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Poscente M, Tolomeo D, Arshadi A, Agostini A, L'Abbate A, Solimando AG, Palumbo O, Carella M, Palumbo P, González T, Hernández-Rivas JM, Bassi L, Isidori R, Dell'Aquila M, Trapè G, Latagliata R, Pessina G, Natoni F, Storlazzi CT. Aggressive systemic mastocytosis with the co-occurrence of PRKG2::PDGFRB, KAT6A::NCOA2, and RXRA::NOTCH1 fusion transcripts and a heterozygous RUNX1 frameshift mutation. Cancer Genet 2024; 284-285:5-11. [PMID: 38471404 DOI: 10.1016/j.cancergen.2024.03.002] [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: 07/11/2023] [Revised: 01/05/2024] [Accepted: 03/05/2024] [Indexed: 03/14/2024]
Abstract
Systemic mastocytosis (SM) is a myeloproliferative neoplasm displaying abnormal mast cell proliferation. It is subdivided into different forms, including aggressive systemic mastocytosis (ASM) and systemic mastocytosis with an associated hematologic neoplasm (SM-AHN). Oncogenic genetic alterations include point mutations, mainly the KIT D816V, conferring poor prognosis and therapy resistance, and fusion genes, with those involving PDGFRA/PDGFRB as the most recurrent events. We here describe an ASM case negative to the KIT D816V and JAK2 V617F alterations but showing a RUNX1 frameshift heterozygous mutation and the co-occurrence of three fusion transcripts. The first one, PRKG2::PDGFRB, was generated by a balanced t(4;5)(q24;q32) translocation as the sole abnormality. Other two novel chimeras, KAT6A::NCOA2 and RXRA::NOTCH1, originated from cryptic intra-chromosomal abnormalities. The patient rapidly evolved towards SM-AHN, characterized by the persistence of the PRKG2::PDGFRB chimera, due to the presence of an extra copy of the der(5)t(4;5)(q24;q34) chromosome and an increase in the RUNX1 mutation allelic frequency. The results indicated that the transcriptional landscape and the mutational profile of SM deserve attention to predict the evolution and prognosis of this complex disease, whose classification criteria are still a matter of debate.
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- M Poscente
- UOSD Laboratorio di Genetica Medica, Ospedale Belcolle, Viterbo, Italy
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- Department of Biosciences, Biotechnology and Environment, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Biosciences, Biotechnology and Environment, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area, Unit of Internal Medicine and Clinical Oncology, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
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- Istituto di Biomembrane, Bioenergetica e Biotecnologie Molecolari (IBIOM), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area, Unit of Internal Medicine and Clinical Oncology, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy; IRCCS Istituto Tumori "Giovanni Paolo II", Bari, Italy
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Fondazione IRCCS-Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo Foggia, Italy
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Fondazione IRCCS-Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo Foggia, Italy
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Fondazione IRCCS-Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo Foggia, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Universidad de Salamanca, Department of Hematology, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, IBSAL, IBMCC-Centro de Investigación del Cáncer (USAL-CSIC), Salamanca, Spain
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- Department of Medicine, Universidad de Salamanca, Department of Hematology, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca, IBSAL, IBMCC-Centro de Investigación del Cáncer (USAL-CSIC), Salamanca, Spain
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- UOSD Laboratorio di Genetica Medica, Ospedale Belcolle, Viterbo, Italy
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- UOSD Laboratorio di Genetica Medica, Ospedale Belcolle, Viterbo, Italy
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- UOC Anatomia Patologica, Ospedale Belcolle, Viterbo, Italy
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- UOC Ematologia, Ospedale Belcolle, Viterbo, Italy
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- UOC Ematologia, Ospedale Belcolle, Viterbo, Italy
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- UOSD Laboratorio di Genetica Medica, Ospedale Belcolle, Viterbo, Italy
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- UOSD Laboratorio di Genetica Medica, Ospedale Belcolle, Viterbo, Italy
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- Department of Biosciences, Biotechnology and Environment, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy.
