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Muacevic A, Adler JR. Keratoderma in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: An Unusual Cutaneous Manifestation of Disease? Cureus 2022; 14:e30736. [PMID: 36447701 PMCID: PMC9699906 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.30736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/26/2022] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a multi-organ autoimmune disease, with the skin being the second most affected organ after the joints. We present a unique case of a 44-year-old female who presented with an acute flare of SLE and the concurrent onset of keratoderma on both lower limbs. She presented with high-grade fever, arthralgia, and generalized edema of four months duration. A general physical examination revealed pallor and scaly hyperpigmented plaques on both lower limbs, which was confirmed to be keratoderma on histopathological examination. Blood investigations revealed pancytopenia, elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and C- reactive protein (CRP), and positive titers for anti-nuclear antibody (ANA) and anti-Po ribosomal P proteins (RPP) antibodies. Immunosuppressive medications and topical keratolytics were used to treat her successfully. Post medical management, she showed significant improvement in her symptoms. On follow-up, the patient had a complete resolution of the symptoms and remained well. This case demonstrates keratoderma as a rare incidental finding in a patient with SLE flare. Understanding SLE's various cutaneous manifestations are critical for holistically diagnosing and treating the disease.
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Koutlas IG, Argyris PP. Oral Verruciform Hyperkeratotic Lesions indicating the Presence of Plantar or Palmoplantar Keratodermas. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol 2022; 134:e267-e276. [DOI: 10.1016/j.oooo.2022.04.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2021] [Revised: 02/04/2022] [Accepted: 04/17/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Gray T, White C, Farsi M, Dyer J, Miller R. A novel mutation resulting in keratin 1–linked palmoplantar keratoderma with epidermolytic ichthyosis. JAAD Case Rep 2020; 6:1085-1087. [PMID: 32864403 PMCID: PMC7441875 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdcr.2020.08.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Identification of a CDH12 potential candidate genetic variant for an autosomal dominant form of transgrediens and progrediens palmoplantar keratoderma in a Tunisian family. J Hum Genet 2020; 65:397-410. [PMID: 31911611 DOI: 10.1038/s10038-019-0711-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2019] [Revised: 11/29/2019] [Accepted: 12/01/2019] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Molecular diagnosis of rare inherited palmoplantar keratoderma (PPK) is still challenging. We investigated at the clinical and genetic level a consanguineous Tunisian family presenting an autosomal dominant atypical form of transgrediens and progrediens PPK to better characterize this ultrarare disease and to identify its molecular etiology. Whole-exome sequencing (WES), filtering strategies, and bioinformatics analysis have been achieved. Clinical investigation and follow up over 13 years of this Tunisian family with three siblings formerly diagnosed as an autosomal recessive form of Mal de Melela-like conducted us to reconsider its initial phenotype. Indeed, the three patients presented clinical features that overlap both Mal de Meleda and progressive symmetric erythrokeratoderma (PSEK). The mode of inheritance was also reconsidered, since the mother, initially classified as unaffected, exhibited a similar expression of the disease. WES analysis showed the absence of potentially functional rare variants in known PPKs or PSEK-related genes. Results revealed a novel heterozygous nonsynonymous variant in cadherin-12 gene (CDH12, NM_004061, c.1655C > A, p.Thr552Asn) in all affected family members. This variant is absent in dbSNP and in 50 in-house control exomes. In addition, in silico analysis of the mutated 3D domain structure predicted that this variant would result in cadherin-12 protein destabilization and thermal instability. Functional annotation and biological network construction data provide further supporting evidence for the potential role of CDH12 in the maintenance of skin integrity. Taken together, these results suggest that CDH12 gene is a potential candidate gene for an atypical presentation of an autosomal dominant form of transgrediens and progrediens PPK.
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Supekar B, Tomar S, Chopkar A, Singh R. Response of acitretin in greither's disease: A rare case report. Indian Dermatol Online J 2020; 11:428-430. [PMID: 32695709 PMCID: PMC7367568 DOI: 10.4103/idoj.idoj_311_19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2019] [Revised: 10/23/2019] [Accepted: 10/27/2019] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Zamiri M, Wilson N, Mackenzie A, Sobey G, Leitch C, Smith F. Painful punctate palmoplantar keratoderma due to heterozygous mutations in
AAGAB. Br J Dermatol 2019; 180:1250-1251. [DOI: 10.1111/bjd.17442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- M. Zamiri
- Alan Lyell Centre for Dermatology Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Glasgow U.K
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- Dermatology and Genetic Medicine Division of Biological Chemistry and Drug Discovery School of Life Sciences University of Dundee Dundee U.K
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- Department of Dermatology Borders General Hospital Melrose U.K
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- Department of Clinical Genetics Sheffield Children's Hospital Sheffield U.K
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- Department of Dermatology Lauriston Building Edinburgh U.K
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- Dermatology and Genetic Medicine Division of Biological Chemistry and Drug Discovery School of Life Sciences University of Dundee Dundee U.K
- Pachyonycha Congenita Project Holladay UT U.S.A
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Dev T, Mahajan VK, Sethuraman G. Hereditary Palmoplantar Keratoderma: A Practical Approach to the Diagnosis. Indian Dermatol Online J 2019; 10:365-379. [PMID: 31334055 PMCID: PMC6615398 DOI: 10.4103/idoj.idoj_367_18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The ridged skin of the palms and soles has several unique features: (i) presence of dermatoglyphics created by alternating ridges and grooves forming a unique pattern, (ii) presence of the highest density of eccrine sweat glands and absence of pilosebaceous units, and (iii) differential expression of keratins compared to the glabrous skin. These features explain the preferential localization of palmoplantar keratoderma (PPK) and several of its characteristic clinical features. PPK develops as a compensatory hyperproliferation of the epidermis and excessive production of stratum corneum in response to altered cornification of the palmoplantar skin due to mutations in the genes encoding several of the proteins involved in it. PPK can manifest as diffuse, focal, striate, or punctate forms per se or as a feature of several dermatological or systemic diseases. There is a wide genetic and phenotypic heterogeneity in hereditary PPK, due to which reaching an accurate diagnosis only on the basis of clinical features may be sometimes challenging for the clinicians in the absence of molecular studies. Nevertheless, recognizing the clinical patterns of keratoderma, extent of involvement, degree of mutilation, and associated appendageal and systemic involvement may help in delineating different forms. Molecular studies, despite high cost, are imperative for accurate classification, recognizing clinical patterns in resource poor settings is important for appropriate diagnosis, genetic counseling, and management. This review intends to develop a practical approach for clinical diagnosis of different types of hereditary PPK with reasonable accuracy.
