ARP-T1-associated Bazex-Dupré-Christol syndrome is an inherited basal cell cancer with ciliary defects characteristic of ciliopathies

Commun Biol. 2021 May 10;4(1):544. doi: 10.1038/s42003-021-02054-9.

Abstract

Actin-Related Protein-Testis1 (ARP-T1)/ACTRT1 gene mutations cause the Bazex-Dupré-Christol Syndrome (BDCS) characterized by follicular atrophoderma, hypotrichosis, and basal cell cancer. Here, we report an ARP-T1 interactome (PXD016557) that includes proteins involved in ciliogenesis, endosomal recycling, and septin ring formation. In agreement, ARP-T1 localizes to the midbody during cytokinesis and the basal body of primary cilia in interphase. Tissue samples from ARP-T1-associated BDCS patients have reduced ciliary length. The severity of the shortened cilia significantly correlates with the ARP-T1 levels, which was further validated by ACTRT1 knockdown in culture cells. Thus, we propose that ARP-T1 participates in the regulation of cilia length and that ARP-T1-associated BDCS is a case of skin cancer with ciliopathy characteristics.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma, Basal Cell / genetics
  • Carcinoma, Basal Cell / metabolism
  • Carcinoma, Basal Cell / pathology*
  • Cilia / metabolism
  • Cilia / pathology*
  • Ciliopathies / genetics
  • Ciliopathies / metabolism
  • Ciliopathies / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Hypotrichosis / genetics
  • Hypotrichosis / metabolism
  • Hypotrichosis / pathology*
  • Keratinocytes / metabolism
  • Keratinocytes / pathology*
  • Microfilament Proteins / genetics
  • Microfilament Proteins / metabolism*
  • Mutation
  • Neoplasms, Basal Cell / genetics
  • Neoplasms, Basal Cell / metabolism
  • Neoplasms, Basal Cell / pathology*
  • Skin Neoplasms / genetics
  • Skin Neoplasms / metabolism
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology*

Substances

  • ACTRT1 protein, human
  • Microfilament Proteins

Supplementary concepts

  • Bazex-Dupre-Christol syndrome