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VPS4A Mutations in Humans Cause Syndromic Congenital Dyserythropoietic Anemia due to Cytokinesis and Trafficking Defects

2020; Elsevier BV; Volume: 107; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.ajhg.2020.10.013

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Katie G. Seu, Lisa Trump, Sana Emberesh, Robert B. Lorsbach, Clarissa E. Johnson, Jessica Meznarich, Hunter R. Underhill, Stella T. Chou, Haripriya Sakthivel, Nicolas Nassar, Kalani J. Seu, Lionel Blanc, Wenying Zhang, Carolyn Lutzko, Theodosia A. Kalfa,

Autophagy in Disease and Therapy

The Congenital Dyserythropoietic Anemia (CDA) Registry was established with the goal to facilitate investigations of natural history, biology, and molecular pathogenetic mechanisms of CDA. Three unrelated individuals enrolled in the registry had a syndrome characterized by CDA and severe neurodevelopmental delay. They were found to have missense mutations in VPS4A, a gene coding for an ATPase that regulates the ESCRT-III machinery in a variety of cellular processes including cell division, endosomal vesicle trafficking, and viral budding. Bone marrow studies showed binucleated erythroblasts and erythroblasts with cytoplasmic bridges indicating abnormal cytokinesis and abscission. Circulating red blood cells were found to retain transferrin receptor (CD71) in their membrane, demonstrating that VPS4A is critical for normal reticulocyte maturation. Using proband-derived induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), we have successfully modeled the hematologic aspects of this syndrome in vitro, recapitulating their dyserythropoietic phenotype. Our findings demonstrate that VPS4A mutations cause cytokinesis and trafficking defects leading to a human disease with detrimental effects to erythropoiesis and neurodevelopment.