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- Tanvi Dev
- Department of Dermatology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprosy, Dr. R. P. Govt. Medical College, Kangra (Tanda), Himachal Pradesh, India
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- Department of Dermatology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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A novel mutation in TRPV3 gene causes atypical familial Olmsted syndrome. Sci Rep 2016; 6:21815. [PMID: 26902751 PMCID: PMC4763183 DOI: 10.1038/srep21815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2015] [Accepted: 10/26/2015] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Olmsted syndrome (OS) is a rare keratinization disorder, typically characterized by two primary diagnostic hallmarks—mutilating palmoplanter and periorificial keratoderma. However, there’s a growing body of literature reporting on the phenotypic diversity of OS, including the absence of aforementioned hallmarks and the presence of some unusual clinical features. Here we presented an atypical familial case of OS that could be confused with Huriez syndrome due to the presence of a scleodactyly-like appearance and tapered fingers in the proband. We ruled out this possibility and made a definitive diagnosis of OS based on clinical features and a genetic assay. Recently, mutations in TRPV3 associated with autosomal dominant or recessive OS continued to be reported, thus conducing to clarifying the underlying relationship between the genotype and phenotype of OS. So we further explored the genotype-phenotype correlation by integrating functionl assays with in silico predictions. Our research not only redefined the phenotypic spectrum of OS, but also provided concrete molecular insights into how mutations in a single gene can lead to significant differences in the severity of this rare disease.
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Fischer H, Langbein L, Reichelt J, Buchberger M, Tschachler E, Eckhart L. Keratins K2 and K10 are essential for the epidermal integrity of plantar skin. J Dermatol Sci 2015; 81:10-6. [PMID: 26603179 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdermsci.2015.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2015] [Revised: 10/07/2015] [Accepted: 10/08/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND K1 and K2 are the main type II keratins in the suprabasal epidermis where each of them heterodimerizes with the type I keratin K10 to form intermediate filaments. In regions of the ears, tail, and soles of the mouse, only K2 is co-expressed with K10, suggesting that these keratins suffice to form a mechanically resilient cytoskeleton. OBJECTIVE To determine the effects of the suppression of both main keratins, K2 and K10, in the suprabasal plantar epidermis of the mouse. METHODS Krt2(-/-) Krt10(-/-) mice were generated by crossing Krt2(-/-) and Krt10(-/-) mice. Epidermal morphology of soles of hind-paws was examined macroscopically and histologically. Immunofluorescence analysis and quantitative PCR analysis were performed to analyze the expression of keratins in sole skin of wildtype and Krt2(-/-) Krt10(-/-) mice. Highly abundant proteins of the sole stratum corneum were determined by electrophoretic and chromatographic separation and subsequent mass spectrometry. RESULTS K2 and K10 are the most prominent suprabasal keratins in normal mouse soles with the exception of the footpads where K1, K9 and K10 predominate. Mice lacking both K2 and K10 were viable and developed epidermal acanthosis and hyperkeratosis in inter-footpad epidermis of the soles. The expression of keratins K1, K9 and K16 was massively increased at the RNA and protein levels in the soles of Krt2(-/-) Krt10(-/-) mice. CONCLUSIONS This study demonstrates that the loss of the main cytoskeletal components of plantar epidermis, i.e. K2 and K10, can be only partly compensated by the upregulation of other keratins. The thickening of the epidermis in the soles of Krt2(-/-) Krt10(-/-) mice may serve as a model for pathomechanistic aspects of palmoplantar keratoderma.
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- Heinz Fischer
- Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
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- Department of Genetics of Skin Carcinogenesis, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Cellular Medicine and North East England Stem Cell Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK; Divison of Experimental Dermatology and EB House Austria, Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Salzburg, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
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- Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Austria.
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Dababneh RH, Jebrin SE, Khouri AT, Bissada NF. Papillon-Lefèvre or Haim-Munk Syndrome? Report on Two Sisters in a Consanguineous Family. Clin Adv Periodontics 2015; 5:192-200. [DOI: 10.1902/cap.2014.130089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2013] [Accepted: 01/28/2014] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Rorke EA, Adhikary G, Young CA, Roop DR, Eckert RL. Suppressing AP1 factor signaling in the suprabasal epidermis produces a keratoderma phenotype. J Invest Dermatol 2015; 135:170-180. [PMID: 25050598 PMCID: PMC4268309 DOI: 10.1038/jid.2014.310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2013] [Revised: 03/21/2014] [Accepted: 04/10/2014] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Keratodermas comprise a heterogeneous group of highly debilitating and painful disorders characterized by thickening of the skin with marked hyperkeratosis. Some of these diseases are caused by genetic mutation, whereas other forms are acquired in response to environmental factors. Our understanding of signaling changes that underlie these diseases is limited. In the present study, we describe a keratoderma phenotype in mice in response to suprabasal epidermis-specific inhibition of activator protein 1 transcription factor signaling. These mice develop a severe phenotype characterized by hyperplasia, hyperkeratosis, parakeratosis, and impaired epidermal barrier function. The skin is scaled, constricting bands encircle the tail and digits, the footpads are thickened and scaled, and loricrin staining is markedly reduced in the cornified layers and increased in the nucleus. Features of this phenotype, including nuclear loricrin localization and pseudoainhum (autoamputation), are characteristic of the Vohwinkel syndrome. We confirm that the phenotype develops in a loricrin-null genetic background, indicating that suppressed suprabasal AP1 factor function is sufficient to drive this disease. We also show that the phenotype regresses when suprabasal AP1 factor signaling is restored. Our findings suggest that suppression of AP1 factor signaling in the suprabasal epidermis is a key event in the pathogenesis of keratoderma.
