Nawaz Hamed, Parveen Asia, Khan Sher Alam, Zalan Abul Khair, Khan Muhammad Adnan, Muhammad Noor, Hassib Nehal F, Mostafa Mostafa I, Elhossini Rasha M, Roshdy Nehal Nabil, Ullah Asmat, Arif Amina, Khan Saadullah, Ammerpohl Ole, Wasif Naveed
Department of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Kohat University of Science and Technology (KUST), Kohat, Pakistan.
Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, Gulab Devi Educational Complex, Gulab Devi Hospital, 54000, Lahore, Pakistan.
Heliyon. 2023 Dec 14;10(1):e23688. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e23688. eCollection 2024 Jan 15.
Brachyolmia is a heterogeneous group of developmental disorders characterized by a short trunk, short stature, scoliosis, and generalized platyspondyly without significant deformities in the long bones. DASS (Dental Abnormalities and Short Stature), caused by alterations in the gene, was previously considered as a subtype of brachyolmia. The present study investigated three unrelated consanguineous families (A, B, C) with Brachyolmia and DASS from Egypt and Pakistan. In our Egyptian patients, we also observed hearing impairment. Exome sequencing was performed to determine the genetic causes of the diverse clinical conditions in the patients. Exome sequencing identified a novel homozygous splice acceptor site variant (:c.3629-1G > T; p. ?) responsible for DASS phenotypes and a known homozygous missense variant (: c.590T > C; p.Ile197Thr) causing hearing impairment in the Egyptian patients. In addition, two previously reported homozygous frameshift variants (:c.132delG; p.Pro45Argfs25) and (:c.2216delG; p.Gly739Alafs7) were identified in Pakistani patients. This study emphasizes the vital role of in the axial skeleton and tooth morphogenesis and expands the mutational spectrum of . We are reporting variants in seven patients of three families, majorly causing brachyolmia with dental and cardiac anomalies. Skeletal assessment documented short webbed neck, broad chest, evidences of mild long bones involvement, short distal phalanges, pes planus and osteopenic bone texture as additional associated findings expanding the clinical phenotype of DASS. The current study reveals that the hearing impairment phenotype in Egyptian patients of family A has a separate transmission mechanism independent of .
短躯干侏儒症是一组异质性发育障碍疾病,其特征为躯干短小、身材矮小、脊柱侧弯以及广泛性扁平椎,而长骨无明显畸形。由该基因改变引起的DASS(牙齿异常和身材矮小)先前被认为是短躯干侏儒症的一种亚型。本研究调查了来自埃及和巴基斯坦的三个患有短躯干侏儒症和DASS的非近亲血缘家庭(A、B、C)。在我们的埃及患者中,还观察到了听力障碍。进行外显子组测序以确定患者各种临床病症的遗传原因。外显子组测序确定了一个导致DASS表型的新型纯合剪接受体位点变异(:c.3629-1G>T;p.?)以及一个导致埃及患者听力障碍的已知纯合错义变异(:c.590T>C;p.Ile197Thr)。此外,在巴基斯坦患者中鉴定出两个先前报道的纯合移码变异(:c.132delG;p.Pro45Argfs25)和(:c.2216delG;p.Gly739Alafs7)。本研究强调了该基因在轴向骨骼和牙齿形态发生中的重要作用,并扩展了该基因的突变谱。我们报告了三个家庭七名患者中的该基因变异,主要导致伴有牙齿和心脏异常的短躯干侏儒症。骨骼评估记录了短蹼颈、宽胸、轻度长骨受累迹象、短的远端指骨、扁平足和骨质减少的骨纹理等额外相关发现,扩展了DASS的临床表型。当前研究表明,A家族埃及患者中的听力障碍表型具有独立于该基因的单独遗传机制。