Publication year
2012Source
American Journal of Human Genetics, 90, 6, (2012), pp. 1094-101ISSN
Publication type
Article / Letter to editor
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Human Genetics
Paediatrics - OUD tm 2017
Journal title
American Journal of Human Genetics
Volume
vol. 90
Issue
iss. 6
Page start
p. 1094
Page end
p. 101
Subject
IGMD 3: Genomic disorders and inherited multi-system disorders DCN MP - Plasticity and memory; IGMD 4: Glycostation disorders; NCMLS 6: Genetics and epigenetic pathways of disease IGMD 3: Genomic disorders and inherited multi-system disorders; Laboratory Medicine - Radboud University Medical CenterAbstract
Cantu syndrome is a rare disorder characterized by congenital hypertrichosis, neonatal macrosomia, a distinct osteochondrodysplasia, and cardiomegaly. Using an exome-sequencing approach applied to one proband-parent trio and three unrelated single cases, we identified heterozygous mutations in ABCC9 in all probands. With the inclusion of the remaining cohort of ten individuals with Cantu syndrome, a total of eleven mutations in ABCC9 were found. The de novo occurrence in all six simplex cases in our cohort substantiates the presence of a dominant disease mechanism. All mutations were missense, and several mutations affect Arg1154. This mutation hot spot lies within the second type 1 transmembrane region of this ATP-binding cassette transporter protein, which may suggest an activating mutation. ABCC9 encodes the sulfonylurea receptor (SUR) that forms ATP-sensitive potassium channels (K(ATP) channels) originally shown in cardiac, skeletal, and smooth muscle. Previously, loss-of-function mutations in this gene have been associated with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy type 10 (CMD10). These findings identify the genetic basis of Cantu syndrome and suggest that this is a new member of the potassium channelopathies.
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