A non-syndromic orofacial cleft risk locus links tRNA splicing defects to neural crest cell pathologies

Orofacial clefts are the most common form of congenital craniofacial malformation worldwide. The etiology of these birth defects is multifactorial, involving genetic and environmental factors. However, in most cases, the underlying causes remain unexplained, precluding a molecular understanding of d...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bartusel, Michaela (Author) , Kim, Skylar X. (Author) , Rehimi, Rizwan (Author) , Darnell, Alicia M. (Author) , Nikolić, Miloš (Author) , Heggemann, Julia (Author) , Kolovos, Petros (Author) , van Ijcken, Wilfred F. J. (Author) , Varineau, Jade (Author) , Crispatzu, Giuliano (Author) , Mangold, Elisabeth (Author) , Brugmann, Samantha A. (Author) , Vander Heiden, Matthew G. (Author) , Laugsch, Magdalena (Author) , Ludwig, Kerstin U. (Author) , Rada-Iglesias, Alvaro (Author) , Calo, Eliezer (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: May 2025
In: The American journal of human genetics
Year: 2025, Volume: 112, Issue: 5, Pages: 1097-1116
ISSN:1537-6605
DOI:10.1016/j.ajhg.2025.03.017
Online Access:Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2025.03.017
Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002929725001387
Get full text
Author Notes:Michaela Bartusel, Skylar X. Kim, Rizwan Rehimi, Alicia M. Darnell, Miloš Nikolić, Julia Heggemann, Petros Kolovos, Wilfred F. J. van Ijcken, Jade Varineau, Giuliano Crispatzu, Elisabeth Mangold, Samantha A. Brugmann, Matthew G. Vander Heiden, Magdalena Laugsch, Kerstin U. Ludwig, Alvaro Rada-Iglesias and Eliezer Calo

MARC

LEADER 00000naa a2200000 c 4500
001 1938918436
003 DE-627
005 20251020165413.0
007 cr uuu---uuuuu
008 251020s2025 xx |||||o 00| ||eng c
024 7 |a 10.1016/j.ajhg.2025.03.017  |2 doi 
035 |a (DE-627)1938918436 
035 |a (DE-599)KXP1938918436 
040 |a DE-627  |b ger  |c DE-627  |e rda 
041 |a eng 
084 |a 33  |2 sdnb 
100 1 |a Bartusel, Michaela  |e VerfasserIn  |0 (DE-588)1202529453  |0 (DE-627)1686677618  |4 aut 
245 1 2 |a A non-syndromic orofacial cleft risk locus links tRNA splicing defects to neural crest cell pathologies  |c Michaela Bartusel, Skylar X. Kim, Rizwan Rehimi, Alicia M. Darnell, Miloš Nikolić, Julia Heggemann, Petros Kolovos, Wilfred F. J. van Ijcken, Jade Varineau, Giuliano Crispatzu, Elisabeth Mangold, Samantha A. Brugmann, Matthew G. Vander Heiden, Magdalena Laugsch, Kerstin U. Ludwig, Alvaro Rada-Iglesias and Eliezer Calo 
264 1 |c May 2025 
300 |a 21 
336 |a Text  |b txt  |2 rdacontent 
337 |a Computermedien  |b c  |2 rdamedia 
338 |a Online-Ressource  |b cr  |2 rdacarrier 
500 |a Gesehen am 20.10.2025 
520 |a Orofacial clefts are the most common form of congenital craniofacial malformation worldwide. The etiology of these birth defects is multifactorial, involving genetic and environmental factors. However, in most cases, the underlying causes remain unexplained, precluding a molecular understanding of disease mechanisms. Here, we integrated genome-wide association data, targeted resequencing of case and control cohorts, tissue- and cell-type-specific epigenomic profiling, and genome architecture analyses to molecularly dissect a genomic locus associated with an increased risk of non-syndromic orofacial cleft. We found that common and rare risk variants associated with orofacial cleft intersect with an enhancer (e2p24.2) that is active in human embryonic craniofacial tissue. We mapped e2p24.2 long-range interactions to a topologically associated domain harboring MYCN, DDX1, and CYRIA. We found that MYCN and DDX1, but not CYRIA, are required during craniofacial development in chicken embryos. We investigated the role of DDX1, a key component of the tRNA splicing complex, in cranial neural crest cells (cNCCs). The loss of DDX1 in cNCCs resulted in the accumulation of unspliced tRNA fragments, depletion of mature intron-containing tRNAs, and ribosome stalling at codons decoded by these tRNAs. This was accompanied by defects in both global protein synthesis and cNCC migration. We further showed that the induction of tRNA fragments is sufficient to disrupt craniofacial development. Together, these results uncovered a molecular mechanism in which impaired tRNA splicing affects cNCCs and craniofacial development and positioned MYCN, DDX1, and tRNA processing defects as risk factors in the pathogenesis of orofacial clefts. 
