Loss of ZMPSTE24 (FACE-1) causes autosomal recessive restrictive dermopathy and accumulation of Lamin A precursors

Claire L. Navarro (1) , Juan Cadiñanos (2) , Annachiara de Sandre-Giovannoli (1, 3) , Rafaelle Bernard (3, 1) , Sebastien Courrier (1) , Irène Boccaccio (1) , Amandine Boyer (3) , Wim J Kleijer (4) , Anja Wagner (4) , Fabienne Giuliano (5) , Frits A Beemer (6) , Jose M Freije (2) , Pierre Cau (1) , Raoul C M Hennekam (7) , Carlos López-Otín (2) , Catherine Badens (3, 1, 8) , Nicolas Lévy (1, 3)

1 GMGF - Génétique Médicale et Génomique Fonctionnelle
2 Universidad de Oviedo [Oviedo]
3 Département de génétique médicale [Hôpital de la Timone - APHM]
4 Erasmus MC - Erasmus University Medical Center [Rotterdam]
5 Service de génétique médicale
6 University Medical Center [Utrecht]
7 AMC - Academic Medical Center - Academisch Medisch Centrum [Amsterdam]
8 Centre de référence maladie rare Thalassémie

Restrictive dermopathy (RD) is characterized by intrauterine growth retardation, tight and rigid skin with prominent superficial vessels, bone mineralization defects, dysplastic clavicles, arthrogryposis and early neo-natal death. In two patients affected with RD, we recently reported two different heterozygous splicing mutations in the LMNA gene, leading to the production and accumulation of truncated Prelamin A. In other patients, a single nucleotide insertion was identified in ZMPSTE24. This variation is located in a homo-polymeric repeat of thymines and introduces a premature termination codon. ZMPSTE24 encodes an endo-protease essential for the post-translational cleavage of the Lamin A precursor and the production of mature Lamin A. However, the autosomal recessive inheritance of RD suggested that a further molecular defect was present either in the second ZMPSTE24 allele or in another gene involved in Lamin A processing. Here, we report new findings in RD linked to ZMPSTE24 mutations. Ten RD patients were analyzed including seven from a previous series and three novel patients. All were found to be either homozygous or compound heterozygous for ZMPSTE24 mutations. We report three novel 'null' mutations as well as the recurrent thymine insertion. In all cases, we find a complete absence of both ZMPSTE24 and mature Lamin A associated with Prelamin A accumulation. Thus, RD is either a primary or a secondary laminopathy, caused by dominant de novo LMNA mutations or, more frequently, recessive null ZMPSTE24 mutations, most of which lie in a mutation hotspot within exon 9. The accumulation of truncated or normal length Prelamin A is, therefore, a shared pathophysiological feature in recessive and dominant RD. These findings have an important impact on our knowledge of the pathophysiology in Progeria and related disorders and will help direct the development of therapeutic approaches.

Mots clés: lamin A precursors; dermopahty

Domaines: Génétique humaine; Dermatologie; Biologie moléculaire

Claire L. Navarro, Juan Cadiñanos, Annachiara de Sandre-Giovannoli, Rafaelle Bernard, Sebastien Courrier, et al.. Loss of ZMPSTE24 (FACE-1) causes autosomal recessive restrictive dermopathy and accumulation of Lamin A precursors. Human Molecular Genetics, 2005, 14 (11), pp.1503 - 1513. ⟨10.1093/hmg/ddi159⟩. ⟨hal-01669073⟩