scholarly journals A Novel Mutation in the VPS13B Gene in a Cohen Syndrome Patient with Positive Antiphospholipid Antibodies

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Roghayeh Dehghan ◽  
Mahdiyeh Behnam ◽  
Alireza Moafi ◽  
Mansoor Salehi
Keyword(s):  
Antiphospholipid Antibodies ◽  
Autosomal Recessive ◽  
Novel Mutation ◽  
Mental Deficiency ◽  
Autosomal Recessive Disorder ◽  
Facial Features ◽  
Loss Of Function ◽  
Cohen Syndrome ◽  
Mild Anemia ◽  
Homozygous Nonsense Mutation

Cohen syndrome is an autosomal recessive disorder with the primary symptoms of mental deficiency, progressive retinopathy, hypotonia, microcephaly, obesity of midchildhood onset, intermittent neutropenia, and dysmorphic facial features. The syndrome has high phenotypic heterogeneity and is caused by loss-of-function mutations in the VPS13B gene. Here, we introduce a novel homozygous nonsense mutation (c.8698G > T, p.E2900X) in the VPS13B gene in an 11-year-old Iranian boy with major symptoms of Cohen syndrome. He also had mild anemia accompanied by positive antiphospholipid antibodies, the latter has never been previously reported in Cohen syndrome.

scholarly journals Spondylocarpotarsal synostosis syndrome due to a novel loss of function FLNB variant: a case report

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Samina Yasin ◽  
Outi Makitie ◽  
Sadaf Naz
Keyword(s):  
Short Stature ◽  
Autosomal Recessive ◽  
Autosomal Recessive Disorder ◽  
Loss Of Function ◽  
Case Presentation ◽  
Pathogenic Variants ◽  
Skeletal Malformations ◽  
Tarsal Bones ◽  
The Family ◽  
Heterozygous Carriers

Abstract Background Loss of function or gain of function variants of Filamin B (FLNB) cause recessive or dominant skeletal disorders respectively. Spondylocarpotarsal synostosis syndrome (SCT) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by short stature, fused vertebrae and fusion of carpal and tarsal bones. We present a novel FLNB homozygous pathogenic variant and present a carrier of the variant with short height. Case presentation We describe a family with five patients affected with skeletal malformations, short stature and vertebral deformities. Exome sequencing revealed a novel homozygous frameshift variant c.2911dupG p.(Ala971GlyfsTer122) in FLNB, segregating with the phenotype in the family. The variant was absent in public databases and 100 ethnically matched control chromosomes. One of the heterozygous carriers of the variant had short stature. Conclusion Our report expands the genetic spectrum of FLNB pathogenic variants. It also indicates a need to assess the heights of other carriers of FLNB recessive variants to explore a possible role in idiopathic short stature.

Whole exome sequencing identified a homozygous novel mutation in SUOX gene causes extremely rare autosomal recessive isolated sulfite oxidase deficiency and literature review

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rui Zhang ◽  
Yajing Hao ◽  
Ying Xu ◽  
Jiale Qin ◽  
Yanfang Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Exome Sequencing ◽  
Whole Exome Sequencing ◽  
Autosomal Recessive ◽  
Novel Mutation ◽  
Sulfite Oxidase ◽  
Loss Of Function ◽  
Oxidase Deficiency ◽  
Neurometabolic Disorders ◽  
Whole Exome ◽  
Sulfite Oxidase Deficiency

Abstract Background: Isolated sulfite oxidase deficiency (ISOD) is the rarest types of life-threatening neurometabolic disorders characterized by neonatal intractable seizures and severe developmental delay with an autosomal recessive mode of inheritance. ISOD is extremely rare and till date only 32 mutations have been identified and reported worldwide. Germline mutation in SUOX gene causes ISOD. Methods: Here, we investigated a 5-days old Chinese female child, presented with intermittent tremor or seizures of limbs, neonatal encephalopathy, subarachnoid cyst and haemorrhage, dysplasia of corpus callosum, neonatal convulsion, respiratory failure, cardiac failure, hyperlactatemia, severe metabolic acidosis, hyperglycemia, hyperkalemia, moderate anemia, atrioventricular block and complete right bundle branch block. Results: Whole exome sequencing identified a novel homozygous transition (c.1227G>A) in exon 6 of the SUOX gene in the proband. This novel homozygous variant leads to the formation of a truncated sulfite oxidase (p.Trp409*) of 408 amino acids. Hence, it is a loss-of-function variant. Proband’s father and mother is carrying this novel variant in a heterozygous state. This variant was not identified in 200 ethnically matched normal healthy control individuals. Conclusions: Our study not only expand the mutational spectrum of SUOX gene associated ISOD, but also strongly suggested the application of whole exome sequencing for identifying candidate genes and novel disease-causing mutations.

