Genetic Disorders Flashcards
What are the features of Joubert syndrome
Classic features
- Abnormal brain (molar tooth sign)
- Hypotonia
- Developmental delays
- Ataxia
- Episodic tachypnea (rapid breathing), apnea
- Atypical eye movement (nystagmus, oculomotor apraxia)
- Speech apraxia
- Abnormal EEG, seizures
- Autism, behavior issues, variable cognitive impairment
- Obesity
- Scoliosis
- Isolated growth hormone deficiency, thyroid hormone deficiency
- Conductive hearing loss
- Tongue hypertrophy
- Situs inversus
- Long face, bitemporal narrowing, high-arched eyebrows, ptosis, prominent nasal bridge, triangle-shaped mouth, prognathism, low-set ears
Other types may also include
- Ocular defect (such as leber congenital amaurosis)
- Renal defect (including cystic kidney disease)
- Renal and ocular, with possible congenital hepatic fibrosis
- Hepatic defect (congenial hepatic fibrosis)
- Also see colobomas and nephronophthisis
- Orofacialdigital defect (tongue hamartomas, oral frenulae, polydactyly, cleft lip/palate)
How is Joubert syndrome inherited?
Autosomal recessive, x-linked recessive, or digenic
21 genes associated
What are the critical genes for 15q11.2 deletion syndrome?
CYFIP1, NIPA2, NIPA1
What are the features of 15q11.2 deletion syndrome?
- Physical features (may or may not be present)
- Broad forehead
- Hypertelorism
- Slender fingers
- Features
- Congenital heart defect
- Hypotonia
- Developmental & speech delay
- Intellectual disability
- Seizures
- Dyspraxia
- Ataxia
- Sleep disorders
- Autism spectrum disorder
- Happy demeanor
- OCD, ADHD
What are the features of 15q13.3 deletion syndrome?
Features (HIGHLY VARIABLE, MAY HAVE NO FEATURES)
- Associated with autism spectrum disorders
- Associated with psychiatric disorders (Schizophrenia and bipolar)
- Intellectual disability
- Speech delays
- Seizures
- Cardiac defects
- Hyperactivity, poor attention span, mood disorder, impulsive/aggressive behavior
What are the features of 16p11.2 deletion/duplication syndrome?
Features
- Autism
- Development & speech delay
- Behavior problems (ADHD)
- Psychiatric disorders (anxiety, depression, bipolar)
- Possibly birth defects
- Under or overweight
- Seizures possibly
What are the features of DiGeorge syndrome/22q11.2 microdeletion?
Features (CATCH22)
- Cardiac defects
- Tetralogy of fallot, interuped aortic arch type B, truncus arteriosus, VSD
- Abnormal facies
- Prominent tubular nose
- Long fingers
- High arched palate
- upslanting palpebral fissures
- Thymic hypoplasia
- T-cell dysfunction, infections
- Cleft palate
- Hypocalcemia
- Variable intellectual disability
- Psychiatric disorders
- hearing loss
- Renal abnormalities
- Endocrine abnormalities
What do ABCA3 mutations cause and what are the features?
Interstitial lung disease
Cause abnormality in surfactant
present in neonatal period with respiratory distress
Autosomal recessive
How is age-related macular dystrophy inherited?
Multifactorial
Age and family hx make up about 20% of risk
smoking and nutrition have an impact
What is the risk of developing age-related macular dystrophy if you have an affected FDR?
2-4 fold increased risk
What gene is associated with Alagille syndrome and what is the inheritance?
JAG1
autosomal dominant with variable penetrance
What are the features of Alagille syndrome?
Liver
- Bile duct paucity causes green jaundice from direct bilirubin
- leads to pruritus (itchy)
- may have cirrhosis, liver failure
- 10% die from this
Heart
- Peripheral pulmonic stenosis
- 25% die from congenital cardiac disease
Kidneys
- Horseshoe kidneys
Eyes
- Posterior embryotoxin
Bones
- Butterfly vertebrae
- Abnormal ribs
Abnormal lining of blood vessel
- Strokes
- Cerebral bleeds
Xanthomas (buildup of cholesterol over knees, elbows)
- Because cholesterol doesn’t get released from the liver
Poor growth with short stature and low weight
Face
- Triangular face, pointy chin, elfin looking
- low set ears
- broad forehead
- deep eye, hypertelorism
What gene, types of mutations, and inheritance is associated with Albright’s Hereditary Osteodystrophy?
