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{"title":"Variants in CAPN3 Causing Autosomal Dominant Limb–Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Combined With Calpain-3 Deficiency","authors":"Thomas Krag,&nbsp;Emily Nasho,&nbsp;Lauren Brady,&nbsp;Camille Verebi,&nbsp;France Leturcq,&nbsp;Edoardo Malfatti,&nbsp;Morten Duno,&nbsp;Mark Tarnopolsky,&nbsp;John Vissing","doi":"10.1155/humu/9301465","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/humu/9301465","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Abstract:</b> Limb–girdle muscular dystrophy Type 2A/R1 or calpain-3 deficiency is the most common autosomal recessive limb–girdle muscular dystrophy. However, in recent years, autosomal dominant cases and families with calpain-3 deficiency have been reported, and there is an emerging interest in looking for single variants in the calpain-3 gene in mildly to moderately affected patients with limb–girdle muscular dystrophy without biallelic gene variants in <i>CAPN3</i>. Here, we report four cases with creatine kinase levels above 1500 U/L, mild-to-moderate proximal weakness, waddling gait, and scapular winging. Two patients, a son and his father, are heterozygous for the <i>CAPN3</i> variant c.304C&gt;T; p.(Pro102Ser), which has previously been reported in patients with compound heterozygous variants in <i>CAPN3</i>. The third and fourth patients were heterozygous for c.1371C&gt;G; p.(Asn457Lys) and c.1490C&gt;T; p.Ala497_Glu508del, respectively, neither of which has been reported before. All four patients had a near-complete loss of calpain-3 as determined by western blotting. While inherited autosomal dominant calpainopathy has now been firmly established, additional single cases of dominant calpainopathy are likely to emerge; some will be associated with clinical findings from parents or siblings, while others will arise from spontaneous mutations, but nevertheless with similar clinical findings of mild-to-moderate proximal weakness, increased level of creatine kinase, and near-complete loss of calpain-3 protein in affected individuals. This report expands the known number of variants causing dominant calpainopathy from 8 to 11 that appears to exclusively reside in two out of four domains that make up calpain-3. This information could aid in determining whether a <i>CAPN3</i> variant of unknown significance is pathological.</p>","PeriodicalId":13061,"journal":{"name":"Human Mutation","volume":"2025 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1155/humu/9301465","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143726852","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Detection of Pathogenic Intronic Variants for COL4A5 Gene in X-Linked Alport Syndrome: Developing a Novel Methodology","authors":"Yixiao Li,&nbsp;Rujin Tian,&nbsp;Yu Hei,&nbsp;Haozheng Zhang,&nbsp;Yanan Yang,&nbsp;Yuqiang Lv,&nbsp;Weiran Zhou,&nbsp;Qingwei Guo,&nbsp;Beibei Niu,&nbsp;Kaisheng Li,&nbsp;Dong Wang,&nbsp;Hongmei Xin,&nbsp;Kaihui Zhang","doi":"10.1155/humu/1443580","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/humu/1443580","url":null,"abstract":"<p><i>COL4A5</i> gene variants could result in the X-linked Alport syndrome 1, dominant inheritance (XLAS1) (Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) #301050). The splicing changes can be identified through targeted RNA sequencing (RNA seq), but obtaining accessible patient samples from urine cells and skin fibroblasts is challenging. Moreover, extracted <i>COL4A5</i> transcripts cannot be amplified due to their nonexpression in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs). In the study, we induced patient-derived PBMCs to differentiate into induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and lymphoblasts (using phytohemagglutinin (PHA)). Through cDNA Sanger sequencing, we identified the true pathogenicity of two <i>cis</i>-intron variants of the <i>COL4A5</i> gene in lymphoblasts and iPSCs. Furthermore, the results were also verified by minigene assay in vitro. Through RNA seq and real-time PCR, we further confirmed that the expression level of <i>COL4A5</i> in lymphoblasts is sufficient for Sanger sequencing to detect splicing changes. In conclusion, we have devised a straightforward, cost-effective, noninvasive, and robust method for detecting abnormal transcripts resulting from pathogenic variants in the <i>COL4A5</i> gene. Furthermore, this method is equally suitable for genes that are expressed in lymphoblasts but not in PBMCs. Finally, splicing changes account for a relatively high proportion of patients with XLAS who were overlooked through routine whole-exome sequencing (WES), and the c.4822-12T&gt;C variant may become a target for specific antisense oligonucleotide therapies.