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Haploinsufficiency of the Sin3/HDAC corepressor complex member SIN3B causes a syndromic intellectual disability/autism spectrum disorder

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Abstract

© 2021 American Society of Human GeneticsProteins involved in transcriptional regulation harbor a demonstrated enrichment of mutations in neurodevelopmental disorders. The Sin3 (Swi-independent 3)/histone deacetylase (HDAC) complex plays a central role in histone deacetylation and transcriptional repression. Among the two vertebrate paralogs encoding the Sin3 complex, SIN3A variants cause syndromic intellectual disability, but the clinical consequences of SIN3B haploinsufficiency in humans are uncharacterized. Here, we describe a syndrome hallmarked by intellectual disability, developmental delay, and dysmorphic facial features with variably penetrant autism spectrum disorder, congenital malformations, corpus callosum defects, and impaired growth caused by disruptive SIN3B variants. Using chromosomal microarray or exome sequencing, and through international data sharing efforts, we identified nine individuals with heterozygous SIN3B deletion or single-nucleotide variants. Five individuals harbor heterozygous deletions encompassing SIN3B that reside within a ∼230 kb minimal region of overlap on 19p13.11, two individuals have a rare nonsynonymous substitution, and two individuals have a single-nucleotide deletion that results in a frameshift and predicted premature termination codon. To test the relevance of SIN3B impairment to measurable aspects of the human phenotype, we disrupted the orthologous zebrafish locus by genome editing and transient suppression. The mutant and morphant larvae display altered craniofacial patterning, commissural axon defects, and reduced body length supportive of an essential role for Sin3 function in growth and patterning of anterior structures. To investigate further the molecular consequences of SIN3B variants, we quantified genome-wide enhancer and promoter activity states by using H3K27ac ChIP-seq. We show that, similar to SIN3A mutations, SIN3B disruption causes hyperacetylation of a subset of enhancers and promoters in peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Together, these data demonstrate that SIN3B haploinsufficiency leads to a hitherto unknown intellectual disability/autism syndrome, uncover a crucial role of SIN3B in the central nervous system, and define the epigenetic landscape associated with Sin3 complex impairment.

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Author(s): Latypova X, Vincent M, Molle A, Adebambo OA, Fourgeux C, Khan TN, Caro A, Rosello M, Orellana C, Niyazov D, Lederer D, Deprez M, Capri Y, Kannu P, Tabet AC, Levy J, Aten E, den Hollander N, Splitt M, Walia J, Immken LL, Stankiewicz P, McWalter K, Suchy S, Louie RJ, Bell S, Stevenson RE, Rousseau J, Willem C, Retiere C, Yang X-J, Campeau PM, Martinez F, Rosenfeld JA, Le Caignec C, Kury S, Mercier S, Moradkhani K, Conrad S, Besnard T, Cogne B, Katsanis N, Bezieau S, Poschmann J, Davis EE, Isidor B

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: American Journal of Human Genetics

Year: 2021

Volume: 108

Issue: 5

Pages: 929-941

Print publication date: 06/05/2021

Online publication date: 02/04/2021

Acceptance date: 18/03/2021

ISSN (print): 0002-9297

ISSN (electronic): 1537-6605

Publisher: Cell Press

URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2021.03.017

DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2021.03.017

PubMed id: 33811806

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