Pathogenic homozygous variant in POMK gene is the cause of prenatally detected severe ventriculomegaly in two Lithuanian families.

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Serval ID
serval:BIB_E560C613EBEE
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Title
Pathogenic homozygous variant in POMK gene is the cause of prenatally detected severe ventriculomegaly in two Lithuanian families.
Journal
American journal of medical genetics. Part A
Author(s)
Preiksaitiene E., Voisin N., Gueneau L., Benušienė E., Krasovskaja N., Blažytė E.M., Ambrozaitytė L., Rančelis T., Reymond A., Kučinskas V.
ISSN
1552-4833 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
1552-4825
Publication state
Published
Issued date
03/2020
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
182
Number
3
Pages
536-542
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Case Reports ; Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
Biallelic pathogenic variants in POMK gene are associated with two types of dystroglycanopathies: limb-girdle muscular dystrophy-dystroglycanopathy, type C12 (MDDGC12), and congenital muscular dystrophy-dystroglycanopathy with brain and eye anomalies, type A12 (MDDGA12). These disorders are very rare and have been previously reported in 10 affected individuals. We present two unrelated Lithuanian families with prenatally detected hydrocephalus due to a homozygous nonsense variant in the POMK. The first signs of hydrocephalus in the affected fetuses became evident at 15 weeks of gestation and rapidly progressed, thus these clinical features are compatible with a diagnosis of MDDGA12. The association between pathogenic POMK variants and macrocephaly and severe hydrocephalus has been previously reported only in two families. Clinical and molecular findings presented in this report highlight congenital hydrocephalus as a distinct feature of POMK related disorders and a differentiator from other dystroglycanopathies. These findings further extend the spectrum of MDDGA12 syndrome.
Keywords
Adult, Brain/diagnostic imaging, Brain/pathology, Codon, Nonsense/genetics, Female, Homozygote, Humans, Infant, Newborn, Male, Muscular Dystrophies, Limb-Girdle/diagnosis, Muscular Dystrophies, Limb-Girdle/diagnostic imaging, Muscular Dystrophies, Limb-Girdle/genetics, Muscular Dystrophies, Limb-Girdle/pathology, Mutation/genetics, Nervous System Malformations/diagnosis, Nervous System Malformations/diagnostic imaging, Nervous System Malformations/genetics, Nervous System Malformations/pathology, Pedigree, Pregnancy, Protein Kinases/genetics, Ultrasonography, Prenatal, POMK, Walker-Warburg syndrome, hydrocephalus, muscular dystrophy-dystroglycanopathy
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