scholarly journals A Novel Mutation of SLC19A2 in a Chinese Zhuang Ethnic Family with Thiamine-Responsive Megaloblastic Anemia

2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (5) ◽  
pp. 1989-1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoying Xian ◽  
Lin Liao ◽  
Wei Shu ◽  
Hongtao Li ◽  
Yuanyuan Qin ◽  
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Background/Aims: Thiamine-responsive megaloblastic anemia syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive disorder resulting from mutations in SLC19A2, and is mainly characterized by megaloblastic anemia, diabetes, and progressive sensorineural hearing loss. Methods: We study a Chinese Zhuang ethnicity family with thiamine-responsive megaloblastic anemia. The proband of the study presented with anemia and diabetes, similar to his late brother, as well as visual impairment. All clinical manifestations were corrected with thiamine (30 mg/d) supplementation for 1–3 months, except for visual impairment, which was irreversible. The presence of mutations in all exons and the flanking sequences of the SLC19A2 gene were analyzed in this family based on the proband’s and his brother’s clinical data. Computer analysis and prediction of the protein conformation of mutant THTR-1. The relative concentration of thiamine pyrophosphate in the proband’s whole blood before and after initiation of thiamine supplement was measured by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Results: Gene sequencing showed a homozygous mutation in exon 6 of the SLC19A2 gene (c.1409insT) in the proband. His parents and sister were diagnosed as heterozygous carriers of the c.1409insT mutation. Computer simulation showed that the mutations caused a change in protein conformation. HPLC results suggested that the relative concentration of thiamine pyrophosphate in the proband’s whole blood after thiamine supplement was significantly different (P=0.016) from that at baseline. Conclusions: This novel homozygous mutation (c.1409insT) caused the onset of thiamine-responsive megaloblastic anemia in the proband.

2008 ◽  
Vol 55 (4) ◽  
pp. 265-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Yesilkaya ◽  
A. Bideci ◽  
M. Temizkan ◽  
Z. Kaya ◽  
O. Camurdan ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 257
Author(s):  
Işık Odaman-Al ◽  
Alper Gezdirici ◽  
Melek Yıldız ◽  
Gizem Ersoy ◽  
Gönül Aydoğan ◽  
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2011 ◽  
Vol 81 (5) ◽  
pp. 328-334 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oya Halicioglu ◽  
Sezin Asik Akman ◽  
Sumer Sutcuoglu ◽  
Berna Atabay ◽  
Meral Turker ◽  
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Aim: Nutritional vitamin B12 deficiency in infants may occur because the maternal diet contains inadequate animal products. Clinical presentations of the infants who had nutritional vitamin B12 deficiency were analyzed in this study. Subjects and Methods: Patients with nutritional vitamin B12 deficiency were enrolled in the study between 2003 and 2010. The diagnosis was based on a nutritional history of mothers and infants, clinical findings, hematological evaluation, and low level of serum vitamin B12. Results: Thirty children aged 1 - 21 months constituted the study group. Poverty was the main cause of inadequate consumption of animal products of the mothers. All infants had predominantly breastfed. The most common symptoms were developmental delay, paleness, apathy, lethargy, anorexia, and failure to thrive. Hematological findings were megaloblastic anemia (83.3 %), thrombocytopenia (30 %), and severe anemia (13.3 %). All of the mothers had low serum B12 levels; eight of them had megaloblastic anemia. Conclusion: The unusual clinical manifestations of vitamin B12 deficiency may also be seen apart from neurological and hematological findings. Nutritional vitamin B12 deficiency due to maternal deficiency might be a serious health problem in infants. Therefore, screening and supplementation of pregnant and lactating women to prevent infantile vitamin B12 deficiency should be considered.


1996 ◽  
Vol 76 (02) ◽  
pp. 253-257 ◽  
Author(s):  
Takeshi Hagiwara ◽  
Hiroshi Inaba ◽  
Shinichi Yoshida ◽  
Keiko Nagaizumi ◽  
Morio Arai ◽  
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SummaryGenetic materials from 16 unrelated Japanese patients with von Willebrand disease (vWD) were analyzed for mutations. Exon 28 of the von Willebrand factor (vWF) gene, where point mutations have been found most frequent, was screened by various restriction-enzyme analyses. Six patients were observed to have abnormal restriction patterns. By sequence analyses of the polymerase chain-reaction products, we identified a homozygous R1308C missense mutation in a patient with type 2B vWD; R1597W, R1597Q, G1609R and G1672R missense mutations in five patients with type 2A; and a G1659ter nonsense mutation in a patient with type 3 vWD. The G1672R was a novel missense mutation of the carboxyl-terminal end of the A2 domain. In addition, we detected an A/C polymorphism at nucleotide 4915 with HaeIII. There was no particular linkage disequilibrium of the A/C polymorphism, either with the G/A polymorphism at nucleotide 4391 detected with Hphl or with the C/T at 4891 detected with BstEll.