650 4 |a craniofacial development 
650 4 |a DDX1 
650 4 |a epigenetics 
650 4 |a MYCN 
650 4 |a neural crest cells 
650 4 |a orofacial cleft 
650 4 |a tRNA 
650 4 |a tRNA fragments 
700 1 |a Kim, Skylar X.  |e VerfasserIn  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Rehimi, Rizwan  |e VerfasserIn  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Darnell, Alicia M.  |e VerfasserIn  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Nikolić, Miloš  |e VerfasserIn  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Heggemann, Julia  |e VerfasserIn  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Kolovos, Petros  |e VerfasserIn  |4 aut 
700 1 |a van Ijcken, Wilfred F. J.  |e VerfasserIn  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Varineau, Jade  |e VerfasserIn  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Crispatzu, Giuliano  |e VerfasserIn  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Mangold, Elisabeth  |e VerfasserIn  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Brugmann, Samantha A.  |e VerfasserIn  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Vander Heiden, Matthew G.  |e VerfasserIn  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Laugsch, Magdalena  |d 1968-  |e VerfasserIn  |0 (DE-588)129620122  |0 (DE-627)475208722  |0 (DE-576)297752081  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Ludwig, Kerstin U.  |e VerfasserIn  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Rada-Iglesias, Alvaro  |e VerfasserIn  |4 aut 
700 1 |a Calo, Eliezer  |e VerfasserIn  |4 aut 
773 0 8 |i Enthalten in  |t The American journal of human genetics  |d New York, NY [u.a.] : Cell Press, 1949  |g 112(2025), 5 vom: Mai, Seite 1097-1116  |w (DE-627)269019014  |w (DE-600)1473813-2  |w (DE-576)077662636  |x 1537-6605  |7 nnas  |a A non-syndromic orofacial cleft risk locus links tRNA splicing defects to neural crest cell pathologies 
773 1 8 |g volume:112  |g year:2025  |g number:5  |g month:05  |g pages:1097-1116  |g extent:21  |a A non-syndromic orofacial cleft risk locus links tRNA splicing defects to neural crest cell pathologies 
856 4 0 |u https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2025.03.017  |x Verlag  |x Resolving-System  |z kostenfrei  |3 Volltext 
856 4 0 |u https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002929725001387  |x Verlag  |z kostenfrei  |3 Volltext 
951 |a AR 
992 |a 20251020 
993 |a Article 
994 |a 2025 
998 |g 129620122  |a Laugsch, Magdalena  |m 129620122:Laugsch, Magdalena  |d 910000  |d 911500  |e 910000PL129620122  |e 911500PL129620122  |k 0/910000/  |k 1/910000/911500/  |p 14 
999 |a KXP-PPN1938918436  |e 4789929493 
BIB |a Y 
SER |a journal 
JSO |a {"note":["Gesehen am 20.10.2025"],"type":{"bibl":"article-journal","media":"Online-Ressource"},"recId":"1938918436","language":["eng"],"person":[{"role":"aut","roleDisplay":"VerfasserIn","display":"Bartusel, Michaela","given":"Michaela","family":"Bartusel"},{"role":"aut","display":"Kim, Skylar X.","roleDisplay":"VerfasserIn","given":"Skylar X.","family":"Kim"},{"roleDisplay":"VerfasserIn","display":"Rehimi, Rizwan","role":"aut","family":"Rehimi","given":"Rizwan"},{"family":"Darnell","given":"Alicia M.","display":"Darnell, Alicia