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Am J Med Genet A ; 185(3): 916-922, 2021 03.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33369125

RESUMO

ALX4 is a homeobox gene expressed in the mesenchyme of developing bone and is known to play an important role in the regulation of osteogenesis. Enlarged parietal foramina (EPF) is a phenotype of delayed intramembranous ossification of calvarial bones due to variants of ALX4. The contrasting phenotype of premature ossification of sutures is observed with heterozygous loss-of-function variants of TWIST1, which is an important regulator of osteoblast differentiation. Here, we describe an individual with a large cranium defect, with dominant transmission from the mother, both carrying disease causing heterozygous variants in ALX4 and TWIST1. The distinct phenotype of absent superior and posterior calvarium in the child and his mother was in sharp contrast to the other affected maternal relatives with a recognizable ALX4-related EPF phenotype. This report demonstrates comorbid disorders of Saethre-Chotzen syndrome and EPF in a mother and her child, resulting in severe skull defects reminiscent of calvarial abnormalities observed with bilallelic ALX4 variants. To our knowledge this is the first instance of ALX4 and TWIST1 variants acting synergistically to cause a unique phenotype influencing skull ossification.


Assuntos
Anormalidades Múltiplas/genética , Acrocefalossindactilia/genética , Proteínas de Ligação a DNA/genética , Mutação da Fase de Leitura , Mutação com Perda de Função , Mutação de Sentido Incorreto , Proteínas Nucleares/genética , Osteogênese/genética , Crânio/anormalidades , Fatores de Transcrição/genética , Proteína 1 Relacionada a Twist/genética , Adulto , Vermis Cerebelar/anormalidades , Proteínas de Ligação a DNA/deficiência , Feminino , Deformidades Congênitas do Pé/genética , Genes Dominantes , Deformidades Congênitas da Mão/genética , Heterozigoto , Humanos , Imageamento Tridimensional , Recém-Nascido , Masculino , Proteínas Nucleares/deficiência , Linhagem , Gravidez , Crânio/diagnóstico por imagem , Crânio/embriologia , Sindactilia/genética , Polegar/anormalidades , Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios X , Fatores de Transcrição/deficiência , Proteína 1 Relacionada a Twist/deficiência , Ultrassonografia Pré-Natal , Sequenciamento do Exoma
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Am J Med Genet A ; 182(6): 1387-1399, 2020 06.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32233023

RESUMO

BACKGROUND: Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome is a relatively common arrhythmia affecting ~1-3/1,000 individuals. Mutations in PRKAG2 have been described in rare patients in association with cardiomyopathy. However, the genetic basis of WPW in individuals with a structurally normal heart remains poorly understood. Sudden death due to atrial fibrillation (AF) can also occur in these individuals. Several studies have indicated that despite ablation of an accessory pathway, the risk of AF remains high in patients compared to general population. METHODS: We applied exome sequencing in 305 subjects, including 65 trios, 80 singletons, and 6 multiple affected families. We used de novo analysis, candidate gene approach, and burden testing to explore the genetic contributions to WPW. RESULTS: A heterozygous deleterious variant in PRKAG2 was identified in one subject, accounting for 0.6% (1/151) of the genetic basis of WPW in this study. Another individual with WPW and left ventricular hypertrophy carried a known pathogenic variant in MYH7. We found rare de novo variants in genes associated with arrhythmia and cardiomyopathy (ANK2, NEBL, PITX2, and PRDM16) in this cohort. There was an increased burden of rare deleterious variants (MAF ≤ 0.005) with CADD score ≥ 25 in genes linked to AF in cases compared to controls (P = .0023). CONCLUSIONS: Our findings show an increased burden of rare deleterious variants in genes linked to AF in WPW syndrome, suggesting that genetic factors that determine the development of accessory pathways may be linked to an increased susceptibility of atrial muscle to AF in a subset of patients.


Assuntos
Proteínas Quinases Ativadas por AMP/genética , Fibrilação Atrial/genética , Predisposição Genética para Doença , Síndrome de Wolff-Parkinson-White/genética , Adolescente , Adulto , Anquirinas/genética , Fibrilação Atrial/patologia , Proteínas de Transporte/genética , Criança , Estudos de Coortes , Proteínas do Citoesqueleto/genética , Proteínas de Ligação a DNA/genética , Feminino , Estudos de Associação Genética , Átrios do Coração/patologia , Proteínas de Homeodomínio/genética , Humanos , Proteínas com Domínio LIM/genética , Masculino , Mutação/genética , Fatores de Transcrição/genética , Sequenciamento do Exoma , Síndrome de Wolff-Parkinson-White/patologia , Adulto Jovem , Proteína Homeobox PITX2
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Am J Hum Genet ; 97(6): 904-13, 2015 Dec 03.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26637980

