Reference Center AD SOOR, AnDDI-RARE, INSERM U 1211, Medical Genetics Department, Bordeaux University, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux, 33076 Bordeaux, France.
Marseille Medical Genetics, INSERM U 1251, MMG, Aix Marseille University, 13385 Marseille, France.
Genes (Basel). 2021 Jun 24;12(7):968. doi: 10.3390/genes12070968.
The Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome (RSTS) is a rare congenital developmental disorder characterized by a typical facial dysmorphism, distal limb abnormalities, intellectual disability, and many additional phenotypical features. It occurs at between 1/100,000 and 1/125,000 births. Two genes are currently known to cause RSTS, and mutated in around 55% and 8% of clinically diagnosed cases, respectively. To date, 500 pathogenic variants have been reported for the gene and 118 for . These two genes encode paralogs acting as lysine acetyltransferase involved in transcriptional regulation and chromatin remodeling with a key role in neuronal plasticity and cognition. Because of the clinical heterogeneity of this syndrome ranging from the typical clinical diagnosis to features overlapping with other Mendelian disorders of the epigenetic machinery, phenotype/genotype correlations remain difficult to establish. In this context, the deciphering of the patho-physiological process underlying these diseases and the definition of a specific episignature will likely improve the diagnostic efficiency but also open novel therapeutic perspectives. This review summarizes the current clinical and molecular knowledge and highlights the epigenetic regulation of RSTS as a model of chromatinopathy.
鲁宾斯坦-泰比综合征(RSTS)是一种罕见的先天性发育障碍,其特征为典型的面部畸形、远端肢体异常、智力障碍以及许多其他表型特征。该病的发病率为每 10 万至 12.5 名新生儿中有 1 例。目前已知有两个基因会导致 RSTS,分别有 约 55%和 8%的临床诊断病例中存在 和 突变。迄今为止,已报道了 500 种 基因的致病性变异,118 种 基因的致病性变异。这两个基因编码的是赖氨酸乙酰转移酶的同源物,参与转录调控和染色质重塑,在神经元可塑性和认知中起着关键作用。由于该综合征的临床表现存在很大的异质性,从典型的临床诊断到与其他表观遗传机制的孟德尔疾病重叠的特征,表型/基因型相关性仍然难以建立。在这种情况下,对这些疾病的病理生理过程的破译以及确定特定的表观遗传特征,可能会提高诊断效率,同时也为新的治疗方法提供了可能性。本文综述了目前的临床和分子知识,并强调了 RSTS 的表观遗传调控,将其作为染色质病的一个模型。