</p>","PeriodicalId":13061,"journal":{"name":"Human Mutation","volume":"2025 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1155/humu/1443580","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143581850","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Heterozygous Missense Variants in the ATPase Phospholipid Transporting 9A Gene, ATP9A, Alter Dendritic Spine Maturation and Cause Dominantly Inherited Nonsyndromic Intellectual Disability","authors":"Amélie Cordovado,&nbsp;Yvan Hérenger,&nbsp;Coline Cormier,&nbsp;Estrella López-Martín,&nbsp;Hannah Stamberger,&nbsp;Laurence Faivre,&nbsp;Anne-Sophie Denommé-Pichon,&nbsp;Antonio Vitobello,&nbsp;Hamza Hadj Abdallah,&nbsp;Giulia Barcia,&nbsp;Thomas Courtin,&nbsp;Beatriz Martínez-Delgado,&nbsp;Eva Bermejo-Sánchez,&nbsp;María J. Barrero,&nbsp;Brooklynn Gasser,&nbsp;Stéphane Bezieau,&nbsp;Sébastien Küry,&nbsp;Sarah Weckhuysen,&nbsp;Frédéric Laumonnier,&nbsp;Annick Toutain,&nbsp;Marie-Laure Vuillaume","doi":"10.1155/humu/7085599","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/humu/7085599","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Intellectual disability is a neurodevelopmental disorder, affecting 2%–3% of the population, with a genetic cause in the majority of cases. <i>ATP9A</i> (Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM) ^∗609126, NM_006045.3) has recently been added to the list of candidate genes involved in this disorder with the identification of biallelic truncating variants in patients with a neurodevelopmental disorder. In this study, we propose a novel mode of inheritance for <i>ATP9A</i>-related disorders with the identification of five de novo heterozygous missense variants (p.(Thr393Arg), p.(Glu400Gln), p.(Lys461Glu), p.(Gly552Ala), and p.(His713Asp)), in patients with intellectual disability. In a patient with a similar phenotype, we also identified two truncating variants in <i>ATP9A</i> (p.(Arg145 ^∗), p.(Glu901 ^∗)), adding a novel family to the six already described in the literature with the recessive mode of inheritance. Functional studies were performed to assess the pathogenicity of these variants. Overexpression of four selected missense mutant forms of <i>Atp9a</i> in HeLa cells and in primary neuronal cultures led to a loss of mature dendritic spines. In HeLa cells, the endosomal localization of the protein encoded by three of these missense variants was preserved whereas the fourth remained blocked in the endoplasmic reticulum. To mimic the effect on neuronal morphology and spine density of nonsense variants, small hairpin RNAs (shRNAs) were used. They induced a decreased expression of <i>ATP9A</i>, affecting the neuronal arborization by decreasing the number of dendrites per neuron. Our results therefore demonstrate the pathogenicity of <i>ATP9A</i> heterozygous missense variants and confirm the role of <i>ATP9A</i> in neuronal maturation and in brain wiring during development. They strengthen the association of <i>ATP9A</i> with neurodevelopmental disorders and demonstrate that a double mode of inheritance should be considered for <i>ATP9A</i>-related disorders.</p>","PeriodicalId":13061,"journal":{"name":"Human Mutation","volume":"2025 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1155/humu/7085599","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143554306","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Genome Sequencing of Rare Disease Patients Through the Korean Regional Rare Disease Diagnostic Support Program","authors":"Rin Khang,&nbsp;Hane Lee,&nbsp;Jihye Kim,&nbsp;Dongseok Moon,&nbsp;Seokhui Jang,&nbsp;Eugene Lee,&nbsp;Yongjun Song,&nbsp;Seung Woo Ryu,&nbsp;Sohyun Lee,&nbsp;Heonjong Han,&nbsp;Sukwon Kim,&nbsp;Sohyun Jang,&nbsp;Young Bae Sohn,&nbsp;Won Seop Kim,&nbsp;Ji-Eun Lee,&nbsp;Juwon Kim,&nbsp;Yonggon Cho,&nbsp;Bo Lyun Lee,&nbsp;Han Hyuk Lim,&nbsp;Hoon Kook,&nbsp;Ki-Soo Kang,&nbsp;Soonhak Kwon,&nbsp;Jiwon Lee,&nbsp;Go