RESUMO

Meier-Gorlin syndrome (MGS) is a genetically heterogeneous primordial dwarfism syndrome known to be caused by biallelic loss-of-function mutations in one of five genes encoding pre-replication complex proteins: ORC1, ORC4, ORC6, CDT1, and CDC6. Mutations in these genes cause disruption of the origin of DNA replication initiation. To date, only an autosomal-recessive inheritance pattern has been described in individuals with this disorder, with a molecular etiology established in about three-fourths of cases. Here, we report three subjects with MGS and de novo heterozygous mutations in the 5' end of GMNN, encoding the DNA replication inhibitor geminin. We identified two truncating mutations in exon 2 (the 1(st) coding exon), c.16A>T (p.Lys6(∗)) and c.35_38delTCAA (p.Ile12Lysfs(∗)4), and one missense mutation, c.50A>G (p.Lys17Arg), affecting the second-to-last nucleotide of exon 2 and possibly RNA splicing. Geminin is present during the S, G2, and M phases of the cell cycle and is degraded during the metaphase-anaphase transition by the anaphase-promoting complex (APC), which recognizes the destruction box sequence near the 5' end of the geminin protein. All three GMNN mutations identified alter sites 5' to residue Met28 of the protein, which is located within the destruction box. We present data supporting a gain-of-function mechanism, in which the GMNN mutations result in proteins lacking the destruction box and hence increased protein stability and prolonged inhibition of replication leading to autosomal-dominant MGS.


Assuntos
Microtia Congênita/genética , Nanismo/genética , Geminina/genética , Transtornos do Crescimento/genética , Micrognatismo/genética , Mutação , Patela/anormalidades , Adolescente , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Sequência de Bases , Ciclo Celular/genética , Pré-Escolar , Microtia Congênita/metabolismo , Nanismo/metabolismo , Nanismo/patologia , Éxons , Feminino , Geminina/metabolismo , Expressão Gênica , Genes Dominantes , Transtornos do Crescimento/metabolismo , Heterozigoto , Sequenciamento de Nucleotídeos em Larga Escala , Humanos , Padrões de Herança , Masculino , Micrognatismo/metabolismo , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Patela/metabolismo , Linhagem , Estabilidade Proteica , Proteólise , Splicing de RNA , Alinhamento de Sequência
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Am J Hum Genet ; 93(2): 197-210, 2013 Aug 08.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23810381

RESUMO

White matter hyperintensities (WMHs) of the brain are important markers of aging and small-vessel disease. WMHs are rare in healthy children and, when observed, often occur with comorbid neuroinflammatory or vasculitic processes. Here, we describe a complex 4 kb deletion in 2q36.3 that segregates with early childhood communication disorders and WMH in 15 unrelated families predominantly from Southeast Asia. The premature brain aging phenotype with punctate and multifocal WMHs was observed in ~70% of young carrier parents who underwent brain MRI. The complex deletion removes the penultimate exon 3 of TM4SF20, a gene encoding a transmembrane protein of unknown function. Minigene analysis showed that the resultant net loss of an exon introduces a premature stop codon, which, in turn, leads to the generation of a stable protein that fails to target to the plasma membrane and accumulates in the cytoplasm. Finally, we report this deletion to be enriched in individuals of Vietnamese Kinh descent, with an allele frequency of about 1%, embedded in an ancestral haplotype. Our data point to a constellation of early language delay and WMH phenotypes, driven by a likely toxic mechanism of TM4SF20 truncation, and highlight the importance of understanding and managing population-specific low-frequency pathogenic alleles.


Assuntos
Senilidade Prematura/genética , Sequência de Bases , Predisposição Genética para Doença , Transtornos do Desenvolvimento da Linguagem/genética , Leucoencefalopatias/genética , Deleção de Sequência , Tetraspaninas/genética , Idade de Início , Senilidade Prematura/complicações , Senilidade Prematura/etnologia , Senilidade Prematura/patologia , Povo Asiático , Encéfalo/metabolismo , Encéfalo/patologia , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Cromossomos Humanos Par 2 , Éxons , Feminino , Humanos , Transtornos do Desenvolvimento da Linguagem/complicações , Transtornos do Desenvolvimento da Linguagem/etnologia , Transtornos do Desenvolvimento da Linguagem/patologia , Leucoencefalopatias/complicações , Leucoencefalopatias/etnologia , Leucoencefalopatias/patologia , Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética , Masculino , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Linhagem , Análise de Sequência de DNA
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