Mutations in RAB28, encoding a farnesylated small GTPase

• Verfasst von: Roosing, Susanne [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Rohrschneider, Klaus [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Beryozkin, Avigail [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Sharon, Dror [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Weisschuh, Nicole [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Staller, Jennifer [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Kohl, Susanne [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Zelinger, Lina [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Peters, Theo A. [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Neveling, Kornelia [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Strom, Tim M. [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: van den Born, L. Ingeborgh [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Hoyng, Carel B. [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Klaver, Caroline C. W. [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Roepman, Ronald [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Wissinger, Bernd [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Banin, Eyal [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Cremers, Frans P. M. [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: den Hollander, Anneke I. [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Mutations in RAB28, encoding a farnesylated small GTPase
• Titelzusatz: are associated with autosomal-recessive cone-rod dystrophy
• Verf.angabe: Susanne Roosing, Klaus Rohrschneider, Avigail Beryozkin, Dror Sharon, Nicole Weisschuh, Jennifer Staller, Susanne Kohl, Lina Zelinger, Theo A. Peters, Kornelia Neveling, Tim M. Strom, L. Ingeborgh van den Born, Carel B. Hoyng, Caroline C.W. Klaver, Ronald Roepman, Bernd Wissinger, Eyal Banin, Frans P.M. Cremers and Anneke I. den Hollander
• E-Jahr: 2013
• Jahr: June 6, 2013
• Umfang: 8 S.
• Fussnoten: Gesehen am 19.01.2022
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: The American journal of human genetics
• Ort Quelle: New York, NY [u.a.] : Cell Press, 1949
• Jahr Quelle: 2013
• Band/Heft Quelle: 93(2013), 1 vom: 11. Juli, Seite 110-117
• ISSN Quelle: 1537-6605
• DOI: doi:10.1016/j.ajhg.2013.05.005
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• K10plus-PPN: 1786469375

Abstract

The majority of the genetic causes of autosomal-recessive (ar) cone-rod dystrophy (CRD) are currently unknown. A combined approach of homozygosity mapping and exome sequencing revealed a homozygous nonsense mutation (c.565C>T [p.Glu189∗]) in RAB28 in a German family with three siblings with arCRD. Another homozygous nonsense mutation (c.409C>T [p.Arg137∗]) was identified in a family of Moroccan Jewish descent with two siblings affected by arCRD. All five affected individuals presented with hyperpigmentation in the macula, progressive loss of the visual acuity, atrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium, and severely reduced cone and rod responses on the electroretinogram. RAB28 encodes a member of the Rab subfamily of the RAS-related small GTPases. Alternative RNA splicing yields three predicted protein isoforms with alternative C-termini, which are all truncated by the nonsense mutations identified in the arCRD families in this report. Opposed to other Rab GTPases that are generally geranylgeranylated, RAB28 is predicted to be farnesylated. Staining of rat retina showed localization of RAB28 to the basal body and the ciliary rootlet of the photoreceptors. Analogous to the function of other RAB family members, RAB28 might be involved in ciliary transport in photoreceptor cells. This study reveals a crucial role for RAB28 in photoreceptor function and suggests that mutations in other Rab proteins may also be associated with retinal dystrophies.