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ArticleAmerican journal of human genetics2015

Mutations in DVL1 cause an osteosclerotic form of Robinow syndrome.

Kieran J Bunn, Phil Daniel, Heleen S Rösken, Adam C O'Neill, Sophia R Cameron-Christie, Tim Morgan, Han G Brunner, Angeline Lai, Henricus P M Kunst, David M Markie and 1 more

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56 citing papers in PubMed, 85 citations in OpenAlex.

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11 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Kieran J BunnDepartment of Women's and Children's Health, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand.
Phil DanielDepartment of Women's and Children's Health, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand.
Heleen S RöskenDepartment of Women's and Children's Health, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand.
Adam C O'NeillDepartment of Women's and Children's Health, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand.
Sophia R Cameron-ChristieDepartment of Women's and Children's Health, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand.
Tim MorganDepartment of Women's and Children's Health, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand.
Han G BrunnerDepartment of Human Genetics, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen 6525 GA, the Netherlands; Department of Clinical Genetics, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht 6200 MD, the Netherlands.
Angeline LaiGenetics Service, Department of Paediatrics, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore 229899, Singapore.
Henricus P M KunstDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology and Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen 6525 GA, the Netherlands.
David M MarkieDepartment of Pathology, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand.
Stephen P RobertsonDepartment of Women's and Children's Health, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand. Electronic address: stephen.robertson@otago.ac.nz.
University of Otago · NZKK Women's and Children's Hospital · SGRadboud University Medical Center · NLRadboud University Nijmegen · NL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Robinow syndrome (RS) is a phenotypically and genetically heterogeneous condition that can be caused by mutations in genes encoding components of the non-canonical Wnt signaling pathway. In contrast, germline mutations that act to increase canonical Wnt signaling lead to distinctive osteosclerotic phenotypes. Here, we identified de novo frameshift mutations in DVL1, a mediator of both canonical and non-canonical Wnt signaling, as the cause of RS-OS, an RS subtype involving osteosclerosis, in three unrelated individuals. The mutations all delete the DVL1 C terminus and replace it, in each instance, with a novel, highly basic sequence. We showed the presence of mutant transcript in fibroblasts from one individual with RS-OS and demonstrated unimpaired protein stability with transfected GFP-tagged constructs bearing a frameshift mutation. In vitro TOPFlash assays, in apparent contradiction to the osteosclerotic phenotype, revealed that the mutant allele was less active than the wild-type allele in the canonical Wnt signaling pathway. However, when the mutant and wild-type alleles were co-expressed, canonical Wnt activity was 2-fold higher than that in the wild-type construct alone. This work establishes that DVL1 mutations cause a specific RS subtype, RS-OS, and that the osteosclerosis associated with this subtype might be the result of an interaction between the wild-type and mutant alleles and thus lead to elevated canonical Wnt signaling.

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Adaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingCraniofacial AbnormalitiesDishevelled ProteinsDwarfismFrameshift MutationGreen Fluorescent ProteinsHumansLimb Deformities, CongenitalOsteosclerosisPhosphoproteinsPhosphorylationUrogenital AbnormalitiesWnt Signaling PathwayAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingDishevelled ProteinsDVL1 protein, humanGreen Fluorescent ProteinsPhosphoproteins

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PMID25817014
PMCPMC4385193
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