Defective minor spliceosome mRNA processing results in isolated familial growth hormone deficiency
The molecular basis of a significant number of cases of isolated growth hormone deficiency remains unknown. We describe three sisters affected with severe isolated growth hormone deficiency and pituitary hypoplasia caused by biallelic mutations in the RNPC3 gene, which codes for a minor spliceosome...
| Autores: | , , , , , , , , , |
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión aceptada para publicación |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2014 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya) |
| Repositorio: | Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:recercat.cat:10230/23738 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10230/23738 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/emmm.201303573 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Hormones pituïtàries RNA missatger Proteïnes MRNA splicing Pituitary hypoplasia U12-type introns |
| Sumario: | The molecular basis of a significant number of cases of isolated growth hormone deficiency remains unknown. We describe three sisters affected with severe isolated growth hormone deficiency and pituitary hypoplasia caused by biallelic mutations in the RNPC3 gene, which codes for a minor spliceosome protein required for U11/U12 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein (snRNP) formation and splicing of U12‐type introns. We found anomalies in U11/U12 di‐snRNP formation and in splicing of multiple U12‐type introns in patient cells. Defective transcripts include preprohormone convertases SPCS2 and SPCS3 and actin‐related ARPC5L genes, which are candidates for the somatotroph‐restricted dysfunction. The reported novel mechanism for familial growth hormone deficiency demonstrates that general mRNA processing defects of the minor spliceosome can lead to very narrow tissue‐specific consequences. |
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