PUBLICATION
A defect in myoblast fusion underlies Carey-Fineman-Ziter syndrome
- Authors
- Di Gioia, S.A., Connors, S., Matsunami, N., Cannavino, J., Rose, M.F., Gilette, N.M., Artoni, P., de Macena Sobreira, N.L., Chan, W.M., Webb, B.D., Robson, C.D., Cheng, L., Van Ryzin, C., Ramirez-Martinez, A., Mohassel, P., Leppert, M., Scholand, M.B., Grunseich, C., Ferreira, C.R., Hartman, T., Hayes, I.M., Morgan, T., Markie, D.M., Fagiolini, M., Swift, A., Chines, P.S., Speck-Martins, C.E., Collins, F.S., Jabs, E.W., Bönnemann, C.G., Olson, E.N., Carey, J.C., Robertson, S.P., Manoli, I., Engle, E.C.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-170707-4
- Date
- 2017
- Source
- Nature communications 8: 16077 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Chan, Wai-Man, Di Gioia, Silvio Alessandro, Engle, Elizabeth, Gilette, Nicole
- Keywords
- Genetics research, Medical genetics
- MeSH Terms
-
- Genes, Recessive
- Mutation*
- Male
- Cell Fusion
- Myoblasts/metabolism*
- Myoblasts/pathology
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Muscle, Skeletal/growth & development
- Muscle, Skeletal/metabolism*
- Muscle, Skeletal/pathology
- Genetic Complementation Test
- Child
- Membrane Proteins/deficiency
- Membrane Proteins/genetics*
- Female
- Muscular Diseases/genetics*
- Muscular Diseases/metabolism
- Muscular Diseases/pathology
- Gene Expression
- Disease Models, Animal
- Adult
- Zebrafish
- Animals
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Pedigree
- Embryo, Nonmammalian
- Sequence Alignment
- Muscle Proteins/deficiency
- Muscle Proteins/genetics*
- Humans
- Infant
- Zebrafish Proteins/deficiency
- Zebrafish Proteins/genetics*
- Morphogenesis/genetics*
- Mobius Syndrome/genetics*
- Mobius Syndrome/metabolism
- Mobius Syndrome/pathology
- Pierre Robin Syndrome/genetics*
- Pierre Robin Syndrome/metabolism
- Pierre Robin Syndrome/pathology
- PubMed
- 28681861 Full text @ Nat. Commun.
Citation
Di Gioia, S.A., Connors, S., Matsunami, N., Cannavino, J., Rose, M.F., Gilette, N.M., Artoni, P., de Macena Sobreira, N.L., Chan, W.M., Webb, B.D., Robson, C.D., Cheng, L., Van Ryzin, C., Ramirez-Martinez, A., Mohassel, P., Leppert, M., Scholand, M.B., Grunseich, C., Ferreira, C.R., Hartman, T., Hayes, I.M., Morgan, T., Markie, D.M., Fagiolini, M., Swift, A., Chines, P.S., Speck-Martins, C.E., Collins, F.S., Jabs, E.W., Bönnemann, C.G., Olson, E.N., Carey, J.C., Robertson, S.P., Manoli, I., Engle, E.C. (2017) A defect in myoblast fusion underlies Carey-Fineman-Ziter syndrome. Nature communications. 8:16077.
Abstract
Multinucleate cellular syncytial formation is a hallmark of skeletal muscle differentiation. Myomaker, encoded by Mymk (Tmem8c), is a well-conserved plasma membrane protein required for myoblast fusion to form multinucleated myotubes in mouse, chick, and zebrafish. Here, we report that autosomal recessive mutations in MYMK (OMIM 615345) cause Carey-Fineman-Ziter syndrome in humans (CFZS; OMIM 254940) by reducing but not eliminating MYMK function. We characterize MYMK-CFZS as a congenital myopathy with marked facial weakness and additional clinical and pathologic features that distinguish it from other congenital neuromuscular syndromes. We show that a heterologous cell fusion assay in vitro and allelic complementation experiments in mymk knockdown and mymkinsT/insT zebrafish in vivo can differentiate between MYMK wild type, hypomorphic and null alleles. Collectively, these data establish that MYMK activity is necessary for normal muscle development and maintenance in humans, and expand the spectrum of congenital myopathies to include cell-cell fusion deficits.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping