TY - JOUR
T1 - A novel homozygous missense mutation p.P388s in tulp1 causes protein instability and retinitis pigmentosa
AU - Woodard, Danae R.
AU - Xing, Chao
AU - Ganne, Pratyusha
AU - Liang, Hanquan
AU - Mahindrakar, Avinash
AU - Sankurathri, Chandrasekhar
AU - Hulleman, John D.
AU - Mootha, V. Vinod
N1 - Funding Information:
DRW is supported by an NIH Diversity Supplement (R01EY027785). JDH is supported by an endowment from the Roger and Dorothy Hirl Research Fund, an NEI R01 grant (R01EY027785), and a Career Development Award from Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB). Additional support was provided by an NEI Visual Science Core grant (P30EY030413) and an unrestricted grant from RPB (both to the UT Southwestern Department of Ophthalmology). Dr. Hulleman (John.Hulleman@UTSouthwestern.edu) and Dr. Mootha (Vinod.Mootha@UTSouthwestern.edu) are co-corresponding authors for this paper. We would like to thank the patient and his family for participating in this study.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Molecular Vision.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Purpose: Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is an inherited retinal disorder that results in the degeneration of photoreceptor cells, ultimately leading to severe visual impairment. We characterized a consanguineous family from Southern India wherein a 25 year old individual presented with night blindness since childhood. The purpose of this study was to identify the causative mutation for RP in this individual as well as characterize how the mutation may ultimately affect protein function. Methods: We performed a complete ophthalmologic examination of the proband followed by exome sequencing. The likely causative mutation was identified and modeled in cultured cells, evaluating its expression, solubility (both with western blotting), subcellular distribution, (confocal microscopy), and testing whether this variant induced endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress (quantitative PCR [qPCR] and western blotting). Results: The proband presented with generalized and parafoveal retinal pigmented epithelium (RPE) atrophy with bone spicule-like pigmentation in the midperiphery and arteriolar attenuation. Optical coherence tomography scans through the macula of both eyes showed atrophy of the outer retinal layers with loss of the ellipsoid zone, whereas the systemic examination of this individual was normal. The proband’s parents and sibling were asymptomatic and had normal fun-duscopic examinations. We discovered a novel homozygous p.Pro388Ser mutation in the tubby-like protein 1 (TULP1) gene in the individual with RP. In cultured cells, the P388S mutation does not alter the subcellular distribution of TULP1 or induce ER stress when compared to wild-type TULP1, but instead significantly lowers protein stability as indicated with steady-state and cycloheximide-chase experiments. Conclusions: These results add to the list of known mutations in TULP1 identified in individuals with RP and suggest a possible unique pathogenic mechanism in TULP1-induced RP, which may be shared among select mutations in TULP1.
AB - Purpose: Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is an inherited retinal disorder that results in the degeneration of photoreceptor cells, ultimately leading to severe visual impairment. We characterized a consanguineous family from Southern India wherein a 25 year old individual presented with night blindness since childhood. The purpose of this study was to identify the causative mutation for RP in this individual as well as characterize how the mutation may ultimately affect protein function. Methods: We performed a complete ophthalmologic examination of the proband followed by exome sequencing. The likely causative mutation was identified and modeled in cultured cells, evaluating its expression, solubility (both with western blotting), subcellular distribution, (confocal microscopy), and testing whether this variant induced endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress (quantitative PCR [qPCR] and western blotting). Results: The proband presented with generalized and parafoveal retinal pigmented epithelium (RPE) atrophy with bone spicule-like pigmentation in the midperiphery and arteriolar attenuation. Optical coherence tomography scans through the macula of both eyes showed atrophy of the outer retinal layers with loss of the ellipsoid zone, whereas the systemic examination of this individual was normal. The proband’s parents and sibling were asymptomatic and had normal fun-duscopic examinations. We discovered a novel homozygous p.Pro388Ser mutation in the tubby-like protein 1 (TULP1) gene in the individual with RP. In cultured cells, the P388S mutation does not alter the subcellular distribution of TULP1 or induce ER stress when compared to wild-type TULP1, but instead significantly lowers protein stability as indicated with steady-state and cycloheximide-chase experiments. Conclusions: These results add to the list of known mutations in TULP1 identified in individuals with RP and suggest a possible unique pathogenic mechanism in TULP1-induced RP, which may be shared among select mutations in TULP1.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 33907372
AN - SCOPUS:85105082888
SN - 1090-0535
VL - 27
SP - 179
EP - 190
JO - Molecular Vision
JF - Molecular Vision
ER -