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XB-ART-55477
Hum Mutat 2019 Feb 01;402:217-229. doi: 10.1002/humu.23686.
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A novel autosomal recessive GJB2-associated disorder: Ichthyosis follicularis, bilateral severe sensorineural hearing loss, and punctate palmoplantar keratoderma.

Youssefian L , Vahidnezhad H , Saeidian AH , Mahmoudi H , Karamzadeh R , Kariminejad A , Huang J , Li L , Jannace TF , Fortina P , Zeinali S , White TW , Uitto J .


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Ichthyosis follicularis, a distinct cutaneous entity reported in combination with atrichia, and photophobia has been associated with mutations in MBTPS2. We sought the genetic cause of a novel syndrome of ichthyosis follicularis, bilateral severe sensorineural hearing loss and punctate palmoplantar keratoderma in two families. We performed whole exome sequencing on three patients from two families. The pathogenicity and consequences of mutations were studied in the Xenopus oocyte expression system and by molecular modeling analysis. Compound heterozygous mutations in the GJB2 gene were discovered: a pathogenic c.526A>G; p.Asn176Asp, and a common frameshift mutation, c.35delG; p.Gly12Valfs*2. The p.Asn176Asp missense mutation was demonstrated to significantly reduce the cell-cell gap junction channel activity and increase the nonjunctional hemichannel activity in the Xenopus oocyte expression system. Molecular modeling analyses of the mutant Cx26 protein revealed significant changes in the structural characteristics and electrostatic potential of the Cx26, either in hemichannel or gap junction conformation. Thus, association of a new syndrome of an autosomal recessive disorder of ichthyosis follicularis, bilateral severe sensorineural hearing loss and punctate palmoplantar keratoderma with mutations in GJB2, expands the phenotypic spectrum of the GJB2-associated disorders. The findings attest to the complexity of the clinical consequences of different mutations in GJB2.

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Species referenced: Xenopus
Genes referenced: gjb2
GO keywords: gap junction channel activity

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References [+] :
Akiyama, A novel GJB2 mutation p.Asn54His in a patient with palmoplantar keratoderma, sensorineural hearing loss and knuckle pads. 2007, Pubmed