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MESH Headings
- Abnormalities, Multiple/genetics
- Abnormalities, Multiple/metabolism
- Abnormalities, Multiple/pathology
- Ainhum/genetics
- Ainhum/metabolism
- Ainhum/pathology
- Animals
- Constriction, Pathologic/genetics
- Constriction, Pathologic/metabolism
- Constriction, Pathologic/pathology
- Epidermis/pathology
- Epidermis/physiology
- Female
- Hand Deformities, Congenital/genetics
- Hand Deformities, Congenital/metabolism
- Hand Deformities, Congenital/pathology
- Hearing Loss, Sensorineural/genetics
- Hearing Loss, Sensorineural/metabolism
- Hearing Loss, Sensorineural/pathology
- Keratoderma, Palmoplantar/genetics
- Keratoderma, Palmoplantar/metabolism
- Keratoderma, Palmoplantar/pathology
- Male
- Membrane Proteins/genetics
- Membrane Proteins/metabolism
- Mice, Mutant Strains
- Phenotype
- Signal Transduction/physiology
- Transcription Factor AP-1/genetics
- Transcription Factor AP-1/metabolism
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- Ellen A Rorke
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Dermatology and Charles C. Gates Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Biology, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Department of Dermatology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
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Eytan O, Sarig O, Israeli S, Mevorah B, Basel-Vanagaite L, Sprecher E. A novel splice-site mutation in theAAGABgene segregates with hereditary punctate palmoplantar keratoderma and congenital dysplasia of the hip in a large family. Clin Exp Dermatol 2013; 39:182-6. [DOI: 10.1111/ced.12213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/28/2013] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- O. Eytan
- Department of Dermatology; Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center; Tel Aviv Israel
- Department of Human Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry; Sackler Faculty of Medicine; Tel Aviv University; Ramat Aviv Israel
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- Department of Dermatology; Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center; Tel Aviv Israel
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- Department of Dermatology; Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center; Tel Aviv Israel
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- Department of Dermatology; Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center; Tel Aviv Israel
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- Department of Human Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry; Sackler Faculty of Medicine; Tel Aviv University; Ramat Aviv Israel
- Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel and Raphael Recanati Genetics Institute; Petah Tikva Israel
- Felsenstein Medical Research Center; Rabin Medical Center; Petah Tikva Israel
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- Department of Dermatology; Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center; Tel Aviv Israel
- Department of Human Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry; Sackler Faculty of Medicine; Tel Aviv University; Ramat Aviv Israel
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Kiritsi D, Chmel N, Arnold AW, Jakob T, Bruckner-Tuderman L, Has C. Novel and Recurrent AAGAB Mutations: Clinical Variability and Molecular Consequences. J Invest Dermatol 2013; 133:2483-2486. [DOI: 10.1038/jid.2013.171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Utsumi D, Hanashiro F, Miyagi T, Yamamoto Y, Uezato H, Takahashi K. Case of palmoplantar keratoderma with sensorineural deafness and mental retardation that may be another variant of syndromic palmoplantar keratoderma. J Dermatol 2013; 40:579-80. [DOI: 10.1111/1346-8138.12156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Daisuke Utsumi
- Department of Dermatology; Faculty of Medicine; University of the Ryukyus; Nishihara; Okinawa; Japan
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- Department of Dermatology; Faculty of Medicine; University of the Ryukyus; Nishihara; Okinawa; Japan
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- Department of Dermatology; Faculty of Medicine; University of the Ryukyus; Nishihara; Okinawa; Japan
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- Department of Dermatology; Faculty of Medicine; University of the Ryukyus; Nishihara; Okinawa; Japan
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- Department of Dermatology; Faculty of Medicine; University of the Ryukyus; Nishihara; Okinawa; Japan
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- Department of Dermatology; Faculty of Medicine; University of the Ryukyus; Nishihara; Okinawa; Japan
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Lopez-Valdez J, Rivera-Vega MR, Gonzalez-Huerta LM, Cazarin J, Cuevas-Covarrubias S. Analysis of the KRT9 gene in a Mexican family with epidermolytic palmoplantar keratoderma. Pediatr Dermatol 2013; 30:354-8. [PMID: 23278372 DOI: 10.1111/pde.12027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Epidermolytic palmoplantar keratoderma (EPPK), an autosomal-dominant genodermatosis, is the most frequently occurring hereditary palmoplantar keratoderma. EPPK is characterized by hyperkeratosis of the palms and soles. Approximately 90% of patients present with mutations in the KRT9 gene, which encodes for keratin 9. Many of these mutations are located within the highly conserved coil 1A region of the alpha-helical rod domain of keratin 9, an important domain for keratin heterodimerization. The objective was to assess the clinical and molecular characteristics of a Mexican family with EPPK. The clinical characteristics of members of this family were analyzed. The KRT9 gene of affected members was polymerase chain reaction amplified from genomic DNA and sequenced. All affected members of the family had hyperkeratosis of the palms and soles with knuckle pads. The R163W mutation in the KRT9 gene was present in all affected individuals who were tested. Although R163W is the most frequent KRT9 mutation in patients with EPPK, only two families have been reported with knuckle pads associated with this mutation. Our findings indicate that knuckle pads can be associated with EPPK and the R163W mutation in a family with a genetic background different from that described here.
