Bi‐allelic VPS16 variants limit HOPS/CORVET levels and cause a mucopolysaccharidosis‐like disease
Open Access
- 3 May 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by EMBO in EMBO Molecular Medicine
- Vol. 13 (5), e13376
- https://doi.org/10.15252/emmm.202013376
Abstract
Lysosomal storage diseases, including mucopolysaccharidoses, result from genetic defects that impair lysosomal catabolism. Here, we describe two patients from two independent families presenting with progressive psychomotor regression, delayed myelination, brain atrophy, neutropenia, skeletal abnormalities, and mucopolysaccharidosis‐like dysmorphic features. Both patients were homozygous for the same intronic variant in VPS16, a gene encoding a subunit of the HOPS and CORVET complexes. The variant impaired normal mRNA splicing and led to an ~85% reduction in VPS16 protein levels in patient‐derived fibroblasts. Levels of other HOPS/CORVET subunits, including VPS33A, were similarly reduced, but restored upon re‐expression of VPS16. Patient‐derived fibroblasts showed defects in the uptake and endosomal trafficking of transferrin as well as accumulation of autophagosomes and lysosomal compartments. Re‐expression of VPS16 rescued the cellular phenotypes. Zebrafish with disrupted vps16 expression showed impaired development, reduced myelination, and a similar accumulation of lysosomes and autophagosomes in the brain, particularly in glia cells. This disorder resembles previously reported patients with mutations in VPS33A, thus expanding the family of mucopolysaccharidosis‐like diseases that result from mutations in HOPS/CORVET subunits.Funding Information
- Vetenskapsrådet (2017‐03331)
- ZonMw (91617021)
- H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (707404)
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (Ga354/14‐1)
- Sahlgrenska Universitetssjukhuset (ALFGBG‐797811)
- Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
- Brain and Behavior Research Foundation
- Erasmus Medisch Centrum
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