GNAS gene
loss of function mutations
autosomal dominant with imprinting (hormone resistance if inherited from mother)
What are the features of Albright’s Hereditary Osetodystrophy?
Features
- Short
- Obese
- Round face
- Developmental delay
- Recessed 4th and 5th knuckles and toes
- Resistance to PTH, TSH, growth hormone-releasing hormone, gonadotropin if inherited from mom
- Resistance of gonadotropin leads to hypogonadism
What gene and genotype is associated with Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency?
SERPINA1 gene
ZZ genotype = affected
M & S allele normal and dominant
MZ carriers generally healthy, but can act as a modifier for other liver diseases
What are the features of Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency?
Liver disease in children
- may or may not be present
- if get to be age 4 or 5 without problems, they are probably fine
- Hepatomegaly because of accumulation of abnormal AAT protein in the liver
Pulmonary disease in adults
- Emphysema, COPD
- Because the AAT protein is trapped in the liver and can’t break down and inactivate carcinogens
Increased risk for hepatocellular carcinoma
Avoid tobacco!
What are the genes associated with Alpha Thalassemia?
HBA1 and HBA2
What are the features of Alpha Thalassemia Trait/Minor/Alpha0?
Two gene deletion
Microcytic anemia
May be confused with iron deficiency
What are the features associated with HbH Alpha Thalassemia major?
3 gene deletion
Features
- Splenomegaly
- bone deformity
- hemolytic and microcytic anemia
- fatigue
What are the features of HbH + HbCS Alpha Thalassemia Major?
2 gene deletion + constant spring variant
Feaures
- Splenomegaly
- bone deformity
- hemolytic and microcytic anemia
- fatigue
- More severe than HbH
What are the features what all 4 Alpha Thalassemia genes are deleted/mutated?
Hydrop Fetalis
All HbBarts
Not compatible with life
What do you see when testing for Alpha Thalassemia?
MCV <80fL
Will see HbBarts on newborn screen
What is the inheritance of Alport syndrome?
Most x-linked recessive
Some autosomal recessive
What are the features associated with Alport syndrome?
Progressive, later-onset sensorineural hearing loss
Kidney problems as presenting feature
- (progressive glomerulonephritis)
Variable eye findings
What gene causes Anderson-Tawill syndrome and what is the inheritance?
KCNJ2
Autosomal dominant with variability
What are the features of Anderson-Tawill syndrome?
Significant cardiac manifestations
- may need a pace maker
- Can have sudden cardiac death
Myotonia (delayed muscle relaxation
What kind of disorder is Anderson-Tawill syndrome and what kind of test results do you see?
Channelopathy
Abnormal long exercise test
normal short exercise test
How is Angelman syndrome inherited?
Loss of functioning maternal UBE3A gene
- deletion most common
- paternal UPD 15
- imprinting center defect (ICD)
- UBE3A mutation (will have normal methylation)
Could be inherited from normal mother if mom inherited a deletion, ICD, or mutation from her father
How do you test for Angelman syndrome?
Methylation study
- If abnormal, can do deletion analysis and/or UPD study to find out mechanism
- If normal but still suspicion, sequence & del/dup UBE3A
What are the features of Angelman syndrome?
Features
- Severe developmental and speech delay
- Receptive communication > expressive
- Hypotonia and feeding difficulties in infancy, tongue thrust or suck/swallowing disorders
- Gait ataxia, wide based gait with hands raised while walking
- Happy demeanor, happy puppet hands
- Fascination with water
- Seizures
- Abnormal sleep cycles
- Absolute or relative microcephaly by age 2
- Prominent chin, wide mouth and wide spaced teeth, hyperpigmented skin, light hair/eyes, scoliosis, constipation
What gene is associated with Ataxia Telangiectasia and how is it inherited?
ATM
Autosomal recessive
Carriers at increased risk for breast cancer
What are the features of Ataxia Telangiectasia?
Features
- Progressive cerebellar ataxia b/w 1-4 years
- Oculomotor apraxia (eyes don’t work in symmetry)
- Frequent infections, immunodeficiency
- Choreoathetosis (dancing type movements that can’t be controlled)
- Telangiectasias of the conjunctivae (lots of vessels in the sclera)
- Increased risk for malignancy
- Leukemia & lymphoma (1/3)
- Sensitive to ionizing radiation
What cancers are associated with BAP1 mutations?
