A homozygous frameshift variant expands the clinical spectrum of SAMD9 gene defects

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SAMD9, a ubiquitously expressed protein, is involved in several mechanisms, including endosome fusion, growth suppression and modulation of innate immune responses to stress and viral infections. While biallelic mutations in SAMD9 are linked to normophosphatemic familial tumoral calcinosis, heterozygous gain-of-function mutations in the same gene are responsible for MIRAGE, a multisystemic syndrome characterized by myelodysplasia, infection, restriction of growth, adrenal hypoplasia, genital phenotypes, and enteropathy. A two-and-a-half-year-old girl, from a consanguineous Lebanese family, was included in this study. She presents with pre- and post-natal growth retardation, recurrent fevers, persistent diarrhea, elevated CRP and intermittent hypoglycemia. Whole genome sequencing revealed a homozygous frameshift variant in SAMD9 (NM_017654.4: c.480_481del; p.Val162Ilefs*5) in the proband. Sanger sequencing confirms its segregation with the disease in the family, and immunoblotting showed that the detected variant abolishes SAMD9 expression in the patient. Our findings expand the clinical spectrum linked to SAMD9 and highlight the importance of investigating further cases with mutations in this gene, as this will pave the way towards the understanding of the pathways driving these diseases.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:105

Enthalten in:

Clinical genetics - 105(2024), 2 vom: 01. Feb., Seite 202-208

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Mehawej, Cybel [VerfasserIn]
Ibrahim, Maroun [VerfasserIn]
Khalife, Lynn [VerfasserIn]
Chouery, Eliane [VerfasserIn]
El Hachem, Setrida [VerfasserIn]
Sayad, Alain [VerfasserIn]
El Traboulsi, Aya [VerfasserIn]
Inati, Adlette [VerfasserIn]
Megarbane, Andre [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Case Reports
Fever
Growth retardation
Inflammation
Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
Journal Article
Loss of function
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
SAMD9
SAMD9 protein, human
Whole genome sequencing

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Date Completed 08.01.2024

Date Revised 09.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/cge.14439

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM363234314