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Wang H, Yang Y, Zhou J, Cao J, He X, Li L, Gao S, Mao B, Tian P, Zhou A. Targeted next-generation sequencing identifies a novel mutation of LAMB3 in a Chinese neonatal patient presented with junctional epidermolysis bullosa. Medicine (Baltimore) 2018; 97:e13225. [PMID: 30544381 PMCID: PMC6310585 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000013225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2018] [Accepted: 10/19/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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RATIONALE Epidermolysis bullosa (EB) refers to a group of rare inherited mechanobullous disorders that present with great clinical and genetic heterogeneity. Its severity ranges from mild blistering to life-threatening. However, the clinical symptoms of different types of EB overlap significantly, especially at an early stage. Thus it is important to clarify the diagnosis for prognostic implications, patient management, and genetic counseling. PATIENT CONCERNS Here, we report a 10-day-old male neonate from a nonconsanguineous Chinese family. He showed a bulla on the left lower limb lasting for 3 days, erosions around fingertips and toe tips at birth (predominantly on fingers), with the progressive spread of generalized blisters over the body as well as the development of the illness. DIAGNOSIS The patient was diagnosed with suspected epidermolysis bullosa according to the blisters and erosions of the body as well as the pyogenic fingernails and toenails. INTERVENTIONS The patient was performed targeted next-generation sequencing (NGS) with 9 candidate known genes, subsequently, his parents were screened for the mutations identified in the patient by Sanger sequencing. Then, prenatal diagnosis with amniotic fluid was performed in the subsequent pregnancy by Sanger sequencing. OUTCOMES Targeted NGS revealed a previously unreported splice site variant c.822+1G>A (IVS 8) and a known recurrent nonsense variant c.124C>T (p.Arg42Ter, exon 3) in LAMB3 gene. The patient's father possessed a heterozygous c.822+1G>A mutation, his mother possessed a heterozygous c.124C>T mutation. For the subsequent pregnancy, the analyses of amniotic fluid sample indicated that the fetus carried neither of the mutations. LESSONS Our finding will further enlarge LAMB3 genotype-phenotype correlations spectrum. Targeted capture sequencing is a valuable method to illustrate precise molecular pathology in patients with EB disorders, especially at an early stage of the clinical evaluation of complex disorders to avoid unnecessary and economically wasteful tests.
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- BGI-Wuhan, BGI-Shenzhen, Wuhan, Hubei
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wuhan Medical & Health Center for Women and Children, Wuhan, Hubei
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wuhan Medical & Health Center for Women and Children, Wuhan, Hubei
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wuhan Medical & Health Center for Women and Children, Wuhan, Hubei
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- BGI-Wuhan, BGI-Shenzhen, Wuhan, Hubei
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- BGI Genomics, BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guangdong
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- Department of Neurology, Wuhan Children's Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wuhan Medical & Health Center for Women and Children, Wuhan, Hubei
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wuhan Medical & Health Center for Women and Children, Wuhan, Hubei
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Nijhawan M, Agarwal S, Nijhawan S, Jhangra R, Goel P, Sehgal VN. Epidermolysis bullosa pruriginosa a clinico-pathological study in an index case, highlighting its affliction in 11 of 27 member of the family. JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY & DERMATOLOGIC SURGERY 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jdds.2017.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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The skin is composed of a variety of cell types expressing specific molecules and possessing different properties that facilitate the complex interactions and intercellular communication essential for maintaining the structural integrity of the skin. Importantly, a single mutation in one of these molecules can disrupt the entire organization and function of these essential networks, leading to cell separation, blistering, and other striking phenotypes observed in inherited skin diseases. Over the past several decades, the genetic basis of many monogenic skin diseases has been elucidated using classical genetic techniques. Importantly, the findings from these studies has shed light onto the many classes of molecules and essential genetic as well as molecular interactions that lend the skin its rigid, yet flexible properties. With the advent of the human genome project, next-generation sequencing techniques, as well as several other recently developed methods, tremendous progress has been made in dissecting the genetic architecture of complex, non-Mendelian skin diseases.