M.","roleDisplay":"VerfasserIn","role":"aut"},{"role":"aut","roleDisplay":"VerfasserIn","display":"Nikolić, Miloš","given":"Miloš","family":"Nikolić"},{"role":"aut","display":"Heggemann, Julia","roleDisplay":"VerfasserIn","given":"Julia","family":"Heggemann"},{"role":"aut","display":"Kolovos, Petros","roleDisplay":"VerfasserIn","given":"Petros","family":"Kolovos"},{"given":"Wilfred F. J.","family":"van Ijcken","role":"aut","display":"van Ijcken, Wilfred F. J.","roleDisplay":"VerfasserIn"},{"family":"Varineau","given":"Jade","roleDisplay":"VerfasserIn","display":"Varineau, Jade","role":"aut"},{"family":"Crispatzu","given":"Giuliano","display":"Crispatzu, Giuliano","roleDisplay":"VerfasserIn","role":"aut"},{"family":"Mangold","given":"Elisabeth","display":"Mangold, Elisabeth","roleDisplay":"VerfasserIn","role":"aut"},{"given":"Samantha A.","family":"Brugmann","role":"aut","display":"Brugmann, Samantha A.","roleDisplay":"VerfasserIn"},{"roleDisplay":"VerfasserIn","display":"Vander Heiden, Matthew G.","role":"aut","family":"Vander Heiden","given":"Matthew G."},{"given":"Magdalena","family":"Laugsch","role":"aut","display":"Laugsch, Magdalena","roleDisplay":"VerfasserIn"},{"given":"Kerstin U.","family":"Ludwig","role":"aut","display":"Ludwig, Kerstin U.","roleDisplay":"VerfasserIn"},{"role":"aut","display":"Rada-Iglesias, Alvaro","roleDisplay":"VerfasserIn","given":"Alvaro","family":"Rada-Iglesias"},{"display":"Calo, Eliezer","roleDisplay":"VerfasserIn","role":"aut","family":"Calo","given":"Eliezer"}],"title":[{"title_sort":"non-syndromic orofacial cleft risk locus links tRNA splicing defects to neural crest cell pathologies","title":"A non-syndromic orofacial cleft risk locus links tRNA splicing defects to neural crest cell pathologies"}],"physDesc":[{"extent":"21 S."}],"relHost":[{"title":[{"title":"The American journal of human genetics","title_sort":"American journal of human genetics"}],"recId":"269019014","language":["eng"],"corporate":[{"role":"isb","display":"American Society of Human Genetics","roleDisplay":"Herausgebendes Organ"}],"disp":"A non-syndromic orofacial cleft risk locus links tRNA splicing defects to neural crest cell pathologiesThe American journal of human genetics","note":["Gesehen am 28.05.2020"],"type":{"bibl":"periodical","media":"Online-Ressource"},"part":{"pages":"1097-1116","issue":"5","year":"2025","extent":"21","volume":"112","text":"112(2025), 5 vom: Mai, Seite 1097-1116"},"pubHistory":["1.1949 -"],"name":{"displayForm":["American Society of Human Genetics"]},"id":{"issn":["1537-6605"],"zdb":["1473813-2"],"eki":["269019014"]},"origin":[{"publisherPlace":"New York, NY [u.a.] ; New York, NY ; Chicago, Ill.","dateIssuedDisp":"1949-","publisher":"Cell Press ; Elsevier ; Univ. of Chicago Press","dateIssuedKey":"1949"}]}],"name":{"displayForm":["Michaela Bartusel, Skylar X. Kim, Rizwan Rehimi, Alicia M. Darnell, Miloš Nikolić, Julia Heggemann, Petros Kolovos, Wilfred F. J. van Ijcken, Jade Varineau, Giuliano Crispatzu, Elisabeth Mangold, Samantha A. Brugmann, Matthew G. Vander Heiden, Magdalena Laugsch, Kerstin U. Ludwig, Alvaro Rada-Iglesias and Eliezer Calo"]},"origin":[{"dateIssuedDisp":"May 2025","dateIssuedKey":"2025"}],"id":{"eki":["1938918436"],"doi":["10.1016/j.ajhg.2025.03.017"]}} 
SRT |a BARTUSELMINONSYNDROM2025