Molecular signature of Schinzel-Giedion syndrome in human neural progenitors

Schinzel-Giedion syndrome (SGS) is a developmental syndrome, due to the accumulation of SETBP1 protein, which is fatal in early infancy. SGS has a multi-organ involvement with severe and persistent intellectual and physical problems. We produced a human SGS model that outlines disease-relevant phenotypes using patient-derived induced pluripotent stem cells and isogenic controls. Whole transcriptome profiling describes cancer-like alterations in SGS neural progenitors including deregulation of oncogenes and suppressors and enhanced proliferation. These findings demonstrated how SGS post-natal pathological traits mayhave developmental origin in the failure of controlling cell identity and homeostasis due to SETBP1 protein accumulation. Overall design: 3x SETBP1 D868D NPCs, 3x SETBP1 D868N NPCs, 3x SETBP1 I871T NPCs