Germline mutations in the transcription factor IKZF5 cause thrombocytopenia

Claire Lentaigne, Daniel Greene, Suthesh Sivapalaratnam, Remi Favier, Denis Seyres, Chantal Thys, Luigi Grassi, Sarah Mangles, Keith Sibson, Matthew Stubbs, Frances Burden, Jean Claude Bordet, Corinne Armari-Alla, Wendy Erber, Samantha Farrow, Nicholas Gleadall, Keith Gomez, Karyn Megy, Sofia Papadia, Christopher J. PenkettMatthew C. Sims, Luca Stefanucci, Jonathan C. Stephens, Randy J. Read, Kathleen E. Stirrups, Willem H. Ouwehand, Michael A. Laffan, Nihr BioResource, Mattia Frontini, Kathleen Freson, Ernest Turro

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Abstract

To identify novel causes of hereditary thrombocytopenia, we performed a genetic association analysis of whole-genome sequencing data from 13 037 individuals enrolled in the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) BioResource, including 233 cases with isolated thrombocytopenia. We found an association between rare variants in the transcription factor-encoding gene IKZF5 and thrombocytopenia. We report 5 causal missense variants in or near IKZF5 zinc fingers, of which 2 occurred de novo and 3 co-segregated in 3 pedigrees. A canonical DNA-zinc finger binding model predicts that 3 of the variants alter DNA recognition. Expression studies showed that chromatin binding was disrupted in mutant compared with wild-type IKZF5, and electron microscopy revealed a reduced quantity of a granules in normally sized platelets. Proplatelet formation was reduced in megakaryocytes from 7 cases relative to 6 controls. Comparison of RNA-sequencing data from platelets, monocytes, neutrophils, and CD41 T cells from 3 cases and 14 healthy controls showed 1194 differentially expressed genes in platelets but only 4 differentially expressed genes in each of the other blood cell types. In conclusion, IKZF5 is a novel transcriptional regulator of megakaryopoiesis and the eighth transcription factor associated with dominant thrombocytopenia in humans.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2070-2081
Number of pages12
JournalBlood
Volume134
Issue number23
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 5 Dec 2019

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