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G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS
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OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/g3journal/jkad152
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skin; dermatology; dermatosparaxis; veterinary medicine; Felis catus; whole genome sequence; precision medicine
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We studied 4 European domestic shorthair kittens with skin lesions consistent with dermatosparaxis type of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, a connective tissue disorder. The kittens shared the same father but had 3 different mothers. The kittens had easily torn skin resulting in nonhealing skin wounds. The genome of one affected kitten was sequenced and a frameshift mutation in the ADAMTS2 gene was identified, which is most likely the causative variant for the observed syndrome.
We investigated 4 European domestic shorthair kittens with skin lesions consistent with the dermatosparaxis type of the Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, a connective tissue disorder. The kittens were sired by the same tomcat but were born by 3 different mothers. The kittens had easily torn skin resulting in nonhealing skin wounds. Both clinically and histologically, the skin showed thin epidermis in addition to inflammatory changes. Changes in collagen fibers were visible in electron micrographs. The complete genome of an affected kitten was sequenced. A one base pair duplication leading to a frameshift in the candidate gene ADAMTS2 was identified, p.(Ser235fs*3). All 4 affected cats carried the frameshift duplication in a homozygous state. Genotypes at this variant showed perfect cosegregation with the autosomal recessive Ehlers-Danlos syndrome phenotype in the available family. The mutant allele did not occur in 48 unrelated control cats. ADAMTS2 loss-of-function variants cause autosomal recessive forms of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome in humans, mice, dogs, cattle, and sheep. The available evidence from our investigation together with the functional knowledge on ADAMTS2 in other species allows to classify the identified ADAMTS2 variant as pathogenic and most likely causative variant for the observed Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.
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