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- Jaime Lopez-Valdez
- Servicio de Genética, Hospital General de México, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México City, DF, México
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Mamaï O, Boussofara L, Adala L, Amara A, Ben Charfeddine I, Ghariani N, Sriha B, Denguezli M, Mili A, Belazreg T, Saad A, Fischer J, Gribaa M. Reduction of palmoplantar keratoderma Buschke-Fischer-Brauer locus to only 0.967 Mb. J Dermatol Sci 2012; 67:210-2. [PMID: 22789686 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdermsci.2012.06.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2012] [Revised: 05/26/2012] [Accepted: 06/25/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Hereditary palmoplantar keratodermas (PPK) comprise a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of genodermatoses, which share impaired epidermal differentiation resulting in prominent palmoplantar hyperkeratosis. Classically, keratodermas have been separated according to their clinical appearance into diffuse, focal, and as a feature of ectodermal dysplasias and many other syndromes. Since molecular genetic analyses have helped characterize the underlying genetic defects in an increasing number of hereditary PPK over the last two decades, a pathophysiological separation seems more reasonable. Today PPK can be classified based on defects in keratins, loricrin, desmosomes, connexins, and cathepsins. Although these proteins have different structures and functions, all of them influence epidermal differentiation and cornified envelope assembly. Depending on tissue distribution and location of mutation with a certain gene, the clinical spectrum of PPK range from a pure palmoplantar restricted skin abnormality to a complex combination of symptoms with dental anomalies, deafness, progressive cardiomyopathy and even cancer. Solely for those reasons, a correct diagnosis based on molecular genetic analyses is mandatory, although a causal therapy is still not available. Instead, several therapeutic modalities including topical ointments, surgical interventions and systemic retinoids help to reduce the patients' symptoms.
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- Markus Braun-Falco
- Clinic and Polyclinic for Dermatology and Allergology, Ludwig-Maximilian University Munich, München, Germany.
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The potency of the fs260 connexin43 mutant to impair keratinocyte differentiation is distinct from other disease-linked connexin43 mutants. Biochem J 2010; 429:473-83. [PMID: 20515445 PMCID: PMC2907710 DOI: 10.1042/bj20100155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Although there are currently 62 mutants of Cx43 (connexin43) that can cause ODDD (oculodentodigital dysplasia), only two mutants have also been reported to cause palmar plantar hyperkeratosis. To determine how mutants of Cx43 can lead to this skin disease, REKs (rat epidermal keratinocytes) were engineered to express an ODDD-associated Cx43 mutant always linked to skin disease (fs260), an ODDD-linked Cx43 mutant which has been reported to sometimes cause skin disease (fs230), Cx43 mutants which cause ODDD only (G21R, G138R), a mouse Cx43 mutant linked to ODDD (G60S), a non-disease-linked truncated Cx43 mutant that is trapped in the endoplasmic reticulum (Δ244*) or full-length Cx43. When grown in organotypic cultures, of all the mutants investigated, only the fs260-expressing REKs consistently developed a thinner stratum corneum and expressed lower levels of Cx43, Cx26 and loricrin in comparison with REKs overexpressing wild-type Cx43. REKs expressing the fs260 mutant also developed a larger organotypic vital layer after acetone-induced injury and exhibited characteristics of parakeratosis. Collectively, our results suggest that the increased skin disease burden exhibited in ODDD patients harbouring the fs260 mutant is probably due to multiple additive effects cause by the mutant during epidermal differentiation.
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Priolo M. Ectodermal dysplasias: an overview and update of clinical and molecular-functional mechanisms. Am J Med Genet A 2010; 149A:2003-13. [PMID: 19504607 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.32804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The ectodermal dysplasias (EDs) are a large and complex group of disorders. In various combinations, they all share anomalies in hair, teeth, nails, and sweat gland function. The anomalies affecting the epidermis and epidermal appendages are extremely variable. Many are associated with malformations in other organs and systems. Clinical overlap is present among EDs. Few causative genes have been identified, to date. Most of the EDs present multisystem involvement with abnormal development of structures also derived from mesoderm. In the last few years, it has become evident that gene expression in the EDs is not limited to the ectoderm and that there is a concomitant effect on developing mesenchymal structures, with modification or abolition of ectodermal-mesenchymal signaling. It is possible to approach this group of diseases basing on functional and molecular findings and to begin to explain the complex clinical consequences of mutations affecting specific developmental pathways. We have reviewed the molecular basis of ectodermal dysplasias applying this new clinical-functional classification. For each subset of the identified ED, we will now describe the genes and related proteins involved in terms of: (1) structure of the genes and their role in differentiation of the epidermis and the ectodermal derivatives; (2) genotype-phenotype correlation.
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- Manuela Priolo
- Operative Unit of Medical Genetics Bianchi-Melacrino-Morelli Hospital, Reggio Calabria, Italy.
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Hershkovitz D, Lugassy J, Indelman M, Bergman R, Sprecher E. Novel mutations in DSG1 causing striate palmoplantar keratoderma. Clin Exp Dermatol 2008; 34:224-8. [PMID: 19018793 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2008.02733.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Striate palmoplantar keratoderma (SPPK) has been shown to be caused by mutations in at least three genes: DSG1, DSP and KRT1. METHODS Three families with nine affected members were assessed using a candidate gene-based screening approach. RESULTS In all three families, new heterozygous mutations were found in DSG1. CONCLUSION Direct sequencing of cDNA derived from affected skin in one patient failed to reveal a pathogenic mutation, suggesting that SPPK results from haploinsufficiency for DSG1.
