Bi-allelic loss-of-function variants in TMEM147 cause moderate to profound intellectual disability with facial dysmorphism and pseudo-Pelger-Huët anomaly

The transmembrane protein TMEM147 has a dual function: first at the nuclear envelope, where it anchors lamin B receptor (LBR) to the inner membrane, and second at the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), where it facilitates the translation of nascent polypeptides within the ribosome-bound TMCO1 translocon c...

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Published in:American journal of human genetics 2022-10, Vol.109 (10), p.1909-1922
Main Authors: Thomas, Quentin, Motta, Marialetizia, Gautier, Thierry, Zaki, Maha S., Ciolfi, Andrea, Paccaud, Julien, Girodon, François, Boespflug-Tanguy, Odile, Besnard, Thomas, Kerkhof, Jennifer, McConkey, Haley, Masson, Aymeric, Denommé-Pichon, Anne-Sophie, Cogné, Benjamin, Trochu, Eva, Vignard, Virginie, El It, Fatima, Rodan, Lance H., Alkhateeb, Mohammad Ayman, Jamra, Rami Abou, Duplomb, Laurence, Tisserant, Emilie, Duffourd, Yannis, Bruel, Ange-Line, Jackson, Adam, Banka, Siddharth, McEntagart, Meriel, Saggar, Anand, Gleeson, Joseph G., Sievert, David, Bae, Hyunwoo, Lee, Beom Hee, Kwon, Kisang, Seo, Go Hun, Lee, Hane, Saeed, Anjum, Anjum, Nadeem, Cheema, Huma, Alawbathani, Salem, Khan, Imran, Pinto-Basto, Jorge, Teoh, Joyce, Wong, Jasmine, Sahari, Umar Bin Mohamad, Houlden, Henry, Zhelcheska, Kristina, Pannetier, Melanie, Awad, Mona A., Lesieur-Sebellin, Marion, Barcia, Giulia, Amiel, Jeanne, Delanne, Julian, Philippe, Christophe, Faivre, Laurence, Odent, Sylvie, Bertoli-Avella, Aida, Thauvin, Christel, Sadikovic, Bekim, Reversade, Bruno, Maroofian, Reza, Govin, Jérôme, Tartaglia, Marco, Vitobello, Antonio
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Language:English
Subjects:
Cell Nucleus - genetics
Child
Chromatin
DNA methylation
facial dysmorphism
Genetics
Humans
intellectual disability
Intellectual Disability - genetics
LBR
Life Sciences
Loss of Heterozygosity
Musculoskeletal Abnormalities
neurodevelopmental disorder
nuclear envelope instability
Pelger-Huet Anomaly - genetics
Pelger-Huët anomaly
TMEM147
transcriptomics
translocon dysfunction
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Summary:The transmembrane protein TMEM147 has a dual function: first at the nuclear envelope, where it anchors lamin B receptor (LBR) to the inner membrane, and second at the endoplasmic reticulum (ER), where it facilitates the translation of nascent polypeptides within the ribosome-bound TMCO1 translocon complex. Through international data sharing, we identified 23 individuals from 15 unrelated families with bi-allelic TMEM147 loss-of-function variants, including splice-site, nonsense, frameshift, and missense variants. These affected children displayed congruent clinical features including coarse facies, developmental delay, intellectual disability, and behavioral problems. In silico structural analyses predicted disruptive consequences of the identified amino acid substitutions on translocon complex assembly and/or function, and in vitro analyses documented accelerated protein degradation via the autophagy-lysosomal-mediated pathway. Furthermore, TMEM147-deficient cells showed CKAP4 (CLIMP-63) and RTN4 (NOGO) upregulation with a concomitant reorientation of the ER, which was also witnessed in primary fibroblast cell culture. LBR mislocalization and nuclear segmentation was observed in primary fibroblast cells. Abnormal nuclear segmentation and chromatin compaction were also observed in approximately 20% of neutrophils, indicating the presence of a pseudo-Pelger-Huët anomaly. Finally, co-expression analysis revealed significant correlation with neurodevelopmental genes in the brain, further supporting a role of TMEM147 in neurodevelopment. Our findings provide clinical, genetic, and functional evidence that bi-allelic loss-of-function variants in TMEM147 cause syndromic intellectual disability due to ER-translocon and nuclear organization dysfunction. [Display omitted] TMEM147 plays an important role in protein localization and biogenesis. We discovered that individuals with bi-allelic TMEM147 loss-of-function variants show a neurodevelopmental disorder associated with facial dysmorphism and pseudo-Pelger-Huët anomaly. In primary cell lines, we observed nuclear envelope instability accompanied by lamin B receptor mislocalization and ER-translocon dysfunction.
ISSN:0002-9297
1537-6605
1537-6605
DOI:10.1016/j.ajhg.2022.08.008