Uveal melanoma
cutaneous melanoma
renal cell carcinoma
mesothelioma
lung adenocarcinoma
meningioma
peritoneal serous adenocarcinoma
What genes are uveal melanoma associated with?
BAP1
BRCA2
CDKN2A
What gene and type of mutations are associated with Becker Muscular Dystrophy?
Dystrophin gene
Majority large deletions
In-frame deletions usually
How is Becker Muscular Dystrophy inherited?
X-linked recessive
What are the features of Becker Muscular Dystrophy?
Loss of ambulation >12 years
Looks like Duchenne Muscular dystrophy, but they do better
Isolated cardiomyopathy
Myalgias (muscle aches)
How is Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome inherited?
Imprinting on chromosome 11
- Same region as Russel-Silver syndrome
Mom’s copy is missing/mutated or dad’s copy is overexpressed
- 50% hypomethylation of imprinting center 2 (IC2) on maternal copy
- 20% paternal UPD
- can be from gain of methylation of maternal CDKN1C, a microdeletion/duplication, or a translocation/inversion
- Rarely autosomal dominant
What are the features of Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome?
Features
- Big baby
- Omphalocele
- Prematurity
- Macroglossia
- Asymmetry
- Hypoglycemia
- Umbilical hernia
- Neonatal hypoglycemia
- Ear creases/pits
- Renal abnormalities
- Overgrowth
Tumor risk
- Wilms tumor
- Hepatoblastoma
What tumor risks are associated with Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome?
Wilms tumors
Hepatoblastoma
What gene is associated with Beta-Thalassemia?
HBB
What are the features of Beta-Thalassemia minor/intermedia?
B+/B+ or B+/B0
Mild anemia
later presentation
at risk for iron overload
What is thhe hemoglobin profile for someone with Beta-Thalassemia trait?
B/B+ or B/B0
A
Elevated A2
Fetal may or may not be elevated
What is the hemoglobin progile for someone with Beta-Thalassemia intermedia/minor?
B+/B+ or B+/B0
Elevated A2
Elevated Fetal
A present
What is the hemoglobin profile for someone with Beta-Thalassemia major?
B0/B0
Elevated A2
Elevated fetal
NO A
What are the features of Beta-Thalassemia major?
B0/B0
Features
- Severe microcytic anemia
- FTT, feeding difficulties, diarrhea
- Frontal bossing, limb shortening, compression fractures of the spine
- Hepatosplenomegaly
- Jaundice
- Iron overload
- Extramedullary hematopoiesis
- Endorine and liver issues
How is biotinidase deficiency inherited?
Autosomal recessive
What are the features of treated biotinidase deficiency?
No features if treated with biotin supplement
What are the features of untreated biotinidase deficiency?
If untreated
- Sensorineural hearing loss
- Seizures
- vision loss
- hair loss
- Hypertonic
- Developmental delay/intellectual disability
- Ataxia
What gene is associated with Bloom syndrome and how is it inherited?
BLM gene
autosomal recessive
AJ founder mutation
What kind of syndrome is Bloom syndrome?
Chromosome breakage syndrome
What is the AJ carrier frequency of Bloom syndrome?
1 in 100 AJ carrier frequency
What are the features of Bloom syndrome?
Features
- Pre- and postnatal growth deficiency
- Microcephaly, dolichocephaly
- malar hypoplasia
- loss of lower lashes
- Little subcutaneous fat
- Facial telangiectatic erythemia & sun sensitive skin
- Areas of hyper- and hypopigmentation
- Possible learning disability, but normal intelligence
- Males infertile, early menopause for women
- More infections due to GER
- Increased risk for DM, cancer, and COPD
How is brahio-oto-renal syndrome inherited?
Autosomal dominant
What are the features of brachio-oto-renal syndrome?
Hearing loss
- conductive, sensorineural, or mixed
External ear abnormalities (pits or severely deformed)
Branchial cleft cysts or fistulae (lump in the neck or collarbone)
Kidney abnormalities
What gene is associated with campomelic dysplasia and what is the inheritance?