scholarly journals Case report: two novel VPS13B mutations in a Chinese family with Cohen syndrome and hyperlinear palms

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sha Zhao ◽  
Zhenqing Luo ◽  
Zhenghui Xiao ◽  
Liping Li ◽  
Rui Zhao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Developmental Delay ◽  
Chinese Population ◽  
Autosomal Recessive ◽  
Autosomal Recessive Disorder ◽  
Chinese Family ◽  
Compound Heterozygous ◽  
Case Presentation ◽  
Cohen Syndrome ◽  
The Family ◽  
Sporadic Cases

Abstract Background Cohen syndrome (CS) is an uncommon developmental disease with evident clinical heterogeneity. VPS13B is the only gene responsible for CS. Only few sporadic cases of CS have been reported in China. Case presentation A Chinese family with two offspring–patients affected by developmental delay and intellectual disability was investigated in this study. Exome sequencing was performed, and compound heterozygous mutations in VPS13B were segregated for family members with autosomal recessive disorder. Splicing mutation c.3666 + 1G > T (exon 24) and nonsense mutation c. 9844 A > T:p.K3282X (exon 54) were novel. We revisited the family and learned that both patients are affected by microcephaly, developmental delay, neutropenia, and myopia and have a friendly disposition, all of which are consistent with CS phenotypes. We also found that both patients have hyperlinear palms, which their parents do not have. VPS13B mutations reported among the Chinese population were reviewed accordingly. Conclusions This study presents two novel VPS13B mutations in CS. The identification of hyperlinear palms in a family affected by CS expands the phenotype spectrum of CS.

scholarly journals SERKAL Syndrome: An Autosomal-Recessive Disorder Caused by a Loss-of-Function Mutation in WNT4

2008 ◽  
Vol 82 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannah Mandel ◽  
Revital Shemer ◽  
Zvi U. Borochowitz ◽  
Marina Okopnik ◽  
Carlos Knopf ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Autosomal Recessive ◽  
Autosomal Recessive Disorder ◽  
Loss Of Function

An autosomal recessive disorder with retardation of growth, mental deficiency, ptosis, pectus excavatum and camptodactyly

1988 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 432-435 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Khaldi ◽  
B. Bennaceur ◽  
A. Hammou ◽  
M. Hamza ◽  
H. A. Gharbi
Keyword(s):  
Pectus Excavatum ◽  
Autosomal Recessive ◽  
Mental Deficiency ◽  
Autosomal Recessive Disorder

Novel Mutation in PLA2G6 Gene in a Patient with Infantile Neuroaxonal Dystrophy

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (02) ◽  
pp. 073-075 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aravindhan Veerapandiyan ◽  
Amit Chaudhari ◽  
Akilandeswari Aravindhan ◽  
Caroline Hayes-Rosen
Keyword(s):  
Autosomal Recessive ◽  
Novel Mutation ◽  
Cerebellar Atrophy ◽  
Autosomal Recessive Disorder ◽  
Neuroaxonal Dystrophy ◽  
Infantile Neuroaxonal Dystrophy ◽  
Group Vi ◽  
Calcium Independent Phospholipase A2 ◽  
Bulbar Dysfunction ◽  
Spastic Quadriparesis

AbstractInfantile neuroaxonal dystrophy (INAD) is an autosomal recessive disorder that causes psychomotor regression. Clinicopathological features include truncal hypotonia followed by spastic quadriparesis, strabismus, nystagmus, cerebellar ataxia, bulbar dysfunction, and cerebellar atrophy. INAD is associated with a variety of mutations in the PLA2G6 gene that encodes the group VI calcium-independent phospholipase A2 protein which is important in cell membrane homeostasis. Defects in this protein cause axonal dystrophy. We report a 2-year-old boy with INAD who was found to have a novel deletion c.1019_1025del7 leading to a frame shift in the PLA2G6 gene. We suggest that this change may be an addition to the array of mutations causing INAD.