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Bukvic N, Chetta M, Bagnulo R, Leotta V, Pantaleo A, Palumbo O, Palumbo P, Oro M, Rivieccio M, Laforgia N, De Rinaldis M, Rosati A, Kerkhof J, Sadikovic B, Resta N. What Have We Learned from Patients Who Have Arboleda-Tham Syndrome Due to a De Novo KAT6A Pathogenic Variant with Impaired Histone Acetyltransferase Function? A Precise Clinical Description May Be Critical for Genetic Testing Approach and Final Diagnosis. Genes (Basel) 2023; 14:165. [PMID: 36672906 PMCID: PMC9859366 DOI: 10.3390/genes14010165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2022] [Revised: 01/03/2023] [Accepted: 01/05/2023] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Pathogenic variants in genes are involved in histone acetylation and deacetylation resulting in congenital anomalies, with most patients displaying a neurodevelopmental disorder and dysmorphism. Arboleda-Tham syndrome caused by pathogenic variants in KAT6A (Lysine Acetyltransferase 6A; OMIM 601408) has been recently described as a new neurodevelopmental disorder. Herein, we describe a patient characterized by complex phenotype subsequently diagnosed using the clinical exome sequencing (CES) with Arboleda-Tham syndrome (ARTHS; OMIM 616268). The analysis revealed the presence of de novo pathogenic variant in KAT6A gene, a nucleotide c.3385C>T substitution that introduces a premature termination codon (p.Arg1129*). The need for straight multidisciplinary collaboration and accurate clinical description findings (bowel obstruction/megacolon/intestinal malrotation) was emphasized, together with the utility of CES in establishing an etiological basis in clinical and genetical heterogeneous conditions. Therefore, considering the phenotypic characteristics, the condition’s rarity and the reviewed literature, we propose additional diagnostic criteria that could help in the development of future clinical diagnostic guidelines. This was possible thanks to objective examinations performed during the long follow-up period, which permitted scrupulous registration of phenotypic changes over time to further assess this rare disorder. Finally, given that different genetic syndromes are associated with distinct genomic DNA methylation patterns used for diagnostic testing and/or as biomarker of disease, a specific episignature for ARTHS has been identified.
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- Nenad Bukvic
- Medical Genetics Section, University Hospital Consortium Corporation Polyclinics of Bari, 70124 Bari, Italy
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- U.O.C. Genetica Medica e di Laboratorio, Ospedale Antonio Cardarelli, 80131 Napoli, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology (DIMO), Division of Medical Genetics, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70124 Bari, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology (DIMO), Division of Medical Genetics, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70124 Bari, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology (DIMO), Division of Medical Genetics, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70124 Bari, Italy
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, 71013 San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, 71013 San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
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- U.O.C. Genetica Medica e di Laboratorio, Ospedale Antonio Cardarelli, 80131 Napoli, Italy
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- U.O.C. Genetica Medica e di Laboratorio, Ospedale Antonio Cardarelli, 80131 Napoli, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Science and Human Oncology (DIMO), Section of Neonatology and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70124 Bari, Italy
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- Scientific Institute IRCCS “E. Medea”, Unit for Severe Disabilities in Developmental Age and Young Adults (Developmental Neurology and Neurorehabilitation), 72100 Brindisi, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry “Schola Medica Salernitana”, University of Salerno, 84081 Baronissi, Italy
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Western University, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Western University, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology (DIMO), Division of Medical Genetics, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70124 Bari, Italy
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Martinez-Cayuelas E, Blanco-Kelly F, Lopez-Grondona F, Swafiri ST, Lopez-Rodriguez R, Losada-Del Pozo R, Mahillo-Fernandez I, Moreno B, Rodrigo-Moreno M, Casas-Alba D, Lopez-Gonzalez A, García-Miñaúr S, Ángeles Mori M, Pacio-Minguez M, Rikeros-Orozco E, Santos-Simarro F, Cruz-Rojo J, Quesada-Espinosa JF, Sanchez-Calvin MT, Sanchez-del Pozo J, Bernado Fonz R, Isidoro-Garcia M, Ruiz-Ayucar I, Alvarez-Mora MI, Blanco-Lago R, De Azua B, Eiris J, Garcia-Peñas JJ, Gil-Fournier B, Gomez-Lado C, Irazabal N, Lopez-Gonzalez V, Madrigal I, Malaga I, Martinez-Menendez B, Ramiro-Leon S, Garcia-Hoyos M, Prieto-Matos P, Lopez-Pison J, Aguilera-Albesa S, Alvarez S, Fernández-Jaén A, Llano-Rivas I, Gener-Querol B, Ayuso C, Arteche-Lopez A, Palomares-Bralo M, Cueto-González A, Valenzuela I, Martinez-Monseny A, Lorda-Sanchez I, Almoguera B. Clinical description, molecular delineation and