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Morren MA, Fodstad H, Brems H, Bedoni N, Guenova E, Jacot-Guillarmod M, Busiah K, Giuliano F, Gilliet M, Atallah I. Mosaic RASopathies concept: different skin lesions, same systemic manifestations? J Med Genet 2024; 61:411-419. [PMID: 38290824 DOI: 10.1136/jmg-2023-109306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2023] [Accepted: 12/30/2023] [Indexed: 02/01/2024]
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BACKGROUND Cutaneous epidermal nevi are genotypically diverse mosaic disorders. Pathogenic hotspot variants in HRAS, KRAS, and less frequently, NRAS and BRAF may cause isolated keratinocytic epidermal nevi and sebaceous nevi or several different syndromes when associated with extracutaneous anomalies. Therefore, some authors suggest the concept of mosaic RASopathies to group these different disorders. METHODS In this paper, we describe three new cases of syndromic epidermal nevi caused by mosaic HRAS variants: one associating an extensive keratinocytic epidermal nevus with hypomastia, another with extensive mucosal involvement and a third combining a small sebaceous nevus with seizures and intellectual deficiency. Moreover, we performed extensive literature of all cases of syndromic epidermal nevi and related disorders with confirmed pathogenic postzygotic variants in HRAS, KRAS, NRAS or BRAF. RESULTS Most patients presented with bone, ophthalmological or neurological anomalies. Rhabdomyosarcoma, urothelial cell carcinoma and pubertas praecox are also repeatedly reported. KRAS pathogenic variants are involved in 50% of the cases, especially in sebaceous nevi, oculoectodermal syndrome and encephalocraniocutaneous lipomatosis. They are frequently associated with eye and brain anomalies. Pathogenic variants in HRAS are rather present in syndromic keratinocytic epidermal nevi and phacomatosis pigmentokeratotica. CONCLUSION This review delineates genotype/phenotype correlations of syndromic epidermal nevi with somatic RAS and BRAF pathogenic variants and may help improve their follow-up.
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- Marie-Anne Morren
- Pediatric Dermatology Unit, Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Division of Genetic Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Human Genetics, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Division of Genetic Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Pediatric Gynecology Unit, Department of Mother-Woman-Child, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Pediatric Endocrinology, Diabetology, and Obesity Unit, Department of Mother-Woman-Child, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Dermatology and Venereology Department, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Division of Genetic Medicine, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Schmidt J, Kaulfuß S, Ott H, Gaubert M, Reintjes N, Bremmer F, Dreha-Kulaczewski S, Stroebel P, Yigit G, Wollnik B. Expansion of the complex genotypic and phenotypic spectrum of FGFR2-associated neurocutaneous syndromes. Hum Genet 2024; 143:159-168. [PMID: 38265560 PMCID: PMC10881730 DOI: 10.1007/s00439-023-02634-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2023] [Accepted: 12/15/2023] [Indexed: 01/25/2024]
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The fibroblast growth factor receptors comprise a family of related but individually distinct tyrosine kinase receptors. Within this family, FGFR2 is a key regulator in many biological processes, e.g., cell proliferation, tumorigenesis, metastasis, and angiogenesis. Heterozygous activating non-mosaic germline variants in FGFR2 have been linked to numerous autosomal dominantly inherited disorders including several craniosynostoses and skeletal dysplasia syndromes. We report on a girl with cutaneous nevi, ocular malformations, macrocephaly, mild developmental delay, and the initial clinical diagnosis of Schimmelpenning-Feuerstein-Mims syndrome, a very rare mosaic neurocutaneous disorder caused by postzygotic missense variants in HRAS, KRAS, and NRAS. Exome sequencing of blood and affected skin tissue identified the mosaic variant c.1647=/T > G p.(Asn549=/Lys) in FGFR2, upstream of the RAS signaling pathway. The variant is located in the tyrosine kinase domain of FGFR2 in a region that regulates the activity of the receptor and structural mapping and functional characterization revealed that it results in constitutive receptor activation. Overall, our findings indicate FGFR2-associated neurocutaneous syndrome as the accurate clinical-molecular diagnosis for the reported individual, and thereby expand the complex genotypic and phenotypic spectrum of FGFR-associated disorders. We conclude that molecular analysis of FGFR2 should be considered in the genetic workup of individuals with the clinical suspicion of a mosaic neurocutaneous condition, as the knowledge of the molecular cause might have relevant implications for genetic counseling, prognosis, tumor surveillance and potential treatment options.
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- Julia Schmidt
- Institute of Human Genetics, University Medical Center Göttingen, Heinrich-Düker-Weg 12, 37073, Göttingen, Germany.