Hun Seo,&nbsp;Seung Hwan Oh,&nbsp;Chong Kun Cheon","doi":"10.1155/humu/6096758","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/humu/6096758","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Affecting fewer than 20,000 people as defined in South Korea, rare diseases pose significant diagnostic challenges due to their diverse manifestations and genetic heterogeneity. Genome sequencing (GS) offers a promising solution by enabling simultaneous screening for thousands of rare genetic disorders. This study explores the diagnostic utility and necessity of GS within the government-funded Korean Regional Rare Disease Diagnostic Support Program (KR-RDSP), a collaborative initiative involving 11 regional rare disease centers across Korea. The program was launched as a proof-of-concept study in 2023 to equip the genetic clinics with a diagnostic tool to expedite the diagnoses for rare disease patients who reside outside the urban Seoul region where diagnostic resources are limited. The study leveraged GS to diagnose a cohort of 400 patients exhibiting a wide spectrum of symptoms. The overall diagnostic yield was 36.3% (145/400), with 4.8% (7/145) of the diagnosed patients being reported with variants that could not have been identified by chromosomal microarray or exome sequencing (ES), highlighting the added value of comprehensive genomic analysis. The implementation of a centralized GS analysis system streamlined the diagnostic process, enabling timely reporting within a reasonable turnaround time of ≤ 35 days. Segregation analysis by Sanger sequencing played a crucial role in confirming or reclassifying variant pathogenicity by elucidating inheritance patterns. Here, we summarize diagnostic statistics from the 400 GS dataset gathered from June 2023 to December 2023 and show interesting and informative case examples that illustrate the diagnostic efficacy of GS, highlighting its ability to uncover elusive genetic etiologies and provide personalized treatment insights. The study also highlights the successful implementation of the program for the 11 regional rare disease centers across Korea with a practical workflow, comprehensive testing, comparable diagnostic yield to previous reports, and, most importantly, reasonable turnaround time.</p>","PeriodicalId":13061,"journal":{"name":"Human Mutation","volume":"2025 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1155/humu/6096758","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143513838","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Gene Mutation Characteristics and Prognostic Significance in Acute Myeloid Leukemia Patients From Northeast China","authors":"Yiyang Shen,&nbsp;Shuang Fu,&nbsp;Xuan Liu,&nbsp;Jianing Liu,&nbsp;Yu Fu,&nbsp;Yue Zhao,&nbsp;Xinxin Wang,&nbsp;Xujian Jiang,&nbsp;Jihong Zhang","doi":"10.1155/humu/7730186","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/humu/7730186","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A great part of studies on the correlation between gene mutations and prognosis in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients are based on Western populations. To profile the genomic landscape of AML patients in Northeast China, we retrospectively analyzed the clinical data of 377 newly diagnosed AML patients in Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University from 2016 to 2022 and compared them with data from other populations with different genetic backgrounds. The mutation status of <i>NPM1</i>, <i>FLT3-ITD</i>, <i>FLT3-TKD</i>, <i>CEBPA</i> (CCAT enhancer binding protein alpha), <i>ASXL1</i>, <i>TET2</i>, <i>KIT</i>, <i>DNMT3A</i> (DNA methyltransferase 3A), <i>IDH1</i>, <i>IDH2</i>, <i>EZH2</i> (enhancer of zeste 2), <i>RUNX1</i>, <i>TP53</i>, <i>NRAS</i>, and <i>GATA2</i> was acquired by next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology; meanwhile, the clinical data of the patients were collected. The Cox regression model was used to analyze factors affecting patient survival and the impact of <i>CEBPA</i> and <i>DNMT3A</i> mutation on prognosis, and the results were different from those in other populations. Seventy-seven of 377 patients (20.4%) were detected with <i>CEBPA</i> mutations, which was higher than the 2%–6% in the Caucasian population. In the <i>CEBPA^dm</i> patients who did not receive bone marrow