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ArticleNPJ genomic medicine2025

LMX1B haploinsufficiency due to variants in the 5'UTR as a cause of Nail-Patella syndrome.

Serena Cappato, Maria Teresa Divizia, Ludovica Menta, Giulia Rosti, Aldamaria Puliti, Joana Soraia Martinheira Da Silva, Giuseppe Santamaria, Marco Di Duca, Patrizia Ronchetto, Francesca Faravelli and 2 more

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Serena CappatoMedical Genetics Unit, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy.
Maria Teresa DiviziaGenomics and Clinical Genetics Unit, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy.
Ludovica MentaDepartment of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Sciences (DINOGMI), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
Giulia RostiGenomics and Clinical Genetics Unit, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy.
Aldamaria PulitiMedical Genetics Unit, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9310-6514
Joana Soraia Martinheira Da SilvaDepartment of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Sciences (DINOGMI), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
Giuseppe SantamariaLaboratory of Genetics and Genomics of Rare Diseases, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy.
Marco Di DucaMedical Genetics Unit, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy.
Patrizia RonchettoHuman Genetics Unit, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy.
Francesca FaravelliGenomics and Clinical Genetics Unit, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy.
Federico ZaraMedical Genetics Unit, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9744-5222
Renata BocciardiMedical Genetics Unit, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy. renata.bocciardi@unige.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8415-3802

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Abstract

Nail-Patella syndrome (NPS) is a rare autosomal dominant condition due to haploinsufficiency of LMX1B, caused by loss-of-function variants affecting the coding sequence, or partial/whole deletions of the gene. In here, we describe two familial cases of NPS, carrying novel variants of the LMX1B 5'UTR region (-174C>T and -226G>A). To verify their pathogenic role, we carried out a functional characterization, both by reporter gene assays in heterologous systems and in patient's derived cells. We demonstrated that both variants impair LMX1B expression at post-transcriptional level. They introduce two upstream open reading frames (uORFs), out-of-frame with the main LMX1B coding sequence, generating transcripts detected by the non-sense mediated decay (NMD). We also demonstrated that the escape of the altered mRNA from NMD, if any, may lead to the synthesis of an aberrant LMX1B protein.

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PMCPMC11822002

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