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ArticleBMC medical genomics2024

A novel intronic TCOF1 pathogenic variant in a Chinese family with Treacher Collins syndrome.

Haojie Sun, Xinda Xu, Binjun Chen, Yanmei Wang, Jihan Lyu, Luo Guo, Yasheng Yuan, Dongdong Ren

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Article in BMC medical genomics, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Haojie Sun *Department of Otorhinolaryngology, ENT Institute, Eye and ENT Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Xinda Xu *Department of Otorhinolaryngology, ENT Institute, Eye and ENT Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Binjun ChenDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, ENT Institute, Eye and ENT Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Yanmei WangDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, ENT Institute, Eye and ENT Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Jihan LyuDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, ENT Institute, Eye and ENT Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Luo GuoNHC Key Laboratory of Hearing Medicine, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. guoluo.gary@foxmail.com.
Yasheng YuanDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, ENT Institute, Eye and ENT Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. yuanyasheng@163.com.
Dongdong RenDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, ENT Institute, Eye and ENT Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. Dongdongren@fudan.edu.cn.
Shanghai Medical Information Center · CNEye & ENT Hospital of Fudan University · CNFudan University · CN

Funding

Clinical Research Plan of SHDC SHDC2020CR1049BNational Natural Science Foundation of China 81700915National Natural Science Foundation of China 82271166Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai 22ZR1410100Shanghai 2020 "Science and Technology Innovation Action Plan"- "One Belt One Road" International Cooperation Project 20410740600
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTreacher Collins syndrome (TCS; OMIM 154500) is a craniofacial developmental disorder.

methodsTo investigate the genetic features of a four-generation Chinese family with TCS, clinical examinations, hearing tests, computed tomography, whole-exome sequencing (WES), Sanger sequencing, reverse transcription (RT)-PCR, and the Minigene assay were performed.

resultsThe probands, an 11-year-old male and his cousin exhibited typical clinical manifestations of TCS including conductive hearing loss, downward slanting palpebral fissures, and mandibular hypoplasia. Computed tomography revealed bilateral fusion of the anterior and posterior stapedial crura and malformation of the long crura of the incus. WES of both patients revealed a novel heterozygous intronic variant, i.e., c.4342 + 5_4342 + 8delGTGA (NM_001371623.1) in TCOF1. Minigene expression analysis revealed that the c.4342 + 5_4342 + 8delGTGA variant in TCOF1 caused a partial deletion of exon 24 (c.4115_4342del: p.Gly1373_Arg1448del), which was predicted to yield a truncated protein. The deletion was further confirmed via RT-PCR and sequencing of DNA from proband blood cells. A heterozygous variant in the POLR1C gene (NM_203290; exon6; c.525delG) was found almost co-segregated with the TCOF1 pathogenic variant.

conclusionsIn conclusion, we identified a heterozygous TCOF1 splicing variant c.4342 + 5_4342 + 8delGTGA (splicing) in a Chinese TSC family with ossicular chain malformations and facial anomalies. Our findings broadened the spectrum of TCS variants and will facilitate diagnostics and prognostic predictions.

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Mandibulofacial DysostosisChildChinaExonsHumansIntronsMaleMutationNuclear ProteinsPhosphoproteinsNuclear ProteinsPhosphoproteinsTCOF1 protein, humanHeterozygous variantsMinigeneOssicular chain malformationTCOF1Treacher Collins syndromeWhole-exome sequencing

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