Mutations in CSPP1 lead to classical joubert syndrome

Naiara Akizu, Jennifer L. Silhavy, Rasim Ozgur Rosti, Eric Scott, Ali G. Fenstermaker, Jana Schroth, Maha S. Zaki, Henry Sanchez, Neerja Gupta, Madhulika Kabra, Majdi Kara, Tawfeg Ben-Omran, Basak Rosti, Alicia Guemez-Gamboa, Emily Spencer, Roger Pan, Na Cai, Mostafa Abdellateef, Stacey Gabriel, Jan HalbritterFriedhelm Hildebrandt, Hans Van Bokhoven, Murat Gunel, Joseph G. Gleeson*

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Abstract

Joubert syndrome and related disorders (JSRDs) are genetically heterogeneous and characterized by a distinctive mid-hindbrain malformation. Causative mutations lead to primary cilia dysfunction, which often results in variable involvement of other organs such as the liver, retina, and kidney. We identified predicted null mutations in CSPP1 in six individuals affected by classical JSRDs. CSPP1 encodes a protein localized to centrosomes and spindle poles, as well as to the primary cilium. Despite the known interaction between CSPP1 and nephronophthisis-associated proteins, none of the affected individuals in our cohort presented with kidney disease, and further, screening of a large cohort of individuals with nephronophthisis demonstrated no mutations. CSPP1 is broadly expressed in neural tissue, and its encoded protein localizes to the primary cilium in an in vitro model of human neurogenesis. Here, we show abrogated protein levels and ciliogenesis in affected fibroblasts. Our data thus suggest that CSPP1 is involved in neural-specific functions of primary cilia.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)80-86
Number of pages7
JournalAmerican journal of human genetics
Volume94
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2 2014

Funding

We thank the affected children and their families for their invaluable contributions to this study, supported by National Institutes of Health grants R01NS041537, R01NS048453, R01NS052455, P01HD070494, and P30NS047101 (J.G.G.) and DK068306 (F.H.), the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (J.G.G. and F.H.), and the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine (N.A.). We thank the Broad Institute (U54HG003067 to E. Lander), the Yale Center for Mendelian Disorders (U54HG006504 to R. Lifton and M. Gunel) for sequencing support, T. Caspary for ARL13B antibody, and J. Santini at the University of California, San Diego Neuroscience Microscopy Core. CSPP1 has been designated as JBTS21 by the HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Genetics
  • Genetics(clinical)

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