期刊
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS
卷 22, 期 2, 页码 273-276出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2013.114
关键词
PTEN; autism spectrum disorder; macrocephaly; Cowden syndrome
资金
- Pediatrics Institute Strategic Investment Funds
- Cleveland Clinic
- Breast Cancer Research Foundation
- Sondra J and Stephen R Hardis Endowed Chair of Cancer Genomic Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic
- American Cancer Society Clinical Research Professorship
- FM Kirby Foundation
Unlike some other childhood neurodevelopmental disorders, no diagnostic biochemical marker has been identified in all individuals with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This deficit likely results from genetic heterogeneity among the population. Therefore, we evaluated a subset of individuals with ASDs, specifically, individuals with or without macrocephaly in the presence or absence of PTEN mutations. We sought to determine if amino or organic acid markers could be used to identify individuals with ASDs with or without macrocephaly in the presence or absence of PTEN mutations, and to establish the degree of macrocephaly in individuals with ASDs and PTEN mutation. Urine, blood and occipital-frontal circumference (OFC) measurements were collected from 69 individuals meeting DSM-IV-TR criteria. Urine and plasma samples were subjected to amino and organic acid analyses. PTEN was Sanger-sequenced from germline genomic DNA. Germ line PTEN mutations were identified in 27% (6/22) of the macrocephalic ASD population. All six PTEN mutation-positive individuals were macrocephalic with average OFC + 4.35 standard deviations (SDs) above the mean. No common biochemical abnormalities were identified in macrocephalic ASD individuals with or without PTEN mutations. In contrast, among the collective ASD population, elevation of urine aspartic acid (87%; 54/62), plasma taurine (69%; 46/67) and reduction of plasma cystine (72%; 46/64) were observed. PTEN sequencing should be carried out for all individuals with ASDs and macrocephaly with OFC >= 2SDs above the mean. A proportion of individuals with ASDs may have an underlying disorder in sulfur amino acid metabolism.
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