Janus-faced EPHB4-associated disorders: novel pathogenic variants and unreported intrafamilial overlapping phenotypes

Autor: Noeline Nadarajah, Mark D. Kilby, Maja Hempel, Stephanie E. Vallee, Silvia Martin-Almedina, Rhiannon Mellis, Dionysios Grigoriadis, Sarah Robart, Sahar Mansour, Mary Beth Dinulos, Ege Sackey, Giles Atton, Wolf-Henning Becker, Christina Karapouliou, Kazim Ogmen, Fanny Kortuem, Katherine S. Josephs, Gunnar Houge, Cathrine Ebbing, Pia Ostergaard, Kristiana Gordon, Steve Jeffery, Peter S. Mortimer, Jerome L. Gorski, Axel von der Wense, Alexandra Robinson, Cassandra Polun, Siren Berland, Jenny Lord, Hallvard Reigstad, Sherri J. Bale
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Genetics in Medicine
ISSN: 1098-3600
1530-0366
DOI: 10.1038/s41436-021-01136-7
Popis: PurposeSeveral clinical phenotypes including fetal hydrops, central conducting lymphatic anomaly or capillary malformations with arteriovenous malformations 2 (CM-AVM2) have been associated with EPHB4 (Ephrin type B receptor 4) variants, demanding new approaches for deciphering pathogenesis of novel variants of uncertain significance (VUS) identified in EPHB4, and for the identification of differentiated disease mechanisms at the molecular level.MethodsTen index cases with various phenotypes, either fetal hydrops, CM-AVM2, or peripheral lower limb lymphedema, whose distinct clinical phenotypes are described in detail in this study, presented with a variant in EPHB4. In vitro functional studies were performed to confirm pathogenicity.ResultsPathogenicity was demonstrated for six of the seven novel EPHB4 VUS investigated. A heterogeneity of molecular disease mechanisms was identified, from loss of protein production or aberrant subcellular localization to total reduction of the phosphorylation capability of the receptor. There was some phenotype–genotype correlation; however, previously unreported intrafamilial overlapping phenotypes such as lymphatic-related fetal hydrops (LRFH) and CM-AVM2 in the same family were observed.ConclusionThis study highlights the usefulness of protein expression and subcellular localization studies to predict EPHB4 variant pathogenesis. Our accurate clinical phenotyping expands our interpretation of the Janus-faced spectrum of EPHB4-related disorders, introducing the discovery of cases with overlapping phenotypes.
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