儿童高甘油三酯血症病因评估:来自新一代测序面板的见解及新变异的鉴定
Assessment of Pediatric Hypertriglyceridemia Etiology: Insights from Next-Generation Sequencing Panels and Identification of Novel Variants.
作者信息
Anlas Ozlem, Bulut Fatma Derya
机构信息
Department of Medical Genetics, Izmir City Hospital, Izmir, Turkey.
Pediatric Metabolism and Nutrition Department, Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey.
出版信息
Biochem Genet. 2025 Aug 7. doi: 10.1007/s10528-025-11209-w.
Hypertriglyceridemia is mostly associated with secondary conditions in children but can also result from monogenic disorders. The most prevalent genes identified as the underlying reason for impaired clearance of triglycerides from plasma by genome-wide association studies are the LPL, APOC2, APOA5, LMF1, APOE and GPIHBP1 genes. In this study, 26 pediatric patients with primary hypertriglyceridemia, 12 of whom were severe, were screened for monogenic causes via a next-generation sequencing panel that included 25 genes, namely, ABCA1, ABCG5, ABCG8, ANGPTL3, APOA1, APOA5, APOB, APOC2, APOC3, APOE, CETP, GPD1, GPIHBP1, LCAT, LDLR, LDLRAP1, LIPA, LIPC, LMF1, LPL, MTTP, NPC1L1, OSBPL5, PCSK9 and SAR1B. Additional findings, such as positive family history, hepatomegaly, splenomegaly, history of acute pancreatitis, hepatosteatosis, and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, were recorded. Twenty different variants, 16 of which were novel, were detected. Among these, six of the eight clinically significant mutations detected in the LPL, GPD1, GPIHBP1, APOC2, and LIPC genes were novel mutations. At least one variant was identified in 17 of 26 patients (65.4%), whereas no variants were detected in 9 patients (34.6%). Clinically significant variants that could explain the clinical findings were detected in 7 (58.3%) of the 12 patients with severe hypertriglyceridemia. In 4 out of the 6 patients with a familial history of hypertriglyceridemia, we identified pathogenic variants in the GPD1, LIPC, LPL and APOC2 genes, which are associated with hypertriglyceridemia. Targeting gene panels for suspected monogenic hypertriglyceridemia is a promising way to identify the underlying etiology, which enables genetic counseling and family screening to identify new patients and provides a personalized treatment approach.
高甘油三酯血症在儿童中大多与继发性疾病相关,但也可能由单基因疾病引起。全基因组关联研究确定的导致血浆甘油三酯清除受损的最常见基因是LPL、APOC2、APOA5、LMF1、APOE和GPIHBP1基因。在本研究中,对26例原发性高甘油三酯血症患儿进行了筛查,其中12例病情严重,通过包含25个基因的二代测序panel检测单基因病因,这25个基因分别是ABCA1、ABCG5、ABCG8、ANGPTL3、APOA1、APOA5、APOB、APOC2、APOC3、APOE、CETP、GPD1、GPIHBP1、LCAT、LDLR、LDLRAP1、LIPA、LIPC、LMF1、LPL、MTTP、NPC1L1、OSBPL5、PCSK9和SAR1B。记录了其他发现,如阳性家族史、肝肿大、脾肿大、急性胰腺炎病史、肝脂肪变性和动脉粥样硬化性心血管疾病。检测到20种不同变异,其中16种是新发现的。其中,在LPL、GPD1、GPIHBP1、APOC2和LIPC基因中检测到的8个具有临床意义的突变中有6个是新突变。26例患者中有17例(65.4%)至少鉴定出1种变异,9例(34.6%)未检测到变异。在12例严重高甘油三酯血症患者中,7例(58.3%)检测到可解释临床表现的具有临床意义的变异。在6例有高甘油三酯血症家族史的患者中,有4例在与高甘油三酯血症相关的GPD1、LIPC、LPL和APOC2基因中鉴定出致病变异。针对疑似单基因高甘油三酯血症的基因panel是确定潜在病因的一种有前景的方法,这有助于进行遗传咨询和家族筛查以识别新患者,并提供个性化治疗方法。