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Frameshift mutation S368fs in the gene encoding cytoskeletal β-actin leads to ACTB-associated syndromic thrombocytopenia by impairing actin dynamics. | LitMetric

Frameshift mutation S368fs in the gene encoding cytoskeletal β-actin leads to ACTB-associated syndromic thrombocytopenia by impairing actin dynamics.

Eur J Cell Biol

Institute for Biophysical Chemistry and Structural Biochemistry, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover 30625, Germany; Division for Structural Biochemistry, Hannover Medical School, Carl Neuberg Str. 1, D-30625 Hannover, Germany; RESiST, Cluster of Excellence 2155, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, 30625 Hannover, Germany. Electronic address:

Published: April 2022

Heterozygous dominant mutations in the ubiquitously produced cytoskeletal β-actin isoform lead to a broad range of human disease phenotypes, which are currently classified as three distinct clinical entities termed Baraitser-Winter-Cerebrofrontofacial syndrome (BWCFF), ACTB-associated pleiotropic malformation syndrome with intellectual disability (ACTB-PMSID), and ACTB-associated syndromic thrombocytopenia (ACTB-AST). The latter two are distinguishable from BWCFF by the presence of milder craniofacial features and less pronounced developmental abnormalities, or the absence of craniofacial features in combination with a characteristic thrombocytopenia with platelet anisotropy. Production and correct function of β-actin is required for multiple essential processes in all types of cells. Directed cell migration, cytokinesis and morphogenesis are amongst the functions that are supported by β-actin. Here we report the recombinant production and biochemical characterization of the ACTB-AST mutant p.S368fs, resulting in an altered sequence in the C-terminal region of β-actin that includes a replacement of the last 8 residues and an elongation of the molecule by 4 residues. The mutation affects a region important for actin polymerization and actin-profilin interaction. Accordingly, we measured markedly reduced rates of nucleation and polymerization during spontaneous actin assembly and lower affinity of p.S368fs for human profilin-1. The reduced affinity is also reflected in the lower propensity of profilin-1 to extend the nucleation phase of p.S368fs. While localized in close proximity to actin-cofilin and actin-myosin interfaces, we determined only minor effects of the mutation on the interaction of mutant filaments with cofilin and myosin family members. However, allosteric effects on sites distant from the mutation manifest themselves in a 7.9 °C reduction in thermal denaturation temperature, a 2-fold increase in the observed IC for DNase-I, and changes in nucleotide exchange kinetics. Our results support a disease mechanism involving impaired actin dynamics and function through disruption of actin-profilin interactions and further exacerbated by allosteric perturbations.

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