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ArticleJournal of human genetics2022

ACAN biallelic variants in a girl with severe idiopathic short stature.

Yohei Masunaga, Yumiko Ohkubo, Gen Nishimura, Taizo Ueno, Yasuko Fujisawa, Maki Fukami, Hirotomo Saitsu, Tsutomu Ogata

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Article in Journal of human genetics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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8 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Yohei Masunaga *Department of Pediatrics, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan.
Yumiko Ohkubo *Department of Pediatrics, Shizuoka Saiseikai General Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan.
Gen NishimuraCenter for Intractable Diseases, Saitama Medical University Hospital, Saitama, Japan.
Taizo UenoDepartment of Pediatrics, Shizuoka Saiseikai General Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan.
Yasuko FujisawaDepartment of Pediatrics, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan.
Maki FukamiDepartment of Molecular Endocrinology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9971-4035
Hirotomo SaitsuDepartment of Biochemistry, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0723-0960
Tsutomu OgataDepartment of Pediatrics, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan. tomogata@hama-med.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7178-9991
Hamamatsu University School of Medicine · JPShizuoka Saiseikai General Hospital · JPHamamatsu University · JPNational Center For Child Health and Development · JPSaitama Medical University Hospital · JP

Funding

Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) JP21ek0109549
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although ACAN heterozygous loss-of-function variants often cause idiopathic short stature (ISS) phenotype, there is no report describing ISS phenotype caused by ACAN biallelic loss-of-function variants. We encountered a 4 1/12-year-old Japanese girl with a height of 80.4 cm (-5.2 SD), a weight of 11.4 kg (-1.9 SD), a head circumference of 48.7 cm (-0.6 SD), and an arm span/height ratio of 1.0 (+1.1 SD). Endocrine studies and bone survey showed no abnormal findings. Whole exome sequencing revealed biallelic rare variants in ACAN, i.e., NM_013227.4:c.4214delC:p.(Pro1405Leufs*3) derived from her father and paternal grandfather with short stature (-2.9 and -2.0 SD, respectively) and NM_013227.4:c.7124 A>G:p.(Gln2375Arg) inherited from her mother and maternal grandmother with short stature (-2.1 and -3.0 SD, respectively). The frameshift variant underwent nonsense mediated mRNA decay, and the missense variant was assessed to have high pathogenicity. The results imply for the first time that ACAN biallelic loss-of-function variants can cause severe ISS phenotype.

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AggrecansDwarfismBody HeightChildFemaleHumansPedigreePhenotypeACAN protein, humanAggrecans

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