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Trinchillo A, D'Asdia MC, De Luca A, Habetswallner F, Iorillo F, Esposito M. Cervical dystonia following brain tumor: description of an unreported case and a systematic review of literature. Acta Neurol Belg 2023; 123:2357-2360. [PMID: 36630079 DOI: 10.1007/s13760-023-02179-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2022] [Accepted: 01/05/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Assunta Trinchillo
- Department of Neurosciences, Reproductive Sciences and Odontostomatology, Federico II" University, Naples, Italy
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Fondazione IRCCS-Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Fondazione IRCCS-Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
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- Clinical Neurophysiology Unit, Cardarelli Hospital, Via A. Cardarelli, 9, 80131, Naples, Italy
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- Clinical Neurophysiology Unit, Cardarelli Hospital, Via A. Cardarelli, 9, 80131, Naples, Italy
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- Clinical Neurophysiology Unit, Cardarelli Hospital, Via A. Cardarelli, 9, 80131, Naples, Italy.
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Esposito M, Trinchillo A, Piceci-Sparascio F, D'Asdia MC, Consoli F, De Luca A. A novel ANO3 variant in two siblings with different phenotypes. Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2023; 111:105413. [PMID: 37116293 DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2023.105413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2023] [Revised: 04/16/2023] [Accepted: 04/22/2023] [Indexed: 04/30/2023]
Abstract
INTRODUCTION Dystonia type 24 is due to the mutation of the ANO3 gene. It generally consists of craniocervical dystonia associated with tremor; however, other neurological manifestations may also occur. Scientific literature has been expanding on its phenotype over the past few years. CASE Here we present two siblings affected by dystonia 24 associated to a novel missense mutation of the ANO3 gene. Description of their phenotype, with regard to motor and non-motor features, may improve the knowledge on DYT 24. Consistent with previous reports, our patients presented with cranio-cervical involvement, and they also exhibited different severity and phenotypes. However non-motor symptoms were present too. CONCLUSION Dystonia 24 spectrum is continuously expanding. This case suggests that the ANO3 missense mutation should be sought in all cases of dystonia and isolated tremor and that non-motor symptoms are an integral part of dystonic syndromes. It also shows that clinical and treatment features may vary from patient to patient, even if they may present the same mutation.
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- Department of Neurosciences, Reproductive Sciences and Odontostomatology, "Federico II" University, Naples, Italy.
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- Medical Genetics Division, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy; Department of Experimental Medicine, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Medical Genetics Division, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
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- Medical Genetics Division, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
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- Medical Genetics Division, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
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Piceci-Sparascio F, Micale L, Torres B, Guida V, Consoli F, Torrente I, Onori A, Frustaci E, D'Asdia MC, Petrizzelli F, Bernardini L, Mancini C, Soli F, Cocciadiferro D, Guadagnolo D, Mastromoro G, Putotto C, Fontana F, Brunetti-Pierri N, Novelli A, Pizzuti A, Marino B, Digilio MC, Mazza T, Dallapiccola B, Ruiz-Perez VL, Tartaglia M, Castori M, De Luca A. Clinical variability in DYNC2H1-related skeletal ciliopathies includes Ellis-van Creveld syndrome. Eur J Hum Genet 2023; 31:479-484. [PMID: 36599940 PMCID: PMC10133340 DOI: 10.1038/s41431-022-01276-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2022] [Revised: 11/17/2022] [Accepted: 12/15/2022] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Deleterious variants of DYNC2H1 gene are associated with a wide spectrum of skeletal ciliopathies (SC). We used targeted parallel sequencing to analyze 25 molecularly unsolved families with different SCs. Deleterious DYNC2H1 variants were found in six sporadic patients and two monozygotic (MZ) twins. Clinical diagnoses included short rib-polydactyly type 3 in two cases, and asphyxiating thoracic dystrophy (ATD) in one case. Remarkably, clinical diagnosis fitted with EvC, mixed ATD/EvC and short rib-polydactyly/EvC phenotypes in three sporadic patients and the MZ twins. EvC/EvC-like features always occurred in compound heterozygotes sharing a previously unreported splice site change (c.6140-5A>G) or compound heterozygotes for two missense variants. These results expand the DYNC2H1 mutational repertoire and its clinical spectrum, suggesting that EvC may be occasionally caused by DYNC2H1 variants presumably acting as hypomorphic alleles.