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- D Hershkovitz
- Department of Dermatology and Laboratory of Molecular Dermatology, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel
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There are many mechanisms by which melanocytes, keratinocytes, and Langerhans cells interact within the epidermis. Inflammatory mediators affect melanocyte function and melanogenic agents such as alpha-MSH alter the functions of keratinocytes and Langerhans cells. The epidermal melanin unit is better labeled the KLM unit.
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Bolling MC, Mekkes JR, Goldschmidt WFM, van Noesel CJM, Jonkman MF, Pas HH. Acquired palmoplantar keratoderma and immunobullous disease associated with antibodies to desmocollin 3. Br J Dermatol 2007; 157:168-73. [PMID: 17578440 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2007.07920.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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We present a case of immunobullous disease with an impressive acquired palmoplantar keratoderma (PPK) and unique antigenicity. The palms of the patient showed hyperkeratotic ridges with a tripe pattern that decreased with the amelioration of the immunobullous condition. The histopathology of perilesional skin (blister) demonstrated eosinophilic spongiosis and suprabasal blistering as in pemphigus vulgaris. In palmar skin, acantholysis, intraepidermal pustules, papillomatosis and marked hyperkeratosis were observed. Direct and indirect immunofluorescence displayed intraepidermal intercellular IgG staining as well as linear IgG staining along the epidermal basement membrane zone. Immunochemical assays revealed IgG antibodies to the desmosomal protein desmocollin 3 and to the hemidesmosomal proteins BP230 and LAD-1. Affinity-purified antidesmocollin 3 serum IgG bound to monkey oesophagus in the typical pemphigus pattern. Desmocollins are transmembrane proteins of the desmosome. Desmosome diseases may cause hereditary PPK. In our patient with acquired PPK, we hypothesize that the antibodies to desmocollin 3 were, apart from their role in eliciting the pemphigus-like blistering disease, also implicated in the pathogenesis of the PPK.
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- M C Bolling
- Centre for Blistering Diseases, Department of Dermatology, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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Milingou M, Wood P, Masouyé I, McLean WH, Borradori L. Focal palmoplantar keratoderma caused by an autosomal dominant inherited mutation in the desmoglein 1 gene. Dermatology 2006; 212:117-22. [PMID: 16484817 DOI: 10.1159/000090651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2005] [Accepted: 08/09/2005] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Palmoplantar keratodermas (PPK) encompass a large genetically heterogeneous group of diseases associated with hyperkeratosis of the soles and/or palms that occur either isolated or in association with other cutaneous and extracutaneous manifestations. Pathogenic mutations in the desmoglein 1 gene (DSG1) have recently been identified in a subset of patients with the striate type of PPK. OBSERVATION We have identified a patient with a focal non-striated form of PPK associated with discrete troubles of keratinisation at sites exposed to mechanical trauma, such as the knees, ankles or finger knuckles, and with mild nail dystrophy. Genetic analyses disclosed a novel dominantly inherited heterozygous single base insertion in exon 3 of DSG1, 121insT, leading to a premature termination codon. The mutation was also present in the father and in a sister. CONCLUSION Our observation extends the spectrum of clinical features associated with genetic defects in DSG1 and provides further evidence that perturbation of desmoglein 1 expression has a critical impact on the integrity of tissues experiencing strong mechanical stress.
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- M Milingou
- Clinic of Dermatology, University Medical Hospital, Rue Micheli-du-Crest 24, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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Ullbro C, El-Samadi S, Boumah C, Al-Yousef N, Wakil S, Twetman S, Alfadley A, Thestrup-Pedersen K, Meyer B. Phenotypic variation and allelic heterogeneity in young patients with Papillon-Lefèvre syndrome. Acta Derm Venereol 2006; 86:3-7. [PMID: 16585980 DOI: 10.1080/00015550510011619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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Papillon-Lefèvre syndrome is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by palmoplantar hyperkeratosis and aggressive periodontitis. The aim of the study was to identify underlying cathepsin C mutations in 39 subjects with Papillon-Lefèvre syndrome and to explore any phenotypic associations. Genotyping and mutation analyses were performed using standard molecular techniques, and dermatological and oral characteristics were assessed with a semiquantitative clinical score. Three genotypes were present at microsatellite marker D11S1780 and two underlying mutations were identified. The most common genotype (183/183) was associated with an 815G --> C mutation in exon 6 resulting in an arginine to proline change at amino acid 272 (R272P). Patients with the 173/173 genotype revealed an exon 7 G300D mutation resulting in a glycine to aspartic acid change at amino acid 300. The mutation in a family with 189/189 genotype remained unknown. A significant difference in hyperkeratosis of the feet was found between the patients with mutations G300D and R272P ( p < 0.05), but not regarding hands or periodontal condition. Young girls displayed significantly less palmoplantar hyperkeratosis ( p < 0.05) than young boys. In conclusion, considerable phenotypic heterogeneity was observed within the two cardinal mutations and in the 189/189 genotype.