genotype–phenotype correlation in 340 patients with KBG syndrome: addition of 67 new patients. J Med Genet 2022:jmg-2022-108632. [DOI: 10.1136/jmg-2022-108632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2022] [Accepted: 11/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BackgroundKBG syndrome is a highly variable neurodevelopmental disorder and clinical diagnostic criteria have changed as new patients have been reported. Both loss-of-function sequence variants and large deletions (copy number variations, CNVs) involvingANKRD11cause KBG syndrome, but no genotype–phenotype correlation has been reported.Methods67 patients with KBG syndrome were assessed using a custom phenotypical questionnaire. Manifestations present in >50% of the patients and a ‘phenotypical score’ were used to perform a genotype–phenotype correlation in 340 patients from our cohort and the literature.ResultsNeurodevelopmental delay, macrodontia, triangular face, characteristic ears, nose and eyebrows were the most prevalentf (eatures. 82.8% of the patients had at least one of seven main comorbidities: hearing loss and/or otitis media, visual problems, cryptorchidism, cardiopathy, feeding difficulties and/or seizures. Associations found included a higher phenotypical score in patients with sequence variants compared with CNVs and a higher frequency of triangular face (71.1% vs 42.5% in CNVs). Short stature was more frequent in patients with exon 9 variants (62.5% inside vs 27.8% outside exon 9), and the prevalence of intellectual disability/attention deficit hyperactivity disorder/autism spectrum disorder was lower in patients with the c.1903_1907del variant (70.4% vs 89.4% other variants). Presence of macrodontia and comorbidities were associated with larger deletion sizes and hand anomalies with smaller deletions.ConclusionWe present a detailed phenotypical description of KBG syndrome in the largest series reported to date of 67 patients, provide evidence of a genotype–phenotype correlation between some KBG features and specificANKRD11variants in 340 patients, and propose updated clinical diagnostic criteria based on our findings.
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A novel complex genomic rearrangement affecting the KCNJ2 regulatory region causes a variant of Cooks syndrome. Hum Genet 2021; 141:217-227. [PMID: 34821995 DOI: 10.1007/s00439-021-02403-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2021] [Accepted: 11/09/2021] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Cooks syndrome (CS) is an ultrarare limb malformation due to in tandem microduplications involving KCNJ2 and extending to the 5' regulatory element of SOX9. To date, six CS families were resolved at the molecular level. Subsequent studies explored the evolutionary and pathological complexities of the SOX9-KCNJ2/Sox9-Kcnj2 locus, and suggested a key role for the formation of novel topologically associating domain (TAD) by inter-TAD duplications in causing CS. Here, we report a unique case of CS associated with a de novo 1;17 translocation affecting the KCNJ2 locus. On chromosome 17, the breakpoint mapped between KCNJ16 and KCNJ2, and combined with a ~ 5 kb deletion in the 5' of KCNJ2. Based on available capture Hi-C data, the breakpoint on chromosome 17 separated KCNJ2 from a putative enhancer. Gene expression analysis demonstrated downregulation of KCNJ2 in both patient's blood cells and cultured skin fibroblasts. Our findings suggest that a complex rearrangement falling in the 5' of KCNJ2 may mimic the developmental consequences of in tandem duplications affecting the SOX9-KCNJ2/Sox9-Kcnj2 locus. This finding adds weight to the notion of an intricate role of gene regulatory regions and, presumably, the related three-dimensional chromatin structure in normal and abnormal human morphology.
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Compound Heterozygosity for OTOA Truncating Variant and Genomic Rearrangement Cause Autosomal Recessive Sensorineural Hearing Loss in an Italian Family. Audiol Res 2021; 11:443-451. [PMID: 34562879 PMCID: PMC8482239 DOI: 10.3390/audiolres11030041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2021] [Revised: 09/04/2021] [Accepted: 09/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Hearing loss (HL) affects 1–3 newborns per 1000 and, in industrialized countries, recognizes a genetic etiology in more than 80% of the congenital cases. Excluding GJB2 and GJB6, OTOA is one of the leading genes associated with autosomal recessive non-syndromic HL. Allelic heterogeneity linked to OTOA also includes genomic rearrangements facilitated by non-allelic homologous recombination with the neighboring OTOAP1 pseudogene. We present a couple of Italian siblings affected by moderate to severe sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) due to compound heterozygosity at the OTOA locus. Multigene panel next-generation sequencing identified the c.2223G>A, p.(Trp741*) variant transmitted from the unaffected mother. Assuming the existence of a second paternal deleterious variant which evaded detection at sequencing, genomic array analysis found a ~150 Kb microdeletion of paternal origin and spanning part of OTOA. Both deleterious alleles were identified for the first time. This study demonstrates the utility of an integrated approach to solve complex cases and allow appropriate management to affected individuals and at-risk relatives.
