Background: Auriculocondylar syndrome (ARCND) is a rare genetic disease that affects structures derived from the first and second pharyngeal arches, mainly resulting in micrognathia and auricular malformations. To date, pathogenic variants have been identified in three genes involved in the EDN1-DLX5/6 pathway (, and ) and some cases remain unsolved. Here we studied a large unsolved four-generation family.
Methods: We performed linkage analysis, resequencing and Capture-C to investigate the causative variant of this family. To test the pathogenicity of the CNV found, we modelled the disease in patient craniofacial progenitor cells, including induced pluripotent cell (iPSC)-derived neural crest and mesenchymal cells.
Results: This study highlights a fourth locus causative of ARCND, represented by a tandem duplication of 430 kb in a candidate region on chromosome 7 defined by linkage analysis. This duplication segregates with the disease in the family (LOD score=2.88) and includes , which is located over 200 kb telomeric to the top candidate gene . Notably, Capture-C analysis revealed multiple cis interactions between the promoter and possible regulatory elements within the duplicated region. Modelling of the disease revealed an increased expression of and its neighbouring gene, , in neural crest cells. We also identified decreased migration of iPSC-derived neural crest cells together with dysregulation of osteogenic differentiation in iPSC-affected mesenchymal stem cells.
Conclusion: Our findings support the hypothesis that the 430 kb duplication is causative of the ARCND phenotype in this family and that deregulation of expression during craniofacial development can contribute to the phenotype.
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