C-terminal truncations in human 3'-5' DNA exonuclease TREX1 cause autosomal dominant retinal vasculopathy with cerebral leukodystrophy

Autor: Todd A. Hardy, Anna Richards, M. Kathryn Liszewski, Martin B. Delatycki, Martin Dichgans, Boukje de Vries, Arn M. J. M. van den Maagdenberg, J. A. Oosterhuis, Joost Haan, Mark Gilbert Grand, Hafsa Mamsa, Andreas Gschwendter, Mary J. van Schooneveld, Gisela M. Terwindt, Ruth Schäfer, Michael J. Kane, Kaate R J Vanmolkot, Paulus T. V. M. de Jong, John P. Atkinson, Suzanne Hodgkinson, Dirk Spitzer, Stanley F. Nelson, Anine H. Stam, Maria Louise Barilla-Labarca, Katya E. Kotschet, Rune R. Frants, Paula Bertram, Yumi Kasai, Michel D. Ferrari, Parul H. Kothari, Robert W. Baloh, David J. Kavanagh, Joanna C. Jen, Jijun Wan, Caroline W. Storimans, Michael D. McLellan, Rula A. Hajj-Ali
Přispěvatelé: ANS - Amsterdam Neuroscience, Ophthalmology, Other departments
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2007
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Zdroj: Nature Genetics, 39(9), 1068-1070. Nature Publishing Group
Nature genetics, 39(9), 1068-1070. Nature Publishing Group
ISSN: 1061-4036
Popis: Autosomal dominant retinal vasculopathy with cerebral leukodystrophy is a microvascular endotheliopathy with middle- age onset. In nine families, we identified heterozygous C- terminal frameshift mutations in TREX1, which encodes a 3'-5' exonuclease. These truncated proteins retain exonuclease activity but lose normal perinuclear localization. These data have implications for the maintenance of vascular integrity in the degenerative cerebral microangiopathies leading to stroke and dementias.
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