Identification and functional analysis of CITED2 mutations in patients with congenital heart defects

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Title:	Identification and functional analysis of CITED2 mutations in patients with congenital heart defects
Creators Name:	Sperling, S., Grimm, C.H., Dunkel, I., Mebus, S., Sperling, H.P., Ebner, A., Galli, R., Lehrach, H., Fusch, C., Berger, F. and Hammer, S.
Abstract:	Recent reports have demonstrated that mice lacking the transcription factor Cited2 die in utero showing various cardiac malformations. We present for the first time functionally relevant mutations of CITED2 in patients with congenital heart defects (CHDs). CITED2 encodes a CREBBP/EP300 interacting transcriptional modulator of HIF1A and TFAP2. To study the potential impact of sequence variations in CITED2 for CHDs in humans, we screened a cohort of 392 well-characterized patients and 192 control individuals using DHPLC, sequencing, and Amplifluor genotyping techniques. We identified 15 CITED2 nucleotide alterations. Seven of these alterations were found only in CHD patients and were not detected in controls, including three mutations leading to alterations of the amino acid sequence (p.Ser170_Gly178del, p.Gly178_Ser179ins9, and p.Ser198_Gly199del). All three of these amino acid changing mutations cluster in the serine-glycine-rich junction of the protein, to which no functionality had heretofore been assigned. Here we show that these mutations significantly reduce the capacity of CITED2 to transrepress HIF1A, and that the p.Ser170_Gly178del mutation significantly diminishes TFAP2C coactivation. This reveals a modifying role for the serine-glycine-rich region in CITED2 function. In summary, the observation of these mutations in patients with septal defects indicates that CITED2 has a causative impact in the development of CHD in humans.
Keywords:	Arterial Malrotation, CHD, CITED2, Congenital Heart Defects, Septal Defects
Source:	Human Mutation
ISSN:	1059-7794
Publisher:	Wiley
Volume:	26
Number:	6
Page Range:	575-582
Date:	December 2005
Official Publication:	https://doi.org/10.1002/humu.20262
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