2018
RPSA, a candidate gene for isolated congenital asplenia, is required for pre-rRNA processing and spleen formation in Xenopus
Griffin JN, Sondalle SB, Robson A, Mis EK, Griffin G, Kulkarni SS, Deniz E, Baserga SJ, Khokha MK. RPSA, a candidate gene for isolated congenital asplenia, is required for pre-rRNA processing and spleen formation in Xenopus. Development 2018, 145: dev166181. PMID: 30337486, PMCID: PMC6215398, DOI: 10.1242/dev.166181.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPre-rRNA processingSmall ribosomal subunitCommon disease-associated mutationDisease-associated mutationsRpsA mRNARibosome biogenesisRibosome productionRibosome functionRibosomal subunitCandidate genesHuman mRNAsProtein componentsImpairs expressionSpleen developmentMolecular patterningRPSASpleen anlageMutationsXenopusGenesFirst animal modelUniversal requirementMRNA
2017
The pre-rRNA processing factor DEF is rate limiting for the pathogenesis of MYCN-driven neuroblastoma
Tao T, Sondalle SB, Shi H, Zhu S, Perez-Atayde AR, Peng J, Baserga SJ, Look AT. The pre-rRNA processing factor DEF is rate limiting for the pathogenesis of MYCN-driven neuroblastoma. Oncogene 2017, 36: 3852-3867. PMID: 28263972, PMCID: PMC5501763, DOI: 10.1038/onc.2016.527.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDigestive organ expansion factorSmall ribosomal subunitPeripheral sympathetic nervous systemPre-ribosomal RNA processingTransgenic zebrafish modelOverexpression of MYCNNeuroblastoma cellsRibosome biogenesisSSU processomeNucleolar factorsRNA processingSympathetic nervous systemRibosomal subunitZebrafish modelHuman neuroblastoma cell lineTumor growth rateHuman neuroblastoma cellsNeuroblastoma cell linesNovel siteZebrafishCell linesNervous systemHuman neuroblastomaDisease penetranceNeuroblastomaA Ribosomopathy Reveals Decoding Defective Ribosomes Driving Human Dysmorphism
Paolini NA, Attwood M, Sondalle SB, dos Santos Vieira C, van Adrichem AM, di Summa FM, O’Donohue M, Gleizes PE, Rachuri S, Briggs JW, Fischer R, Ratcliffe PJ, Wlodarski MW, Houtkooper RH, von Lindern M, Kuijpers TW, Dinman JD, Baserga SJ, Cockman ME, MacInnes AW. A Ribosomopathy Reveals Decoding Defective Ribosomes Driving Human Dysmorphism. American Journal Of Human Genetics 2017, 100: 506-522. PMID: 28257692, PMCID: PMC5339345, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2017.01.034.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAutism Spectrum DisorderCarrier ProteinsCells, CulturedChildChild, PreschoolCodonDevelopmental DisabilitiesExomeFemaleFibroblastsGenetic VariationHearing LossHumansIntellectual DisabilityMaleMicrocephalyMutationMutation, MissenseNuclear ProteinsOxidative StressProtein BiosynthesisRibosomal ProteinsRibosomesSequence AlignmentSequence Analysis, DNAConceptsMRNA translationRibosomal protein gene mutationsRP gene mutationsAmino acid substitutionsDefective ribosomesSubunit biogenesisCodon translationRibosomal subunitPolysome formationGene mutationsProline residuesDe novo missense mutationsAcid substitutionsLoop regionProtein synthesisBone marrow failurePhenylalanine residuesNovo missense mutationMechanistic distinctionsPrimary cellsMissense mutationsRibosomopathiesProtein gene mutationsUnrelated individualsMutations