{"title":"Rare mosaic variant of GJA1 in a patient with a neurodevelopmental disorder.","authors":"Rina Shimomura, Tomoe Yanagishita, Kumiko Ishiguro, Minobu Shichiji, Takatoshi Sato, Keiko Shimojima Yamamoto, Miho Nagata, Yasuki Ishihara, Yohei Miyashita, Keiko Ishigaki, Satoru Nagata, Yoshihiro Asano, Toshiyuki Yamamoto","doi":"10.1038/s41439-023-00262-9","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41439-023-00262-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>GJA1 is the causative gene for oculodentodigital dysplasia (ODDD). A novel de novo GJA1 variant, NM 000165:c263C > T [p.P88L], was identified in a mosaic state in a patient with short stature, seizures, delayed myelination, mild hearing loss, and tooth enamel hypoplasia. Although the patient exhibited severe neurodevelopmental delay, other clinical features of ODDD, including limb anomalies, were mild. This may be due to differences in the mosaic ratios in different organs.</p>","PeriodicalId":36861,"journal":{"name":"Human Genome Variation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-01-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10788341/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139466909","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A novel DLG4 variant causes DLG4-related synaptopathy with intellectual regression","authors":"Sachi Tokunaga, Hideki Shimomura, Naoko Taniguchi, Kumiko Yanagi, Tadashi Kaname, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Yasuhiro Takeshima","doi":"10.1038/s41439-023-00260-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41439-023-00260-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><i>DLG4</i>-related synaptopathy is a neurodevelopmental disorder caused by a <i>DLG4</i> variant. We identified a novel de novo heterozygous frameshift variant, NM_001321075.3(<i>DLG4</i>):c.554_563del, in a Japanese girl. Intellectual regression without motor delay was observed at 2 years of age, and she was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Recognizing the possibility of <i>DLG4</i>-related synaptopathy in patients with intellectual regression is important for ensuring an accurate diagnosis.</p>","PeriodicalId":36861,"journal":{"name":"Human Genome Variation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-01-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139103267","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A case of infantile spasms with three possibly pathogenic de novo missense variants in NF1 and GABBR1.","authors":"Kazuki Watanabe, Kazuo Kubota, Mitsuko Nakashima, Hirotomo Saitsu","doi":"10.1038/s41439-023-00256-7","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41439-023-00256-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is one of the most common hereditary neurocutaneous disorders. Here, we report a unique case of a patient with typical NF1 findings and infantile spasms who had three possibly pathogenic de novo variants, c.3586C>T, p.(Leu1196Phe) and c.3590C>T, p.(Ala1197Val) in NF1 located in cis and c.1042G>C, p.(Ala348Pro) in GABBR1. This study contributes to our understanding of the effect of two cis variants on NF1 phenotypes and GABBR1-related neuropsychiatric disorders.</p>","PeriodicalId":36861,"journal":{"name":"Human Genome Variation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10665374/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138296098","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yo Niida, Azusa Kobayashi, Sumihito Togi, Hiroki Ura
{"title":"Recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa caused by a novel COL7A1 variant with isodisomy.","authors":"Yo Niida, Azusa Kobayashi, Sumihito Togi, Hiroki Ura","doi":"10.1038/s41439-023-00257-6","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41439-023-00257-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa is a genetic collagen disorder characterized by skin fragility that leads to generalized severe blistering, wounds, and scarring. In this report, we present a patient with a novel COL7A1 homozygous nonsense variant, c.793C>T p.(Gln265*). Although the parents were not consanguineous, both were heterozygous carriers of the variant. Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) array analysis revealed an isodisomy area on 3p22.1p21.1, encompassing COL7A1, suggesting that the variant originated from a common ancestor.</p>","PeriodicalId":36861,"journal":{"name":"Human Genome Variation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10661991/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138177493","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Correction: Identification of a novel nonsense NOG mutation in a patient with stapes ankylosis and symphalangism spectrum disorder.","authors":"Toru Sonoyama, Takashi Ishino, Yui Ogawa, Takashi Oda, Sachio Takeno","doi":"10.1038/s41439-023-00249-6","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41439-023-00249-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":36861,"journal":{"name":"Human Genome Variation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10651912/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134650116","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A case of Marfanoid-progeroid-lipodystrophy syndrome: experimental proof of skipping exons and escaping nonsense-mediated decay.","authors":"Takahito Moriwaki, Mitsuo Masuno, Miho Nagata, Yasuki Ishihara, Yohei Miyashita, Yoshihiro Asano, Kayo Takao, Kazumi Tawa, Yasuko Yamanouchi, Atsushi Miki, Takanobu Otomo","doi":"10.1038/s41439-023-00255-8","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41439-023-00255-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We report a Japanese patient with tall stature, dolichocephaly, prominent forehead, narrow nasal ridge, mild retrognathia, subcutaneous fat reduction, bilateral entropion of both eyelids, high arched palate, long fingers, and mild hyperextensible finger joints as a case of Marfanoid-progeroid-lipodystrophy syndrome. Genetic investigation revealed a heterozygous variant NC_000015.10(NM_000138.5):c.8226+5G>A in the FBN1 gene. Skipping of exon 65 and escaping nonsense-mediated decay followed by frameshift were experimentally confirmed in the proband's mRNA.