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- Gina M DeStefano
- Department of Genetics and Development, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032
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- Department of Genetics and Development, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032 Department of Dermatology, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032
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Yuen WY, Lemmink HH, van Dijk-Bos KK, Sinke RJ, Jonkman MF. Herlitz junctional epidermolysis bullosa: diagnostic features, mutational profile, incidence and population carrier frequency in the Netherlands. Br J Dermatol 2011; 165:1314-22. [PMID: 21801158 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2011.10553.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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BACKGROUND Junctional epidermolysis bullosa, type Herlitz (JEB-H) is a lethal, autosomal recessive blistering disease caused by null mutations in the genes coding for the lamina lucida/densa adhesion protein laminin-332 (LAMB3, LAMA3 and LAMC2). OBJECTIVES To present the diagnostic features and molecular analyses of all 22 patients with JEB-H in the Dutch Epidermolysis Bullosa Registry between 1988 and 2011, and to calculate the disease incidence and carrier frequency in the Netherlands. METHODS All patients were analysed with immunofluorescence antigen mapping (IF), electron microscopy (EM) and molecular analysis. RESULTS The mean lifespan of our patients with JEB-H was 5·8 months (range 0·5-32·6). IF showed absent (91%) or strongly reduced (9%) staining for laminin-332 with monoclonal antibody GB3. In EM the hemidesmosomes and sub-basal dense plates were hypoplastic or absent. We identified mutations in all 22 patients: in 19 we found LAMB3 mutations, in two LAMA3 mutations, and in one LAMC2 mutations. We found three novel splice site mutations in LAMB3: (i) c.29-2A>G resulting in an out-of-frame skip of exon 3 and a premature termination codon (PTC); (ii) c.1289-2_1296del10 leading to an out-of-frame skip of exon 12 and a PTC; and (iii) c.3228+1G>T leading to an exon 21 skip. CONCLUSIONS All diagnostic tools should be evaluated to clarify the diagnosis of JEB-H. We have identified 11 different mutations in 22 patients with JEB-H, three of them novel. In the Netherlands the incidence rate of JEB-H is 4·0 per one million live births. The carrier frequency of a JEB-H mutation in the Dutch population is 1 in 249.
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- W Y Yuen
- Department of Dermatology, Centre for Blistering Diseases, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, 9700 RB Groningen, the Netherlands.
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MCMILLAN J, MCGRATH J, PULKKINEN L, KON A, BURGESON R, ORTONNE JP, MENEGUZZI G, UITTO J, EADY R. Immunohistochemical analysis of the skin in junctional epidermolysis bullosa using laminin 5 chain specific antibodies is of limited value in predicting the underlying gene mutation. Br J Dermatol 2008. [DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1997.01837.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Pfendner EG, Nakano A, Pulkkinen L, Christiano AM, Uitto J. Prenatal diagnosis for epidermolysis bullosa: a study of 144 consecutive pregnancies at risk. Prenat Diagn 2003; 23:447-56. [PMID: 12813757 DOI: 10.1002/pd.619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Epidermolysis bullosa (EB) is a group of inherited disorders characterized by increased skin fragility, resulting in blisters and erosions after minor trauma. Mutations in 10 structural genes expressed in the cutaneous basement membrane zone have been reported. The DebRA Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory at Jefferson Medical College has performed 144 DNA-based prenatal diagnoses since 1993 in families at risk for recurrence of the most severe forms of EB, including the recessive dystrophic EB (RDEB), junctional EB (JEB), EB with pyloric atresia (EB-PA), and EB simplex (EBS). A mutation-detection strategy using either conformation-sensitive gel electrophoresis (CSGE) or denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography (dHPLC) scanning analysis, followed by nucleotide sequencing, was applied to most cases with DEB and to all JEB, EB-PA, and EBS families. For some RDEB families, linkage analysis was performed, either alone when the inheritance pattern was clear or in combination with one mutation. Among the 144 prenatal diagnoses, 63 were for RDEB, 69 for JEB, 6 for EB-PA, and 6 for EBS. Twenty-eight normal, 73 heterozygous carrier, and 28 affected RDEB, JEB, and EB-PA pregnancies were reported in these recessively inherited diseases. Two affected and four normal pregnancies were predicted in dominantly inherited EBS. Among the 144 pregnancies, 9 were terminated without confirmation, 13 cases were lost to follow-up, and 6 pregnancies are ongoing. There were 6 families with inconclusive results due either to recombination events between flanking markers, absence of informative markers for one allele, or lack of sample from the previously affected child. There were three discordant results, one that was explained by maternal contamination of the chorionic villus sample and two that were unresolved. Overall, the availability, relative ease, and over 98% success rate make molecular DNA-based prenatal diagnosis a viable option for EB families at risk.
