Pathogenic PDE12 variants impair mitochondrial RNA processing causing neonatal mitochondrial disease

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Title: Pathogenic PDE12 variants impair mitochondrial RNA processing causing neonatal mitochondrial disease
Authors: Lindsey Van Haute, Petra Páleníková, Jia Xin Tang, Pavel A Nash, Mariella T Simon, Angela Pyle, Monika Oláhová, Christopher A Powell, Pedro Rebelo-Guiomar, Alexander Stover, Michael Champion, Charulata Deshpande, Emma L Baple, Karen L Stals, Sian Ellard, Olivia Anselem, Clémence Molac, Giulia Petrilli, Laurence Loeuillet, Sarah Grotto, Tania Attie-Bitach, Jose E Abdenur, Robert W Taylor, Michal Minczuk
Source: EMBO Molecular Medicine, Vol 17, Iss 1, Pp 193-210 (2024)
Publisher Information: Springer Nature, 2024.
Publication Year: 2024
Collection: LCC:Medicine (General)
LCC:Genetics
Subject Terms: Exome Sequencing, Lactic Acidosis, Mitochondrial Disease, RNA Processing, tRNA, Medicine (General), R5-920, Genetics, QH426-470
More Details: Abstract Pathogenic variants in either the mitochondrial or nuclear genomes are associated with a diverse group of human disorders characterized by impaired mitochondrial function. Within this group, an increasing number of families have been identified, where Mendelian genetic disorders implicate defective mitochondrial RNA biology. The PDE12 gene encodes the poly(A)-specific exoribonuclease, involved in the quality control of mitochondrial non-coding RNAs. Here, we report that disease-causing PDE12 variants in three unrelated families are associated with mitochondrial respiratory chain deficiencies and wide-ranging clinical presentations in utero and within the neonatal period, with muscle and brain involvement leading to marked cytochrome c oxidase (COX) deficiency in muscle and severe lactic acidosis. Whole exome sequencing of affected probands revealed novel, segregating bi-allelic missense PDE12 variants affecting conserved residues. Patient-derived primary fibroblasts demonstrate diminished steady-state levels of PDE12 protein, whilst mitochondrial poly(A)-tail RNA sequencing (MPAT-Seq) revealed an accumulation of spuriously polyadenylated mitochondrial RNA, consistent with perturbed function of PDE12 protein. Our data suggest that PDE12 regulates mitochondrial RNA processing and its loss results in neurological and muscular phenotypes.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 1757-4684
Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/1757-4684
DOI: 10.1038/s44321-024-00172-5
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/b5fa508dc9ca49af856798aa0160019c
Accession Number: edsdoj.b5fa508dc9ca49af856798aa0160019c
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:17574684
DOI:10.1038/s44321-024-00172-5
Published in:EMBO Molecular Medicine
Language:English