First report of an unusual novel double mutation affecting the transcription repression domain of MeCP2 and causing a severe phenotype of Rett syndrome: Molecular analyses and computational investigation

Rett syndrome is an X-linked neurodevelopmental disorder that develops a profound intellectual and motor disability and affects 1 from 10 000 to 15 000 live female births. This disease is characterized by a period of apparently normal development until 6–18 months of age when motor and communication...

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Published in:Biochemical and biophysical research communications 2018-02, Vol.497 (1), p.93-101
Main Authors: Ghorbel, Rania, Ghorbel, Raouia, Rouissi, Aida, Fendri-Kriaa, Nourhene, Ben Salah, Ghada, Belguith, Neila, Ammar-Keskes, Leila, Gouider-Khouja, Neziha, Fakhfakh, Faiza
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Language:English
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c.695G>T
p.G232V
c.880 C>T
p.R294X
MECP2
Rett syndrome
TRD (transcription repression domain)
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Summary:Rett syndrome is an X-linked neurodevelopmental disorder that develops a profound intellectual and motor disability and affects 1 from 10 000 to 15 000 live female births. This disease is characterized by a period of apparently normal development until 6–18 months of age when motor and communication abilities regress which is caused by mutations occurred in the X-linked MECP2 gene, encoding the methyl-CpG binding protein 2. This research study reports a molecular analysis via an exhaustive gene sequencing which reveals an unusual novel double mutation (c.695 G > T; c.880C > T) located in a highly conserved region in MECP2 gene affecting the transcription repression domain (TRD) of MeCP2 protein and leading for the first time to a severe phenotype of Rett syndrome. Moreover, a computational investigation of MECP2 mutations demonstrates that the novel mutation c.695 G > T is highly deleterious which affects the MeCP2 protein showing also an adverse impact on MECP2 gene expression and resulting in an affected folding and decreased stability of MECP2 structures. Thus, the altered TRD domain engenders a disrupted process of MECP2 functions. Therefore, this is the first study which highlights a novel double mutation among the transcription repression domain (TRD) of MeCP2 protein in Rett patient with a severe clinical phenotype in North Africa region.
ISSN:0006-291X
1090-2104
DOI:10.1016/j.bbrc.2018.02.029