Uberos J, Moreno L, Muñoz-Hoyos A
Servicio de Pediatría. Hospital Clínico San Cecilio. Avda Dr. Olóriz 16, 18012 Granada, Spain.
Clin Med Insights Pediatr. 2012 Jul 26;6:61-6. doi: 10.4137/CMPed.S9621. Print 2012.
We describe a neonatal patient with biliary ductopenia featuring duplication of exon 6 of the JAG1 gene. Facial alterations were observed, consisting of a prominent forehead, sunken eyes, upward slanting palpebral fissures, hypertelorism, flat nasal root and prominent chin. From birth, these were accompanied by the development of haematuria and renal failure and by renal Doppler findings indicative of peripheral renal artery stenosis. JAG1 gene mutations on chromosome 20 have been associated with various anomalies, including biliary cholestasis, vertebral abnormalities, eye disorders, heart defects and facial dysmorphia. This syndrome, first described by Alagille, is an infrequent congenital disorder caused by a dominant autosomal inheritance with variable expressivity. Anatomopathological effects include the destruction and disappearance of hepatic bile ducts (ductopenia). The duplication of exon 6 of JAG1 has not previously been described as an alteration related to the Alagille syndrome with peripheral renal artery stenosis.
我们描述了一名患有胆管减少症的新生儿患者,其JAG1基因第6外显子存在重复。观察到面部改变,包括前额突出、眼窝凹陷、睑裂向上倾斜、眼距增宽、鼻根扁平以及下巴突出。自出生起,这些症状伴有血尿和肾衰竭的发展,以及提示外周肾动脉狭窄的肾脏多普勒检查结果。20号染色体上的JAG1基因突变与多种异常有关,包括胆汁淤积、脊柱异常、眼部疾病、心脏缺陷和面部畸形。这种综合征最早由阿拉吉尔描述,是一种由显性常染色体遗传且具有可变表达性引起的罕见先天性疾病。解剖病理学效应包括肝内胆管的破坏和消失(胆管减少)。JAG1基因第6外显子的重复此前尚未被描述为与伴有外周肾动脉狭窄的阿拉吉尔综合征相关的一种改变。