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ArticleEuropean journal of human genetics : EJHG2025

A patient with TPCN2-related hypopigmentation and ocular phenotype.

Cécile Courdier, Vincent Michaud, Modibo Diallo, Claudio Plaisant, Eulalie Lasseaux, Isabelle Helot, Elodie Philippe, Els Vrielynck, Marjolaine Willems, Benoit Arveiler

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Article in European journal of human genetics : EJHG, 2025. 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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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Cécile CourdierService de Génétique Médicale, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.
Vincent MichaudService de Génétique Médicale, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.ORCID 0000-0002-5788-392X
Modibo DialloLaboratoire Maladies Rares, Génétique et Métabolisme, Bordeaux University INSERM U1211, Bordeaux, France.
Claudio PlaisantService de Génétique Médicale, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.ORCID 0000-0002-1293-6717
Eulalie LasseauxService de Génétique Médicale, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.
Isabelle HelotService de Génétique Médicale, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.
Elodie PhilippeService de Génétique Médicale, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.
Els VrielynckCentre d'ophtalmologie VISIS, Espace Méditerranée, 66000, Perpignan, France.
Marjolaine WillemsService de Génétique Clinique, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montpellier, Montpellier, France.ORCID 0000-0002-2959-0935
Benoit ArveilerService de Génétique Médicale, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France. benoit.arveiler@chu-bordeaux.fr.ORCID 0000-0002-2987-2932

Funding

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux (CHU de Bordeaux) no number
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pigmentation is orchestrated by hundreds of genes involved in cellular functions going from early developmental fate of pigment cells to melanin synthesis. The Two Pore Channel 2 (TPC2) a Ca2+ and Na+ channel acidifies melanosomal pH and thus inhibits pigmentation. A young patient was recently reported with generalized hypopigmentation but uneventful ocular examination, caused by the de novo heterozygous TPCN2 variant c.628C>T;p.Arg210Cys that constitutively activates TPC2. Here we report a young patient with the same de novo variant presenting with generalized hypopigmentation, and ophthalmologic features including low grade retinal hypopigmentation and foveal hypoplasia, photophobia, mild hypermetropia, and astigmatism, which are features of albinism. Skin fragility and episodes of fever with diarrhea and fatigue were also observed. This extends the phenotype of patients with TPCN2 variants, warranting further investigations in patients with alterations of this gene, and raises the question whether TPCN2 might be considered as an albinism gene.

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Calcium ChannelsHypopigmentationPhenotypeHumansCalcium Channels

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PMID39809949
PMCPMC11894100

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