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Briefly, DNA and RNA samples from the peripheral blood of SEDT individuals were prepared. The causative variant in the Chinese SEDT family was identified by clinic whole-exome sequencing analysis. Then, we observed the mRNA expression of <jats:italic>TRAPPC2<\/jats:italic> in patients and the mutant TRAPPC2 level <jats:italic>in vitro<\/jats:italic> and analyzed the protein stability and subcellular distribution by cell fluorescence and Western blotting. We also investigated the effect of <jats:italic>TRAPPC2<\/jats:italic> knockdown on the expression and secretion of COL2A1 in SW1353 cells or primary human chondrocytes. Herein, we found a nonsense variant, c.91A&amp;gt;T, of the <jats:italic>TRAPPC2<\/jats:italic> gene in the pedigree. <jats:italic>TRAPPC2<\/jats:italic> mRNA expression levels were significantly decreased in the available peripheral blood cell samples of two affected patients. An <jats:italic>in vitro<\/jats:italic> study showed that the mutant plasmid exhibited significantly lower mRNA and protein of <jats:italic>TRAPPC2<\/jats:italic>, and the mutant protein changed its membrane distribution. <jats:italic>TRAPPC2<\/jats:italic> knockdown resulted in decreased <jats:italic>COL2A1<\/jats:italic> expression and collagen II secretions. Our data indicate that the novel nonsense variant, c.91A&amp;gt;T, of the <jats:italic>TRAPPC2<\/jats:italic> gene is the cause of SEDT in this pedigree. The variant results in a lowered expression of TRAPPC2 and then affects the <jats:italic>COL2A1<\/jats:italic> expression and collagen II secretions, which may explain the mechanism of loss of function of the variant.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3389\/fgene.2023.1216592","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,8,25]],"date-time":"2023-08-25T18:25:06Z","timestamp":1692987906000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Functional analysis of a novel nonsense variant c.91A&gt;T of the TRAPPC2 gene in a Chinese family with X-linked recessive autosomal spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia tarda"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Guiyu","family":"Lou","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yuanyin","family":"Zhao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Huiru","family":"Zhao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yuwei","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Bingtao","family":"Hao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Litao","family":"Qin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hongyan","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shixiu","family":"Liao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,8,25]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"803","DOI":"10.1111\/tra.12183","article-title":"In sickness and in health: The role of TRAPP and associated proteins in disease","volume":"15","author":"Brunet","year":"2014","journal-title":"Traffic"},{"key":"B2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"233","DOI":"10.1042\/BJ20090541","article-title":"Biochemical consequences of sedlin mutations that cause spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia tarda","volume":"423","author":"Choi","year":"2009","journal-title":"Biochem. 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