Deletion of 5' sequences of the CSB gene provides insight into the pathophysiology of Cockayne syndrome

European Journal of Human Genetics : EJHG
V LaugelH Dollfus

Abstract

Cockayne syndrome is an autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by a specific defect in the repair of UV-induced DNA lesions. Most cases of Cockayne syndrome are caused by mutations in the CSB gene but the pathophysiological mechanisms are poorly understood. We report the clinical and molecular data of two severely affected Cockayne patients with undetectable CSB protein and mRNA. Both patients showed severe growth failure, microcephaly, mental retardation, congenital cataracts, retinal pigmentary degeneration, photosensitivity and died at the ages of 6 and 8 years. UV irradiation assays demonstrated that both patients had the classical DNA repair defect. Genomic DNA sequencing of the CSB gene showed a homozygous deletion involving non-coding exon 1 and upstream regulatory sequences, but none of the coding exons. Functional complementation using a wild-type CSB expression plasmid fully corrected the DNA repair defect in transfected fibroblasts. Horibata et al recently proposed that all type of CSB mutations result in a defect in UV damage repair that is responsible for the photosensitivity observed in the syndrome, but that only truncated CSB polypeptides generated by nonsense mutations have some additional...Continue Reading

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