Journal
HUMAN MUTATION
Volume 30, Issue 12, Pages 1620-1627Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/humu.21123
Keywords
multiple osteochondromas; MO; exostoses; EXT1; EXT2
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- Multiple Hereditary Exostoses Coalition/Multiple Hereditary Exostoses Research Foundation
- Institute for the Promotion of Innovation through Science and Technology in Flanders (IWT-Vlaanderen)
- CONICET/ANPCyT-FONCyT/National Health Ministry
- Catholic University of Cordoba
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Multiple osteochondromas (MO) is an autosomal dominant skeletal disease characterized by the formation of multiple cartilage. capped bone tumors growing outward from the metaphyses of long tubular bones. MO is genetically heterogeneous, and is associated with mutations in Exostosin-1 (EXT1) or Exostosin-2 (EXT2), both tumor-suppressor genes of the EXT gene family. All members of this multigene family encode glycosyltransferases involved in the adhesion and/or polymerization of heparin sulfate (HS) chains at HS proteoglycans (HSPGs). HSPGs have been shown to play a role in the diffusion of Ihh, thereby regulating chondrocyte proliferation and differentiation. EXT1 is located at 8q24.11-q24.13, and comprises 11 exons, whereas the 16 exon EXT2 is located at 11p12-p11. To date, an EXT1 or EXT2 mutation is detected in 70-95% of affected individuals. EXT1 mutations are detected in +/- 65% of cases, versus +/- 35% EXT2 mutations in MO patient cohorts. Inactivating mutations (nonsense, frame shift, and splice-site mutations) represent the majority of MO causing mutations (75-80%). In this article, the clinical aspects and molecular genetics of EXT1 and EXT2 are reviewed together with 895 variants in MO patients. An overview of the reported variants is provided by the online Multiple Osteochondromas Mutation Database (http://medgen.ua.ac.be/LOVD). Hum Mutat 30:1620-1627, 2009. (C) 2009 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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