Expression of a Truncated Form of ODAD1 Associated with an Unusually Mild Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia Phenotype

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES(2022)

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Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a rare lung disease caused by mutations that impair the function of motile cilia, resulting in chronic upper and lower respiratory disease, reduced fertility, and a high prevalence of situs abnormalities. The disease is genetically and phenotypically heterogeneous, with causative mutations in > 50 genes identified, and clinical phenotypes ranging from mild to severe. Absence of ODAD1 (CCDC114), a component of the outer dynein arm docking complex, results in a failure to assemble outer dynein arms (ODAs), mostly immotile cilia, and a typical PCD phenotype. We identified a female (now 34 years old) with an unusually mild clinical phenotype who has a homozygous non-canonical splice mutation (c.1502+5G>A) in ODAD1. To investigate the mechanism for the unusual phenotype, we performed molecular and functional studies of cultured nasal epithelial cells. We demonstrate that this splice mutation results in the expression of a truncated protein that is attached to the axoneme, indicating that the mutant protein retains partial function. This allows for the assembly of some ODAs and a significant level of ciliary activity that may result in the atypically mild clinical phenotype. The results also suggest that partial restoration of ciliary function by therapeutic agents could lead to significant improvement of disease symptoms.
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ODAD1, CCDC114, cilia, primary ciliary dyskinesia, PCD, ciliopathy, outer dynein arm, docking complex
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