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- Ellen G Pfendner
- Department of Dermatology, Jefferson Medical College and The Jefferson Institute of Molecular Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia 19107, USA
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Puvabanditsin S, Garrow E, Kim DU, Tirakitsoontorn P, Luan J. Junctional epidermolysis bullosa associated with congenital localized absence of skin, and pyloric atresia in two newborn siblings. J Am Acad Dermatol 2001; 44:330-5. [PMID: 11174408 DOI: 10.1067/mjd.2001.105480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Congenital localized absence of the skin has been observed in various subsets of inherited epidermolysis bullosa (EB). Pyloric atresia is a rare disorder that has been seen in association with EB. Ureterovesical junction obstruction is a condition unique to the association between pyloric atresia and EB. The authors describe 2 premature male siblings with pyloric atresia, congenital localized absence of the skin, urinary obstruction, and EB at birth. Electron microscopic study of the biopsy specimen from the first sibling revealed characteristic findings of EB simplex. However, prenatal diagnosis of the next sibling was made by integrin B4 mutations and the electron microscopic study of the biopsy specimen after delivery confirmed junctional EB (JEB). These cases emphasize this unusual combination of defects and limitations of electron microscopy.
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- S Puvabanditsin
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, USA
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Hauschild R, Wollina U, Bruckner-Tuderman L. Junctional epidermolysis bullosa gravis (Herlitz): diagnostic and genetic aspects. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2001; 15:73-6. [PMID: 11451332 DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-3083.2001.00215.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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We report on a boy suffering from lethal junctional epidermolysis bullosa gravis (JEBH) (Herlitz-type) (OMIM 226700). Screening for mutations of LAMB3 gene with polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of all exons from genomic DNA and subsequent heteroduplex analysis and dideoxynucleotide sequencing of heteroduplex forming PCR products disclosed two mutations: the recurrent maternal mutation R635X and the novel paternal mutation 1629insG, both in exon 14 of LAMB3. Both mutations lead to a premature termination code, non-sense mediated mRNA decay and to absence of the synthesis of the beta3 chain of laminin 5. During the mutation screening of the index patient a second pregnancy was ascertained. After amniocentesis (14 + 1 week of pregnancy), prenatal diagnosis from fetal cells was performed and compound heterozygosity for both mutations was evident. The consultants decided to have a termination of pregnancy shortly after the diagnosis. Remarkable skin fragility of the fetus was evident by clinical examination. Complete absence of laminin 5 could be demonstrated by immunofluorescence staining. By the third pregnancy of this couple so far screened for mutations by chorionic villus sampling for prenatal molecular diagnosis a healthy but heterozygous child is expected.
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- R Hauschild
- Institute of Human Genetics and Anthropology, Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena, Germany
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Nakano A, Pfendner E, Hashimoto I, Uitto J. Herlitz junctional epidermolysis bullosa: novel and recurrent mutations in the LAMB3 gene and the population carrier frequency. J Invest Dermatol 2000; 115:493-8. [PMID: 11023379 DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.2000.00086.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Herlitz junctional epidermolysis bullosa is a heritable bullous disease caused by mutations found primarily in the b3 chain of laminin 5 (LAMB3). In this study, we examined the LAMB3 gene for mutations in 22 Herlitz junctional epidermolysis bullosa families, and identified 15 distinct mutations, eight of them previously unreported, bringing the total number of distinct Herlitz junctional epidermolysis bullosa mutations in LAMB3 to 35. Examination of the mutation database revealed several recurrent mutations that have been reported, as well as six previously unreported. All recurrent mutations may be readily detected by polymerase chain reaction of genomic DNA and restriction endonuclease digestion. Mutation screening and prenatal diagnosis of families at risk may be expedited by molecular testing for these recurrent mutations prior to screening the entire gene. Finally, the U.S. population carrier risk for Herlitz junctional epidermolysis bullosa and all variants of junctional epidermolysis bullosa was calculated to be one in 781 and one in 350, respectively, while the overall epidermolysis bullosa carrier frequency was calculated to be one in 113. These data allow accurate testing, counseling, and risk calculation for nuclear families, as well as extended family members at risk for junctional epidermolysis bullosa.
