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J Med Genet ; 61(8): 759-768, 2024 Jul 19.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38670634

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Pontocerebellar hypoplasia (PCH) may present with supratentorial phenotypes and is often accompanied by microcephaly. Damaging mutations in the X-linked gene CASK produce self-limiting microcephaly with PCH in females but are often lethal in males. CASK deficiency leads to early degeneration of cerebellar granule cells but its role in other regions of the brain remains uncertain. METHOD: We generated a conditional Cask knockout mice and deleted Cask ubiquitously after birth at different times. We examined the clinical features in several subjects with damaging mutations clustered in the central part of the CASK protein. We have performed phylogenetic analysis and RT-PCR to assess the splicing pattern within the same protein region and performed in silico structural analysis to examine the effect of splicing on the CASK's structure. RESULT: We demonstrate that deletion of murine Cask after adulthood does not affect survival but leads to cerebellar degeneration and ataxia over time. Intriguingly, damaging hemizygous CASK mutations in boys who display microcephaly and cerebral dysfunction but without PCH are known. These mutations are present in two vertebrate-specific CASK exons. These exons are subject to alternative splicing both in forebrain and hindbrain. Inclusion of these exons differentially affects the molecular structure and hence possibly the function/s of the CASK C-terminus. CONCLUSION: Loss of CASK function disproportionately affects the cerebellum. Clinical data, however, suggest that CASK may have additional vertebrate-specific function/s that play a role in the mammalian forebrain. Thus, CASK has an ancient function shared between invertebrates and vertebrates as well as novel vertebrate-specific function/s.


Assuntos
Guanilato Quinases , Camundongos Knockout , Animais , Guanilato Quinases/genética , Guanilato Quinases/química , Camundongos , Masculino , Humanos , Feminino , Microcefalia/genética , Microcefalia/patologia , Mutação , Éxons/genética , Processamento Alternativo/genética , Filogenia , Cerebelo/metabolismo , Cerebelo/anormalidades , Cerebelo/patologia
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J Med Genet ; 59(11): 1044-1057, 2022 11.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35149592

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Heterozygous loss of X-linked genes like CASK and MeCP2 (Rett syndrome) causes developmental delay in girls, while in boys, loss of the only allele of these genes leads to epileptic encephalopathy. The mechanism for these disorders remains unknown. CASK-linked cerebellar hypoplasia is presumed to result from defects in Tbr1-reelin-mediated neuronal migration. METHOD: Here we report clinical and histopathological analyses of a deceased 2-month-old boy with a CASK-null mutation. We next generated a mouse line where CASK is completely deleted (hemizygous and homozygous) from postmigratory neurons in the cerebellum. RESULT: The CASK-null human brain was smaller in size but exhibited normal lamination without defective neuronal differentiation, migration or axonal guidance. The hypoplastic cerebellum instead displayed astrogliosis and microgliosis, which are markers for neuronal loss. We therefore hypothesise that CASK loss-induced cerebellar hypoplasia is the result of early neurodegeneration. Data from the murine model confirmed that in CASK loss, a small cerebellum results from postdevelopmental degeneration of cerebellar granule neurons. Furthermore, at least in the cerebellum, functional loss from CASK deletion is secondary to degeneration of granule cells and not due to an acute molecular functional loss of CASK. Intriguingly, female mice with heterozygous deletion of CASK in the cerebellum do not display neurodegeneration. CONCLUSION: We suggest that X-linked neurodevelopmental disorders like CASK mutation and Rett syndrome are pathologically neurodegenerative; random X-chromosome inactivation in heterozygous mutant girls, however, results in 50% of cells expressing the functional gene, resulting in a non-progressive pathology, whereas complete loss of the only allele in boys leads to unconstrained degeneration and encephalopathy.


