Abstract
The pacemaking activity of specialized tissues in the heart and gut results in lifelong rhythmic contractions. Here we describe a new syndrome characterized by Chronic Atrial and Intestinal Dysrhythmia, termed CAID syndrome, in 16 French Canadians and 1 Swede. We show that a single shared homozygous founder mutation in SGOL1, a component of the cohesin complex, causes CAID syndrome. Cultured dermal fibroblasts from affected individuals showed accelerated cell cycle progression, a higher rate of senescence and enhanced activation of TGF-β signaling. Karyotypes showed the typical railroad appearance of a centromeric cohesion defect. Tissues derived from affected individuals displayed pathological changes in both the enteric nervous system and smooth muscle. Morpholino-induced knockdown of sgol1 in zebrafish recapitulated the abnormalities seen in humans with CAID syndrome. Our findings identify CAID syndrome as a novel generalized dysrhythmia, suggesting a new role for SGOL1 and the cohesin complex in mediating the integrity of human cardiac and gut rhythm.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1245-9 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Nature Genetics |
Volume | 46 |
Issue number | 11 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Nov 2014 |
Keywords
- Abnormalities, Multiple
- Animals
- Arrhythmias, Cardiac
- Cell Cycle
- Cell Cycle Proteins
- Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone
- Enteric Nervous System
- Fibroblasts
- Founder Effect
- Gastrointestinal Tract
- Gene Knockdown Techniques
- Humans
- Intestinal Diseases
- Karyotyping
- Muscle Contraction
- Muscle, Smooth, Vascular
- Mutation
- Quebec
- Signal Transduction
- Syndrome
- Transforming Growth Factor beta
- Zebrafish