<i>PTPN11</i> and <i>FLNA</i> variants in a boy with ambiguous genitalia, short stature, and non-specific dysmorphic features

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  • Muranishi Yuki
    Department of Molecular Endocrinology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan Department of Renal and Genitourinary Surgery, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
  • Itonaga Tomoyo
    Department of Pediatrics, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Yufu, Japan
  • Ihara Kenji
    Department of Pediatrics, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Yufu, Japan
  • Katoh-Fukui Yuko
    Department of Molecular Endocrinology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
  • Tamaoka Satoshi
    Department of Molecular Endocrinology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
  • Hattori Atsushi
    Department of Molecular Endocrinology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
  • Kon Masafumi
    Department of Renal and Genitourinary Surgery, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
  • Shinohara Nobuo
    Department of Renal and Genitourinary Surgery, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
  • Fukami Maki
    Department of Molecular Endocrinology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan

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<p>Noonan syndrome is a congenital disorder characterized by distinctive facial appearance, congenital heart defects, short stature, and skeletal dysplasia. Although boys with Noonan syndrome frequently exhibit cryptorchidism, a mild form of 46,XY disorders of sex development (DSD), they barely manifest more severe genital abnormalities. Here, we report a boy with ambiguous genitalia, short stature, and non-specific dysmorphic features. He had no cardiac abnormalities or skeletal dysplasia. His score in the Noonan syndrome diagnostic criteria (36 of 157 points, 23%) was lower than the cutoff for diagnosis (50%). Whole-exome sequencing identified a de novo heterozygous variant (c.922A>G: p.Asn308Asp) in PTPN11 and a maternally inherited hemizygous variant (c.1439C>T: p.Pro480Leu) in FLNA. The PTPN11 variant was a known causative mutation for Noonan syndrome. FLNA is a causative gene for neurodevelopmental and skeletal abnormalities and has also been implicated in 46,XY DSD. The p.Pro480Leu variant of FLNA was assessed as deleterious by in silico analyses. These results provide evidence that whole-exome sequencing is a powerful tool for diagnosing patients with atypical disease manifestations. Furthermore, our data suggest a possible role of digenic mutations as phenotypic modifiers of Noonan syndrome.</p>

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  • CRID
    1390300014546296832
  • DOI
    10.1297/cpe.2023-0074
  • ISSN
    13477358
    09185739
  • 本文言語コード
    en
  • データソース種別
    • JaLC
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