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Delvecchio M, Ortolani F, Palumbo O, Aloi C, Salina A, Susca FC, Palumbo P, Carella M, Resta N, Piccinno E. A Novel Genetic Variant in the WFS1 Gene in a Patient with Partial Uniparental Mero-Isodisomy of Chromosome 4. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22158082. [PMID: 34360843 PMCID: PMC8348440 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22158082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2021] [Revised: 07/23/2021] [Accepted: 07/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Wolfram syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by optic atrophy and diabetes mellitus. Wolfram syndrome type 1 (WFS1) is caused by bi-allelic pathogenic variations in the wolframin gene. We described the first case of WFS1 due to a maternal inherited mutation with uniparental mero-isodisomy of chromosome 4. Diabetes mellitus was diagnosed at 11 years of age, with negative anti-beta cells antibodies. Blood glucose control was optimal with low insulin requirement. No pathogenic variations in the most frequent gene causative of maturity-onset diabetes of the young subtypes were detected. At 17.8 years old, a rapid reduction in visual acuity occurred. Genetic testing revealed the novel homozygous variant c.1369A>G; p.Arg457Gly in the exon 8 of wolframin gene. It was detected in a heterozygous state only in the mother while the father showed a wild type sequence. In silico disease causing predictions performed by Polyphen2 classified it as “likely damaging”, while Mutation Tester and Sift suggested it was “polymorphism” and “tolerated”, respectively. High resolution SNP-array analysis was suggestive of segmental uniparental disomy on chromosome 4. In conclusion, to the best of our knowledge, we describe the first patient with partial uniparental mero-isodisomy of chromosome 4 carrying a novel mutation in the wolframin gene. The clinical phenotype observed in the patient and the analysis performed suggest that the genetic variant detected is pathogenetic.
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- Maurizio Delvecchio
- Metabolic Disease and Genetics Disorders Unit, Giovanni XXIII Children’s Hospital, 70126 Bari, Italy; (F.O.); (E.P.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +39-08-0559-6771
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- Metabolic Disease and Genetics Disorders Unit, Giovanni XXIII Children’s Hospital, 70126 Bari, Italy; (F.O.); (E.P.)
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- Medical Genetics Unit, IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, 71013 San Giovanni Rotondo (FG), Italy; (O.P.); (P.P.); (M.C.)
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- Clinica Pediatrica, LABSIEM, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, 16147 Genoa, Italy; (C.A.); (A.S.)
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- Clinica Pediatrica, LABSIEM, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, 16147 Genoa, Italy; (C.A.); (A.S.)
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology (DIMO), Division of Medical Genetics, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70125 Bari, Italy; (F.C.S.); (N.R.)
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- Medical Genetics Unit, IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, 71013 San Giovanni Rotondo (FG), Italy; (O.P.); (P.P.); (M.C.)
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- Medical Genetics Unit, IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, 71013 San Giovanni Rotondo (FG), Italy; (O.P.); (P.P.); (M.C.)
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology (DIMO), Division of Medical Genetics, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70125 Bari, Italy; (F.C.S.); (N.R.)
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- Metabolic Disease and Genetics Disorders Unit, Giovanni XXIII Children’s Hospital, 70126 Bari, Italy; (F.O.); (E.P.)
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Whole Exome Sequencing Reveals a Novel AUTS2 In-Frame Deletion in a Boy with Global Developmental Delay, Absent Speech, Dysmorphic Features, and Cerebral Anomalies. Genes (Basel) 2021; 12:genes12020229. [PMID: 33562463 PMCID: PMC7915150 DOI: 10.3390/genes12020229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2021] [Revised: 01/27/2021] [Accepted: 02/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) are a group of highly prevalent, clinically and genetically heterogeneous pediatric disorders comprising, according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 5th edition (DSM-V), intellectual disability, developmental delay, autism spectrum disorders, and other neurological and cognitive disorders manifesting in the developmental age. To date, more than 1000 genes have been implicated in the etiopathogenesis of NNDs. Among them, AUTS2 (OMIM # 607270) encodes a protein involved in neural migration and neuritogenesis, and causes NNDs with different molecular mechanisms including copy number variations, single or multiple exonic deletion and single nucleotide variants. We describes a 9-year-old boy with global developmental delay, absent speech, minor craniofacial anomalies, hypoplasia of the cerebellar vermis and thinning of the corpus callosum, resulted carrier of the de novo AUTS2 c.1603_1626del deletion at whole exome sequencing (WES) predicted to cause the loss of eight amino acids [p.(His535_Thr542del)]. Notably, our patient is the first reported so far in medical literature carrying an in-frame deletion and the first in which absent language, hypoplasia of the cerebellar vermis and thinning of the corpus callosum has been observed thus useful to expand the molecular spectrum of AUTS2 pathogenic variants and to broaden our knowledge on the clinical phenotype associated.