</p>","PeriodicalId":36861,"journal":{"name":"Human Genome Variation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10579217/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41239417","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Parisa Mashayekhi, Mir Davood Omrani, Seyed Hasan Tonekaboni, Ali Dehghanifard
{"title":"A novel de novo canonical splice site mutation in the PTCH1 gene in a male patient with mild psychomotor retardation and autistic traits: a case report.","authors":"Parisa Mashayekhi, Mir Davood Omrani, Seyed Hasan Tonekaboni, Ali Dehghanifard","doi":"10.1038/s41439-023-00254-9","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41439-023-00254-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Basal cell nevus syndrome (BCNS), or Gorlin syndrome, is a rare autosomal dominant disorder caused by mutations in the tumor suppressor gene PTCH1 with complete penetrance and variable expressivity characterized by a broad spectrum of developmental anomalies and a predisposition to neoplasms. Herein, we report a novel de novo splice site mutation in the PTCH1 gene related to mild developmental delay and autistic traits in a 4-year-old male patient.</p>","PeriodicalId":36861,"journal":{"name":"Human Genome Variation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10522635/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41177190","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Novel splice site variant of TMEM38B in osteogenesis imperfecta type XIV.","authors":"Yoshihiko Kodama, Satoru Meiri, Tomoko Asada, Misayo Matsuyama, Shinya Makino, Minayo Iwai, Masatoshi Yamaguchi, Hiroshi Moritake","doi":"10.1038/s41439-023-00252-x","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41439-023-00252-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is a rare genetic disorder characterized by brittle bones. In this case report, we describe a patient who suffered from OI type XIV with a novel splice site variant in the TMEM38B gene. Further research is needed to better understand the relationship between the phenotype of OI type XIV and this variant.</p>","PeriodicalId":36861,"journal":{"name":"Human Genome Variation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10495319/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10231539","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hana Milena Fujimoto, Masanori Fujimoto, Takahiro Sugiura, Shigeharu Nakane, Yasuhiro Wakano, Emi Sato, Hironori Oshita, Yasuko Togawa, Mari Sugimoto, Takenori Kato, Kazushi Yasuda, Kanji Muramatsu, Shinji Saitoh
{"title":"Novel SPEG variants in a neonate with severe dilated cardiomyopathy and relatively mild hypotonia.","authors":"Hana Milena Fujimoto, Masanori Fujimoto, Takahiro Sugiura, Shigeharu Nakane, Yasuhiro Wakano, Emi Sato, Hironori Oshita, Yasuko Togawa, Mari Sugimoto, Takenori Kato, Kazushi Yasuda, Kanji Muramatsu, Shinji Saitoh","doi":"10.1038/s41439-023-00253-w","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41439-023-00253-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Striated muscle preferentially expressed protein kinase (SPEG) variants have been reported to cause centronuclear myopathy associated with cardiac diseases. The severity of skeletal muscle symptoms and cardiac symptoms are presumably related to the location of the variant. Here, we report novel SPEG compound heterozygous pathological variants in a neonate with severe dilated cardiomyopathy and relatively mild hypotonia. This report expands the genotype-phenotype correlations of patients with SPEG variants.</p>","PeriodicalId":36861,"journal":{"name":"Human Genome Variation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10482934/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10185992","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Leigh-like syndrome with progressive cerebellar atrophy caused by novel HIBCH variants.","authors":"Yoshihiro Taura, Takenori Tozawa, Kenichi Isoda, Satori Hirai, Tomohiro Chiyonobu, Naoko Yano, Takahiro Hayashi, Takeshi Yoshida, Tomoko Iehara","doi":"10.1038/s41439-023-00251-y","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41439-023-00251-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Pathogenic variants in the HIBCH gene cause HIBCH deficiency, leading to mitochondrial disorders associated with valine metabolism. Patients typically present with symptoms such as developmental regression/delay, encephalopathy, hypotonia and dystonia. Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) shows bilateral lesions in the basal ganglia with/without brainstem involvement. Here, we report a case of a Japanese patient with Leigh-like syndrome caused by novel HIBCH variants. Long-term follow-up MRI revealed progressive cerebellar atrophy, which expands the phenotypic spectrum of HIBCH deficiency.</p>","PeriodicalId":36861,"journal":{"name":"Human Genome Variation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2023-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10442384/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10432859","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}