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ArticleGenetics2024

PACS-1 variant protein is aberrantly localized in Caenorhabditis elegans model of PACS1/PACS2 syndromes.

Dana T Byrd, Ziyuan Christina Han, Christopher A Piggott, Yishi Jin

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Article in Genetics, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Dana T ByrdDepartment of Neurobiology, School of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.ORCID 0009-0003-5659-7723
Ziyuan Christina HanDepartment of Neurobiology, School of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.ORCID 0009-0004-0800-074X
Christopher A PiggottDepartment of Neurobiology, School of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
Yishi JinDepartment of Neurobiology, School of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9371-9860

Funding

Enhancing and expanding the CGC Strain CollectionP40OD010440 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI Ann E. Rougvie · 2012 to 2026
$7.5M
Molecular genetics of axon and synapse development and maintenanceR35NS127314 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI Yishi Jin · 2022 to 2026
$4.3M
Identifying potential therapeutics using an animal model for PACS1 syndromeR03NS121487 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI BYRD, DANA T, JIN, YISHI · 2021 to 2021
$158k
NIHNIH HHS P40 OD010440NINDS NIH HHS R03 NS121487NINDS NIH HHS R35 NS127314ORIP NIH HHS P40 OD010440PACS1 Foundation
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PACS (phosphofurin acidic cluster sorting) proteins are known for their roles in sorting cargo proteins to organelles and can physically interact with WD40 repeat-containing protein WDR37. PACS1, PACS2, and WDR37 variants are associated with multisystemic syndromes and neurodevelopmental disorders characterized by intellectual disability, seizures, developmental delays, craniofacial abnormalities, and autism spectrum disorder. However, the functional effects of syndromic variants at the cellular level remain unknown. Here, we report the expression pattern of Caenorhabditis elegans orthologs of PACS and WDR37 and their interaction. We show that cePACS-1 and ceWDR-37 colocalize to somatic cytoplasm of many types of cells and are mutually required for expression, supporting a conclusion that the intermolecular dependence of PACS1/PACS2/PACS-1 and WDR37/WDR-37 is evolutionarily conserved. We further show that editing in PACS1 and PACS2 variants in cePACS-1 changes protein localization in multiple cell types, including neurons. Moreover, expression of human PACS1 can functionally complement C. elegans PACS-1 in neurons, demonstrating conserved functions of the PACS-WDR37 axis in an invertebrate model system. Our findings reveal effects of human variants and suggest potential strategies to identify regulatory network components that may contribute to understanding molecular underpinnings of PACS/WDR37 syndromes.

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Caenorhabditis elegansCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsVesicular Transport ProteinsAnimalsHumansNeuronsSyndromeCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsPACS1 protein, humanPACS2 protein, humanVesicular Transport Proteinsembryonic developmentFurin-binding domainneuronal developmentprotein sortingrare disease mutationssynaptic functionWDR-37

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PMID39031646
PMCPMC11457933

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