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- Christer Ullbro
- Department of Dentistry, King Faisal Specialist Hospital, Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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Gach JE, Munro CS, Lane EB, Wilson NJ, Moss C. Two families with Greither's syndrome caused by a keratin 1 mutation. J Am Acad Dermatol 2006; 53:S225-30. [PMID: 16227096 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2005.01.139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2004] [Revised: 01/23/2005] [Accepted: 01/31/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Transgrediens et progrediens palmoplantar keratoderma, known as Greither's syndrome, was originally described in 1952 and is characterized by diffuse keratoderma of the palms and soles, extending to the back aspects (transgrediens) and involving the skin over the Achilles' tendon. Patchy hyperkeratosis also develops on the shins, knees, elbows, and sometimes on the skin flexures. We describe two unrelated families affected with Greither's syndrome, in which the same dominant missense mutation gave rise to the amino acid change N188S in K1. The previously reported cases of Greither's syndrome showed phenotypic variability suggestive of different underlying gene defects. Our findings suggest that at least some cases of Greither's syndrome are caused by keratin mutations.
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- Joanna E Gach
- Department of Dermatology, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
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Mevorah B, Goldberg I, Sprecher E, Bergman R, Metzker A, Luria R, Gat A, Brenner S. Olmsted syndrome. J Am Acad Dermatol 2005; 53:S266-72. [PMID: 16227106 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2005.03.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2004] [Revised: 03/04/2005] [Accepted: 03/17/2005] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- Baruch Mevorah
- Department of Dermatology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.
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- Yasemin Saray
- Basskent University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Dermatology, Ankara, Turkey.
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Gao M, Yang S, Li M, Yan KL, Jiang YX, Cui Y, Xiao FL, Shen YJ, Chen JJ, Liu JB, Xu SJ, Huang W, Zhang XJ. Refined localization of a punctate palmoplantar keratoderma gene to a 5.06-cM region at 15q22.2-15q22.31. Br J Dermatol 2005; 152:874-8. [PMID: 15888140 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.06488.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Punctate palmoplantar keratoderma (PPK) is a rare autosomal dominant cutaneous disorder characterized by numerous hyperkeratotic papules distributed on the palms and soles. Two loci for punctate PPK were recently found to be located on 8q24.13-8q24.21 and 15q22-15q24. However, no genes for this disease have been identified to date. Objectives To refine the previously mapped regions and to identify the disease gene locus in a four-generation Chinese family with punctate PPK. METHODS Genetic linkage analysis was carried out in this family using microsatellite markers on chromosomes 8q and 15q. Two-point linkage analysis was performed using Linkage programs version 5.10 and the haplotype was constructed using Cyrillic version 2.02 software. RESULTS We failed to confirm our previous locus at 8q24.13-8q24.21, but significant evidence for linkage was observed in the region of 15q with a maximum two-point LOD score of 5.38 at D15S153 (theta = 0.00). Haplotype analysis localized the punctate PPK locus within the region defined by D15S651 and D15S988. This region overlaps by 5.06 cM with the previously reported punctate PPK region. CONCLUSIONS This study refines a disease gene causing punctate PPK to a 5.06-cM interval at 15q22.2-15q22.31.
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- M Gao
- Institute of Dermatology and Department of Dermatology at no. 1 Hospital, Anhui Medical University, 69 Meishan Road, Hefei, Anhui 230032, China
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The palmoplantar skin is a highly specialized tissue which is able to resist mechanical trauma and other physical stress. In recent years the more descriptive classification of keratodermas has switched to an exact molecular genetic view where gene functions are considered. Palmoplantar keratodermas can be separated in the following functional subgroups: disturbed gene fuctions in structural proteins (keratins), cornified envelope (loricrin, transglutaminase), cohesion (plakophilin, desmoplakin, desmoglein1), cell-to-cell communication (connexins), and transmembrane signal transduction (cathepsin C). This review intends to emphasize the typical clinical aspects and symptom complexes associated with palmoplantar keratodermas which enable the astute dermatologist to make a clinical diagnosis. In addition the molecular genetic knowledge on the topic is given which is necessary to confirm the clinical diagnosis.
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MESH Headings
- Biopsy, Needle
- Connexins/genetics
- Desmosomes/genetics
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Incidence
- Keratins/genetics
- Keratoderma, Palmoplantar/diagnosis
- Keratoderma, Palmoplantar/epidemiology
- Keratoderma, Palmoplantar/genetics
- Keratoderma, Palmoplantar, Diffuse/diagnosis
- Keratoderma, Palmoplantar, Diffuse/epidemiology
- Keratoderma, Palmoplantar, Diffuse/genetics
- Male
- Prognosis
- Risk Assessment
- Severity of Illness Index
- Sex Distribution
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- Peter H Itin
- Department of Dermatology, University of Basel, 4031 Basel, Switzerland.
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Cury VF, Gomez RS, Costa JE, Friedman E, Boson W, De Marco L. A homozygous cathepsin C mutation associated with Haim-Munk syndrome. Br J Dermatol 2005; 152:353-6. [PMID: 15727652 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2004.06278.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Haim-Munk syndrome (HMS) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized clinically by abnormal palmoplantar hyperkeratosis and destruction of the periodontium, with hallmarks of onychogryphosis and arachnodactyly. Germline mutations in the lysosomal protease cathepsin C gene (CTSC) have been described in a single patient with HMS and in several individuals with the clinically related disorder Papillon-Lefevre syndrome (PLS). We describe a patient with HMS. We have analysed the cathepsin C gene in the proband and her mother. Sequence analysis of CTSC in the proband revealed a homozygous mutation at codon 196 (587T-->C) within exon 4 that altered the conserved leucine to proline (Leu196Pro), whereas the patient's mother was heterozygous for that mutation. The same mutation has previously been described in an unrelated Brazilian family with PLS. An identical single missense mutation in the cathepsin C gene may underlie both PLS and HMS. These findings confirm that HMS and PLS are allelic variants of cathepsin C gene mutations and suggest that other factors (environmental or genetic) may be important determinants of the clinical phenotype of HMS and PLS.
