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Sorbonne Université, Institut du Cerveau-Paris Brain Institute-ICM, Inserm, CNRS, APHP, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France.
Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (APHP) Sorbonne Université, Département de Génétique Médicale, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France.
Nat Genet. 2025 May 16. doi: 10.1038/s41588-025-02184-4.
The major spliceosome contains five small nuclear RNAs (snRNAs; U1, U2, U4, U5 and U6) essential for splicing. Variants in RNU4-2, encoding U4, cause a neurodevelopmental disorder called ReNU syndrome. We investigated de novo variants in 50 snRNA-encoding genes in a French cohort of 23,649 individuals with rare disorders and gathered additional cases through international collaborations. Altogether, we identified 145 previously unreported probands with (likely) pathogenic variants in RNU4-2 and 21 individuals with de novo and/or recurrent variants in RNU5B-1 and RNU5A-1, encoding U5. Pathogenic variants typically arose de novo on the maternal allele and cluster in regions critical for splicing. RNU4-2 variants mainly localize to two structures, the stem III and T-loop/quasi-pseudoknot, which position the U6 ACAGAGA box for 5' splice site recognition and associate with different phenotypic severity. RNU4-2 variants result in specific defects in alternative 5' splice site usage and methylation patterns (episignatures) that correlate with variant location and clinical severity. This study establishes RNU5B-1 as a neurodevelopmental disorder gene, suggests RNU5A-1 as a strong candidate and highlights the role of de novo variants in snRNAs.
主要剪接体包含五种对剪接至关重要的小核RNA(snRNA;U1、U2、U4、U5和U6)。编码U4的RNU4 - 2中的变异会导致一种名为ReNU综合征的神经发育障碍。我们在一个由23649名患有罕见疾病的个体组成的法国队列中,对50个编码snRNA的基因中的新生变异进行了研究,并通过国际合作收集了更多病例。我们总共鉴定出145名先前未报告的先证者,其RNU4 - 2中存在(可能)致病变异,以及21名在编码U5的RNU5B - 1和RNU5A - 1中存在新生和/或反复出现变异的个体。致病变异通常在母本等位基因上新生出现,并聚集在对剪接至关重要的区域。RNU4 - 2变异主要定位于两个结构,即茎III和T环/准假结,它们将U6 ACAGAGA框定位用于5'剪接位点识别,并与不同的表型严重程度相关。RNU4 - 2变异导致选择性5'剪接位点使用和甲基化模式(表型特征)出现特定缺陷,这些缺陷与变异位置和临床严重程度相关。这项研究确定RNU5B - 1为神经发育障碍基因,表明RNU5A - 1是一个强有力的候选基因,并突出了snRNA中新生变异的作用。