期刊
HUMAN MUTATION
卷 34, 期 11, 页码 1481-1485出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/humu.22397
关键词
DKC1; Dyskeratosis congenita; telomerase; pulmonary fibrosis; myelodysplastic syndrome
资金
- United States National Institutes of Health (NIH) [RO1CA160433, K99HL113105]
- Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
- NIH [P30CA006973]
Dyskeratosis congenita (DC) is a telomere-mediated syndrome defined by mucocutaneous features. The X-linked mode of inheritance accounts for half the cases, and is thought to predominantly manifest in childhood as bone marrow failure. We identified two male probands who presented in the fifth decade with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and cancer. Their pedigrees displayed consecutively affected generations. Five of six females (83%) manifested mucocutaneous features of DC, and two had wound-healing complications. No mutations in autosomal dominant telomere genes were present, but exome sequencing revealed novel variants in the X-chromosome DKC1 gene that predicted missense mutations in conserved residues, p.Thr49Ser and p.Pro409Arg. Variants segregated with the telomere phenotype, and affected females were heterozygotes, showing skewed X-inactivation. Telomerase RNA levels were compromised in cells from DKC1 mutation carriers, consistent with their pathogenic role. These findings indicate that females with heterozygous DKC1 mutations may be at increased risk for developing penetrant telomere phenotypes that, at times, may be associated with clinical morbidity.
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