Novel TRPV4 Pathogenic Variant in Severe Metatropic Skeletal Dysplasia: A Case Report

@#We report an eight-year-old girl with a novel homozygous TRPV4 gene pathogenic variant c.2355G>T p. (Trp785Cys) with mesomelic shortening, odontoid hypoplasia, multiple joint contractures, thoracolumbar kyphosis, pectus carinatum, halberd pelvis, and dumb-bell shaped long bones. The novel variant caused a severe recessive form of metatropic dysplasia.

Metatropic Dysplasia with a Novel Mutation in TRPV4.

Back ground: Metatropic dysplasia is a skeletal dysplasia characterized by rhizomelia, severe kyphoscoliosis and a coccygeal tail. Case characteristics: A 12 day-old male neonate had facial dysmorphism, short limbs and coccygeal tail and showed radiological features of metatropic dysplasia. Observation: A novel heterozygous variant was observed in TRPV4 gene. Message: We report a novel mutation in an Indian neonate with metatropic dysplasia.

Clinical and genetic study on a family with metatropic dysplasia due to transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 gene mutation / 中华实用儿科临床杂志

Objective To summarize the clinical,radiographic and genetic features of a family with metatropic dysplasia,in order to improve the level of understanding and diagnosis of this disease.Methods The proband,a one-year old boy,was diagnosed as metatropic dysplasia.His mother was 26 years old with mildly phenotype.Their clinical features and bone X-ray findings were analyzed.The DNA samples of the proband and his parents were collected.The coding exons and flanking introns regions of transient receptor potential vanilloid 4 (TRPV4) gene were amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and analyzed by DNA automatic detector.The pathology,diagnosis,treatment and prognosis were expounded.Results The symptoms of the boy were characterized by short extremities,a short trunk with progressive kyphoscoliosis,and craniofacial abnormalities that include a prominent forehead,midface hypoplasia,and a squared-off jaw.His motor development was slightly delayed.Mental development was normal.Bone X ray of the boy showed platyspondyly and severe metaphyseal enlargement with shortening of long bones and irregularities and delayed ossification of epiphysis.The patient and his mother were heterozygous for the nucleotide substitutions c.2396 ＞ T (p.P799L) in TRPV4 gene.Conclusions The patient and his mother with metatropic dysplasia were diagnosed with TRPV4 gene analysis.The patient showed typical clinical features.His mother was mild.Metatropic dysplasia had significantly clinical heterogeneity.Gene analysis is helpful for the diagnosis.

Displasia metatrópica en una niña con mutación c. 1811_1812delinsAT en el exón 11 del gen TRPV4 no informada previamente / Metatropic dysplasia in a girl with c. 1811_1812delinsAT mutation in exon 11 of the TRPV4 gene not previously reported

La displasia metatrópica es una alteración esquelética con heterogeneidad clínica, caracterizada por dismorfias craneofaciales, que incluyen prominencia frontal e hipoplasia medio facial, tronco corto con cifoescoliosis progresiva y acortamiento de las extremidades. El gen TRPV4 se localiza en 12q24.11; codifica a un canal de catión con permeabilidad no selectiva al calcio, el cual se expresa y participa en muchos procesos fisiológicos en respuesta a diversos estímulos. Más de 50 mutaciones en TRPV4 han sido descritas. Se presenta el caso de una niña de 7 meses de edad con mutación heterocigota c.1811_1812delinsAT; p.I604N en el intrón 11 no informada previamente en el gen TRPV4 y con hallazgos clínicos compatibles con displasia metatrópica.

Metatropic dysplasia is a skeletal disorder with clinical heterogeneity, characterized by craniofacial dysmorphy including frontal bossing and midface hypoplasia, short trunk, progressive kyphoscoliosis and shortened limbs. The TRPV4 gene is located on 12q24.11, coding a cation channel with non-selective permeability to calcium; it is expressed and involved in many physiological processes through responses to different stimuli. Over 50 mutations in TRPV4 have been described. We present a seven months old girl with heterozygous mutation c.1811_1812delinsAT; p.I604N in intron 11 not previously reported in the TRPV4 gene and with clinical findings compatible with metatropic dysplasia

A Newborn with Lethal Metatropic Dysplasia

Metatropic dysplasia is a rare spondylo epi metaphyseal dysplasia characterized by progressive kyphoscoliosis, short limbs with relatively large hands and feet and limited of motion and enlargement of the large joints. It is diagnosed based on the characteristic clinical and radiological features. Even though benign cases of this disease are frequently reported, metatropic dysplasia can often have a fatal outcome. We describe a sporadic case of the well-delineated lethal metatropic dysplasia.