, et al. (2009) Disease-Causing 7.4 kb Cis-Regulatory Deletion Disrupting Conserved Non-Coding Sequences and Their Interaction with the FOXL2 Promotor: Implications for Mutation Screening. PLoS Genet 5(6): e1000522. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1000522. Link to article on publisher's site
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10.1371/journal.pgen.1000522Permanent Link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/44104PubMed ID
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Copyright: © 2009 D'haene et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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