Halliday Dorothy, Emmanouil Beatrice, Evans D Gareth R
Oxford Centre for Genomic Medicine, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, UK.
Oxford NF2 Unit, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK.
Clin Genet. 2023 May;103(5):540-552. doi: 10.1111/cge.14310. Epub 2023 Mar 15.
Genetic testing and management of individuals at risk for NF2-related schwannomatosis is complicated by the high rate of mosaicism resulting in a milder, later onset, more asymmetrical disease and the phenotypic overlap with the related schwannomatosis conditions. This updated protocol has been devised for the English NF2-related schwannomatosis service. It provides those affected with mosaic NF2-related schwannomatosis estimated risks of having an affected child; and management guidelines both for individuals at risk of NF2-related schwannomatosis, or with potential disease, due to having features that fall short of consensus diagnostic criteria. Risks of mosaicism and inferred transmission risks were derived from genetic testing of over 1000 individuals through the Manchester NF2 genetic testing service. This updated protocol, reflects the lower transmission risks now inferred in mosaic NF2-related schwannomatosis, informed by the greater sensitivity of Next Generation Sequencing in detecting low levels of mosaicism in blood, along with improved ability to analyse tumour DNA. Screening for features of NF2-related schwannomatosis is proposed until the risk of having the condition falls below a pragmatic threshold of 1%. Using these revised transmission figures, this threshold can now be reached at a younger age in many of those at risk, with earlier reassurance and discharge.
对于患神经纤维瘤病2型(NF2)相关的神经鞘瘤病风险个体的基因检测和管理较为复杂,因为嵌合现象发生率高,会导致病情较轻、发病较晚且更为不对称,同时还与相关神经鞘瘤病情况存在表型重叠。本更新方案是为英国NF2相关神经鞘瘤病服务制定的。它为患有嵌合型NF2相关神经鞘瘤病的人提供生育患病子女的估计风险;并针对因具有不符合共识诊断标准的特征而有患NF2相关神经鞘瘤病风险或可能患病的个体提供管理指南。嵌合风险和推断的遗传传递风险来自通过曼彻斯特NF2基因检测服务对1000多名个体的基因检测。本更新方案反映了目前推断的嵌合型NF2相关神经鞘瘤病较低的遗传传递风险,这是由于新一代测序在检测血液中低水平嵌合现象方面具有更高的灵敏度,以及分析肿瘤DNA的能力有所提高。建议对NF2相关神经鞘瘤病的特征进行筛查,直到患病风险降至1%这一实用阈值以下。使用这些修订后的遗传传递数据,现在许多有风险的人在更年轻的时候就能达到这个阈值,并能更早地得到安心和解除担忧。