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MOLECULAR GENETICS & GENOMIC MEDICINE
卷 9, 期 10, 页码 -出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/mgg3.1774
关键词
Activin A; ACVR1; BMP signaling; Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva; p.R258W
资金
- Ministero della Salute
Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP) is a rare autosomal dominant disease characterized by congenital malformation of the great toes and progressive heterotopic ossification of soft tissues. A novel variant in the ACVR1 gene was identified in a 3-year-old child with early and highly suggestive clinical features of FOP, despite the absence of the recurrent p.R206H substitution commonly found in FOP patients.
Background Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva (FOP) is a rare autosomal dominant disease characterized by congenital malformation of the great toes and progressive heterotopic ossification of soft tissues leading to cumulative disability. The genetic cause of FOP are mutations in the ACVR1 gene that encodes a type I receptor of Bone Morphogenetic Proteins. The most recurrent mutation in FOP patients is R206H affecting the Glycine-Serine rich domain and causing the hyper-activation of the receptor and the responsivity to the non-canonical ligand, Activin A. In the present study, we described a 3-years old child with early and highly suggestive clinical features of FOP who was found negative for the recurrent p.R206H substitution. Methods Molecular screening of the whole ACVR1 coding sequence and functional characterization in transfection-based assays. Results and Conclusions We identified a novel, de novo variant in the fifth ACVR1 coding exon (NM_001111067.4:c.772A>T; NP_001104537.1:p.(R258W)). This substitution, never reported in association with FOP, affects a conserved arginine residue in the kinase domain of the protein. In silico analysis predicted the pathogenicity of this substitution, demonstrated by in vitro assays showing that the p.R258W ACVR1 mutated receptor acquires the ability to transduce the aberrant Activin A-mediated signaling, as observed for the gene variants associated with FOP.
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