1. The E262K mutation in Lamin A links nuclear proteostasis imbalance to laminopathy-associated premature aging.
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Ghosh DK, Pande S, Kumar J, Yesodharan D, Nampoothiri S, Radhakrishnan P, Reddy CG, Ranjan A, and Girisha KM
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- Male, Humans, Adolescent, Lamin Type A genetics, Proteostasis genetics, Mutation genetics, Aging, Premature genetics, Laminopathies
- Abstract
Deleterious, mostly de novo, mutations in the lamin A (LMNA) gene cause spatio-functional nuclear abnormalities that result in several laminopathy-associated progeroid conditions. In this study, exome sequencing in a sixteen-year-old male with manifestations of premature aging led to the identification of a mutation, c.784G>A, in LMNA, resulting in a missense protein variant, p.Glu262Lys (E262K), that aggregates in nucleoplasm. While bioinformatic analyses reveal the instability and pathogenicity of LMNA
E262K , local unfolding of the mutation-harboring helical region drives the structural collapse of LMNAE262K into aggregates. The E262K mutation also disrupts SUMOylation of lysine residues by preventing UBE2I binding to LMNAE262K , thereby reducing LMNAE262K degradation, aggregated LMNAE262K sequesters nuclear chaperones, proteasomal proteins, and DNA repair proteins. Consequently, aggregates of LMNAE262K disrupt nuclear proteostasis and DNA repair response. Thus, we report a structure-function association of mutant LMNAE262K with toxicity, which is consistent with the concept that loss of nuclear proteostasis causes early aging in laminopathies., (© 2022 The Authors. Aging Cell published by Anatomical Society and John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)- Published
- 2022
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