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JOURNAL OF BONE AND MINERAL RESEARCH
Volume 36, Issue 6, Pages 1077-1087Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.4277
Keywords
MESODERM DEVELOPMENT GENE (MESD); OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA (OI); LRP5; LRP6; WNT SIGNALING
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- Projekt DEAL
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Mutations in the MESD gene can cause a severe phenotype of osteogenesis imperfecta, characterized by multiple intrauterine fractures and severe skeletal deformity. The loss of function mutation in MESD may play a crucial role in early skeletal development.
Multiple genes are known to be associated with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), a phenotypically and genetically heterogenous bone disorder, marked predominantly by low bone mineral density and increased risk of fractures. Recently, mutations affecting MESD, which encodes for a chaperone required for trafficking of the low-density lipoprotein receptors LRP5 and LRP6 in the endoplasmic reticulum, were described to cause autosomal-recessive OI XX in homozygous children. In the present study, whole-exome sequencing of three stillbirths in one family was performed to evaluate the presence of a hereditary disorder. To further characterize the skeletal phenotype, fetal autopsy, bone histology, and quantitative backscattered electron imaging (qBEI) were performed, and the results were compared with those from an age-matched control with regular skeletal phenotype. In each of the affected individuals, compound heterozygous mutations in MESD exon 2 and exon 3 were detected. Based on the skeletal phenotype, which was characterized by multiple intrauterine fractures and severe skeletal deformity, OI XX was diagnosed in these individuals. Histological evaluation of MESD specimens revealed an impaired osseous development with an altered osteocyte morphology and reduced canalicular connectivity. Moreover, analysis of bone mineral density distribution by qBEI indicated an impaired and more heterogeneous matrix mineralization in individuals with MESD mutations than in controls. In contrast to the previously reported phenotypes of individuals with OI XX, the more severe phenotype in the present study is likely explained by a mutation in exon 2, located within the chaperone domain of MESD, that leads to a complete loss of function, which indicates the relevance of MESD in early skeletal development. (c) 2021 The Authors. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR)..
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