期刊
CLINICAL GENETICS
卷 79, 期 2, 页码 158-168出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2010.01450.x
关键词
anophthalmia; microphthalmia; OTX2; pituitary
资金
- NIH [EY015518]
- Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Foundation
- Albert B. Millett Memorial Fund
- A Mellon Mid-Atlantic Charitable Trust
- Rae S. Uber Trust
- Gustavus and Louis Pfeiffer Research Foundation
The OTX2 homeobox-containing transcription factor gene was shown to play a key role in the development of head structures in vertebrates. In humans, OTX2 mutations result in anophthalmia/microphthalmia (A/M) often associated with systemic anomalies. We screened 52 unrelated individuals affected with A/M and identified disease-causing variants in four families (8%), a higher frequency than previously reported. All four mutations are predicted to result in truncation of normal OTX2 protein sequence, consistent with previously reported mechanisms; three changes occurred de novo and one mutation was inherited from an affected parent. Four of the five OTX2-positive patients in our study displayed additional systemic findings, including two novel features, Wolf-Parkinson-White syndrome and an anteriorly placed anus. Analysis of the phenotypic features of OTX2-positive A/M patients in this study and those previously reported suggests the presence of pituitary anomalies and lack of genitourinary and gastrointestinal manifestations as potential distinguishing characteristics from SOX2 anophthalmia syndrome. Interestingly, pituitary anomalies seem to be more strongly associated with mutations that occur in the second half of OTX2, after the homeodomain and SGQFTP motif. OTX2 patients also show a high rate of inherited mutations (35%), often from mildly or unaffected parents, emphasizing the importance of careful parental examination/testing.
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