Publication:

Exome capture reveals ZNF423 and CEP164 mutations, linking renal ciliopathies to DNA damage response signaling (2012)

Author(s): Sayer JA; Eley L; Chaki M; Airik R; Ghosh AK; Giles RH; Chen R; Slaats GG; Wang H; Hurd TW; Zhou W; Cluckey A; Gee NY; Ramaswami G; Hong CJ; Hamilton BA; Cervenka I; Ganji RS; Bryja V; Arts HH; van Reeuwijk J; Oud MM; Letteboer SJF; Roepman R; Husson H; Ibraghimov-Beskrovnaya O; Ysunaga T; Walz G; Schermer B; Liebau MC; Benzing T; Le Corre S; Drummond I; Joles JA; Janssen S; Allen SJ; Natarajan S; O'Toole JF; Attanasio M; Saunier S; Antignac C; Koenekoop RK; Ren H; Lopez I; Nayir A; Stoetzel C; Dollfus H; Massoudi R; Gleeson JG; Andreoli SP; Doherty DG; Lindstrad A; Golzio C; Katsanis N; Otto EA; Hildebrandt F

    Abstract: Nephronophthisis-related ciliopathies (NPHP-RC) are degenerative recessive diseases that affect kidney, retina and brain. Genetic defects in NPHP gene products that localize to cilia and centrosomes defined them as 'ciliopathies'. However, disease mechanisms remain poorly understood. Here we identify by whole exome resequencing, mutations of MRE11, ZNF423, and CEP164 as causing NPHP-RC. All three genes function within the DNA damage response (DDR) pathway, hitherto not implicated in ciliopathies. We demonstrate that, upon induced DNA damage, the NPHP-RC proteins ZNF423, CEP164 and NPHP10 colocalize to nuclear foci positive for TIP60, known to activate ATM at sites of DNA damage. We show that knockdown of CEP164 or ZNF423 causes sensitivity to DNA damaging agents, and that cep164 knockdown in zebrafish results in dysregulated DDR and an NPHPRC phenotype. We identify TTBK2, CCDC92, NPHP3 and DVL3 as novel CEP164 interaction partners. Our findings link degenerative diseases of kidney and retina, disorders of increasing prevalence, to mechanisms of DDR.

      • Date: 03-08-2012
      • Journal: Cell
      • Volume: 150
      • Issue: 3
      • Pages: 533-548
      • Publisher: Cell Press
      • Publication type: Article
      • Bibliographic status: Published
      Staff

      Dr Lorraine Eley
      Research Associate

      Dr John Sayer
      Academic Clinical Senior Lecturer