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Laforgia N, De Cosmo L, Palumbo O, Ranieri C, Sesta M, Capodiferro D, Pantaleo A, Iapicca P, Lastella P, Capozza M, Schettini F, Bukvic N, Bagnulo R, Resta N. The First Case of Congenital Myasthenic Syndrome Caused by a Large Homozygous Deletion in the C-Terminal Region of COLQ (Collagen Like Tail Subunit of Asymmetric Acetylcholinesterase) Protein. Genes (Basel) 2020; 11:genes11121519. [PMID: 33353066 PMCID: PMC7765904 DOI: 10.3390/genes11121519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2020] [Revised: 12/13/2020] [Accepted: 12/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Congenital myasthenic syndromes (CMSs) are caused by mutations in genes that encode proteins involved in the organization, maintenance, function, or modification of the neuromuscular junction. Among these, the collagenic tail of endplate acetylcholinesterase protein (COLQ; MIM 603033) has a crucial role in anchoring the enzyme into the synaptic basal lamina. Here, we report on the first case of a patient with a homozygous deletion affecting the last exons of the COLQ gene in a CMS patient born to consanguineous parents of Pakistani origin. Electromyography (EMG), electroencephalography (EEG), clinical exome sequencing (CES), and single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) array analyses were performed. The subject was born at term after an uneventful pregnancy and developed significant hypotonia and dystonia, clinical pseudoseizures, and recurring respiratory insufficiency with a need for mechanical ventilation. CES analysis of the patient revealed a homozygous deletion of the COLQ gene located on the 3p25.1 chromosome region. The SNP-array confirmed the presence of deletion that extended from exon 11 to the last exon 17 with a size of 19.5 Kb. Our results add new insights about the underlying pathogenetic mechanisms expanding the spectrum of causative COLQ mutations. It is relevant, considering the therapeutic implications, to apply suitable molecular approaches so that no type of mutation is missed: “each lost mutation means a baby treated improperly”.
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- Nicola Laforgia
- Section of Neonatology and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Department of Biomedical Science and Human Oncology (DIMO), University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70124 Bari, Italy; (N.L.); (L.D.C.); (D.C.); (M.C.); (F.S.)
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- Section of Neonatology and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Department of Biomedical Science and Human Oncology (DIMO), University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70124 Bari, Italy; (N.L.); (L.D.C.); (D.C.); (M.C.); (F.S.)
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, 71013 San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy;
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology (DIMO), University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70124 Bari, Italy; (C.R.); (A.P.); (R.B.)
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- Neurology Unit, University Hospital Consortium Corporation Polyclinic of Bari, 70124 Bari, Italy;
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- Section of Neonatology and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Department of Biomedical Science and Human Oncology (DIMO), University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70124 Bari, Italy; (N.L.); (L.D.C.); (D.C.); (M.C.); (F.S.)
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology (DIMO), University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70124 Bari, Italy; (C.R.); (A.P.); (R.B.)
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- Rare Diseases Centre—Internal Medicine Unit “C. Frugoni”, Polyclinic of Bari, 70124 Bari, Italy;
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- Section of Neonatology and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Department of Biomedical Science and Human Oncology (DIMO), University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70124 Bari, Italy; (N.L.); (L.D.C.); (D.C.); (M.C.); (F.S.)
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- Section of Neonatology and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Department of Biomedical Science and Human Oncology (DIMO), University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70124 Bari, Italy; (N.L.); (L.D.C.); (D.C.); (M.C.); (F.S.)
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- Medical Genetics Section, University Hospital Consortium Corporation Polyclinic of Bari, 70124 Bari, Italy;
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology (DIMO), University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70124 Bari, Italy; (C.R.); (A.P.); (R.B.)
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology (DIMO), University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, 70124 Bari, Italy; (C.R.); (A.P.); (R.B.)
- Medical Genetics Section, University Hospital Consortium Corporation Polyclinic of Bari, 70124 Bari, Italy;
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +39-0805593619
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