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- Francesca Piceci-Sparascio
- Division of Medical Genetics, Fondazione IRCCS-Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
- Department of Experimental Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Fondazione IRCCS-Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Fondazione IRCCS-Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Fondazione IRCCS-Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Fondazione IRCCS-Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Fondazione IRCCS-Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Fondazione IRCCS-Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Fondazione IRCCS-Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Fondazione IRCCS-Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
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- Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Fondazione IRCCS-Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Fondazione IRCCS-Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
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- Genetics and Rare Diseases Research Division, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy
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- Medical Genetic Unit, Santa Chiara Hospital APSS, Trento, Italy
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- Laboratory of Medical Genetics, Translational Cytogenomics Research Unit, Bambino Gesù Children Hospital and Research Institute, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Translational Medicine, Section of Pediatrics, Federico II University, Naples, Italy
- Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine, Pozzuoli, Naples, Italy
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- Laboratory of Medical Genetics, Translational Cytogenomics Research Unit, Bambino Gesù Children Hospital and Research Institute, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Pediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynecology, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Genetics and Rare Diseases Research Division, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy
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- Laboratory of Bioinformatics, Fondazione IRCCS-Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
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- Genetics and Rare Diseases Research Division, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas 'Alberto Sols', CSIC-UAM, Madrid, Spain
- CIBERER, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras, Madrid, Spain
- Instituto de Genética Médica y Molecular (INGEMM), Hospital Universitario La Paz-IdiPaz-UAM, Madrid, Spain
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- Genetics and Rare Diseases Research Division, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Fondazione IRCCS-Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Fondazione IRCCS-Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy.
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Colucci MC, Triolo MF, Petrucci S, Pugnaloni F, Corsino M, Evangelisti M, D'Asdia MC, Di Nardo G, Garibaldi M, Terrin G, Parisi P. A dangerous food binge: a case report of hypokalemic periodic paralysis and review of current literature. Ital J Pediatr 2022; 48:116. [PMID: 35841048 PMCID: PMC9287989 DOI: 10.1186/s13052-022-01315-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2022] [Accepted: 07/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Hypokalemic periodic paralysis is a rare neuromuscular genetic disorder due to defect of ion channels and subsequent function impairment. It belongs to a periodic paralyses group including hyperkalemic periodic paralysis (HEKPP), hypokalemic periodic paralysis (HOKPP) and Andersen-Tawil syndrome (ATS). Clinical presentations are mostly characterized by episodes of flaccid generalized weakness with transient hypo- or hyperkalemia. CASE PRESENTATION A teenage boy presented to Emergency Department (ED) for acute weakness and no story of neurological disease, during the anamnestic interview he revealed that he had a carbohydrates-rich meal the previous evening. Through a focused diagnostic work-up the most frequent and dangerous causes of paralysis were excluded, but low serum potassium concentration and positive family history for periodic paralyses raised the diagnostic suspicion of HOKPP. After the acute management in ED, he was admitted to Pediatric Department where a potassium integration was started and the patient was counselled about avoiding daily life triggers. He was discharged in few days. Unfortunately, he presented again because of a new paralytic attack due to a sugar-rich food binge the previous evening. Again, he was admitted and treated by potassium integration. This time he was strongly made aware of the risks he may face in case of poor adherence to therapy or behavioral rules. Currently, after 15 months, the boy is fine and no new flare-ups are reported. CONCLUSION HOKPP is a rare disease but symptoms can have a remarkable impact on patients' quality of life and can interfere with employment and educational opportunities. The treatment aims to minimize the paralysis attacks by restoring normal potassium level in order to reduce muscle excitability but it seems clear that a strong education of the patient about identification and avoidance triggering factors is essential to guarantee a benign clinical course. In our work we discuss the typical clinical presentation of these patients focusing on the key points of the diagnosis and on the challenges of therapeutic management especially in adolescence. A brief discussion of the most recent knowledge regarding this clinical condition follows.
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- Maria Carolina Colucci
- NESMOS department, Unit of Pediatrics, Sapienza University, c/o Sant Andrea University Hospital, Rome, Italy.