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University Medical Center Göttingen, Heinrich-Düker-Weg 12, 37073, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Dermatology, Children's Hospital Auf Der Bult, Academic Hospital, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University Medical Center Göttingen, Heinrich-Düker-Weg 12, 37073, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University Medical Center Göttingen, Heinrich-Düker-Weg 12, 37073, Göttingen, Germany
- DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University Medical Center Göttingen, Heinrich-Düker-Weg 12, 37073, Göttingen, Germany
- DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
- Cluster of Excellence "Multiscale Bioimaging: From Molecular Machines to Networks of Excitable Cells" (MBExC), University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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Zuntini R, Cattani C, Pedace L, Miele E, Caraffi SG, Gardini S, Ficarelli E, Pizzi S, Radio FC, Barone A, Piana S, Bertolini P, Corradi D, Marinelli M, Longo C, Motolese A, Zuffardi O, Tartaglia M, Garavelli L. Case Report: Sequential postzygotic HRAS mutation and gains of the paternal chromosome 11 carrying the mutated allele in a patient with epidermal nevus and rhabdomyosarcoma: evidence of a multiple-hit mechanism involving HRAS in oncogenic transformation. Front Genet 2023; 14:1231434. [PMID: 37636262 PMCID: PMC10447906 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2023.1231434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2023] [Accepted: 08/01/2023] [Indexed: 08/29/2023] Open
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We report a 7-year-old boy born with epidermal nevi (EN) arranged according to Blaschko's lines involving the face and head, right upper limb, chest, and left lower limb, who developed a left paratesticular embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma at 18 months of age. Parallel sequencing identified a gain-of-function variant (c.37G>C, p.Gly13Arg) of HRAS in both epidermal nevus and tumor but not in leukocytes or buccal mucosal epithelial cells, indicating its postzygotic origin. The variant accounted for 33% and 92% of the total reads in the nevus and tumor DNA specimens, respectively, supporting additional somatic hits in the latter. DNA methylation (DNAm) profiling of the tumor documented a signature consistent with embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma and CNV array analysis inferred from the DNAm arrays and subsequent MLPA analysis demonstrated copy number gains of the entire paternal chromosome 11 carrying the mutated HRAS allele, likely as the result of paternal unidisomy followed by subsequent gain(s) of the paternal chromosome in the tumor. Other structural rearrangements were observed in the tumours, while no additional pathogenic variants affecting genes with role in the RAS-MAPK and PI3K-AKT-MTOR pathways were identified. Our findings provide further evidence of the contribution of "gene dosage" to the multistep process driving cell transformation associated with hyperactive HRAS function.
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- Roberta Zuntini
- Medical Genetics Unit, Azienda USL, IRCCS, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Medical Genetics Unit, Azienda USL, IRCCS, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Cellular and Gene Therapy, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Cellular and Gene Therapy, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, Azienda USL, IRCCS, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, Azienda USL, IRCCS, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Molecular Genetics and Functional Genomics Research Unit, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Molecular Genetics and Functional Genomics Research Unit, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Paediatric Hematology Oncology Unit, University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Department of Oncology and Advanced Technologies, Pathology Unit, Azienda USL, IRCCS, Arcispedale S Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Paediatric Hematology Oncology Unit, University Hospital of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Department of Medicine and Surgery, Unit of Pathology, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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- Medical Genetics Unit, Azienda USL, IRCCS, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
- Department of Oncology and Advanced Technologies, Unit of Dermatology, Azienda USL, IRCCS, Arcispedale S Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, Azienda USL, IRCCS, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Molecular Genetics and Functional Genomics Research Unit, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Medical Genetics Unit, Azienda USL, IRCCS, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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Gozar H, Bara Z, Dicu E, Derzsi Z. Current perspectives in hypospadias research: A scoping review of articles published in 2021 (Review). Exp Ther Med 2023; 25:211. [PMID: 37090085 PMCID: PMC10119991 DOI: 10.3892/etm.2023.11910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2022] [Accepted: 03/09/2023] [Indexed: 04/25/2023] Open
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Hundreds of papers are written about hypospadias every year referring to all aspects of the pathology, being one of the most common congenital malformations. The present study conducted a scoping review of articles published in 2021 to present the main issues and summarize current perspectives and achievements in the field. It searched for the keyword 'hypospadias' in the three most popular databases (PubMed, Scopus and Web of Science). After the analysis of the publications, they were categorized into different domains. The present review was performed respecting the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA ScR) guidelines. A total of 284 articles were included. These were published in 142 different journals. The most accessed was the Journal of Paediatric Urology with 54 articles. The main identified domains were related to surgical techniques, postoperative care, complications, anesthesia, anatomical factors, genetics, environmental factors, endocrinology, associated malformations, questionnaires and recommendations, management, biological materials, animal models, retrospective studies of centers, social media, bibliometrics, small gestational age, neoplasm, or fertility. Promising modifications of existing surgical techniques were presented with improved outcomes for both the proximal and distal types of hypospadias. Relevant anatomical and etiological, and also genetic factors were clarified. Aspects of the peri- and postoperative management referring to the antibiotherapy, analgesia, dressing techniques, and the future use of novel bioengineering agents to prevent, reduce or treat the occurring complications were discussed.
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- Horea Gozar
- Clinic of Pediatric Surgery and Orthopedics, Târgu Mureș, County Emergency Clinical Hospital, Târgu Mureș 540136, Romania
- Department of Pediatric Surgery, George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Târgu Mureș, Târgu Mureș 540142, Romania
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- Clinic of Pediatric Surgery and Orthopedics, Târgu Mureș, County Emergency Clinical Hospital, Târgu Mureș 540136, Romania
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- Clinic of Pediatric Surgery and Orthopedics, Târgu Mureș, County Emergency Clinical Hospital, Târgu Mureș 540136, Romania
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- Clinic of Pediatric Surgery and Orthopedics, Târgu Mureș, County Emergency Clinical Hospital, Târgu Mureș 540136, Romania
- Department of Pediatric Surgery, George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Târgu Mureș, Târgu Mureș 540142, Romania
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