SOX9 cartilage gene
Autosomal dominant
What are the features of campoelic dysplasia?
Features
- bent long bones (campomelia)
- short stature
- hearing loss
- scolosis
- Pierre-Robin sequence
- sex reversal in males
- club feet
- problems with cartilage in the trachea
- leads to severe air trapping
How is celiac disease inherited?
Multifactorial
Increased risk wit HLA-DQA1 adn HLA-DQB1 alleles
(3% with one or both of these alleles develops celiac, but 30% of the general population have one of the alleles)
What are the risks of developing Celiac disease if you have an affectd FDR?
5-10% risk if you have an affected FDR
40% risk if you have the same HLA profile as the affected FDR
What are the features of Celiac disease?
Autoimmune disorder to ingestion of gluten
- Leads to inflammation of the small intestine and damage of villi, which can impair nutrient absorption
Signs/symptoms
- Diarrhea, bowel irritability
- Abdominal pain and distention
- Weight loss
- Vitamin deficiency, FTT, short stature, dental/enamel defects
- Chronic fatigue
- Joint pain/inflammation, osteoporosis/osteopenia
- Depression, ADD
- Infertility, fetal loss
- Delayed puberty
- Migraines
What gene is associated with CHARGE syndrome and what is the inheritance?
CDH7 gene
Autosomal dominant
majority de novo
What are the features of CHARGE syndrome?
Coloboma
- Looks like a break in the iris and pupil is coming out
Congenital heart defect
- ASD, VSD, mitral valve defects
Choanal atresia
- Respiratory and feeding problems
Retardation of Growth and mental development
- May mimic autism
- Facial asymmetry, unilateral facial palsy from cranial nerve dysfunction
Genital defects
- Genital hypoplasia, delayed puberty from hypogonadotropic hypogonadism
Ear malformations
- May be deaf
- External and internal malformations
What gene is associated with choroideremia and how is it inherited?
CHM gene
X-linked
Females have milder signs
What is choroideremia?
Progressive choroido-retinal degeneration
How does choroideremia present?
Males present with
- early night blindness (not muc peripheral vision loss)
- Central vision is preserved until later in life
Gene therapy trials
What population has a founder mutation for choroideremia?
Finish
What gene is associated with CLOVES syndrome and how is it inherited?
PIK3CA heterozygous somatic mutations
test skin, saliva, or affected tissue
de novo
What kind of syndrome is CLOVES syndrome?
Lipomatous overgrowth syndrome
What are the features of CLOVES syndrome?
Features
-
Congenital lipomatous asymmetric overgrowth
- Of the trunk, lymphatic, capillary, and venous
- Typically of the thoracic and abdominal wall
- Combined-type vascular malformations
- Low-flow and high-flow vascular and lymphatic malformations
- Epidermal nevi
-
Skeletal and spinal anomalies
- Can have various degrees of intellectual disability because of it
- Renal anomalies
- Tumors
How is CMT1 inherited?
Autosomal dominant
How is CMT2 inherited?
Autosomal dominant
What kind of neuropathy is CMT1?
Demyelinating
- slow nerve conduction velocity
- pathology of nerves has an onion appearance
What kind of neuropathy is CMT2?
Axonal
- nerve conduction velocity near normal
- decreased number of nerves
How is CMT4 inherited and what type of neuropathy is it?
Autosomal recessive
Axonal (decreased number of nerves)
How is CMTX inherited?
X-linked dominant
What is the most common form of CMT?
CMT1A
What gene and type of mutations is associated with CMT1A?
PMP22
Duplications (have 3 copies of PMP22)
- 4 copies of PMP22 is severe CMT1
- (A deletion of PMP22 causes hereditary neuropathy with liability to pressure palsy)
What are the features of CMT1A?
Onset 1st-2nd decade
Slow progression to orthotics
Foot deformities
foot drop
distal muscle weakness
distal muscle atrophy
sensory loss
slow nerve conduction
What genes are associated with Cockayne syndrome and what is the inheritance?
ERCC6 and ERCC2
autosomal recessive
What kind of syndrome is Cockayne syndrome?
Premature aging syndrome
What are the features of Cockayne syndrome?
