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© 2021 The Authors. Experimental Dermatology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.Recently described Hungarian and Anglo-Saxon pedigrees that are affected by CYLD cutaneous syndrome (syn: Brooke-Spiegler syndrome (BSS)) carry the same disease-causing mutation (c.2806C>T, p.Arg936X) of the cylindromatosis (CYLD) gene but exhibit striking phenotypic differences. Using whole exome sequencing, missense genetic variants of the TRAF3 and NBR1 genes were identified in the affected family members of the Hungarian pedigree that are not present in the Anglo-Saxon pedigree. This suggested that the affected proteins (TRAF3 and NBR1) are putative phenotype-modifying factors. An in vitro experimental system was set up to clarify how wild type and mutant TRAF3 and NBR1 modify the effect of CYLD on the NF-κB signal transduction pathway. Our study revealed that the combined expression of mutant CYLD(Arg936X) with TRAF3 and NBR1 caused increased NF-κB activity, regardless of the presence or absence of mutations in TRAF3 and NBR1. We concluded that increased expression levels of these proteins further strengthen the effect of the CYLD(Arg936X) mutation on NF-κB activity in HEK293 cells and may explain the phenotype-modifying effect of these genes in CYLD cutaneous syndrome. These results raise the potential that detecting the levels of TRAF3 and NBR1 might help explaining phenotypic differences and prognosis of CCS.
Author(s): Danis J, Kelemen E, Rajan N, Nagy N, Szell M, Adam E
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Experimental Dermatology
Year: 2021
Volume: 30
Issue: 11
Pages: 1705-1710
Print publication date: 01/11/2021
Online publication date: 17/05/2021
Acceptance date: 26/04/2021
Date deposited: 01/11/2023
ISSN (print): 0906-6705
ISSN (electronic): 1600-0625
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/exd.14365
DOI: 10.1111/exd.14365
Data Access Statement: Data available on request from the authors.
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