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| Item Type: | Article |
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| Title: | A gain-of-function TBX20 mutation causes congenital atrial septal defects, patent foramen ovale and cardiac valve defects |
| Creators Name: | Posch, M.G., Gramlich, M., Sunde, M., Schmitt, K.R., Lee, S.H.Y., Richter, S., Kersten, A., Perrot, A., Panek, A.N., Al Khatib, I., Nemer, G., Megarbane, A., Dietz, R., Stiller, B., Berger, F., Harvey, R.P. and Oezcelik, C. |
| Abstract: | BACKGROUND: Ostium secundum atrial septal defects (ASDII) account for approximately 10% of all congenital heart defects (CHD) and mutations in cardiac transcription factors, including TBX20, were identified as an underlying cause for ASDII. However, very little is known about disease penetrance in families and functional consequences of inherited TBX20 mutations. METHODS: The coding region of TBX20 was directly sequenced in 170 ASDII patients. Functional consequences of one novel mutation were investigated by surface plasmon resonance, CD spectropolarymetry, fluorescence spectrophotometry, luciferase assay and chromatin immunoprecipitation. RESULTS: We found a novel mutation in a highly conserved residue in the T-box DNA-binding domain (I121M) segregating with CHD in a three generation kindred. Four mutation carriers revealed cardiac phenotypes in terms of cribriform ASDII, large patent foramen ovale or cardiac valve defects. Interestingly, tertiary hydrophobic interactions within the mutant TBX20 T-box were significantly altered leading to a more dynamic structure of the protein. Moreover, Tbx20-I121M resulted in a significantly enhanced transcriptional activity, which was further increased in the presence of co-transcription factors GATA4/5 and NKX2-5. Occupancy of DNA binding sites on target genes was also increased. CONCLUSIONS: We suggest that TBX20-I121M adopts a more fluid tertiary structure leading to enhanced interactions with cofactors and more stable transcriptional complexes on target DNA sequences. Our data, combined with that of others, suggest that human ASDII may be related to loss- as well as gain-of-function TBX20 mutations. |
| Keywords: | Congenital Heart Defect, Atrial Septal Defect, Patent Foramen Ovale, TBX20, Animals |
| Source: | Journal of Medical Genetics |
| ISSN: | 0022-2593 |
| Publisher: | BMJ Publishing Group |
| Volume: | 47 |
| Number: | 4 |
| Page Range: | 230-235 |
| Date: | April 2010 |
| Official Publication: | https://doi.org/10.1136/jmg.2009.069997 |
| PubMed: | View item in PubMed |
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