Dysregulation of Cotranscriptional Alternative Splicing Underlies
Dysregulation of cotranscriptional alternative splicing PNAS PLUS underlies CHARGE syndrome Catherine Bélangera,b,1, Félix-Antoine Bérubé-Simarda,b,1, Elizabeth Leduca,b, Guillaume Bernasa,b, Philippe M. Campeauc,d, Seema R. Lalanie, Donna M. Martinf,g, Stephanie Bielash,i, Amanda Mocciah,i, Anshika Srivastavah,i, David W. Silversidesj, and Nicolas Pilona,b,2 aMolecular Genetics of Development Laboratory, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Quebec at Montreal, Montreal, QC H2X 3Y7, Canada; bBioMed Research Center, University of Quebec at Montreal, Montreal, QC H2X 3Y7, Canada; cDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC H3T 1C5, Canada; dCentre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine Research Centre, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC H3T 1C5, Canada; eDepartment of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030; fDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109; gDepartment of Human Genetics, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109; hDepartment of Human Genetics, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109; iDepartment of Neuroscience, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109; and jDepartment of Veterinary Biomedicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC J2S 2M2, Canada Edited by Robb Krumlauf, Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO, and approved December 11, 2017 (received for review August 31, 2017) CHARGE syndrome—which stands for coloboma of the eye, heart also because an important subset of cases remains genetically un- defects, atresia of choanae, retardation of growth/development, explained (1, 2). genital abnormalities, and ear anomalies—is a severe develop- Heterozygous mutation of CHD7 (chromodomain helicase mental disorder with wide phenotypic variability, caused mainly DNA-binding protein 7) is currently the only known genetic cause by mutations in CHD7 (chromodomain helicase DNA-binding pro- of CHARGE syndrome (8).
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