transplantation, the prognosis of male patients (<i>n</i> = 18) was significantly better than that of female patients (<i>n</i> = 21) (<i>p</i> = 0.0242). Sixty-three of 377 patients (16.7%) carried the <i>DNMT3A</i> mutation, which was lower than the mutation frequency of 20.9% in the German–Austrian population, and the prognosis of these patients was significantly poorer (<i>p</i> = 0.0052). In addition, the prognostic evaluation value of the <i>DNMT3A</i> mutation in AML patients was not affected regardless of the presence of the <i>NPM1</i> and <i>FLT3-ITD</i> comutation (<i>p</i> &gt; 0.05), nor the mutation site of <i>DNMT3A</i>. In conclusion, for the Northeastern Chinese population, the prognosis of male patients with <i>CEBPA^dm</i> was more favorable than that of female patients, and the <i>DNMT3A</i> mutation serves as an independent predictor of poor prognosis in AML. These results highlighted the central role of genetic background in precision medicine strategies and further emphasized the importance of the clinical characteristics of AML gene mutations in the Chinese population.</p>","PeriodicalId":13061,"journal":{"name":"Human Mutation","volume":"2025 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1155/humu/7730186","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143447040","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A Novel Missense Variant of BMPR1A in Juvenile Polyposis Syndrome: Assessment of Structural and Functional Alternations","authors":"Mengyuan Yang,&nbsp;Ziyan Tong,&nbsp;Zhijun Yuan,&nbsp;Bingjing Jiang,&nbsp;Yingxin Zhao,&nbsp;Dong Xu,&nbsp;Ying Yuan","doi":"10.1155/humu/7317429","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/humu/7317429","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Juvenile polyposis syndrome (JPS) is a rare precancerous condition associated with a high susceptibility to colorectal cancer. The genetic basis of JPS has been reported to lie in germline mutations in BMPR1A or SMAD4, resulting in diverse clinical manifestations and an elusive underlying mechanism. We firstly utilized a 139-gene next-generation sequencing (NGS) panel to detect the germline variants and further employed various prediction tools to assess the pathogenicity and functional alternations. Consequently, we identified a novel pathogenic BMPR1A missense variant (c.355C&gt;T; p.R119C). More importantly, we proposed for the first time that the missense variant would lead to a decrease in molecular weight, potentially associated with reduced protein stability, diminished posttranslational modifications, and aberrant alternative splicing. These findings may provide novel perspectives for further exploration into the role of BMPR1A in JPS development. Also, we hope to encourage clinicians to underscore the importance of genetic testing and analysis in facilitating the diagnosis and treatment of diseases.</p>","PeriodicalId":13061,"journal":{"name":"Human Mutation","volume":"2025 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1155/humu/7317429","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143431678","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"High Occurrence of a Missense Variant (c.471C>A) in the FGF23 Gene Related to Hyperostosis–Hyperphosphatemia Syndrome With a Possible Founder Effect","authors":"Maryam Sedghi,&nbsp;Elika Esmaeilzadeh Gharehdaghi,&nbsp;Vahid Ziaee,&nbsp;Farzaneh Abbasi,&nbsp;Hamid Reza Aghaei Meybodi,&nbsp;Elina Smailey,&nbsp;Mehrzad Mehdizadeh,&nbsp;Seyyed Reza Raeeskarami,&nbsp;Nahid Aslani,&nbsp;Sahar Naderi Shiran,&nbsp;Mehdi Vafadar,&nbsp;Mahsa M. Amoli","doi":"10.1155/humu/6382674","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/humu/6382674","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Background:</b> The autosomal recessive metabolic disorder hyperostosis–hyperphosphatemia syndrome (HHS) is characterized by hyperphosphatemia, hyperostosis, and recurrent bone lesions. Patients may develop ectopic and vascular calcification and may present diaphyseal pain of the long bones that is misdiagnosed as osteomyelitis. Mutations in <i>GALNT3</i> and <i>FGF23</i> genes were detected in patients with HHS. The main manifestations of these patients are increased levels of phosphate reabsorption from kidneys and painful swelling of long bones alongside with normal levels of vitamin D and parathormone.