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A novel mutation in nuclear prelamin a recognition factor-like causes diffuse pulmonary arteriovenous malformations

Authors
Liu, H.Z., Du, C.X., Luo, J., Qiu, X.P., Li, Z.H., Lou, Q.Y., Yin, Z., Zheng, F.
ID
ZDB-PUB-161113-10
Date
2017
Source
Oncotarget   8(2): 2708-2718 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Yin, Zhan, Zheng, Fang
Keywords
capillary malformations, nuclear prelamin A recognition factor-like, pulmonary arteriovenous malformations, whole exome sequencing, zebrafish
MeSH Terms
  • Humans
  • Young Adult
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Genetic Association Studies*
  • Comparative Genomic Hybridization
  • Pulmonary Artery/abnormalities*
  • Zebrafish
  • Female
  • RNA Stability
  • Arteriovenous Malformations/diagnosis*
  • Arteriovenous Malformations/genetics*
  • Gene Knockdown Techniques
  • Pedigree
  • Protein Conformation
  • Consanguinity
  • Biopsy
  • Cell Line
  • Hydrogenase/chemistry
  • Hydrogenase/genetics*
  • Hydrogenase/metabolism
  • Exome Sequencing
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Models, Molecular
  • Radiography, Thoracic
  • Animals
  • DNA Mutational Analysis
  • Mutation*
  • Neovascularization, Pathologic/genetics
  • Phenotype
PubMed
27835862 Full text @ Oncotarget
Abstract
Two daughters in a Chinese consanguineous family were diagnosed as diffuse pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVMs) and screened using whole exome sequencing (WES) and copy number variations (CNVs) chips. Though no mutation was found in the established causative genes of capillary malformation-AVMs (CM-AVMs) or PAVMs, Ser161Ile (hg19 NM_022493 c.482G>T) mutation in nuclear prelamin A recognition factor-like (NARFL) was identified. Ser161Ile mutation in NARFL conservation region was predicted to be deleterious and absent in 500 population controls and Exome Aggregation Consortium (ExAC) Database. And there was a dosage effect of the mutation on mRNA levels among family members and population controls, consistent with the instability of mutant mRNA in vitro. Accordingly, in lung tissue of the proband, NARFL protein expression was reduced but Fe3+ was overloaded with vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) overexpression. Furthermore, NARFL-knockdown cell lines demonstrated decreased activity of cytosolic aconitase, while NARFL-knockout zebrafish presented ectopic subintestinal vessels sprouts and upregulated VEGF. So we concluded that the Ser161Ile mutant induced NARFL deficiency and eventually diffuse PAVMs probably through VEGF pathway. In a word, we detected a functional mutation in NARFL, which might be the pathogenic gene in this pedigree.
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