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- A Nakano
- Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Biology, and Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Jefferson Medical College, Jefferson Institute of Molecular Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA
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Harman KE, Bhogal BS, Eady RA, McGrath JA, Black MM. Defining target antigens in linear IgA disease using skin from subjects with inherited epidermolysis bullosa as a substrate for indirect immunofluorescence microscopy. Br J Dermatol 1999; 141:475-80. [PMID: 10583051 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1999.03041.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Identification of target antigens in immunobullous disorders usually involves laborious techniques such as immunoblotting and immunoprecipitation, which do not always provide conclusive data. This is particularly true of linear IgA disease (LAD) in which the target antigen has often proved difficult to identify. As an alternative means of antigen identification in five adult patients with LAD, we performed indirect immunofluorescence (IIF) microscopy on a panel of skin samples taken from subjects with different forms of inherited epidermolysis bullosa (EB). Skin samples were selected that showed a complete absence of immunostaining for a specific basement membrane zone (BMZ) molecule (type VII collagen, laminin 5 or the 180-kDa bullous pemphigoid antigen BP180). In each case, the underlying genetic mutations had been defined and shown to consist of premature termination codons on both alleles of the particular gene, resulting in total ablation of the encoded protein. Two epidermal-binding LAD sera showed BMZ fluorescence on all substrates except BP180-deficient skin, suggesting that the target antigen was BP180, or a closely related molecule. In contrast, two dermal-binding LAD sera were positive on all substrates except the type VII collagen-deficient skin, suggesting that the target antigen was likely to be type VII collagen. One LAD serum sample, which showed combined dermal and epidermal fluorescence on normal salt-split skin, was also positive on all substrates tested, suggesting a target antigen other than type VII collagen, laminin 5 or BP180. The study confirms that LAD is a heterogeneous disorder and illustrates that IIF using a panel of skin samples which lack specific BMZ molecules, taken from subjects with inherited EB, is a relatively simple and useful tool to help identify target antigens in immunobullous disorders.
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- K E Harman
- Departments of Immunofluorescence and Cell and Molecular Pathology, St John's Institute of Dermatology (GKT), St Thomas' Hospital, London SE1 7EH, U.K.
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Maman E, Maor E, Kachko L, Carmi R. Epidermolysis bullosa, pyloric atresia, aplasia cutis congenita: Histopathological delineation of an autosomal recessive disease. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1998. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-8628(19980630)78:2<127::aid-ajmg6>3.0.co;2-l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Liang H, Ko CH, Herman T, Gaber RF. Trinucleotide insertions, deletions, and point mutations in glucose transporters confer K+ uptake in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Mol Cell Biol 1998; 18:926-35. [PMID: 9447989 PMCID: PMC108804 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.18.2.926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/1997] [Accepted: 11/24/1997] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Deletion of TRK1 and TRK2 abolishes high-affinity K+ uptake in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, resulting in the inability to grow on typical synthetic growth medium unless it is supplemented with very high concentrations of potassium. Selection for spontaneous suppressors that restored growth of trk1delta trk2delta cells on K+-limiting medium led to the isolation of cells with unusual gain-of-function mutations in the glucose transporter genes HXT1 and HXT3 and the glucose/galactose transporter gene GAL2. 86Rb uptake assays demonstrated that the suppressor mutations conferred increased uptake of the ion. In addition to K+, the mutant hexose transporters also conferred permeation of other cations, including Na+. Because the selection strategy required such gain of function, mutations that disrupted transporter maturation or localization to the plasma membrane were avoided. Thus, the importance of specific sites in glucose transport could be independently assessed by testing for the ability of the mutant transporter to restore glucose-dependent growth to cells containing null alleles of all of the known functional glucose transporter genes. Twelve sites, most of which are conserved among eukaryotic hexose transporters, were revealed to be essential for glucose transport. Four of these have previously been shown to be essential for glucose transport by animal or plant transporters. Eight represented sites not previously known to be crucial for glucose uptake. Each suppressor mutant harbored a single mutation that altered an amino acid(s) within or immediately adjacent to a putative transmembrane domain of the transporter. Seven of 38 independent suppressor mutations consisted of in-frame insertions or deletions. The nature of the insertions and deletions revealed a striking DNA template dependency: each insertion generated a trinucleotide repeat, and each deletion involved the removal of a repeated nucleotide sequence.
