TBC1D32 variants disrupt retinal ciliogenesis and cause retinitis pigmentosa

Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is the most common inherited retinal disease (IRD) and is characterized by photoreceptor degeneration and progressive vision loss. We report 4 patients presenting with RP from 3 unrelated families with variants in TBC1D32, which to date has never been associated with an IRD. To validate TBC1D32 as a putative RP causative gene, we combined Xenopus in vivo approaches and human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived (iPSC-derived) retinal models. Our data showed that TBC1D32 was expressed during retinal development and that it played an important role in retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) differentiation. Furthermore, we identified a role for TBC1D32 in ciliogenesis of the RPE. We demonstrated elongated ciliary defects that resulted in disrupted apical tight junctions, loss of functionality (delayed retinoid cycling and altered secretion balance), and the onset of an epithelial-mesenchymal transition-like phenotype. Last, our results suggested photoreceptor differentiation defects, including connecting cilium anomalies, that resulted in impaired trafficking to the outer segment in cones and rods in TBC1D32 iPSC-derived retinal organoids. Overall, our data highlight a critical role for TBC1D32 in the retina and demonstrate that TBC1D32 mutations lead to RP. We thus identify TBC1D32 as an IRD-causative gene.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:8

Enthalten in:

JCI insight - 8(2023), 21 vom: 08. Nov.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Bocquet, Béatrice [VerfasserIn]
Borday, Caroline [VerfasserIn]
Erkilic, Nejla [VerfasserIn]
Mamaeva, Daria [VerfasserIn]
Donval, Alicia [VerfasserIn]
Masson, Christel [VerfasserIn]
Parain, Karine [VerfasserIn]
Kaminska, Karolina [VerfasserIn]
Quinodoz, Mathieu [VerfasserIn]
Perea-Romero, Irene [VerfasserIn]
Garcia-Garcia, Gema [VerfasserIn]
Jimenez-Medina, Carla [VerfasserIn]
Boukhaddaoui, Hassan [VerfasserIn]
Coget, Arthur [VerfasserIn]
Leboucq, Nicolas [VerfasserIn]
Calzetti, Giacomo [VerfasserIn]
Gandolfi, Stefano [VerfasserIn]
Percesepe, Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Barili, Valeria [VerfasserIn]
Uliana, Vera [VerfasserIn]
Delsante, Marco [VerfasserIn]
Bozzetti, Francesca [VerfasserIn]
Scholl, Hendrik Pn [VerfasserIn]
Corton, Marta [VerfasserIn]
Ayuso, Carmen [VerfasserIn]
Millan, Jose M [VerfasserIn]
Rivolta, Carlo [VerfasserIn]
Meunier, Isabelle [VerfasserIn]
Perron, Muriel [VerfasserIn]
Kalatzis, Vasiliki [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing
Genetic diseases
Genetics
IPS cells
Journal Article
Ophthalmology
Retinopathy
TBC1D32 protein, human

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 09.11.2023

Date Revised 16.12.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1172/jci.insight.169426

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM362649898