Pseudogene TNXA Variants May Interfere with the Genetic Testing of CAH-X
Pseudogene TNXA Variants May Interfere with the Genetic Testing of CAH-X
CAH-X is a hypermobility-type Ehlers–Danlos syndrome connective tissue dysplasia affecting approximately 15% of patients with 21-hydroxylase deficiency (21-OHD) congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) due to contiguous deletion of CYP21A2 and TNXB genes. The two most common genetic causes of CAH-X are CYP21A1P-TNXA/TNXB chimeras with pseudogene TNXA substitution for TNXB exons 35–44 (CAH-X CH-1) and TNXB exons 40–44 (CAH-X CH-2). A total of 45 subjects (40 families) from a cohort of 278 subjects (135 families of 21-OHD and 11 families of other conditions) were found to have excessive TNXB exon 40 copy number as measured by digital PCR. Here, we report that 42 subjects (37 families) had at least one copy of a TNXA variant allele carrying a TNXB exon 40 sequence, whose overall allele frequency was 10.3% (48/467). Most of the TNXA variant alleles were in cis with either a normal (22/48) or an In2G (12/48) CYP21A2 allele. There is potential interference with CAH-X molecular genetic testing based on copy number assessment, such as with digital PCR and multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification, since this TNXA variant allele might mask a real copy number loss in TNXB exon 40. This interference most likely happens amongst genotypes of CAH-X CH-2 with an in trans normal or In2G CYP21A2 allele.
Adrenal Hyperplasia, Congenital, Ehlers–Danlos syndrome, <i>TNXB</i>, Tenascin, Article, EDS, CAH-X, congenital adrenal hyperplasia, Humans, Steroid 21-Hydroxylase, Genetic Testing, Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction, Pseudogenes
Adrenal Hyperplasia, Congenital, Ehlers–Danlos syndrome, <i>TNXB</i>, Tenascin, Article, EDS, CAH-X, congenital adrenal hyperplasia, Humans, Steroid 21-Hydroxylase, Genetic Testing, Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction, Pseudogenes
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