</p><p><b>Method:</b> We performed whole-exome sequencing (WES) in seven Iranian patients. These patients were referred from several specialist clinics. Seven irrelevant families were examined for genetic mutations.</p><p><b>Results:</b> WES revealed the deleterious missense mutation c.471C&gt;A, p. F157L in all affected members of six families. The variant c.1524+1G&gt;A in the <i>GALNT3</i> gene was found in the remaining patient which is reported previously. These variants were confirmed utilizing segregation studies in the pedigrees.</p><p><b>Conclusion:</b> Our data together with previous studies related to mutations in <i>FGF23</i> in Iran strongly support that p. F157L mutation is abundantly prevalent in patients with Iranian origin and is likely to be a founder mutation; however, it requires further confirmative study. The result of this study suggests that p. F157L mutation should be investigated at the first step in genetic analysis of patients with HHS. This enables fast and accurate focused molecular diagnosis and would be effective for use in carrier screening as well as in prenatal diagnosis (PND) and preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD).</p>","PeriodicalId":13061,"journal":{"name":"Human Mutation","volume":"2025 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1155/humu/6382674","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143431198","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Identification and Functional Characterization of a Novel PRPS1 Variant in X-Linked Nonsyndromic Hearing Loss: Insights From Zebrafish and Cellular Models","authors":"Yining Wan,&nbsp;Jinqiu Li,&nbsp;Yingyuan Guo,&nbsp;Fang Guo,&nbsp;Ying Zhao,&nbsp;Yue Li,&nbsp;Xia Yang,&nbsp;Huidan Chen,&nbsp;Shimin Xie,&nbsp;Mingyong Wang,&nbsp;Guofang Guan,&nbsp;Yilong Zhu,&nbsp;Xiao Li","doi":"10.1155/humu/6690588","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/humu/6690588","url":null,"abstract":"<p><b>Purpose:</b> The study was aimed at identifying the pathogenic gene responsible for X-linked nonsyndromic hearing loss (NSHL) in a five-generation Chinese family and at elucidating the gene’s function both in vivo using a zebrafish model and in vitro using PRPS1 knockdown HEI-OC1 cells.</p><p><b>Methods:</b> Exome sequencing (ES) and Sanger sequencing were used to identify the pathogenic variants. A transgenic zebrafish model overexpressing the novel PRPS1 variant (c.494G&gt;A: p.Cys165Tyr) was constructed, and PRPS1 was knocked down in HEI-OC1 cells using siRNA to explore the underlying mechanisms. Hair cell development and behavior were assessed in zebrafish, and mitochondrial function and cell viability were analyzed in HEI-OC1 cells.</p><p><b>Results:</b> A novel missense variant (c.494G&gt;A: p.Cys165Tyr) in the PRPS1 gene was identified as the pathogenic variant causing progressive X-linked deafness-1 (DFNX1). The variant led to hair cell death in zebrafish, with disrupted swimming behavior. In HEI-OC1 cells, PRPS1 knockdown resulted in downregulation of the nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD⁺)/sirtuin 3 (SIRT3)/superoxide dismutase 2 (SOD2) pathway, increased reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation, mitochondrial dysfunction, and apoptosis, which were partially rescued by pretreatment with nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN), a precursor of NAD⁺.</p><p><b>Conclusion:</b> The study reports a novel PRPS1 variant contributing to the variant spectrum of PRPS1 and highlights the role of PRPS1 deficiency in increasing oxidative stress-induced hair cell apoptosis via the NAD⁺/SIRT3/SOD2 pathway. These findings provide new insights into the molecular mechanisms of PRPS1-related hearing loss and potential therapeutic targets.