Nature Communications (Nov 2020)

MINPP1 prevents intracellular accumulation of the chelator inositol hexakisphosphate and is mutated in Pontocerebellar Hypoplasia

  • Ekin Ucuncu,
  • Karthyayani Rajamani,
  • Miranda S. C. Wilson,
  • Daniel Medina-Cano,
  • Nami Altin,
  • Pierre David,
  • Giulia Barcia,
  • Nathalie Lefort,
  • Céline Banal,
  • Marie-Thérèse Vasilache-Dangles,
  • Gaële Pitelet,
  • Elsa Lorino,
  • Nathalie Rabasse,
  • Eric Bieth,
  • Maha S. Zaki,
  • Meral Topcu,
  • Fatma Mujgan Sonmez,
  • Damir Musaev,
  • Valentina Stanley,
  • Christine Bole-Feysot,
  • Patrick Nitschké,
  • Arnold Munnich,
  • Nadia Bahi-Buisson,
  • Catherine Fossoud,
  • Fabienne Giuliano,
  • Laurence Colleaux,
  • Lydie Burglen,
  • Joseph G. Gleeson,
  • Nathalie Boddaert,
  • Adolfo Saiardi,
  • Vincent Cantagrel

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19919-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Tight regulation of inositol polyphosphate metabolism is essential for proper cell physiology. Here, the authors describe an early-onset neurodegenerative syndrome caused by loss-of-function mutations in the MINPP1 gene, characterised by intracellular imbalance of inositol polyphosphate metabolism.