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ArticleJournal of biomedical science2024

The molecular consequences of FOXF1 missense mutations associated with alveolar capillary dysplasia with misalignment of pulmonary veins.

G G Edel, M van Kempen, A Boerema-de Munck, C N Huisman, C A P Naalden, R W W Brouwer, S Koornneef, W F J van IJcken, R M H Wijnen, R J Rottier

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G G EdelDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Erasmus MC-Sophia, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
M van KempenDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Erasmus MC-Sophia, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
A Boerema-de MunckDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Erasmus MC-Sophia, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
C N HuismanDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Erasmus MC-Sophia, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
C A P NaaldenDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Erasmus MC-Sophia, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
R W W BrouwerDepartment of Cell Biology, Erasmus MC, Faculty Building, Room Ee-1034B, Wytemaweg 80, 3015 CN, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
S KoornneefDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Erasmus MC-Sophia, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
W F J van IJckenDepartment of Cell Biology, Erasmus MC, Faculty Building, Room Ee-1034B, Wytemaweg 80, 3015 CN, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
R M H WijnenDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Erasmus MC-Sophia, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
R J RottierDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, Erasmus MC-Sophia, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. r.rottier@erasmusmc.nl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9291-4971

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Abstract

backgroundAlveolar capillary dysplasia with misalignment of pulmonary veins (ACD/MPV) is a fatal congenital lung disorder strongly associated with genomic alterations in the Forkhead box F1 (FOXF1) gene and its regulatory region. However, little is known about how FOXF1 genomic alterations cause ACD/MPV and what molecular mechanisms are affected by these mutations. Therefore, the effect of ACD/MPV patient-specific mutations in the FOXF1 gene on the molecular function of FOXF1 was studied.

methodsEpitope-tagged FOXF1 constructs containing one of the ACD/MPV-associated mutations were expressed in mammalian cell lines to study the effect of FOXF1 mutations on protein function. EMSA binding assays and luciferase assays were performed to study the effect on target gene binding and activation. Immunoprecipitation followed by SDS‒PAGE and western blotting were used to study protein‒protein interactions. Protein phosphorylation was studied using phos-tag western blotting.

resultsAn overview of the localization of ACD/MPV-associated FOXF1 mutations revealed that the G91-S101 region was frequently mutated. A three-dimensional model of the forkhead DNA-binding domain of FOXF1 showed that the G91-S101 region consists of an α-helix and is predicted to be important for DNA binding. We showed that FOXF1 missense mutations in this region differentially affect the DNA binding of the FOXF1 protein and influence the transcriptional regulation of target genes depending on the location of the mutation. Furthermore, we showed that some of these mutations can affect the FOXF1 protein at the posttranscriptional level, as shown by altered phosphorylation by MST1 and MST2 kinases.

conclusionMissense mutations in the coding region of the FOXF1 gene alter the molecular function of the FOXF1 protein at multiple levels, such as phosphorylation, DNA binding and target gene activation. These results indicate that FOXF1 molecular pathways may be differentially affected in ACD/MPV patients carrying missense mutations in the DNA-binding domain and may explain the phenotypic heterogeneity of ACD/MPV.

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Forkhead Transcription FactorsMutation, MissensePersistent Fetal Circulation SyndromeHumansPulmonary AlveoliForkhead Transcription FactorsFOXF1 protein, humanACD/MPVAlveolar capillary dysplasia with misalignment of the pulmonary veinsDNA-binding domainFOXF1Missense mutationsPhosphorylation

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PMCPMC11536904

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