Diagnosis of RSTS: Identification of the Acetylation Profiles as Epigenetic Markers for Assessing Causality of CREBBP and EP300 Variants.

Last updated: January 16, 2024
Sponsor: University Hospital, Bordeaux
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

N/A

Condition

N/A

Treatment

Histone acetylation profiles of cells of SRT patients with CREBBP mutations

Culture of lymphoblastoid line from blood sample

Generation of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSC) from fibroblasts obtained by skin biopsy

Clinical Study ID

NCT04122742
CHUBX 2019/19
  • Ages > 2
  • All Genders

Study Summary

Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome (RSTS) is a rare and severe congenital developmental disorder characterized by congenital anomalies and intellectual disability with a long term memory deficit. The main challenge is to improve the intellectual and memory efficiency of these patients. CREBBP and EP300 are the two genes known to cause RSTS. Both paralogs play a major role in chromatin remodeling and encode for transcriptional co-activators interacting with many proteins.

The aim of this pilot study is to characterize the histone acetylation profiles in order to identify specific acetylation markers during normal and pathological neuronal differentiation of cortical and pyramidal neurons in RSTS.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patient with a clinical and molecular diagnosis of RSTS
  • Patients carrying the CREBBP or EP300 variants
  • Patients older than 2 years
  • Affiliated patients or beneficiaries of a social security scheme.
  • Free, informed and signed consent by the parents or holder of parental authority forminor patients
  • Free, informed and signed consent by the patient representative for the major patientsunder guardianship
  • Free, informed and signed consent by the patient for major patients

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria: Patients having:

  • a history of allergy to any product or device that may be used before, during, andafter the biopsy;
  • cutaneous disease of the areas where the biopsy is to be performed
  • underwent physical treatment (radiotherapy, ...) on the area to be biopsied, duringthe last 6 months
  • hereditary or acquired disorders of hemostasis Patients under treatment:
  • likely to act on the haemostasis (anticoagulants, platelet antiaggregants, ...) in themonth preceding the inclusion and during the study
  • by histone deacetylase inhibitor (sodium valproate) likely to interfere with theinterpretation of the results.

Study Design

Total Participants: 154
Treatment Group(s): 5
Primary Treatment: Histone acetylation profiles of cells of SRT patients with CREBBP mutations
Phase:
Study Start date:
October 08, 2019
Estimated Completion Date:
October 31, 2025

Study Description

CREBBP and EP300 are the two paralog genes associated with RSTS determinism and code for CBP and p300, respectively. These proteins are transcriptional coactivators that possess a catalytic lysine acetyl transferase (KAT) domain involved in the acetylation of lysine residues of histones but also other proteins. CBP and p300 promote transcription by creating a chromatin environment that is favorable for gene expression and by linking different transcription factors to each other. They thus orchestrate the regulation of the transcription machinery, from the basal promoter to the enhancers of the target genes.

RSTS is considered a genetic model of neurodevelopmental anomaly with an epigenetic component.

Histone acetylation is one of the major post-translational modifications (PTMs) of these proteins that provide for the formation and control of chromatin structure. When differentiating embryonic cells, this modification plays a key role in transcriptional activation.

The mouse models of RSTS have made the link between the modulation of histone acetylation and the formation of memory by showing their key role in neuronal plasticity. However no data exists on the acetylation of histones in the neurons of RSTS patients. Furthermore, in humans, the molecular pathways impacted by these alterations during neurodevelopment are not specified, especially in the pyramidal neurons which are the precursors of hippocampal neurons involved in the encoding and storage of memory.

In RSTS a loss of CBP function results in a deficit in KAT activity, which is responsible for altering histone acetylation, leading to inappropriate changes in chromatin structure. The consequence of a mutation is a result of a deregulation of the activity of genes involved in development. No neuronal level studies are currently available on the functional link between histone acetylation and deregulated genes in the RSTS.

In this project, investigators will identify target genes whose epigenetic regulation is mediated by histone acetylation. More specifically, the study will focus on chromatin dynamics during normal and pathological neuronal differentiation of cortical and pyramidal neurons. Investigators will determine among the CBP-dependent histone markers, those that are modified in RSTS patients cells and the loci they control. In parallel, investigators will define genes whose neuronal expression is altered in RSTS patients.

The integration of all these data will allow us to specify which genes are deregulated during neuronal differentiation as a consequence of CBP lysine acetyltransferase function loss.

Connect with a study center

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux

    Talence, 33400
    France

    Active - Recruiting

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