Expanding the mutation spectrum in 182 Spanish probands with craniosynostosis: identification and characterization of novel TCF12 variants
Expanding the mutation spectrum in 182 Spanish probands with craniosynostosis: identification and characterization of novel TCF12 variants
Craniosynostosis, caused by the premature fusion of one or more of the cranial sutures, can be classified into non-syndromic or syndromic and by which sutures are affected. Clinical assignment is a difficult challenge due to the high phenotypic variability observed between syndromes. During routine diagnostics, we screened 182 Spanish craniosynostosis probands, implementing a four-tiered cascade screening of FGFR2, FGFR3, FGFR1, TWIST1 and EFNB1. A total of 43 variants, eight novel, were identified in 113 (62%) patients: 104 (92%) detected in level 1; eight (7%) in level 2 and one (1%) in level 3. We subsequently screened additional genes in the probands with no detected mutation: one duplication of the IHH regulatory region was identified in a patient with craniosynostosis Philadelphia type and five variants, four novel, were identified in the recently described TCF12, in probands with coronal or multisuture affectation. In the 19 Saethre-Chotzen syndrome (SCS) individuals in whom a variant was detected, 15 (79%) carried a TWIST1 variant, whereas four (21%) had a TCF12 variant. Thus, we propose that TCF12 screening should be included for TWIST1 negative SCS patients and in patients where the coronal suture is affected. In summary, a molecular diagnosis was obtained in a total of 119/182 patients (65%), allowing the correct craniosynostosis syndrome classification, aiding genetic counselling and in some cases provided a better planning on how and when surgical intervention should take place and, subsequently the appropriate clinical follow up.
Male, DNA Mutational Analysis, Ephrin-B1, Sensitivity and Specificity, Cohort Studies, Craniosynostoses, Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors, Humans, Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 3, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genetic Testing, Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 1, Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 2, Family Health, Twist-Related Protein 1, Nuclear Proteins, Reproducibility of Results, Pedigree, HEK293 Cells, Spain, Mutation, Female
Male, DNA Mutational Analysis, Ephrin-B1, Sensitivity and Specificity, Cohort Studies, Craniosynostoses, Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors, Humans, Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 3, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genetic Testing, Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 1, Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 2, Family Health, Twist-Related Protein 1, Nuclear Proteins, Reproducibility of Results, Pedigree, HEK293 Cells, Spain, Mutation, Female
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