School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Hum Mutat. 2021 Aug;42(8):903-946. doi: 10.1002/humu.24238. Epub 2021 Jun 24.
Rare variants of the olfactomedin domain of myocilin are considered causative for inherited, early-onset open-angle glaucoma, with a misfolding toxic gain-of-function pathogenic mechanism detailed by 20 years of laboratory research. Myocilin variants are documented in the scientific literature and identified through large-scale genetic sequencing projects such as those curated in the Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD). In the absence of key clinical and laboratory information, however, the pathogenicity of any given variant is not clear, because glaucoma is a heterogeneous and prevalent age-onset disease, and common variants are likely benign. In this review, we reevaluate the likelihood of pathogenicity for the ~100 nonsynonymous missense, insertion-deletion, and premature termination of myocilin olfactomedin variants documented in the literature. We integrate available clinical, laboratory cellular, biochemical and biophysical data, the olfactomedin domain structure, and population genetics data from gnomAD. Of the variants inspected, ~50% can be binned based on a preponderance of data, leaving many of uncertain pathogenicity that motivate additional studies. Ultimately, the approach of combining metrics from different disciplines will likely resolve outstanding complexities regarding the role of this misfolding-prone protein within the context of a multifactorial and prevalent ocular disease, and pave the way for new precision medicine therapeutics.
肌球蛋白嗅素结构域的罕见变异被认为是遗传性、早发性开角型青光眼的致病因素,其错误折叠的毒性获得性功能致病机制已经通过 20 年的实验室研究得到详细阐述。肌球蛋白变异已在科学文献中记录,并通过大规模遗传测序项目(如基因组聚集数据库(gnomAD)中 curated 的项目)进行鉴定。然而,由于缺乏关键的临床和实验室信息,任何给定变异的致病性尚不清楚,因为青光眼是一种异质性的、常见的发病年龄疾病,常见变异可能是良性的。在这篇综述中,我们重新评估了文献中记录的约 100 种肌球蛋白嗅素结构域的非同义错义、插入缺失和提前终止的变异的致病性可能性。我们整合了可用的临床、实验室细胞、生化和生物物理数据、嗅素结构域结构以及 gnomAD 中的群体遗传学数据。在所检查的变异中,约 50%可以根据大量数据进行分类,而许多变异的致病性仍不确定,这需要进一步研究。最终,这种结合不同学科指标的方法可能有助于解决该易错误折叠蛋白在多因素和常见眼部疾病背景下的作用的一些悬而未决的复杂性问题,并为新的精准医学治疗方法铺平道路。