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Wimmer, K; Schamschula, E; Wernstedt, A; Traunfellner, P; Amberger, A; Zschocke, J; Kroisel, P; Chen, Y; Callens, T; Messiaen, L.
AG-exclusion zone revisited: Lessons to learn from 91 intronic NF1 3' splice site mutations outside the canonical AG-dinucleotides.
Hum Mutat. 2020; 41(6):1145-1156
Doi: 10.1002/humu.24005
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- Uncovering frequent motives of action by which variants impair 3' splice site (3'ss) recognition and selection is essential to improve our understanding of this complex process. Through several mini-gene experiments, we demonstrate that the pyrimidine (Y) to purine (R) transversion NM_000267.3(NF1):c.1722-11T>G, although expected to weaken the polypyrimidine tract, causes exon skipping primarily by introducing a novel AG in the AG-exclusion zone (AGEZ) between the authentic 3'ss AG and the branch point. Evaluation of 90 additional noncanonical intronic NF1 3'ss mutations confirmed that 63% of all mutations and 89% (49/55) of the single-nucleotide variants upstream of positions -3 interrupt the AGEZ. Of these AGEZ-interrupting mutations, 24/49 lead to exon skipping suggesting that absence of AG in this region is necessary for accurate 3'ss selection already in the initial steps of splicing. The analysis of 91 noncanonical NF1 3'ss mutations also shows that 90% either introduce a novel AG in the AGEZ, cause a Y>R transversion at position -3 or remove ≥2 Ys in the AGEZ. We confirm in a validation cohort that these three motives distinguish spliceogenic from splice-neutral variants with 85% accuracy and, therefore, are generally applicable to select among variants of unknown significance those likely to affect splicing. © 2020 The Authors. Human Mutation published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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