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Publication Date
3-1-2021
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Purpose: A few de novo missense variants in the cytoplasmic FMRP-interacting protein 2 (CYFIP2) gene have recently been described as a novel cause of severe intellectual disability, seizures, and hypotonia in 18 individuals, with p.Arg87 substitutions in the majority. Methods: We assembled data from 19 newly identified and all 18 previously published individuals with CYFIP2 variants. By structural modeling and investigation of WAVE-regulatory complex (WRC)-mediated actin polymerization in six patient fibroblast lines we assessed the impact of CYFIP2 variants on the WRC. Results: Sixteen of 19 individuals harbor two previously described and 11 novel (likely) disease-associated missense variants. We report p.Asp724 as second mutational hotspot (4/19 cases). Genotype–phenotype correlation confirms a consistently severe phenotype in p.Arg87 patients but a more variable phenotype in p.Asp724 and other substitutions. Three individuals with milder phenotypes carry putative loss-of-function variants, which remain of unclear pathogenicity. Structural modeling predicted missense variants to disturb interactions within the WRC or impair CYFIP2 stability. Consistent with its role in WRC-mediated actin polymerization we substantiate aberrant regulation of the actin cytoskeleton in patient fibroblasts. Conclusion: Our study expands the clinical and molecular spectrum of CYFIP2-related neurodevelopmental disorder and provides evidence for aberrant WRC-mediated actin dynamics as contributing cellular pathomechanism.
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Begemann, Anaïs; Sticht, Heinrich; Begtrup, Amber; Vitobello, Antonio; Faivre, Laurence; Banka, Siddharth; Alhaddad, Bader; Asadollahi, Reza; Becker, Jessica; Bierhals, Tatjana; Brown, Kathleen E.; Bruel, Ange L.; Brunet, Theresa; Carneiro, Maryline; Cremer, Kirsten; Day, Robert; Denommé-Pichon, Anne S.; and Dyment, Dave A.. 2021. New Insights Into the Clinical and Molecular Spectrum of the Novel CYFIP2-Related Neurodevelopmental Disorder and Impairment of the WRC-Mediated Actin Dynamics. Genetics in Medicine. Vol.23(3). 543-554. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41436-020-01011-x PMID: 33149277 ISSN: 1098-3600
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