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Biallelic mutations in the 3' exonuclease TOE1 cause pontocerebellar hypoplasia and uncover a role in snRNA processing.

Rea M Lardelli | Ashleigh E Schaffer | Veerle R C Eggens | Maha S Zaki | Stephanie Grainger | Shashank Sathe | Eric L Van Nostrand | Zinayida Schlachetzki | Basak Rosti | Naiara Akizu | Eric Scott | Jennifer L Silhavy | Laura Dean Heckman | Rasim Ozgur Rosti | Esra Dikoglu | Anne Gregor | Alicia Guemez-Gamboa | Damir Musaev | Rohit Mande | Ari Widjaja | Tim L Shaw | Sebastian Markmiller | Isaac Marin-Valencia | Justin H Davies | Linda de Meirleir | Hulya Kayserili | Umut Altunoglu | Mary Louise Freckmann | Linda Warwick | David Chitayat | Susan Blaser | Ahmet Okay Çağlayan | Kaya Bilguvar | Huseyin Per | Christina Fagerberg | Henrik T Christesen | Maria Kibaek | Kimberly A Aldinger | David Manchester | Naomichi Matsumoto | Kazuhiro Muramatsu | Hirotomo Saitsu | Masaaki Shiina | Kazuhiro Ogata | Nicola Foulds | William B Dobyns | Neil C Chi | David Traver | Luigina Spaccini | Stefania Maria Bova | Stacey B Gabriel | Murat Gunel | Enza Maria Valente | Marie-Cecile Nassogne | Eric J Bennett | Gene W Yeo | Frank Baas | Jens Lykke-Andersen | Joseph G Gleeson
Nature genetics | 2017

Deadenylases are best known for degrading the poly(A) tail during mRNA decay. The deadenylase family has expanded throughout evolution and, in mammals, consists of 12 Mg2+-dependent 3'-end RNases with substrate specificity that is mostly unknown. Pontocerebellar hypoplasia type 7 (PCH7) is a unique recessive syndrome characterized by neurodegeneration and ambiguous genitalia. We studied 12 human families with PCH7, uncovering biallelic, loss-of-function mutations in TOE1, which encodes an unconventional deadenylase. toe1-morphant zebrafish displayed midbrain and hindbrain degeneration, modeling PCH-like structural defects in vivo. Surprisingly, we found that TOE1 associated with small nuclear RNAs (snRNAs) incompletely processed spliceosomal. These pre-snRNAs contained 3' genome-encoded tails often followed by post-transcriptionally added adenosines. Human cells with reduced levels of TOE1 accumulated 3'-end-extended pre-snRNAs, and the immunoisolated TOE1 complex was sufficient for 3'-end maturation of snRNAs. Our findings identify the cause of a neurodegenerative syndrome linked to snRNA maturation and uncover a key factor involved in the processing of snRNA 3' ends.

Pubmed ID: 28092684 RIS Download

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  • Agency: NHGRI NIH HHS, United States
    Id: UM1 HG008900
  • Agency: NIGMS NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 GM077243
  • Agency: European Research Council, International
    Id: 260888
  • Agency: NIGMS NIH HHS, United States
    Id: K12 GM068524
  • Agency: NINDS NIH HHS, United States
    Id: P30 NS047101
  • Agency: NIGMS NIH HHS, United States
    Id: F32 GM106706
  • Agency: NINDS NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 NS048453
  • Agency: NIGMS NIH HHS, United States
    Id: T32 GM007240
  • Agency: NHGRI NIH HHS, United States
    Id: U54 HG006504
  • Agency: NICHD NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R00 HD082337
  • Agency: NINDS NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 NS098004
  • Agency: NHGRI NIH HHS, United States
    Id: UM1 HG006493
  • Agency: NINDS NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 NS058721
  • Agency: NINDS NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 NS075449
  • Agency: NHGRI NIH HHS, United States
    Id: U54 HG003067
  • Agency: NIGMS NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R35 GM118069
  • Agency: NINDS NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 NS050375
  • Agency: NINDS NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 NS041537
  • Agency: NHGRI NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 HG004659
  • Agency: NICHD NIH HHS, United States
    Id: K99 HD082337
  • Agency: NINDS NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 NS052455
  • Agency: NICHD NIH HHS, United States
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