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- V F Cury
- Department of Oral Surgery and Pathology, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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Hernández-Martín A. Avances biomoleculares en los trastornos epidérmicos hereditarios. ACTAS DERMO-SIFILIOGRAFICAS 2005; 96:203-16. [PMID: 16476370 DOI: 10.1016/s0001-7310(05)73072-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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In recent years, the genes responsible for many hereditary skin diseases have been discovered. These genes encode different proteins that participate in the terminal differentiation of the epidermis, so their alteration or absence causes a keratinization disorder and/or an increase in skin fragility. Thanks to genetic analyses, we have been able to understand the physiopathology of numerous genodermatoses and we have become closer to diagnosing many others. In the not-too-distant future, biomolecular techniques may foreseeably help us prevent and treat these processes, which include skin diseases as serious as epidermolysis bullosa or epidermolytic hyperkeratosis. In this article, we will study the most recent biomolecular findings referring to keratinization and epidermal disorders, mentioning the altered genes and/ or the defective proteins that cause them.
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Kolde G, Hennies HC, Bethke G, Reichart PA. Focal palmoplantar and gingival keratosis: A distinct palmoplantar ectodermal dysplasia with epidermolytic alterations but lack of mutations in known keratins. J Am Acad Dermatol 2005; 52:403-9. [PMID: 15761417 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2004.07.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Focal palmoplantar and gingival keratosis is a rare autosomal dominant disease whose clinical features, and in particular, pathologic alterations and molecular etiology remain to be well defined. Recently we observed a German family affected by the disease in at least 3 consecutive generations. The 4 patients examined showed circumscribed and painful hyperkeratosis at the weight-bearing plantar skin since infancy, rather mild palmar hyperkeratosis, and continuous leukokeratosis confined to the maxillary and mandibulary attached gingiva. There were no nail changes, subungeal keratoses, or follicular hyperkeratosis. Light and electron microscopy of the plantar and gingival lesions revealed alterations of epidermolytic hyperkeratosis. Mutations in the known keratin genes were excluded by linkage analysis using microsatellite markers. We conclude that focal palmoplantar and gingival keratosis is a clinically distinct palmoplantar ectodermal dysplasia that is pathologically characterized by epidermolytic alterations, but is most probably not caused by a mutation in a keratin gene.
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- Gerhard Kolde
- Departments of Dermatology and Allergy, Charité-University Medicine of Berlin, Schumannstr. 20/21, 10117 Berlin/Germany.
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Protonotarios N, Tsatsopoulou A. Naxos disease and Carvajal syndrome: cardiocutaneous disorders that highlight the pathogenesis and broaden the spectrum of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy. Cardiovasc Pathol 2005; 13:185-94. [PMID: 15210133 DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2004.03.609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2004] [Revised: 03/24/2004] [Accepted: 03/30/2004] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Naxos disease is a recessive association of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) with wooly hair and palmoplantar keratoderma or similar skin disorder. The clinical and histopathological spectrum of heart disease, molecular genetics and genotype-phenotype correlation are reviewed in 22 affected families with this cardiocutaneous syndrome reported in the literature from Greece, Italy, India, Ecuador, Israel and Turkey. All patients had the hair and skin phenotype from infancy and developed ARVC by adolescence. Mutations in genes encoding the cell adhesion proteins piakoglobin and desmoplakin that truncate the proteins at the C-terminal domains were identified to underlie this syndrome. A particular mutation in Ecuadorian families that truncates the intermediate filament-binding site of desmoplakin results in a variant of Naxos disease with predominantly left ventricular involvement, early morbidity and clinical overlapping with dilated cardiomyopathy (Carvajal syndrome). A lethal autosomal recessive cardiocutaneous syndrome of Poll Hereford calves has been reported in Australia sharing similarities with the human syndrome reviewed here with respect to hair and cardiac phenotype. The cardiomyopathy in Naxos cardiocutaneous syndromes presents with increased arrhythmogenicity and variable left ventricular involovement and is characterized histologically by myocardial loss with fibrofatty or fibrous replacement at subepicardial and mediomural layers. The clinical heterogeneity and tissue characteristics in this cell-adhesion cardiomyopathy might be mutation specific and leads to consideration that the spectrum of ARVC should be broadened.
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Tal O, Bergman R, Alcalay J, Indelman M, Sprecher E. Epidermolytic hyperkeratosis type PS-1 caused by aberrant splicing of KRT1. Clin Exp Dermatol 2005; 30:64-7. [PMID: 15663507 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2004.01661.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Mutations in the keratin 1 (KRT1) gene underlie epidermolytic hyperkeratosis (EHK). This autosomal dominant disorder is characterized by phenotypic heterogeneity. In the present study, we assessed a 33-year-old individual presenting with severe palmoplantar keratoderma and histopathological findings suggestive of EHK. We analysed genomic DNA extracted from the patient's blood lymphocytes for pathogenic mutations in KRT1. A heterozygous 4-bp deletion was identified in intron 1 of the gene (591+3_+6delGAGT), suggesting the possibility that it may interfere with the normal splicing of intron 1. We detected a 66-bp deletion in KRT1 mRNA extracted from the patient's skin, predicted to result in the translation of a mutant KRT1 lacking 22 amino acids, including the conserved helix initiation motif. The identification of this unusual and novel mutation underscores the diagnostic importance of sequence analysis of keratin gene noncoding regions.
