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Lookup NU author(s): Dr Francesco Bruni, Dr Kyle Thompson, Dr Langping He, Dr Arjan De Brouwer, Professor Robert Taylor
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© 2018 American Academy of Neurology. Objective To address the relationship between mutations in the DNA strand break repair protein tyrosyl DNA phosphodiesterase 2 (TDP2) and spinocerebellar ataxia autosomal recessive 23 (SCAR23) and to characterize the cellular phenotype of primary fibroblasts from this disease. Methods We have used exome sequencing, Sanger sequencing, gene editing and cell biology, biochemistry, and subcellular mitochondrial analyses for this study. Results We have identified a patient in the United States with SCAR23 harboring the same homozygous TDP2 mutation as previously reported in 3 Irish siblings (c.425+1G>A). The current and Irish patients share the same disease haplotype, but the current patient lacks a homozygous variant present in the Irish siblings in the closely linked gene ZNF193, eliminating this as a contributor to the disease. The current patient also displays symptoms consistent with mitochondrial dysfunction, although levels of mitochondrial function in patient primary skin fibroblasts are normal. However, we demonstrate an inability in patient primary fibroblasts to rapidly repair topoisomerase-induced DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) in the nucleus and profound hypersensitivity to this type of DNA damage. Conclusions These data confirm the TDP2 mutation as causative for SCAR23 and highlight the link between defects in nuclear DNA DSB repair, developmental delay, epilepsy, and ataxia.
Author(s): Zagnoli-Vieira G, Bruni F, Thompson K, He L, Walker S, de Brouwer APM, Taylor R, Niyazov D, Caldecott KW
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Neurology: Genetics
Year: 2018
Volume: 4
Issue: 4
Online publication date: 01/08/2018
Acceptance date: 24/05/2018
Date deposited: 12/02/2019
ISSN (electronic): 2376-7839
Publisher: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
URL: https://doi.org/10.1212/NXG.0000000000000262
DOI: 10.1212/NXG.0000000000000262
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