Shotelersuk Varote, Kamolvisit Wuttichart, Rojvachiranonda Nond, Suphapeetiporn Kanya, Porntaveetus Thantrira, Shotelersuk Vorasuk
Center of Excellence for Medical Genomics, Medical Genomics Cluster, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand; Excellence Center for Genomics and Precision Medicine, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, The Thai Red Cross Society, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand.
Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand.
Eur J Med Genet. 2020 Jun;63(6):103924. doi: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2020.103924. Epub 2020 Mar 30.
Craniofrontonasal syndrome (CFNS) is an X-linked disorder caused by mutations in EFNB1. Uncommonly and paradoxically, female patients with CFNS exhibit significantly more severe symptoms than male patients. This is explained by "cellular interference". Nevertheless, there have been a few reports of male patients severely affected with CFNS due to postzygotic mosaicism. Here, we demonstrated a male patient with severe CFNS. Whole exome sequencing showed that he harbored both wild type and nonsense mutation, c.253C > T (p.Gln85Ter), in the EFNB1 gene. Sanger sequencing of his leukocytes, buccal swab, and hair root revealed a variable level of mosaicism. This nonsense mutation is absent in his parents and has never been previously reported. Our findings expand the mutational spectrum of EFNB1 and substantiates that males with severely affected CFNS are mosaic.
颅额鼻综合征(CFNS)是一种由EFNB1基因突变引起的X连锁疾病。罕见且矛盾的是,患有CFNS的女性患者表现出的症状比男性患者严重得多。这可以用“细胞干扰”来解释。然而,有一些关于因合子后镶嵌现象而严重受CFNS影响的男性患者的报道。在此,我们展示了一名患有严重CFNS的男性患者。全外显子组测序显示,他的EFNB1基因中同时存在野生型和无义突变c.253C>T(p.Gln85Ter)。对他的白细胞、口腔拭子和发根进行的桑格测序显示出不同程度的镶嵌现象。这种无义突变在他的父母中不存在,且此前从未有过报道。我们的发现扩展了EFNB1的突变谱,并证实患有严重CFNS的男性是镶嵌体。