Altered replication stress response due to CARD14 mutations promotes recombination-induced revertant mosaicism

Revertant mosaicism, or “natural gene therapy,” refers to the spontaneous in vivo reversion of an inherited mutation in a somatic cell. Only approximately 50 human genetic disorders exhibit revertant mosaicism, implicating a distinctive role played by mutant proteins in somatic correction of a pathogenic germline muta tion. However, the process by which mutant proteins induce somatic genetic reversion in these diseases remains unknown. Here we show that heterozygous pathogenic CARD14 mutations causing autoinflammatory skin diseases, including psoriasis and pityriasis rubra pilaris, are repaired mainly via homolog ous recombination.

Source: The American Journal of Human Genetics - May 17, 2021 Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Authors: Toshinari Miyauchi, Shotaro Suzuki, Masae Takeda, Jin Teng Peh, Masayuki Aiba, Ken Natsuga, Yasuyuki Fujita, Takuya Takeichi, Taiko Sakamoto, Masashi Akiyama, Hiroshi Shimizu, Toshifumi Nomura Tags: Article Source Type: research