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ArticleMolecular genetics & genomic medicine2020

Whole-exome sequencing identified a novel variant in an Iranian patient affected by pycnodysostosis.

Ehsan Razmara, Homeyra Azimi, Amirreza Bitaraf, Mohammad Ali Daneshmand, Mohammad Galehdari, Maryam Dokhanchi, Elika Esmaeilzadeh-Gharehdaghi, Masoud Garshasbi

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  1. A First-Case Report of Pycnodysostosis in an Omani Boy.Journal of pediatric genetics · 2022
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Ehsan RazmaraAustralian Regenerative Medicine Institute, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-9926-3975
Homeyra AzimiDr. Azimi Genetic Counseling Center, Arak, Iran.
Amirreza BitarafDepartment of Molecular Genetics, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-1495-0870
Mohammad Ali DaneshmandDaneshmand Pathology Laboratory, Arak, Iran.
Mohammad GalehdariDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, North Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
Maryam DokhanchiDepartment of Biology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
Elika Esmaeilzadeh-GharehdaghiDepartment of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
Masoud GarshasbiDepartment of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-5508-7903

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Abstract

backgroundWhole-exome sequencing (WES) has emerged as a successful diagnostic tool in molecular genetics laboratories worldwide. In this study, we aimed to find the potential genetic cause of skeletal disease, a heterogeneous disease, revealing the obvious short stature phenotype. In an Iranian family, we used solo-WES in a suspected patient to decipher the potential genetic cause(s).

methodsA comprehensive clinical and genotyping examination was applied to suspect the disease of the patient. The solo clinical WES was exploited, and the derived data were filtered according to the standard pipelines. In order to validate the WES finding, the region harboring the candidate variant in the CTSK gene was amplified from genomic DNA and sequenced directly by Sanger sequencing.

resultsSequence analysis revealed a rare novel nonsense variant, p.(Trp320*); c.905G>A, in the CTSK gene (NM_000396.3). In silico analysis shed light on the contribution of the variant to the pathogenicity of pycnodysostosis. This variant was confirmed by Sanger sequencing and further clinical examinations of the patient confirmed the disease.

conclusionThe present study shows a rare variant of the CTSK gene, which inherited as autosomal recessive, in an Iranian male patient with pycnodysostosis. Taken together, the novel nonsense CTSK variant meets the criteria of being likely pathogenic according to the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics-the Association for Molecular Pathology (ACMG-AMP) variant interpretation guidelines.

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AdolescentCathepsin KCodon, NonsenseExome SequencingGenetic TestingHumansMalePycnodysostosisCathepsin KCodon, NonsenseCTSK protein, humancathepsin Knonsense variantpycnodysostosisrare diseasewhole-exome sequencing

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PMCPMC7057126

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