Mutations in cohesin complex members SMC3 and SMC1A cause a mild variant of cornelia de Lange syndrome with predominant mental retardation |
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Authors: | Deardorff Matthew A Kaur Maninder Yaeger Dinah Rampuria Abhinav Korolev Sergey Pie Juan Gil-Rodríguez Concepcion Arnedo María Loeys Bart Kline Antonie D Wilson Meredith Lillquist Kaj Siu Victoria Ramos Feliciano J Musio Antonio Jackson Laird S Dorsett Dale Krantz Ian D |
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Institution: | Division of Human and Molecular Genetics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4318, USA. |
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Abstract: | Mutations in the cohesin regulators NIPBL and ESCO2 are causative of the Cornelia de Lange syndrome (CdLS) and Roberts or SC phocomelia syndrome, respectively. Recently, mutations in the cohesin complex structural component SMC1A have been identified in two probands with features of CdLS. Here, we report the identification of a mutation in the gene encoding the complementary subunit of the cohesin heterodimer, SMC3, and 14 additional SMC1A mutations. All mutations are predicted to retain an open reading frame, and no truncating mutations were identified. Structural analysis of the mutant SMC3 and SMC1A proteins indicate that all are likely to produce functional cohesin complexes, but we posit that they may alter their chromosome binding dynamics. Our data indicate that SMC3 and SMC1A mutations (1) contribute to approximately 5% of cases of CdLS, (2) result in a consistently mild phenotype with absence of major structural anomalies typically associated with CdLS, and (3) in some instances, result in a phenotype that approaches that of apparently nonsyndromic mental retardation. |
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