</p>","PeriodicalId":13061,"journal":{"name":"Human Mutation","volume":"2025 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1155/humu/6690588","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143404493","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"De Novo ACTB Variant Associated With Juvenile-Onset Temporal Lobe Epilepsy With Favorable Outcomes","authors":"Hong-Jun Yan,&nbsp;Peng-Yu Wang,&nbsp;Wen-Hui Liu,&nbsp;Yu-Jie Gu,&nbsp;Jia-Cheng Pan,&nbsp;Hua Li,&nbsp;Sheng Luo","doi":"10.1155/humu/9951922","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/humu/9951922","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Genetic factors are estimated to contribute to 80% of people with epilepsy. However, only four genes were reported to be associated with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). This study is aimed at investigating the association between <i>ACTB</i> and TLE. Trio-based exome sequencing was performed in a patient, and a de novo <i>ACTB</i> variant was identified. The patient presented with TLE featuring by age of onset in juvenile, seizure-free status in adulthood, complications of memory decline and irritability, epileptic discharges in the bilateral temporal lobes, and bilateral hippocampal sclerosis. The pathogenicity of the identified <i>ACTB</i> variant was supposed by multiple pieces of evidence, including the missense tolerance ratio of 0%, high conservation of the affected residue, predicted to be “damaging” or “conserved” by 17 in silico tools, and classification of likely pathogenic variant by the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) guidelines. Protein modeling indicated the alteration of protein structure and stability caused by the identified variant. The spatiotemporal expression of <i>ACTB</i> is consistent with the phenotypic features of this patient. This study suggested that <i>ACTB</i> is a novel candidate causative gene of TLE. The correlation between phenotypes and spatial–temporal expression provides a novel perspective for further exploration of the pathogenesis and prognosis of the disease.</p>","PeriodicalId":13061,"journal":{"name":"Human Mutation","volume":"2025 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1155/humu/9951922","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143389418","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Identification of Novel USH2A Mutations in a Consanguineous Chinese Family With Usher Syndrome","authors":"Haolin Wang,&nbsp;Bo Wei,&nbsp;Jiaxin Guo,&nbsp;Xiawei Wu,&nbsp;Tongdan Zou,&nbsp;Ting Wang,&nbsp;Tiantian Zhang,&nbsp;Bo Gong,&nbsp;Jilong Hao,&nbsp;Houbin Zhang,&nbsp;Le Wang","doi":"10.1155/humu/6391770","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1155/humu/6391770","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Usher syndrome (USH) is a rare genetic disease characterized by sensorineural deafness and blindness called retinitis pigmentosa, and it is inherited in an autosomal recessive pattern with a prevalence of four to 17 per 100,000 people worldwide. In this study, a consanguineous Chinese family with USH, including two affected individuals and five unaffected individuals, was recruited. All subjects received an ophthalmic examination and an auditory examination. The two USH patients exhibited severe early-onset hearing and vision loss. DNA samples from the two USH patients were analyzed using whole-exome sequencing. A novel homozygous frameshift mutation (NM_206933.4:c.6379_6380delinsC, p.G2127Pfs∗25) in <i>USH2A</i>, resulting in a truncated <i>USH2A</i> protein lacking 3051 amino acids, was identified in the proband. In addition, novel compound mutations in <i>USH2A</i> (one allele harboring NM_206933.4:c.9958G&gt;T, p.G3320C; NM_206933.4:c.8284C&gt;G, p.P2762A; and the other NM_206933.4:c.6379_6380delinsC; p.G2127Pfs∗25) were identified in the other affected individual. In silico analysis predicts that while the p.G3320C mutation has little impact on the local structure around the mutation site, the p.P2762A substitution may alter the protein’s interaction with its binding partners. In addition, p.G2127Pfs∗25 causes a truncation of a major portion of the protein that severely disrupts the protein structure and results in the loss of its function. In conclusion, this study identified novel USH mutations in <i>USH2A</i> and expanded the spectrum of disease-associated variants in the <i>USH2A</i> gene, which will promote the molecular screening of genetic mutations in USH patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":13061,"journal":{"name":"Human Mutation","volume":"2025 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.3,"publicationDate":"2025-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1155/humu/6391770","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143380381","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}