Chromatin assembly factor subunit CHAF1A as a monogenic cause for oculo-auriculo-vertebral spectrum

Oculo-auriculo-vertebral spectrum (OAVS) is characterized by abnormal development of the 1st and 2nd branchial arches. Despite arguments against a monogenic condition, a few genes have been involved in a minority of cases. We now report heterozygous, presumably loss-of function variants in the CHAF1...

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Veröffentlicht in:European journal of human genetics : EJHG 2024-09
Hauptverfasser: Pingault, Véronique, Neiva-Vaz, Cécilia, de Oliveira, Judite, Martínez-Gil, Núria, Lasa-Aranzasti, Amaia, Campos, Berta, Lakeman, Inge M M, Nibbeling, Esther A R, Stoeva, Radka, Jayakar, Parul, Dabir, Tabib, Elloumi, Houda Zghal, Strong, Alanna, Hanein, Sylvain, Picard, Arnaud, Ochsenbein, Francoise, Blanc, Pierre, Amiel, Jeanne
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Zusammenfassung:Oculo-auriculo-vertebral spectrum (OAVS) is characterized by abnormal development of the 1st and 2nd branchial arches. Despite arguments against a monogenic condition, a few genes have been involved in a minority of cases. We now report heterozygous, presumably loss-of function variants in the CHAF1A gene in 8 individuals, including 3 members of the same family. Four cases fulfill stringent diagnostic criteria for OAVS, including asymmetric ear dysplasia, preauricular tags, mandibular asymmetry +/- vertebral malformations. Two patients also presented with kidney malformations. CHAF1A encodes a subunit of CAF-1 (chromatin assembly factor-1), a heterotrimeric protein complex responsible for the deposition of newly synthesized histones H3-H4 onto the newly synthetized DNA strand during replication. The identification of loss-of-unction variants in CHAF1A is consistent with the hypothesis of early developmental genes dysregulation driving OAVS and other associations recently lumped under the acronym Recurrent Constellations of Embryonic Malformations (RCEM).
ISSN:1018-4813
1476-5438
1476-5438
DOI:10.1038/s41431-024-01698-5