Features
- Progressive neurological and cognitive dysfunction (demyelination)
- Microcephaly with developmental delay, spasticity, ataxia
- Low birth weight and postnatal growth failure (Cahectic dwarfism)
- Muscle atrophy, weight loss
- Skin photsensitivity
- Dental decay
- Pigmentary retinopathy, optic atrophy, cataracts
- Sensorineural hearing loss
- vision loss, cataracts
- Skeletal abnormalaties (kyphosis, scoliosis)
- Prematurely aged face with deep set eyes and pinched nose
What gene is associated with Congenital Central Hypoventilation syndrome and how is it inherited?
PHOX2B
Caused by a decrease in a triplett repeat
Autosomal dominant
mostly de novo and/or mosaic
What are the features of congenital central hypoventilation syndrome?
Features
- Apnea
- Stop breathing when go to sleep
- Absent respiratory response to hypoxia and hypercapnia, no change in respiratory effort during CO2 inhalation, illness, or exercise
- Profound in sleep, especially non-REM sleep
- Cyanosis
- Cardiorespiratory arrest
- Ophthalmologic abnormalities due to cranial nerves
- Some have hirschprung (specific mutation)
- Neural crest tumors
- Arrhythmias
- Some have seizures & cognitive disability
What is CHRPE (congenital hypertrophy of retinal pigmented epithelium) associated with?
FAP
How is congenital stationary night blindness inherited?
X-linked
Autosomal dominant
Autosomal recessive
what are the features of Congenital Stationary Night Blindness?
Night blindness
Contrast sensitivity
Nystagmus
What gene is associated with Cornelia de Lange and how is it inherited?
NIPBL gene mostly
Autosomal dominant
99% de novo
What are the features of Cornelia de Lange syndrome?
Features
- Growth retardation
- Facial
- Long eyelashes
- Thick eyebrows/synophorus, arched eyebrows
- Upturned nose
- Small widely spaced teeth
- Microcephaly
- Cognitive delay
- Autistic and self-destructive tendencies
- Shortened limbs
- Missing digits
- Genital abnormalities
- GI dysfunction
- Hearing loss
- myopia
- Cardia septal defects (VSD)
What causes Cri-du-Chat syndrome and how is it inherited?
5p-
loss of CTNND2, SEMA5A, possibly TERT
90% de novo, 80% from deletion of paternal copy
What is the sex ratio for Cri-du-Chat syndrome?
4:3 females:males
What are the features of Cri-du-Chat syndrome?
Features
- Cat cry
- Heart defects (VSD, ASD, PDA, Tetralogy of fallot)
- Significant intellectual disability
- Self-injury
- Abnormal sleep patterns
- Microcephaly
- Hypotonia, poor feeding, Cleft lip/palate
- Thymic dysplasia
- Intestinal malrotation, megacolon, inguinal hernia
- Dislocated hips
- Rare renal malformations
- Cryptorchidism, hypospadias
- Hyperextensible joints
- Scoliosis
- Face
- Hypoplastic nasal bridge
- Hypertelorism, down-slanting palpebral fissures, Deep set eyes, prominent supraorbital ridges
- Myopia, cataracts
- Low-set ears with tags and/or fistulas
- Micrognathia, cleft lip/palate
- Short fingers
- 2,3 syndactyly of hands and/or feet
- Club feet, flat feet
How is Crohn’s disease inherited?
Multifactorial
29 genes, SNPS, and HLA status important
Environment, lifestyle, diet important
What are the symptoms of Crohn’s Disease?
Signs and symptoms
- Weight loss, loss of appetite
- Fever
- Fatigue, night sweats
- Loss of normal menstrual cycle
- Mouth ulcers
- Abdominal pain, diarrhea, bowel obstruction, rectal bleeding
Crohn’s disease
- Mostly affects the ileum and entire thickness of the bowel wall
- Can affect GI system anywhere from mouth to anus, and can “skip” areas
Ulcerative colitis
- Affects the innermost lining of the colon/large intestine with no skipping
What are the main features of cystic fibrosis?
Lung disease from increased mucus
- Poor genotype/phenotype correlation
- Infection
Pancreatic insufficiency
- Severe, classic mutations lead to pancreatic insufficiency
- Milder, nonclassic mutations lead to pancreatic sufficiency
Infertility in males (>97%)
- May be only feature
What are some symptoms of cystic fibrosis?
