: Mutations in the JARID1C gene, which is involved in transcriptional 
regulation and chromatin remodeling, cause X-linked mental retardation

Jensen, Lars Riff; Amende, Marion; Gurok, Ulf; Moser, Bettina; Gimme, Verena; Tzschach, Andreas; Janecke, Andreas R.; Tariverdian, Gholamali; Chelly, Jamel; Fryns, Jean-Pierre; Van Esch, Hilde; Kleefstra, Tjitske; Hame, Ben; Moraine, Claude; Gécz, Jozef; Turner, Gillian; Reinhardt, Richard; Kalscheuer, Vera M.; Ropers, Hans-Hilger; Lenzner, Steffen

doi:0002-9297/2005/7602-0010

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: Mutations in the JARID1C gene, which is involved in transcriptional regulation and chromatin remodeling, cause X-linked mental retardation

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Jensen, Lars Riff
Dept. of Computational Molecular Biology (Head: Martin Vingron), Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Max Planck Society;

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Amende, Marion
Dept. of Vertebrate Genomics (Head: Hans Lehrach), Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Max Planck Society;

Gurok, Ulf
Max Planck Society;

Moser, Bettina
Max Planck Society;

Gimme, Verena
Max Planck Society;

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Tzschach, Andreas
Dept. of Human Molecular Genetics (Head: Hans-Hilger Ropers), Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Max Planck Society;

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Reinhardt, Richard
High Throughput Technologies, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Max Planck Society;

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Kalscheuer, Vera M.
Chromosome Rearrangements and Disease (Vera Kalscheuer), Dept. of Human Molecular Genetics (Head: Hans-Hilger Ropers), Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Max Planck Society;

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Ropers, Hans-Hilger
Dept. of Human Molecular Genetics (Head: Hans-Hilger Ropers), Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Max Planck Society;

Lenzner, Steffen
Max Planck Society;

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Jensen, L. R., Amende, M., Gurok, U., Moser, B., Gimme, V., Tzschach, A., et al. (2005).: Mutations in the JARID1C gene, which is involved in transcriptional regulation and chromatin remodeling, cause X-linked mental retardation. American Journal of Human Genetics, 76(2), 227-236. doi:0002-9297/2005/7602-0010.

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Abstract

families with nonsyndromic X-linked mental retardation (NS-XLMR), >30% of mutations seem to cluster on proximal Xp and in the pericentric region. In a systematic screen of brain-expressed genes from this region in 210 families with XLMR, we identified seven different mutations in JARID1C, including one frameshift mutation and two nonsense mutations that introduce premature stop codons, as well as four missense mutations that alter evolutionarily conserved amino acids. In two of these families, expression studies revealed the almost complete absence of the mutated JARID1C transcript, suggesting that the phenotype in these families results from functional loss of the JARID1C protein. JARID1C (Jumonji AT-rich interactive domain 1C), formerly known as "SMCX," is highly similar to the Y-chromosomal gene JARID1D/SMCY, which encodes the H-Y antigen. The JARID1C protein belongs to the highly conserved ARID protein family. It contains several DNA-binding motifs that link it to transcriptional regulation and chromatin remodeling, processes that are defective in various other forms of mental retardation. Our results suggest that JARID1C mutations are a relatively common cause of XLMR and that this gene might play an important role in human brain function.