scholarly journals Identification of a functionally critical GXXG motif and its relationship to the folate binding site of the proton-coupled folate transporter (PCFT-SLC46A1)

2012 ◽  
Vol 303 (6) ◽  
pp. C673-C681 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rongbao Zhao ◽  
Daniel Sanghoon Shin ◽  
Andras Fiser ◽  
I. David Goldman
Keyword(s):  
Functional Role ◽  
Autosomal Recessive ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Transmembrane Domain ◽  
Autosomal Recessive Disorder ◽  
Binding Pocket ◽  
Loss Of Function ◽  
Substituted Cysteine Accessibility ◽  
Translocation Pathway

The proton-coupled folate transporter (PCFT) mediates intestinal folate absorption, and loss-of-function mutations in this gene result in the autosomal recessive disorder hereditary folate malabsorption. The current study, focused on a structure-functional analysis of this transporter, identified Gly-189 and Gly-192 (a GxxG motif) located in the fifth transmembrane domain as residues that could not be replaced with alanine without a loss of function. In contrast, function was preserved when Gly-56 and Gly-59 (the other conservative GXXG motif in human PCFT) were replaced with alanine. Similarly, Gly-93 and Gly-97, which constitute the only conserved GXXXG dimerization motif in human PCFT, tolerated alanine substitution. To explore the role of this region in folate binding, the residues around Gly-189 and Gly-192 were analyzed by the substituted cysteine accessibility method. Both I188C and M193C mutants were functional and were inhibited by membrane-impermeable sulfhydryl-reactive reagents; this could be prevented with PCFT substrate, but the protection was sustained at 0°C only for the I188C mutant, consistent with localization of Ile-188 in the PCFT folate binding pocket. The functional role of residues around Gly-189 and Gly-192 is consistent with a molecular structural model in which these two residues along with Ieu-188 are accessible to the PCFT aqueous translocation pathway.

Fryns Syndrome: An Autosomal Recessive Disorder Associated With Craniofacial Anomalies, Diaphragmatic Hernia, and Distal Digital Hypoplasia

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 85 (4) ◽  
pp. 499-504
Author(s):  
Christopher Cunniff ◽  
Kenneth Lyons Jones ◽  
Howard M. Saal ◽  
Harvey J. Stern
Keyword(s):  
Diaphragmatic Hernia ◽  
Autosomal Recessive ◽  
Autosomal Recessive Disorder ◽  
Facial Features ◽  
Craniofacial Anomalies ◽  
Term Survival ◽  
Variable Expression ◽  
Central Nervous Systems ◽  
Genetically Determined

Fryns syndrome is an autosomal recessive, genetically determined condition with variable expression, which includes abnormal facial features, diaphragmatic hernia, distal limb abnormalities, and malformations of the cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, genitourinary, and central nervous systems. Five cases of children with Fryns syndrome, including an example of familial recurrence and a case of long-term survival, are described. This report brings to 25 the number of cases reported in the literature and further serves to illustrate the clinical variability of this disorder.

scholarly journals Novel variants identified in CKAP2L in two siblings with Filippi Syndrome

2021 ◽  
pp. mcs.a006130
Author(s):  
Ryan J Patrick ◽  
Jill M Weimer ◽  
Laura Davis-Keppen ◽  
Megan L Landsverk
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
Autosomal Recessive ◽  
Missense Variant ◽  
Facial Features ◽  
Loss Of Function ◽  
Pathogenic Variants ◽  
Whole Exome ◽  
The Family ◽  
Novel Variants ◽  
In Trans

Pathogenic variants in CKAP2L have previously been reported in Filippi Syndrome (FS), a rare autosomal recessive, craniodigital syndrome characterized by microcephaly, syndactyly, short stature, intellectual disability, and dysmorphic facial features. To date, fewer than ten patients with pathogenic variants in CKAP2L associated with FS have been reported. All of the previously reported probands have presumed loss-of-function variants (frameshift, canonical splice site, starting methionine) and all but one have been homozygous for a pathogenic variant. Here we describe two brothers who presented with microcephaly, micrognathia, syndactyly, dysmorphic features, and intellectual disability. Whole exome sequencing of the family identified a missense variant, c.2066G>A (p.Arg689His), in trans with a frameshift variant, c.1169_1173del (p.Ile390LysfsTer4), in CKAP2L. To our knowledge, these are the first patients with FS to be reported with a missense variant in CKAP2L and only the second family to be reported with two variants in trans.

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