Features/signs
- Affects the whole body
- Night blindness
- Can’t digest fat, so vitamins don’t get absorbed
- Sterility in males due to CBAVD & decreased fertility in females
- Digital clubbing
- Osteoporosis
- Diabetes
- Cirrhosis
- Dry, salty skin
- Chronic pain
- Liver disease
- Can be associated with diabetes
How do you test for cystic fibrosis?
First line testing is sweath chloride test
Then do a panel of common mutations
- can reduce carrier risk to 1 in 240
Can also do sequencing and del/dup
- Can reduce carrier risk to 1 in 2500
- Is this worth it for the family?
What gene is associated with cystic fibrosis and how is it inherited?
CFTR
autosomal recessive
What type of mutations are Class I CFTR mutations and how do you treat it?
Reduced or absetn transcription and protein
Read through therapy
What kind of mutations are Class II CFTR mutations and how do you treat it?
Protein is made, but it isn’t processed correctly and gets destroyed immediately. Never makes it to the cell surface
Gets destroyed becuase of protein misfolding, incomplete/incorrect post-translational modifications, or error in protein trafficking
Therapy would be correctors to help the protein fold properly and get to the cell surface
DeltaF508
What type of mutations are Class III CFTR mutations and how do you treat it?
Protein is made and it gets to the cell surface, but it doesn’t function properly
Treat with Kalydeco
What type of mutations are Class IV CFTR mutations?
Protein is made and gets to the cell surface, but it doesn’t work as well as it should. It is a little functional, though
R117H
- If cis poly-T tract is 5T, it is disease causing because affects folding & gives alternate splicing
- Having a higher TG tract with 5T makes it more likely to be disease causing because it leads to skipping of exon 9
What kind of mutations are Class V CFTR mutations?
There is reduced synthesis/protein production because of alternative splicing
What type of mutations are Class VI CFTR mutations?
Protein gets to the cell surface, but it is unstable and quickly get degraded
Rescued DeltaF508
What class of mutation is the CFTR DeltaF508?
Class II
Protein is made, but isn’t processed quickly and quickly gets destroyed
Once it has been treated with a corrector (helps fold the protein), it becomes a Class VI mutations (protein gets to the cell surface, but then gets quickly degraded)
What class of mutation if CFTR G551D and how do you treat it?
Class III (protein is made and gets to the cell surface, but it doesn’t function properly)
Treat with Kalydeco
Accounts for 4% of CF mutations
Explain pathogenicity of the poly-T tract and TG-tract in CFTR
Poly T tract:
- The lower the poly T tract (5T), the more likely it is to be pathogenic
- 5T, and potentially 7T can be pathogenic when in cis with R117H
- Homozygous 5T can be at risk for male infertility
- Lower T-tract is pathogenic because it can cause skipping of exon 9
TG-tract
- Only pathogenic when in combination with 5T poly-T tract
- The higher the TG-tract is (12 or 13), the more likely it is to be pathogenic when combined with 5T
- 5T with 12 or 13 TG tract without R117H mutation can cause nonclassic disease
- A higher TG tract can lead to skipping of exon 9
What gene is associated with Connexin 26 and how is it inherited?
GJB2
Autosomal recessive
What features is Connexin 26 associated with?
Non-syndromic congenital sensorineural hearing loss
(DFNB1)
Milder presentation for compound heterozygotes
What percentage of hearing loss is due to Connexin 26?
10-15% of all hearing loss
50% of autosomal recessive hearing loss
What is the carrier frequency for Connexin 26?
1 in 31-35 for Caucasians
1 in 21-25 for AJ
How is diabetes inherited?
Multifactorial
- Genetics (stronger for Type II)
- diet, exercise, weight (74% of risk for Type II)
- HLA status
What type of diabetes has a stronger genetic component?
Type II
What is the chance of developing diabetes if you have one parent with Type II diabetes?
1 in 10
What is the chance of developing diabetes if you both parents have Type II?
1 in 2
How is MODY inherited?
Autosomal dominant
What percentage of diabetes is MODY?
1-2% of diabetes is MODY
Why is it important to identify MODY?
MODY has an effective treatment (sulfonylureas), which does not work for other types of diabetes
How is DICER1 inherited?
Autosomal dominant
What cancers are associated with DICER1 mutations?