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- H Liang
- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA
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Puvabanditsin S, Garrow E, Samransamraujkit R, Lopez LA, Lambert WC. Epidermolysis bullosa associated with congenital localized absence of skin, fetal abdominal mass, and pyloric atresia. Pediatr Dermatol 1997; 14:359-62. [PMID: 9336805 DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.1997.tb00981.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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A 2320-g male infant was delivered at 35 weeks gestation to a mother who had polyhydramnios. He had a combination of congenital localized absence of skin, unilateral hydronephrosis, and hydroureter due to ureterovesical obstruction, and nonbilious vomiting due to pyloric atresia. Blistering of the skin developed after birth. Epidermolysis bullosa simplex was confirmed by electron microscopy of a skin biopsy specimen. We describe this patient, who had three unusual manifestations of epidermolysis bullosa.
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- S Puvabanditsin
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, USA
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MCMILLAN J, MCGRATH J, PULKKINEN L, KON A, BURGESON R, ORTONNE JP, MENEGUZZI G, UITTO J, EADY R. Immunohistochemical analysis of the skin in junctional epidermolysis bullosa using laminin 5 chain specific antibodies is of limited value in predicting the underlying gene mutation. Br J Dermatol 1997. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1997.tb03918.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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CHRISTIANO ANGELAM, PULKKINEN LEENA, MCGRATH JOHNA, UITTO JOUNI. MUTATION-BASED PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS OF HERLITZ JUNCTIONAL EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA. Prenat Diagn 1997. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0223(199704)17:4<343::aid-pd73>3.0.co;2-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Tishkoff DX, Filosi N, Gaida GM, Kolodner RD. A novel mutation avoidance mechanism dependent on S. cerevisiae RAD27 is distinct from DNA mismatch repair. Cell 1997; 88:253-63. [PMID: 9008166 DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8674(00)81846-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 369] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Mutations in the S. cerevisiae RAD27 (also called RTH1 or YKL510) gene result in a strong mutator phenotype. In this study we show that the majority of the resulting mutations have a structure in which sequences ranging from 5-108 bp flanked by direct repeats of 3-12 bp are duplicated. Such mutations have not been previously detected at high frequency in the mutation spectra of mutator strains. Epistasis analysis indicates that RAD27 does not play a major role in MSH2-dependent mismatch repair. Mutations in RAD27 cause increased rates of mitotic crossing over and are lethal in combination with mutations in RAD51 and RAD52. These observations suggest that the majority of replication errors that accumulate in rad27 strains are processed by double-strand break repair, while a smaller percentage are processed by a mutagenic repair pathway. The duplication mutations seen in rad27 mutants occur both in human tumors and as germline mutations in inherited human diseases.
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- D X Tishkoff
- Charles A. Dana Division of Human Cancer Genetics, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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McGarth JA, Christiano AM, Pulkkinen L, Eady RA, Uitto J. Compound heterozygosity for nonsense ans missense mutations in the LAMB3 gene in nonlethal junctional epidermolysis bullosa. J Invest Dermatol 1996; 106:1157-9. [PMID: 8618058 DOI: 10.1111/1523-1747.ep12340210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Mutations in the genes encoding laminin 5 (LAMA3, LAMB3, and LAMC2) have been delineated in the autosomal recessive blistering skin disorder, junctional epidermolysis bullosa, particularly in the lethal (Herlitz) variant. In this study, we searched for mutations in these genes in two patients with nonlethal forms of junctional epidermolysis bullosa using polymerase chain reaction amplification of genomic DA, followed by heteroduplex analysis and direct automated nucleotide sequencing. Both patients were found to be compound heterozygotes for the same nonsense mutation on one LAMB3 allele, and different missense mutations on the other LAMB3 allele. The combination of a nonsense and a missense mutation in the LAMB3 gene appears to be important in determining the milder clinical phenotype in some cases of the nonlethal forms of junctional epidermolysis bullosa involving abnormalities in laminin 5.
