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Article Dans Une Revue Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Année : 2012

Mutation in a primate-conserved retrotransposon reveals a noncoding RNA as a mediator of infantile encephalopathy

François Cartault
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Edgar Benko
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Isabelle Desguerre
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Eric Westhof
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Michael Fähling
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The human genome is densely populated with transposons and transposon-like repetitive elements. Although the impact of these transposons and elements on human genome evolution is recognized, the significance of subtle variations in their sequence remains mostly unexplored. Here we report homozygosity mapping of an infantile neurodegenerative disease locus in a genetic isolate. Complete DNA sequencing of the 400-kb linkage locus revealed a point mutation in a primate-specific retrotransposon that was transcribed as part of a unique noncoding RNA, which was expressed in the brain. In vitro knockdown of this RNA increased neuronal apoptosis, consistent with the inappropriate dosage of this RNA in vivo and with the phenotype. Moreover, structural analysis of the sequence revealed a small RNA-like hairpin that was consistent with the putative gain of a functional site when mutated. We show here that a mutation in a unique transposable element-containing RNA is associated with lethal encephalopathy, and we suggest that RNAs that harbor evolutionarily recent repetitive elements may play important roles in human brain development.
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hal-01285444 , version 1 (15-06-2018)

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François Cartault, Patrick Munier, Edgar Benko, Isabelle Desguerre, Sylvain Hanein, et al.. Mutation in a primate-conserved retrotransposon reveals a noncoding RNA as a mediator of infantile encephalopathy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2012, 109 (13), pp.4980-4985. ⟨10.1073/pnas.1111596109⟩. ⟨hal-01285444⟩
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