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- NESMOS department, Unit of Pediatrics, Sapienza University, c/o Sant Andrea University Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- UOC Medical Genetics and Advanced Cell Diagnostics, Sant Andrea University Hospital, Rome, Italy.,Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.,Division of Medical Genetics, IRCCS-Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
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- NESMOS department, Unit of Pediatrics, Sapienza University, c/o Sant Andrea University Hospital, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sense Organs (NESMOS), Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sant Andrea Hospital University, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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- Division of Medical Genetics, IRCCS-Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sense Organs (NESMOS), Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sant Andrea Hospital University, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neurology Mental Health and Sensory Organs (NESMOS), Unit of Neuromuscular Diseases, Neuromuscular Disease Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sant Andrea Hospital University, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Maternal and Child Health, Policlinico Umberto I, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sense Organs (NESMOS), Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sant Andrea Hospital University, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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Fusco C, Nardella G, Fischetto R, Copetti M, Petracca A, Annunziata F, Augello B, D'Asdia MC, Petrucci S, Mattina T, Rella A, Cassina M, Bengala M, Biagini T, Causio FA, Caldarini C, Brancati F, De Luca A, Guarnieri V, Micale L, D'Agruma L, Castori M. Mutational spectrum and clinical signatures in 114 families with hereditary multiple osteochondromas: insights into molecular properties of selected exostosin variants. Hum Mol Genet 2020; 28:2133-2142. [PMID: 30806661 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddz046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2018] [Revised: 02/22/2019] [Accepted: 02/22/2019] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
Abstract
Hereditary multiple osteochondromas (HMO) is a rare autosomal dominant skeletal disorder, caused by heterozygous variants in either EXT1 or EXT2, which encode proteins involved in the biogenesis of heparan sulphate. Pathogenesis and genotype-phenotype correlations remain poorly understood. We studied 114 HMO families (158 affected individuals) with causative EXT1 or EXT2 variants identified by Sanger sequencing, or multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification and qPCR. Eighty-seven disease-causative variants (55 novel and 32 known) were identified including frameshift (42%), nonsense (32%), missense (11%), splicing (10%) variants and genomic rearrangements (5%). Informative clinical features were available for 42 EXT1 and 27 EXT2 subjects. Osteochondromas were more frequent in EXT1 as compared to EXT2 patients. Anatomical distribution of lesions showed significant differences based on causative gene. Microscopy analysis for selected EXT1 and EXT2 variants verified that EXT1 and EXT2 mutants failed to co-localize each other and loss Golgi localization by surrounding the nucleus and/or assuming a diffuse intracellular distribution. In a cell viability study, cells expressing EXT1 and EXT2 mutants proliferated more slowly than cells expressing wild-type proteins. This confirms the physiological relevance of EXT1 and EXT2 Golgi co-localization and the key role of these proteins in the cell cycle. Taken together, our data expand genotype-phenotype correlations, offer further insights in the pathogenesis of HMO and open the path to future therapies.
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- Carmela Fusco
- Division of Medical Genetics, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy.,Department of Experimental Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Unit of Metabolic Diseases and Medical Genetics, University Hospital, P.O. Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Bari, Italy
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- Unit of Biostatistics, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
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- Unit of Molecular Genetics, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
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- Unit of Molecular Genetics, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
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- Unit of Molecular Genetics, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy.,Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Unit of Medical Genetics, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
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- Unit of Clinical Genetics, Department of Women's and Children's Health, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Oncoematologia, U.O.C Laboratorio di Genetica Medica, Fondazione Policlinico di Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Unit of Bioinformatics, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
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- Unit of Metabolic Diseases and Medical Genetics, University Hospital, P.O. Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Bari, Italy
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- Division of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Gaetano Pini, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Life, Health and Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy.,Laboratory of Molecular and Cell Biology, Istituto Dermopatico dell'Immacolata (IDI) IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Unit of Molecular Genetics, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy
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Pinna V, Daniele P, Calcagni G, Mariniello L, Criscione R, Giardina C, Lepri FR, Hozhabri H, Alberico A, Cavone S, Morella AT, Mandile R, Annunziata F, Di Giosaffatte N, D'Asdia MC, Versacci P, Capolino R, Strisciuglio P, Giustini S, Melis D, Digilio MC, Tartaglia M, Marino B, De Luca A. Prevalence, Type, and Molecular Spectrum of NF1 Mutations in Patients with Neurofibromatosis Type 1 and Congenital Heart Disease. Genes (Basel) 2019; 10:E675. [PMID: 31487937 PMCID: PMC6770533 DOI: 10.3390/genes10090675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2019] [Revised: 08/30/2019] [Accepted: 09/01/2019] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
Abstract
The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence and type of congenital heart disease (CHD) and the associated mutation spectrum in a large series of patients with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), and correlate the mutation type with the presence and subgroups of cardiac defects. The study cohort included 493 individuals with molecularly confirmed diagnosis of NF1 for whom cardiac evaluation data were available. CHD was reported in 62/493 (12.6%) patients. Among these patients, 23/62 (37.1%) had pulmonary valve stenosis/dysplasia, 20/62 (32.3%) had mitral valve anomalies, and 10/62 (16.1%) had septal defects. Other defects occurred as rare events. In this NF1 subcohort, three subjects carried a whole-gene deletion, while 59 were heterozygous for an intragenic mutation. A significantly increased prevalence of non-truncating intragenic mutations was either observed in individuals with CHD (22/59, 37.3%) or with pulmonary valve stenosis (13/20, 65.0%), when compared to individuals without CHD (89/420, 21.2%) (p = 0.038) or pulmonary valve stenosis (98/459, 21.4%) (p = 0.002). Similarly, patients with non-truncating NF1 mutations displayed two- and six-fold higher risk of developing CHD (odds ratio = 1.9713, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.1162-3.4814, p = 0.0193) and pulmonary valve stenosis (odds ratio = 6.8411, 95% CI: 2.6574-17.6114, p = 0.0001), respectively. Noteworthy, all but one patient (19/20, 95.0%) with pulmonary valve stenosis, and 18/35 (51.4%) patients with other CHDs displayed Noonan syndrome (NS)-like features. Present data confirm the significant frequency of CHD in patients with NF1, and provide further evidence for a higher than expected prevalence of NF1 in-frame variants and NS-like characteristics in NF1 patients with CHD, particularly with pulmonary valve stenosis.
