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B56 δ-related protein phosphatase 2A dysfunction identified in patients with intellectual disability

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Abstract

Here we report inherited dysregulation of protein phosphatase activity as a cause of intellectual disability (ID). De novo missense mutations in 2 subunits of serine/threonine (Ser/Thr) protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) were identified in 16 individuals with mild to severe ID, long-lasting hypotonia, epileptic susceptibility, frontal bossing, mild hypertelorism, and downslanting palpebral fissures. PP2A comprises catalytic (C), scaffolding (A), and regulatory (B) subunits that determine subcellular anchoring, substrate specificity, and physiological function. Ten patients had mutations within a highly conserved acidic loop of the PPP2R5D-encoded B56 delta regulatory subunit, with the same E198K mutation present in 6 individuals. Five patients had mutations in the PPP2R1A-encoded scaffolding A alpha subunit, with the same R182W mutation in 3 individuals. Some A alpha cases presented with large ventricles, causing macrocephaly and hydrocephalus suspicion, and all cases exhibited partial or complete corpus callosum agenesis. Functional evaluation revealed that mutant A and B subunits were stable and uncoupled from phosphatase activity. Mutant B56 delta was A and C binding-deficient, while mutant A alpha subunits bound B56 delta well but were unable to bind C or bound a catalytically impaired C, suggesting a dominant-negative effect where mutant subunits hinder dephosphorylation of B56 delta-anchored substrates. Moreover, mutant subunit overexpression resulted in hyperphosphorylation of GSK3 beta, a B56 delta-regulated substrate. This effect was in line with clinical observations, supporting a correlation between the ID degree and biochemical disturbance.


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Author(s): Houge G, Haesen D, Vissers LELM, Mehta S, Parker MJ, Wright M, Vogt J, Mckee S, Tolmie JL, Cordeiro N, Kleefstra T, Willemsen MH, Reijnders MRF, Berland S, Hayman E, Lahat E, Brilstra EH, van Gassen IL, Zonneveld-Huijssoon E, de Bie CI, Hoischen A, Eichler EE, Holdhus R, Steen VM, Doskeland SD, Hurles ME, FitzPatrick DR, Janssens V, Deciphering Dev Disorders DDD

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Journal of Clinical Investigation

Year: 2015

Volume: 125

Issue: 8

Pages: 3051-3062

Print publication date: 03/08/2015

Online publication date: 13/07/2015

Acceptance date: 27/05/2015

ISSN (print): 0021-9738

ISSN (electronic): 1558-8238

Publisher: Amerivan Society for Clinical Investigation

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1172/JCI79860

DOI: 10.1172/JCI79860


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NIH Research, through the Comprehensive Clinical Research Network
Wellcome Trust
Department of Health
Flemish Agency for Innovation by Science and Technology (IWT)
911744HelseVest grant
G.0582.11Research Foundation Flanders
HICF-1009-003Health Innovation Challenge Fund
OT/13/094KU Leuven Research Fund
P7/13TAP program of the Belgian federal government
WT098051Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute
ZonMW 916-12-095Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development

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