PUBLICATION
Rare coding variants in MAPK7 predispose to adolescent idiopathic scoliosis
- Authors
- Gao, W., Chen, C., Zhou, T., Yang, S., Gao, B., Zhou, H., Lian, C., Wu, Z., Qiu, X., Yang, X., Alattar, E., Liu, W., Su, D., Sun, S., Chen, Y., Cheung, K.M.C., Song, Y., Luk, K.K.D., Chan, D., Sham, P.C., Xing, C., Khor, C.C., Liu, G., Yang, J., Deng, Y., Hao, D., Huang, D., Li, Q.Z., Xu, C., Su, P.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-170718-5
- Date
- 2017
- Source
- Human Mutation 38(11): 1500-1510 (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Yang, Shulan
- Keywords
- CRISPR/Cas9, MAPK7, adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, whole-exome sequencing, zebrafish
- MeSH Terms
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- Adolescent
- Alleles
- Animals
- Child
- Disease Models, Animal
- Exome Sequencing
- Female
- Gene Frequency
- Gene Targeting
- Genetic Association Studies*
- Genetic Linkage
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease*
- Genetic Variation*
- Genotype
- Humans
- Male
- Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 7/chemistry
- Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 7/genetics*
- Mutation
- Open Reading Frames*
- Phenotype
- Radiography
- Scoliosis/diagnosis*
- Scoliosis/genetics*
- Scoliosis/surgery
- Structure-Activity Relationship
- Zebrafish
- PubMed
- 28714182 Full text @ Hum. Mutat.
Citation
Gao, W., Chen, C., Zhou, T., Yang, S., Gao, B., Zhou, H., Lian, C., Wu, Z., Qiu, X., Yang, X., Alattar, E., Liu, W., Su, D., Sun, S., Chen, Y., Cheung, K.M.C., Song, Y., Luk, K.K.D., Chan, D., Sham, P.C., Xing, C., Khor, C.C., Liu, G., Yang, J., Deng, Y., Hao, D., Huang, D., Li, Q.Z., Xu, C., Su, P. (2017) Rare coding variants in MAPK7 predispose to adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Human Mutation. 38(11):1500-1510.
Abstract
Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) is a complex genetic disorder characterized by three-dimensional spinal curvatures, affecting 2%-3% of school age children, yet the causes underlying AIS are not well understood. Here, we first conducted a whole-exome sequencing and linkage analysis on a three-generation Chinese family with autosomal-dominant (AD) AIS, and then performed targeted sequencing in a discovery cohort comprising 20 AD AIS families and 86 simplex patients, and finally identified three disease-associated missense variants (c.886G> A, c.1943C> T, and c.1760C> T) in the MAPK7 gene (encoding mitogen-activated protein kinase 7). Genotyping of the three rare variants in a Chinese replication cohort comprising 1,038 simplex patients and 1,841 controls showed that their combined allele frequency was significantly over-represented in patients as compared with controls (2.0% [41/2,076] vs. 0.7% [27/3,682]; odds ratio = 2.7; P = 2.8 × 10-5 ). In vitro, we demonstrated that the three MAPK7 mutants disrupted nuclear translocation in cellular models, which is necessary for the normal function of MAPK7. In vivo, we also conducted CRISPR/Cas9-mediated deletion of mapk7 in zebrafish recapitulating the characteristic phenotype of idiopathic scoliosis. Taken together, our findings suggest that rare coding variants in MAPK7 predispose to AIS, providing clues to understanding the mechanisms of AIS.
Errata / Notes
This article is corrected by ZDB-PUB-220906-233 .
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping