期刊
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
卷 10, 期 5, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/jcm10051142
关键词
lipodystrophy; familial partial lipodystrophy type 2; FPLD2; leptin; LMNA mutation
资金
- Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research [2017L8Z2EM]
LMNA p.R545H heterozygous variant exhibits incomplete penetrance and highly variable expressivity, with patients showing marked clinical heterogeneity in terms of phenotypic body fat distribution and severity of organ system involvement. Additional genetic factors, epigenetic mechanisms, or environmental triggers may explain the variable expressivity of phenotypes among various patients.
Laminopathies are disorders caused by LMNA gene mutations, which selectively affect different tissues and organ systems, and present with heterogeneous clinical and pathological traits. The molecular mechanisms behind these clinical differences and tissue specificity have not been fully clarified. We herein examine the case of a patient carrying a heterozygous LMNA c.1634G>A (p.R545H) variant with a mild, transient myopathy, who was referred to our center for the suspicion of lipodystrophy. At physical examination, an abnormal distribution of subcutaneous fat was noticed, with fat accumulation in the anterior regions of the neck, resembling the fat distribution pattern of familial partial lipodystrophy type 2 (FPLD2). The R545H missense variant has been found at very low allelic frequency in public databases, and in silico analysis showed that this amino acid substitution is predicted to have a damaging role. Other patients carrying the heterozygous LMNA p.R545H allele have shown a marked clinical heterogeneity in terms of phenotypic body fat distribution and severity of organ system involvement. These findings indicate that the LMNA p.R545H heterozygous variant exhibits incomplete penetrance and highly variable expressivity. We hypothesized that additional genetic factors, epigenetic mechanisms, or environmental triggers might explain the variable expressivity of phenotypes among various patients.
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