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- O Tal
- Department of Dermatology and Laboratory of Molecular Dermatology, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, and Mohs Surgery Unit, Assuta Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Radi O, Parma P, Imbeaud S, Nasca MR, Uccellatore F, Maraschio P, Tiepolo L, Micali G, Camerino G. XX sex reversal, palmoplantar keratoderma, and predisposition to squamous cell carcinoma: Genetic analysis in one family. Am J Med Genet A 2005; 138A:241-6. [PMID: 16158431 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.30935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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We describe a large inbred Sicilian family that includes four 46, XX (SRY-) brothers. Palmoplantar hyperkeratosis (PPK) and an associated predisposition to squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the skin, segregates as a recessive trait within the family. Interestingly, all the PPK-affected members of the family are phenotypic males (46,XY or 46,XX) while seven XX sibs are healthy phenotypic females with no signs of PPK. We propose that homozygosity for a single mutational event, possibly including contiguous genes, may cause PPK/SCC in both XY or XX individuals and sex reversal in XX individuals. The family is informative for linkage analysis for the PPK trait and allows linkage exclusion for the sex reversal trait. Here we show that 15 loci involved in PPK etiology, skin differentiation, function or malignancy, and nine loci involved in sex determination/differentiation are not implicated in the phenotype of this family.
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- Orietta Radi
- Dipartimento di Patologia Umana ed Ereditaria, Sezione di Biologia Generale e Genetica Medica, Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italia
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Dhitavat J, Fairclough RJ, Hovnanian A, Burge SM. Calcium pumps and keratinocytes: lessons from Darier's disease and Hailey-Hailey disease. Br J Dermatol 2004; 150:821-8. [PMID: 15149492 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2004.05904.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Darier's disease and Hailey-Hailey disease are autosomal dominantly inherited skin disorders in which desmosomal adhesion between keratinocytes is abnormal. ATP2A2 and ATP2C1 have been identified as the causative genes for Darier's disease and Hailey-Hailey disease, respectively. ATP2A2 encodes the sarco(endo)plasmic reticulum Ca(2+)-ATPase isoform 2 (SERCA2) pump, while ATP2C1 encodes a secretory pathway Ca(2+)/Mn(2+)-ATPase (SPCA1) found in the Golgi apparatus. We review recent work into the function of these pumps in human keratinocytes and discuss how mutations in these genes might cause these diseases by altering the formation or stability of desmosomes.
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- J Dhitavat
- INSERM U563, Purpan Hospital, Place du Dr Baylac, 31059 Toulouse cedex 03, France
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As citoqueratinas (CQ) são constituintes do citoesqueleto das células epiteliais, pertencendo aos filamentos intermediários; sua distribuição é específica para cada subtipo de epitélio, permitindo que sejam utilizadas como importantes marcadores de sua diferenciação. Anticorpos monoclonais permitem sua localização nos tecidos e são utilizados no diagnóstico de tumores. Na última década inúmeras mutações foram descritas em seus genes, levando a alteração em sua estrutura molecular, esclarecendo várias enfermidades cutâneas, como epidermólise bolhosa simples (CQ 5 ou 14), hiperqueratose epidermolítica (CQ 1 ou 10), hiperqueratose palmoplantar epidermolítica (CQ 9) e paquioníquia congênita (CQ 6, 16 ou 17).
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Martinez-Mir A, Zlotogorski A, Londono D, Gordon D, Grunn A, Uribe E, Horev L, Ruiz IM, Davalos NO, Alayan O, Liu J, Gilliam TC, Salas-Alanis JC, Christiano AM. Identification of a locus for type I punctate palmoplantar keratoderma on chromosome 15q22-q24. J Med Genet 2004; 40:872-8. [PMID: 14684683 PMCID: PMC1735333 DOI: 10.1136/jmg.40.12.872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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BACKGROUND The identification of the molecular basis of disorders of keratinisation has significantly advanced our understanding of skin biology, revealing new information on key structures in the skin, such as the intermediate filaments, desmosomes, and gap junctions. Among these disorders, there is an extraordinarily heterogeneous group known as palmoplantar keratodermas (PPK), for which only a few molecular defects have been described. A particular form of PPK, known as punctate PPK, has been described in a few large autosomal dominant pedigrees, but its genetic basis has yet to be identified. AIM Identification of the gene for punctate PPK. METHODS Clinical examination and linkage analysis in three families with punctate PPK. RESULTS A genomewide scan was performed on an extended autosomal dominant pedigree, and linkage to chromosome 15q22-q24 was identified. With the addition of two new families with the same phenotype, we confirmed the mapping of the locus for punctate PPK to a 9.98 cM interval, flanked by markers D15S534 and D15S818 (maximum two point lod score of 4.93 at theta = 0 for marker D15S988). CONCLUSIONS We report the clinical and genetic findings in three pedigrees with the punctate form of PPK. We have mapped a genetic locus for this phenotype to chromosome 15q22-q24, which indicates the identification of a new gene involved in skin integrity.
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- A Martinez-Mir
- Department of Dermatology, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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The outer part of the skin, the epidermis, is specialized to protect the human body from its environment. Because of the high levels of physical stress experienced by the human hand in everyday use, the epidermis of the hand is especially toughened. In particular, the epidermis of the palm is highly specialized to resist mechanical trauma. Like the epidermis, the nails are composed of specialized epithelial cells and are especially strong. In recent years it has become apparent that the physical strength of epithelial cells comes from the keratin cytoskeleton--a dense meshwork of filaments extending throughout the cytoplasm. Keratins are a large family of intermediate filament proteins encoded by more than 50 distinct genes in humans. These different keratin genes are expressed in well-defined combinations in specific epithelial tissues. Several keratin genes are expressed in palmoplantar epidermis and in the stratified epithelia of the nail bed. Genetic mutations in these genes lead to fragility of these tissues and result in a range of genetic disorders characterized by blistering and thickening of palm and sole skin and/or nails. Study of these diseases has shed new light on the vital structural role of keratins in maintaining the integrity of epithelial cells.
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- W H Irwin McLean
- Human Genetics Unit, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 9SY, UK.
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