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- Valentina Pinna
- UOS Diagnosi Genetica Molecolare, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, 71013 San Giovanni Rotondo (FG), Italy.
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- UOS Diagnosi Genetica Molecolare, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, 71013 San Giovanni Rotondo (FG), Italy.
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, Bambino Gesù Pediatric Hospital and Research Institute, 00165 Rome, Italy.
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- Department of Translational Medical Science, Section of Pediatrics, Federico II University, 80100 Naples, Italy.
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- UOS Diagnosi Genetica Molecolare, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, 71013 San Giovanni Rotondo (FG), Italy.
- Department of Pediatrics, Sapienza University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy.
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- UOS Diagnosi Genetica Molecolare, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, 71013 San Giovanni Rotondo (FG), Italy.
- Department of Pediatrics, Sapienza University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy.
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- Genetics and Rare Diseases Research Division, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, IRCCS, 00146 Rome, Italy.
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- UOS Diagnosi Genetica Molecolare, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, 71013 San Giovanni Rotondo (FG), Italy.
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- UOS Diagnosi Genetica Molecolare, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, 71013 San Giovanni Rotondo (FG), Italy.
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- UOS Diagnosi Genetica Molecolare, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, 71013 San Giovanni Rotondo (FG), Italy.
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- UOS Diagnosi Genetica Molecolare, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, 71013 San Giovanni Rotondo (FG), Italy.
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- Department of Translational Medical Science, Section of Pediatrics, Federico II University, 80100 Naples, Italy.
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- UOS Diagnosi Genetica Molecolare, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, 71013 San Giovanni Rotondo (FG), Italy.
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- UOS Diagnosi Genetica Molecolare, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, 71013 San Giovanni Rotondo (FG), Italy.
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- UOS Diagnosi Genetica Molecolare, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, 71013 San Giovanni Rotondo (FG), Italy.
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- Department of Pediatrics, Sapienza University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy.
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- Genetics and Rare Diseases Research Division, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, IRCCS, 00146 Rome, Italy.
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- Department of Translational Medical Science, Section of Pediatrics, Federico II University, 80100 Naples, Italy.
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- Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Sapienza University of Rome, Policlinico Umberto I, 00161 Rome, Italy.
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- Department of Translational Medical Science, Section of Pediatrics, Federico II University, 80100 Naples, Italy.
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- Genetics and Rare Diseases Research Division, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, IRCCS, 00146 Rome, Italy.
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- Genetics and Rare Diseases Research Division, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, IRCCS, 00146 Rome, Italy.
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- Department of Pediatrics, Sapienza University of Rome, 00161 Rome, Italy
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- UOS Diagnosi Genetica Molecolare, Fondazione IRCCS Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, 71013 San Giovanni Rotondo (FG), Italy.
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D'Asdia MC, Torrente I, Consoli F, Ferese R, Magliozzi M, Bernardini L, Guida V, Digilio MC, Marino B, Dallapiccola B, De Luca A. Novel and recurrent EVC and EVC2 mutations in Ellis-van Creveld syndrome and Weyers acrofacial dyostosis. Eur J Med Genet 2013; 56:80-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2012.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2012] [Accepted: 11/10/2012] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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