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Lookup NU author(s): Dr Kyle Thompson, Professor Wyatt Yue, Professor Robert Taylor
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© 2021 The AuthorsHuman mitochondrial RNase P (mt-RNase P) is responsible for 5′ end processing of mitochondrial precursor tRNAs, a vital step in mitochondrial RNA maturation, and is comprised of three protein subunits: TRMT10C, SDR5C1 (HSD10), and PRORP. Pathogenic variants in TRMT10C and SDR5C1 are associated with distinct recessive or x-linked infantile onset disorders, resulting from defects in mitochondrial RNA processing. We report four unrelated families with multisystem disease associated with bi-allelic variants in PRORP, the metallonuclease subunit of mt-RNase P. Affected individuals presented with variable phenotypes comprising sensorineural hearing loss, primary ovarian insufficiency, developmental delay, and brain white matter changes. Fibroblasts from affected individuals in two families demonstrated decreased steady state levels of PRORP, an accumulation of unprocessed mitochondrial transcripts, and decreased steady state levels of mitochondrial-encoded proteins, which were rescued by introduction of the wild-type PRORP cDNA. In mt-tRNA processing assays performed with recombinant mt-RNase P proteins, the disease-associated variants resulted in diminished mitochondrial tRNA processing. Identification of disease-causing variants in PRORP indicates that pathogenic variants in all three subunits of mt-RNase P can cause mitochondrial dysfunction, each with distinct pleiotropic clinical presentations.
Author(s): Hochberg I, Demain LAM, Richer J, Thompson K, Urquhart JE, Rea A, Pagarkar W, Rodriguez-Palmero A, Schluter A, Verdura E, Pujol A, Quijada-Fraile P, Amberger A, Deutschmann AJ, Demetz S, Gillespie M, Belyantseva IA, McMillan HJ, Barzik M, Beaman GM, Motha R, Ng KY, O'Sullivan J, Williams SG, Bhaskar SS, Lawrence IR, Jenkinson EM, Zambonin JL, Blumenfeld Z, Yalonetsky S, Oerum S, Rossmanith W, Yue WW, Zschocke J, Munro KJ, Battersby BJ, Friedman TB, Taylor RW, O'Keefe RT, Newman WG
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: American Journal of Human Genetics
Year: 2021
Volume: 108
Issue: 11
Pages: 2195-2204
Print publication date: 04/11/2021
Online publication date: 28/10/2021
Acceptance date: 07/10/2021
Date deposited: 15/11/2021
ISSN (print): 0002-9297
ISSN (electronic): 1537-6605
Publisher: Cell Press
URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2021.10.002
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2021.10.002
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