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ArticleMolecular genetics & genomic medicine2019

Hypotrichosis with juvenile macular dystrophy: Combination of whole-genome sequencing and genome-wide homozygosity mapping identifies a large deletion in CDH3 initially undetected by whole-exome sequencing-A lesson from next-generation sequencing.

Amir Hossein Saeidian, Hassan Vahidnezhad, Leila Youssefian, Soheila Sotudeh, Meisam Sargazi, Sirous Zeinali, Jouni Uitto

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Amir Hossein SaeidianDepartment of Dermatology and Cutaneous Biology, and Jefferson Institute of Molecular Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3512-0654
Hassan VahidnezhadDepartment of Dermatology and Cutaneous Biology, and Jefferson Institute of Molecular Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4298-9147
Leila YoussefianDepartment of Dermatology and Cutaneous Biology, and Jefferson Institute of Molecular Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4253-6503
Soheila SotudehDepartment of Dermatology, Children's Medical Center, Pediatric Center of Excellence, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Meisam SargaziAlzahra Eye Hospital Research Center, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran.
Sirous ZeinaliBiotechnology Research Center, Department of Molecular Medicine, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran.
Jouni UittoDepartment of Dermatology and Cutaneous Biology, and Jefferson Institute of Molecular Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4639-807X
Thomas Jefferson University · USPasteur Institute of Iran · IRChildren's Medical Center · IRZahedan University of Medical Sciences · IR

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Abstract

backgroundHypotrichosis with juvenile macular dystrophy (HJMD) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by abnormal growth of scalp hair and juvenile macular degeneration leading to blindness. We have explored the genetic basis of HJMD in a large consanguineous family with 12 affected patients, 1-76 years of age, with characteristic phenotypes.

methodsWe first applied genome-wide homozygosity mapping to 10 affected individuals for linkage analysis to identify the genomic region of the defective gene. All affected individuals shared a 7.2 Mb region of homozygosity on chromosome 16q21-22.3, which harbored 298 genes, including CDH3, previously associated with HJMD. However, whole-exome sequencing (WES) failed to identify the causative mutation in CDH3.

resultsFurther investigation revealed a missense variant in a gene closely linked to CDH3 (1.4 Mb distance: FHOD1: c.1306A>G, p.Arg436Gly). This variant was homozygous in all affected individuals and heterozygous in 18 out of 19 obligate carriers. While this variant was found by bioinformatics predictions to be likely pathogenic, a knock-in mouse for this variant, made by the CRISPR/Cas, showed no disease phenotype. However, using whole-genome sequencing (WGS), we were able to identify a novel Alu recombination-mediated deletion in CDH3:c.del161-811_246 + 1,044.

conclusionWGS was able to identify a deep intronic deletion mutation, not detected by WES.

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Sequence DeletionAdolescentCadherinsChromosome MappingDNA Mutational AnalysisExome SequencingFemaleHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingHomozygoteHumansHypotrichosisMacular DegenerationMalePedigreeWhole Genome SequencingCadherinsCDH3 protein, humanAlu-mediated deletion mutationhypotrichosis with juvenile macular dystrophynext-generation sequencing

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