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Loss of the scavenger mRNA decapping enzyme DCPS causes syndromic intellectual disability with neuromuscular defects

C Ng
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M Shboul
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Valerio Taverniti
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C Bonnard
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H Lee
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A Eskin
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S Nelson
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M Al-Raqad
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S Altawalbeh
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B Reversade
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Abstract

mRNA decay is an essential and active process that allows cells to continuously adapt gene expression to internal and environmental cues. There are two mRNA degradation pathways: 3' to 5' and 5' to 3'. The DCPS protein is the scavenger mRNA decapping enzyme which functions in the last step of the 3' end mRNA decay pathway. We have identified a DCPS pathogenic mutation in a large family with three affected individuals presenting with a novel recessive syndrome consisting of craniofacial anomalies, intellectual disability and neuromuscular defects. Using patient's primary cells, we show that this homozygous splice mutation results in a DCPS loss-of-function allele. Diagnostic biochemical analyses using various m7G cap derivatives as substrates reveal no DCPS enzymatic activity in patient's cells. Our results implicate DCPS and more generally RNA catabolism, as a critical cellular process for neurological development, normal cognition and organismal homeostasis in humans.

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hal-02179565 , version 1 (10-07-2019)

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C Ng, M Shboul, Valerio Taverniti, C Bonnard, H Lee, et al.. Loss of the scavenger mRNA decapping enzyme DCPS causes syndromic intellectual disability with neuromuscular defects. Human Molecular Genetics, 2015, 24 (11), pp.3163-3171. ⟨10.1093/hmg/ddv067⟩. ⟨hal-02179565⟩
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