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Genet Mol Biol ; 44(2): e20200393, 2021.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33877262

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Prolidase Deficiency (PD) is an autosomal recessive rare disorder caused by loss or reduction of prolidase enzymatic activity due to variants in the PEPD gene. PD clinical features vary among affected individuals: skin ulcerations, recurrent infections, and developmental delay are common. In this study, we describe a 16-year-old boy with a mild PD phenotype comprising chronic eczema, recurrent infections and elevated IgE. Whole exome sequencing analysis revealed three PEPD variants: c.575T>C p.(Leu192Pro) inherited from the mother, and c.692_694del p.(Tyr231del) and c.1409G>A p.(Arg470His), both inherited from the father. The variant p.(Tyr231del) has been previously characterized by high-resolution X-ray structure analysis as altering protein dynamics/flexibility. In order to study the effects of the other two prolidase variants, we performed site directed mutagenesis purification and crystallization studies. A high-resolution X-ray structure could only be obtained for the p.(Arg470His) variant, which showed no significant structural differences in comparison to WT prolidase. On the other hand, the p.(Leu192Pro) variant led to significant protein destabilization. Hence, we conclude that the maternal p.(Leu192Pro) variant was likely causally associated with the proband´s disease, together with the known pathogenic paternal variant p.(Tyr231del). Our results demonstrated the utility of exome sequencing to perform diagnosis in PD cases with mild phenotype.

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Rev. paul. pediatr ; 22(4): 230-233, dez. 2004.
Article in Portuguese | LILACS | ID: lil-412841

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Objetivo: relatar o caso de uma criança com Doença de Castleman. Descrição do caso: paciente de 11 anos, sexo masculino, com quadro de dor abdominal periumbelical, aumento de volume abdominal, febre inermitente, perda de peso, linfonodomegalia cervical, hepatomegalia e esplenomegalia, iniciado aos 7 anos. Após extensa investigação, o diagnóstico foi estabelecido por meio de studo anátomo-patológico de biópsia de linfonodos abdominais e nódulo hepático associado às manifestações clínicas. Comntários: a Doença de Castleman é uma desordem linfoproliferativa de etiologia desconhecida, relatada principalmente em adultos, sendo rara na infância. O diagnóstico é baseado nas alterações anatomopatológicas associadas às manifestações clínicas e no seguimento. A doença deveser considerada no diagnóstico diferencial em crianças com linfonodomegalias e/ou febre de origem indeterminada, quando outras etiologias foram descartadas. Na população pediátrica tem sido observado um curso mais favorável do que nos adultos, o que sugere que, nesta população, a Doença de Castleman deve representar uma forma precoce da patologia ou talvez uma deseordem linfoproliferativa benigna.


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Humans , Male , Child , Castleman Disease/diagnosis , Diagnosis, Differential
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