同义的 ADAMTS13 变异体影响分子特征,并导致活性蛋白丰度的可变性。
Synonymous ADAMTS13 variants impact molecular characteristics and contribute to variability in active protein abundance.
机构信息
OTAT/DPPT/HB in the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD; and.
Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
出版信息
Blood Adv. 2022 Sep 27;6(18):5364-5378. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2022007065.
The effects of synonymous single nucleotide variants (sSNVs) are often neglected because they do not alter protein primary structure. Nevertheless, there is growing evidence that synonymous variations may affect messenger RNA (mRNA) expression and protein conformation and activity, which may lead to protein deficiency and disease manifestations. Because there are >21 million possible sSNVs affecting the human genome, it is not feasible to experimentally validate the effect of each sSNV. Here, we report a comprehensive series of in silico analyses assessing sSNV impact on a specific gene. ADAMTS13 was chosen as a model for its large size, many previously reported sSNVs, and associated coagulopathy thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. Using various prediction tools of biomolecular characteristics, we evaluated all ADAMTS13 sSNVs registered in the National Center for Biotechnology Information database of single nucleotide polymorphisms, including 357 neutral sSNVs and 19 sSNVs identified in patients with thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. We showed that some sSNVs change mRNA-folding energy/stability, disrupt mRNA splicing, disturb microRNA-binding sites, and alter synonymous codon or codon pair usage. Our findings highlight the importance of considering sSNVs when assessing the complex effects of ADAMTS13 alleles, and our approach provides a generalizable framework to characterize sSNV impact in other genes and diseases.
同义单核苷酸变异(sSNV)的影响经常被忽视,因为它们不会改变蛋白质的一级结构。然而,越来越多的证据表明,同义变异可能会影响信使 RNA(mRNA)的表达和蛋白质构象和活性,从而导致蛋白质缺乏和疾病表现。由于影响人类基因组的同义单核苷酸变异超过 2100 万种,因此实验验证每种同义单核苷酸变异的影响是不可行的。在这里,我们报告了一系列综合的计算机分析,评估 sSNV 对特定基因的影响。ADAMTS13 被选为模型,因为它的大小很大,有许多先前报道的 sSNV,并且与凝血功能障碍性血栓性血小板减少性紫癜有关。我们使用生物分子特性的各种预测工具,评估了国家生物技术信息中心单核苷酸多态性数据库中注册的所有 ADAMTS13 sSNV,包括 357 个中性 sSNV 和 19 个在血栓性血小板减少性紫癜患者中发现的 sSNV。我们表明,一些 sSNV 改变了 mRNA 折叠的能量/稳定性,破坏了 mRNA 剪接,干扰了 microRNA 结合位点,并改变了同义密码子或密码子对的使用。我们的研究结果强调了在评估 ADAMTS13 等位基因的复杂影响时考虑 sSNV 的重要性,并且我们的方法为在其他基因和疾病中表征 sSNV 影响提供了一个可推广的框架。