Journal
MOLECULAR SYNDROMOLOGY
Volume 1, Issue 2, Pages 67-74Publisher
KARGER
DOI: 10.1159/000313786
Keywords
Cleft palate; Genetic; IRF6; Non-syndromic cleft lip; PPS; VWS
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- Interuniversity Attraction Poles [5/25, 6/05]
- Concerted Research Actions (A.R.C.) of the Belgian French Community Ministry [02/07/276, 7/12-005]
- Fonds speciaux de Recherche Universite catholique de Louvain
- La communaute Francaise de Belgique
- F.R.S.-FNRS (Fonds national de la recherche scientifique)
- Fonds pour la Formation a la Recherche dans l'Industrie et dans l'Agriculture (FRIA)
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Van der Woude syndrome (VWS), caused by dominant IRF6 mutation, is the most common cleft syndrome. In 15% of the patients, lip pits are absent and the phenotype mimics isolated clefts. Therefore, we hypothesized that some of the families classified as having non-syndromic inherited cleft lip and palate could have an IRF6 mutation. We screened in total 170 patients with cleft lip with or without cleft palate (CL/P): 75 were syndromic and 95 were a priori part of multiplex non-syndromic families. A mutation was identified in 62.7 and 3.3% of the patients, respectively. In one of the 95 a priori non-syndromic families with an autosomal dominant inheritance (family B), new insights into the family history revealed the presence, at birth, of lower lip pits in two members and the diagnosis was revised as VWS. A novel lower lip sign was observed in one individual in this family. Interestingly, a similar lower lip sign was also observed in one individual from a 2nd family (family A). This consists of 2 nodules below the lower lip on the external side. In a 3rd multiplex family (family C), a de novo mutation was identified in an a priori non-syndromic CL/P patient. Re-examination after mutation screening revealed the presence of a tiny pit-looking lesion on the inner side of the lower lip leading to a revised diagnosis of VWS. On the basis of this data, we conclude that IRF6 should be screened when any doubt rises about the normality of the lower lip and also if a non-syndromic cleft lip patient (with or without cleft palate) has a family history suggestive of autosomal dominant inheritance. Copyright (C) 2010 S. Karger AG, Basel
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