ReviewDisease models & mechanisms2024
TANGO2 deficiency disease is predominantly caused by a lipid imbalance.
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- Paediatric Genetic Diseases: Models, Mechanisms and Therapies.Disease models & mechanisms · 2026Article
- A founder variant in TANGO2 p.(Leu148Trp) in ten Palestinian families: clinical characterization and haplotype analysis of TANGO2 deficiency disorder.BMC medical genomics · 2026Article
- Genetic and Clinical Characterization of TANGO2 Deficiency Disorder: Insights from the Italian Multicentre Cohort.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- The crystal structure of human transport and Golgi organization 2 homolog (TANGO2) suggests a cysteine N-terminal nucleophile (Ntn) hydrolase.Acta crystallographica. Section D, Structural biology · 2026Article
- Preimplantation genetic testing and prenatal diagnosis of TANGO2 deficiency disorder with biallelic pathogenic variants using single-nucleotide polymorphism-based haplotyping and gap-polymerase chain reaction.Frontiers in genetics · 2026Article
- Systems-Level Integration of Multi-Omics Identifies Genetic Modifiers of TANGO2 Deficiency Disorder.Biomolecules · 2025Article
- TANGO2 deficiency disorder in a 61-year-old male with episodic weakness, rhabdomyolysis, myotonia, and a novel missense variant.Molecular genetics and metabolism reports · 2025Article
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Abstract
TANGO2 deficiency disease (TDD) is a rare genetic disorder estimated to affect ∼8000 individuals worldwide. It causes neurodegeneration often accompanied by potentially lethal metabolic crises that are triggered by diet or illness. Recent work has demonstrated distinct lipid imbalances in multiple model systems either depleted for or devoid of the TANGO2 protein, including human cells, fruit flies and zebrafish. Importantly, vitamin B5 supplementation has been shown to rescue TANGO2 deficiency-associated defects in flies and human cells. The notion that vitamin B5 is needed for synthesis of the lipid precursor coenzyme A (CoA) corroborates the hypothesis that key aspects of TDD pathology may be caused by lipid imbalance. A natural history study of 73 individuals with TDD reported that either multivitamin or vitamin B complex supplementation prevented the metabolic crises, suggesting this as a potentially life-saving treatment. Although recently published work supports this notion, much remains unknown about TANGO2 function, the pathological mechanism of TDD and the possible downsides of sustained vitamin supplementation in children and young adults. In this Perspective, we discuss these recent findings and highlight areas for immediate scientific attention.
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