Assessment of the potential pathogenicity of missense mutations identified in the GTPase-activating protein (GAP)-related domain of the neurofibromatosis type-1 (NF1) gene

Thomas, Laura ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8621-5285, Richards, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2266-3329, Mort, Matthew Edwin, Dunlop, Elaine A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9209-7561, Cooper, David Neil ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8943-8484 and Upadhyaya, Meena 2012. Assessment of the potential pathogenicity of missense mutations identified in the GTPase-activating protein (GAP)-related domain of the neurofibromatosis type-1 (NF1) gene. Human Mutation 33 (12) , pp. 1687-1696. 10.1002/humu.22162

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Abstract

Neurofibromatosis type-1 (NF1) is caused by constitutional mutations of the NF1 tumor-suppressor gene. Although ∼85% of inherited NF1 microlesions constitute truncating mutations, the remaining ∼15% are missense mutations whose pathological relevance is often unclear. The GTPase-activating protein-related domain (GRD) of the NF1-encoded protein, neurofibromin, serves to define its major function as a negative regulator of the Ras-MAPK (mitogen-activated protein kinase) signaling pathway. We have established a functional assay to assess the potential pathogenicity of 15 constitutional nonsynonymous NF1 missense mutations (11 novel and 4 previously reported but not functionally characterized) identified in the NF1- GRD (p.R1204G, p.R1204W, p.R1276Q, p.L1301R, p.I1307V, p.T1324N, p.E1327G, p.Q1336R, p.E1356G, p.R1391G, p.V1398D, p.K1409E, p.P1412R, p.K1436Q, p.S1463F). Individual mutations were introduced into an NF1-GRD expression vector and activated Ras was assayed by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Ten NF1-GRD variants were deemed to be potentially pathogenic by virtue of significantly elevated levels of activated GTP-bound Ras in comparison to wild-type NF1 protein. The remaining five NF1-GRD variants were deemed less likely to be of pathological significance as they exhibited similar levels of activated Ras to the wild-type protein. These conclusions received broad support from both bioinformatic analysis and molecular modeling and serve to improve our understanding of NF1-GRD structure and function. HumMutat 33:1687–1696, 2012. C � 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine
Subjects:	Q Science > QH Natural history > QH426 Genetics R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	NF1; GAP-related domain; bioinformatic analysis; molecular modeling
Publisher:	Wiley-Blackwell
ISSN:	1059-7794
Last Modified:	21 Oct 2022 10:48
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/41418

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