2019 ◽  
Vol 50 (05) ◽  
pp. 313-317 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vykuntaraju K. Gowda ◽  
Varunvenkat M. Srinivasan ◽  
Kapil Jehta ◽  
Maya D. Bhat

Abstract Background SLC25A19 gene mutations cause Amish congenital lethal microcephaly and bilateral striatal necrosis with polyneuropathy. We are reporting two cases of bilateral striatal necrosis with polyneuropathy due to SLC25A19 gene mutations. Methods A 36-month-old boy and a 5-year-old girl, unrelated, presented with recurrent episodes of flaccid paralysis and encephalopathy following nonspecific febrile illness. Examination showed dystonia and absent deep tendon reflexes. Results Nerve conduction studies showed an axonal polyneuropathy. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain in both cases showed signal changes in the basal ganglia. Next-generation sequencing revealed a novel homozygous missense variation c.910G>A (p.Glu304Lys) in the SLC25A19 gene in the boy and a homozygous mutation c.869T > A (p. Leu290Gln) in the SLC25A19 gene in the girl. Mutations were validated by Sanger sequencing, and carrier statuses of parents of both children were confirmed. Both children improved with thiamine supplementation. Conclusion If any child presents with recurrent encephalopathy with flaccid paralysis, dystonia, and neuropathy, a diagnosis of bilateral striatal necrosis with polyneuropathy due to SLC25A19 mutations should be considered and thiamine should be initiated.


2021 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 117955652199235
Author(s):  
Jessica Maria Forero-Delgadillo ◽  
Vanessa Ochoa ◽  
Natalia Duque ◽  
Jaime Manuel Restrepo ◽  
Hernando Londoño ◽  
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Background: Congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract (CAKUT) are the leading cause of end stage renal disease in children. Diagnosis by genetic testing has proven challenging due to its genetic and phenotypic heterogeneity, as well as incomplete penetrance. We report a case on a 16-months old female with a history of renal cysts and a PAX2 mutation. Case presentation: The patient presented with a prenatal diagnosis of Potter sequence and a postnatal diagnosis of renal cysts. An ultrasound at 20 weeks gestation revealed right renal agenesis and possible left renal dysplasia. Post natal genetic analyses identified a novel mutation in PAX2. Conclusion: Cystic kidney disease is often underdiagnosed due to its variable expressivity and wide range of clinical manifestations; PAX2 genetic screening should be considered for all patients with CAKUT.


2018 ◽  
Vol 140 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yeping Luo ◽  
Zhuoying Li ◽  
Lihua Huang ◽  
Jing Tian ◽  
Menglong Xiong ◽  
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Background/Aims: Hereditary spherocytosis (HS) is a common pediatric hemolytic anemia caused by congenital red blood cell defects. HS due to ankyrin 1 (ANK1) mutations is the most common type. We explored an ANK1 mutation from an HS patient and reviewed the literature. Methods: We detected the mutation in a Chinese family in which 2 members were diagnosed with HS by next-generation sequencing. The proband was diagnosed with HS in the newborn period, based on clinical manifestations, laboratory data, and family history. The mutation spectrum of the ANK1 gene was summarized based on 85 patients diagnosed with HS carrying ANK1 mutations, and the ANK1 mutation spectrum was summarized and analyzed. Results: We identified a novel mutation affecting ANK1 gene splicing (a splicing mutation) in both the patient and her mother, which is a substitution of T>G 2 nt after exon 25 in intron 26. The study expands our knowledge of the ANK1 gene mutation spectrum, providing a molecular basis for HS. Conclusion: A novel ANK1 mutation (NM_000037.3, c.2960+2T>G, intron 26) that is potentially associated with HS was identified. To date, 80 ANK1 mutations have been reported to be associated with HS in humans.


2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Xiuhua Chao ◽  
Yun Xiao ◽  
Fengguo Zhang ◽  
Jianfen Luo ◽  
Ruijie Wang ◽  
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Aims. This study is aimed at (1) analyzing the clinical manifestations and genetic features of a novel POU3F4 mutation in a nonsyndromic X-linked recessive hearing loss family and (2) reporting the outcomes of cochlear implantation in a patient with this mutation. Methods. A patient who was diagnosed as the IP-III malformation underwent cochlear implantation in our hospital. The genetic analysis was conducted in his family, including the whole-exome sequencing combined with Sanger sequencing and bioinformatic analysis. Clinical features, preoperative auditory and speech performances, and postoperative outcomes of cochlear implant (CI) were assessed on the proband and his family. Results. A novel variant c.400_401insACTC (p.Q136LfsX58) in the POU3F4 gene was detected in the family, which was cosegregated with the hearing loss. This variant was absent in 200 normal-hearing persons. The phylogenetic analysis and structure modeling of Pou3f4 protein further confirmed that the novel mutation was pathogenic. The proband underwent cochlear implantation on the right ear at four years old and gained greatly auditory and speech improvement. However, the benefits of the CI declined about three and a half years postoperation. Though the right ear had been reimplanted, the outcomes were still worse than before. Conclusion. A novel frame shift variant c.400_401insACTC (p.Q136LfsX58) in the POU3F4 gene was identified in a Chinese family with X-linked inheritance hearing loss. A patient with this mutation and IP-III malformation could get good benefits from CI. However, the outcomes of the cochlear implantation might decline as the patient grows old.


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