Assuntos
Doenças Cerebelares , Doenças Neurodegenerativas , Síndrome de Rett , Masculino , Humanos , Animais , Feminino , Camundongos , Lactente , Genes Ligados ao Cromossomo X/genética , Guanilato Quinases/genética , Síndrome de Rett/genética , Doenças Cerebelares/genética , Doenças Neurodegenerativas/genética
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Mol Genet Genomic Med ; 8(10): e1426, 2020 10.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32696595

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: CASK is an X-linked gene in mammals and its deletion in males is incompatible with life. CASK heterozygous mutations in female patients associate with intellectual disability, microcephaly, pontocerebellar hypoplasia, and optic nerve hypoplasia, whereas CASK hemizygous mutations in males manifest as early infantile epileptic encephalopathy with a grim prognosis. Here, we report a rare case of survival of a male patient harboring a CASK null mutation to adolescent age. METHODS: Trio whole exome sequencing analysis was performed from blood genomic DNA. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS), and electroencephalogram (EEG) analyses were performed to determine anomalies in brain development, metabolite concentrations, and electrical activity, respectively. RESULTS: Trio-WES analysis identified a de novo c.79C>T (p.Arginine27Ter) mutation in CASK causing a premature translation termination at the very N-terminus of the protein. The 17-years, and 11-month-old male patient displayed profound intellectual disability, microcephaly, dysmorphism, ponto-cerebellar hypoplasia, and intractable epilepsy. His systemic symptoms included overall reduced somatic growth, dysautonomia, ventilator and G tube dependence, and severe osteopenia. Brain MRI revealed a severe cerebellar and brain stem hypoplasia with progressive cerebral atrophy. EEG spectral analysis revealed a global functional defect with generalized background slowing and delta waves dominating even in the awake state. CONCLUSION: This case study is the first to report survival of a male patient carrying a CASK loss-of-function mutation to adolescence and highlights that improved palliative care could extend survival. Moreover, the genomic position encoding Arg27 in CASK may possess an increased susceptibility to mutations.


Assuntos
Anormalidades Múltiplas/genética , Epilepsia/genética , Doenças Genéticas Ligadas ao Cromossomo X/genética , Guanilato Quinases/genética , Deficiência Intelectual/genética , Mutação com Perda de Função , Anormalidades Múltiplas/patologia , Adolescente , Epilepsia/patologia , Doenças Genéticas Ligadas ao Cromossomo X/patologia , Humanos , Deficiência Intelectual/patologia , Masculino
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Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci ; 60(10): 3584-3594, 2019 08 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31425583

RESUMO

Purpose: Heterozygous mutations in the essential X-linked gene CASK associate with optic nerve hypoplasia (ONH) and other retinal disorders in girls. CASK+/- heterozygous knockout mice with mosaic CASK expression exhibit ONH with a loss of retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) but no changes in retinal morphology. It remains unclear if CASK deficiency selectively affects RGCs or also affects other retinal cells. Furthermore, it is not known if CASK expression in RGCs is critical for optic nerve (ON) development and maintenance. Methods: The visual behavior of CASK+/- mice was assessed and electroretinography (ERG) was performed. Using a mouse line with a floxed CASK gene that expresses approximately 40% CASK globally in all cells (hypomorph) under hemizygous and homozygous conditions, we investigated effects of CASK reduction on the retina and ON. CASK then was completely deleted from RGCs to examine its cell-autonomous role. Finally, for the first time to our knowledge, we describe a hemizygous CASK missense mutation in a boy with ONH. Results: CASK+/- heterozygous mutant mice display reduced visual contrast sensitivity, but ERG is indistinguishable from wildtype. CASK hypomorph mice exhibit ONH, but deletion of CASK from RGCs in this background does not exacerbate the condition. The boy with ONH harbors a missense mutation (p.Pro673Leu) that destabilizes CASK and weakens the crucial CASK-neurexin interaction. Conclusions: Our results demonstrate that mosaic or global reduction in CASK expression and/or function disproportionately affects RGCs. CASK expression in RGCs does not appear critical for cell survival, indicating a noncell autonomous role for CASK in the development of ON.


Assuntos
Regulação Enzimológica da Expressão Gênica/fisiologia , Guanilato Quinases/genética , Hipoplasia do Nervo Óptico/genética , Animais , Sobrevivência Celular , Pré-Escolar , Sensibilidades de Contraste/fisiologia , Eletrorretinografia , Feminino , Humanos , Immunoblotting , Imuno-Histoquímica , Hibridização In Situ , Masculino , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Mutação de Sentido Incorreto , Hipoplasia do Nervo Óptico/fisiopatologia , Retina/fisiopatologia , Células Ganglionares da Retina/enzimologia
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