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Biallelic mutations in the 3' exonuclease TOE1 cause pontocerebellar hypoplasia and uncover a role in snRNA processing.

Nature genetics · 2017 · Vol. 49 (3) · pp. 457-464

Abstract

Deadenylases are best known for degrading the poly(A) tail during mRNA decay. The deadenylase family has expanded throughout evolution and, in mammals, consists of 12 Mg<sup>2+</sup>-dependent 3'-end RNases with substrate specificity that is mostly unknown. Pontocerebellar hypoplasia type 7 (PCH7) is a unique recessive syndrome characterized by neurodegeneration and ambiguous genitalia. We studied 12 human families with PCH7, uncovering biallelic, loss-of-function mutations in TOE1, which encodes an unconventional deadenylase. toe1-morphant zebrafish displayed midbrain and hindbrain degeneration, modeling PCH-like structural defects in vivo. Surprisingly, we found that TOE1 associated with small nuclear RNAs (snRNAs) incompletely processed spliceosomal. These pre-snRNAs contained 3' genome-encoded tails often followed by post-transcriptionally added adenosines. Human cells with reduced levels of TOE1 accumulated 3'-end-extended pre-snRNAs, and the immunoisolated TOE1 complex was sufficient for 3'-end maturation of snRNAs. Our findings identify the cause of a neurodegenerative syndrome linked to snRNA maturation and uncover a key factor involved in the processing of snRNA 3' ends.

Publication Types

["Journal Article"]

Keywords

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MeSH Terms

["Alleles", "Animals", "Cerebellar Diseases", "Exonucleases", "Female", "Humans", "Male", "Mice", "Mutation", "Neurodegenerative Diseases", "Nuclear Proteins", "RNA, Messenger", "RNA, Small Nuclear", "Spliceosomes", "Zebrafish"]

Funding

R01 HG004659 NHGRI NIH HHS (United States)
R35 GM118069 NIGMS NIH HHS (United States)
P30 NS047101 NINDS NIH HHS (United States)
T32 GM007240 NIGMS NIH HHS (United States)
K12 GM068524 NIGMS NIH HHS (United States)
R01 NS075449 NINDS NIH HHS (United States)
UM1 HG008900 NHGRI NIH HHS (United States)
260888 European Research Council (International)
R01 GM077243 NIGMS NIH HHS (United States)
F32 GM106706 NIGMS NIH HHS (United States)
R01 NS048453 NINDS NIH HHS (United States)
U54 HG006504 NHGRI NIH HHS (United States)
R00 HD082337 NICHD NIH HHS (United States)
R01 NS098004 NINDS NIH HHS (United States)
UM1 HG006493 NHGRI NIH HHS (United States)
R01 NS058721 NINDS NIH HHS (United States)
U54 HG003067 NHGRI NIH HHS (United States)
R01 NS050375 NINDS NIH HHS (United States)
R01 NS041537 NINDS NIH HHS (United States)
K99 HD082337 NICHD NIH HHS (United States)
R01 NS052455 NINDS NIH HHS (United States)
P01 HD070494 NICHD NIH HHS (United States)

Linked Datasets (1)

GSE71536 GSE via ncbi_elink
GEO

Biallelic mutations in the 3’ exonuclease TOE1 cause Pontocerebellar Hypoplasia Type 7 and result in snRNA processing defects

Homo sapiens
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Analysis Pipelines (1)

geo_data_processing GSE71536