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- J A McGarth
- Department of Dermatology, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA
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Christiano AM, Pulkkinen L, Eady RA, Uitto J. Compound heterozygosity for nonsense and missense mutations in the LAMB3 gene in nonlethal junctional epidermolysis bullosa. J Invest Dermatol 1996; 106:775-7. [PMID: 8618020 DOI: 10.1111/1523-1747.ep12346246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Mutations in the genes encoding laminin 5 (LAMA3, LAMB3, and LAMC2) have been delineated in the autosomal recessive blistering skin disorder, junctional epidermolysis bullosa, particularly in the lethal (Herlitz) variant. In this study, we searched for mutations in these genes in two patients with nonlethal forms of junctional epidermolysis bullosa using polymerase chain reaction amplification of genomic DNA, followed by heteroduplex analysis and direct automated nucleotide sequencing. Both patients were found to be compound heterozygotes for the same nonsense mutation on one LAMB3 allele, and different missense mutations on the other LAMB3 allele. The combination of nonsense and a missense mutation in the LAMB3 gene appears to be important in determining the milder clinical phenotype in some cases of the nonlethal forms of junctional epidermolysis bullosa involving abnormalities in laminin 5.
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- A M Christiano
- Department of Dermatology, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Christiano AM, Uitto J. Molecular complexity of the cutaneous basement membrane zone. Revelations from the paradigms of epidermolysis bullosa. Exp Dermatol 1996; 5:1-11. [PMID: 8624605 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.1996.tb00086.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 151] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Spectacular success has recently been made towards elucidation of the molecular basis of various forms of epidermolysis bullosa (EB), a group of heritable blistering skin diseases. The information derived from these studies has already had a profound impact in terms of precise diagnosis and classification, early prenatal prediction of the phenotype and genetic counseling in families at risk for recurrence. This review highlights recent progress made in defining the molecular basis of junctional and dystrophic forms of EB and the genotype/phenotype relationships established from these studies. Extensive molecular studies, such as the ones captured in this review, form a foundation for the rational design of gene therapies to counteract these conditions in the future.
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- A M Christiano
- Department of Dermatology, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Kivirikko S, McGrath JA, Pulkkinen L, Uitto J, Christiano AM. Mutational hotspots in the LAMB3 gene in the lethal (Herlitz) type of junctional epidermolysis bullosa. Hum Mol Genet 1996; 5:231-7. [PMID: 8824879 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/5.2.231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
Abstract
The Herlitz type of junctional epidermolysis bullosa (H-JEB) is a severe blistering disease affecting the skin and mucous membranes, and laminin 5 has been implicated as the candidate gene/protein system for most patients with H-JEB. In this study, we have examined a cohort of 14 families with H-JEB for mutations in the LAMB3 gene. Premature termination codon mutations were delineated in both alleles of each proband in all pedigrees. Interestingly, two recurrent mutations, R42X and R635X, were noted in over 50% of the mutant LAMB3 alleles. These nonsense mutations occurred at CpG dinucleotide sequences, suggesting hypermutability of 5-methylcytosine to thymine. Additional evidence suggested that R42X and R635X represent mutational hotspots. First, the inheritance of R635X in a homozygous individual on two different genetic backgrounds was demonstrated by haplotype analysis. Furthermore, in one family, R42X was shown to be inherited on the maternal allele which lacked this mutation, suggesting that it arose as a result of maternal germline mutation. Elucidation of these two hotspot mutations will facilitate screening of additional JEB patients for the underlying mutations.
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Affiliation(s)
- S Kivirikko
- Department of Dermatology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
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