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Patient-Derived iPSC Modeling Reveals Dysregulation of the Mucin-Type O-Glycan Biosynthesis-Related Transcriptional Program in TBX6-Associated Congenital Scoliosis

  • Jing Hao1
  • Zhengye Zhao1,2
  • Shuang Li3
  • Di Liu1
  • Guozhuang Li1
  • Lin Wang1
  • Jingyi Xie1
  • Zhifa Zheng4
  • Jianguo Zhang1
  • Zhihong Wu3
  • Nan Wu1,4
  • Lina Zhao4
4 affiliations
  1. 1Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
  2. 2Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing 100034, China
  3. 3Stem Cell Facility, National Infrastructures for Translational Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
  4. 4State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China
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Abstract

TBX6-associated congenital scoliosis (TACS) is a genetic subtype of congenital scoliosis caused by reduced TBX6 gene dosage, most commonly through compound inheritance of a rare loss-of-function allele and a hypomorphic T-C-A haplotype. However, the mechanisms linking TBX6 dysfunction to impaired human skeletal development remain unclear. Here, we established a patient-derived induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) model of TACS and recapitulated key stages of axial skeletal development through stepwise differentiation into paraxial mesoderm, nascent somites, sclerotome, and subsequently osteogenic and chondrogenic lineages. TACS-derived cells showed impaired differentiation, with reduced mineralized matrix deposition and diminished cartilage matrix formation. Bulk transcriptomic profiling revealed marked alterations in both lineages. Notably, mu-cin-type O-glycan biosynthesis was consistently enriched among downregulated genes in osteogenic and chondrogenic cells and was also significantly represented among genes commonly downregulated across both lineages. qRT-PCR further confirmed reduced expression of GALNT3, GALNT5, GALNT7, GALNT10, GCNT1, and ST6GALNAC2, which participate in distinct steps of mucin-type O-glycan biosynthesis. Consistent with these transcriptional alterations, Tn-antigen staining showed reduced Tn-associated O-GalNAc signals in TACS-derived osteogenic and chondrogenic cells. In silico promoter analysis identified candidate sequences matching the TBX6-binding motif within the upstream regions of these genes, providing potential regulatory regions for future experimental investigation. Collectively, these results establish a human iPSC model for TACS and identify coordinated dysregulation of a mucin-type O-glycan biosynthesis-related transcriptional program, accompanied by reduced Tn-associated O-GalNAc signals, as molecular features associated with impaired osteochondral differentiation in this model. These findings should be interpreted within the context of a single family-based iPSC model, and validation in additional TACS lines and isogenic TBX6-corrected models will be required.

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@article{hao2026patientderived,
  title = {{Patient-Derived iPSC Modeling Reveals Dysregulation of the Mucin-Type O-Glycan Biosynthesis-Related Transcriptional Program in TBX6-Associated Congenital Scoliosis}},
  author = {Jing Hao and Zhengye Zhao and Shuang Li and Di Liu and Guozhuang Li and Lin Wang and Jingyi Xie and Zhifa Zheng and Jianguo Zhang and Zhihong Wu and Nan Wu and Lina Zhao},
  journal = {Cells},
  year = {2026},
  month = sep,
  doi = {10.3390/cells15191785},
  url = {https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/15/19/1785},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Patient-Derived iPSC Modeling Reveals Dysregulation of the Mucin-Type O-Glycan Biosynthesis-Related Transcriptional Program in TBX6-Associated Congenital Scoliosis
AU  - Jing Hao
AU  - Zhengye Zhao
AU  - Shuang Li
AU  - Di Liu
AU  - Guozhuang Li
AU  - Lin Wang
AU  - Jingyi Xie
AU  - Zhifa Zheng
AU  - Jianguo Zhang
AU  - Zhihong Wu
AU  - Nan Wu
AU  - Lina Zhao
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/09/30
JO  - Cells
DO  - 10.3390/cells15191785
UR  - https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/15/19/1785
AB  - TBX6-associated congenital scoliosis (TACS) is a genetic subtype of congenital scoliosis caused by reduced TBX6 gene dosage, most commonly through compound inheritance of a rare loss-of-function allele and a hypomorphic T-C-A haplotype. However, the mechanisms linking TBX6 dysfunction to impaired human skeletal development remain unclear. Here, we established a patient-derived induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) model of TACS and recapitulated key stages of axial skeletal development through stepwise differentiation into paraxial mesoderm, nascent somites, sclerotome, and subsequently osteogenic and chondrogenic lineages. TACS-derived cells showed impaired differentiation, with reduced mineralized matrix deposition and diminished cartilage matrix formation. Bulk transcriptomic profiling revealed marked alterations in both lineages. Notably, mu-cin-type O-glycan biosynthesis was consistently enriched among downregulated genes in osteogenic and chondrogenic cells and was also significantly represented among genes commonly downregulated across both lineages. qRT-PCR further confirmed reduced expression of GALNT3, GALNT5, GALNT7, GALNT10, GCNT1, and ST6GALNAC2, which participate in distinct steps of mucin-type O-glycan biosynthesis. Consistent with these transcriptional alterations, Tn-antigen staining showed reduced Tn-associated O-GalNAc signals in TACS-derived osteogenic and chondrogenic cells. In silico promoter analysis identified candidate sequences matching the TBX6-binding motif within the upstream regions of these genes, providing potential regulatory regions for future experimental investigation. Collectively, these results establish a human iPSC model for TACS and identify coordinated dysregulation of a mucin-type O-glycan biosynthesis-related transcriptional program, accompanied by reduced Tn-associated O-GalNAc signals, as molecular features associated with impaired osteochondral differentiation in this model. These findings should be interpreted within the context of a single family-based iPSC model, and validation in additional TACS lines and isogenic TBX6-corrected models will be required.
SN  - 2073-4409
ER  -