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Identification of molecular and physiopathologic basis in oral-facial-digital syndromes

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Oral-facial-digital syndromes (OFDS) are characterized by the association of oral, facial and digital anomalies. The different modes of inheritance and additional features lead to clinically delineate 13 subtypes. For a long time, only the OFD1 gene, responsible for OFDI subtype and coding for a centrosomal protein, has been known, suggesting the involvement of the primary cilium in OFDS. Mutations have recently been reported in the TMEM216, DDX59, SCLT1, TBC1D32 and TCTN3 genes in anecdotic cases. To identify new genes involved in OFDS, we performed whole-exome sequencing in 24 patients. In 14/24 cases, we identified 5 novel genes (C2CD3, TMEM107, INTU, KIAA0753, IFT57), enlarged the clinical spectrum of OFDS of 3 known genes responsible for other ciliopathies (C5orf42, TMEM138, TMEM231) and confirmed the involvement of 3 known genes in OFDS (OFD1, DDX59, WDPCP). Functional studies demonstrated the involvement of the centriolar growth, the transition zone and the intraflagellar transport, through the characterization of 3 major protein complexes: the KIAA0753/OFD1/FOPNL complex controlling the centriole elongation, the MKS module (TMEM107/TMEM231/TMEM216), an essential component of the transition zone, and the CPLANE complex (INTU/FUZ/WDPCP) enabling in the IFT-A assembly. We demonstrated the large clinical and genetic heterogeneity of OFDS, yielding the initial classification in 13 subtypes obsolete, extending the number of 15 causal genes, and confirming OFDS as a new full subgroup of ciliopathies.