Pleuropulmonary blastoma (PPB)
Cystic nephroma
Ovarian Sertoli-Leydig tumor
Other sex-cord stromal tumors
Wilms tumor (rare)
Intraocular medulloepithelioma
Nasal chondromesenchymal hamaroma (present with stuffy nose)
Thyroid (nodular thyroid hyperplasia, differentiated thyroid carcinoma)
Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma
Intestinal hamartomatous polyps
When is the cancer risk greatest for DICER1 mutations?
The cancer risk is greatest when young
How does pleuropulmonary blastoma (PPB) present and what should you test for when you see it?
PPB may present as a spontaneous pneumothorax
Test for DICER1
60-70% of these cases are from DICER1 mutations
What should you test for when you see a cystic nephroma?
DICER1
90-100% are due to DICER1 mutations
2/3 of cystic nephroma cases without a family history of PPB have a DICER1 mutation
What should you test for when you see an ovarian sertoli-leydig tumor?
DICER1
What gene, types of mutations, and inheritance is associated with Duchenne Muscular dystrophy?
Dystrophin gene
Out of frame deletions
X-linked recessive
What are the features of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy?
Features/presentation
- Inability to run/keep up around age 3
- Gower maneuver
- Difficulty climbing stairs
- Gait abnormalities/toe walking
- Calf hypertrophy (pseudohypertrophy from fatty infiltration)
- Proximal leg weakness, progressing to arms
- Wheelchair confined by age 12
- Can’t life arms very high
- Scoliosis because muscles can’t hold them up
- Squishes lungs and leads to respiratory issues
- Sleep disorders due to extra shallow breathing
- Can’t take deep breaths or cough properly
- Dilated cardiomyopathy
- Mild obesity (because of steroids)
- Mild mental retardation
- CK levels 50-100x normal
- Death due to pneumonia or congestive heart failure (DCM) in 20s
What are the features of a female carrier of Duchenne Muscular dystrophy?
Muscle aches
May have elevated CK levels
May be more severely effective due to mosaicism (10%) or skewed X-inactiation
If a boy is a simplex case of Duchenne muscualr dystrophy, what are the chances his mom is a carrier?
2/3 (1/3 of cases are de novo)
What are some potential therapies being researched for Duchenne muscular dystrophy?
Stop codon readthrough
Exon skipping therapies
- Make an out of frame deletion and in-frame to give BMD phenotype
- Restores reading frame in ~13%
- Gives some expression of dystrophin
Gene transfer therapy
- Myostatin inhibitor to get hypertrophy
- Decreases severity of disease
Gene replacement
- Mini-dystrophin in vector
Surrogate gene transfer of Galgt2
- Restores CK levels
- Doesn’t induce immunity because the gene is already expressed
What are the features of Classic EDS (Type 1) and how is it inherited?
COL5A1 gene, autosomal dominant
Features
- Skin hyperextensibility
- fish mouth or cigarette paper scars
- joint hypermobility
What are the featues of EDS Type 3 (Hypermobile type)?
Major criteria
- Smooth, velvety skin
- Joint hypermobility
Minor criteria
- Chronic joint/limb pain
- Recurrent joint dislocations
- Positive family hx
Other features
- Narrow, high arched palate
- Scoliosis
- Flat feet
- Valgus deformity
- Marfanoid habitus, but don’t meet Marfan criteria
- Pectus excavatum (carinatum more rare)
- Constipation, IBS, GER
- Family hx of fibromyalgia
How is EDS Type 3 (Hypermobile type) inherited and diagnosed?
Autosomal dominant
Clinical dx only, no known gene
What gene is associated with EDS Type 4 (vascular type) and how it is inherited?
COL3A1
Autosomal dominant
What are the features of EDS Type 4 (vascular type)?
Features
- Arterial, bowel, and uterine ruptures
- Pneumothorax
- Postpartum bleeding
- Lobeless ears
- Acrogeria (premature aging, hands may look really old)
- Translucent skin (seen veins)
- A little bit of joint hypermobility
What type of disorder is Farbry disease?
Lysosomal storage disorder
What gene is associated with Fabry disease and how is it inherited?
GLA gene
X-linked recessive with varied symptoms in females
What are the features of Fabry disease?
Features
- Pain in distal extremities
- Heat intolerance
- Angiokeratomas on trunk
- GI dysfunction
- Renal disease
- Cardiomyopathy
- Stroke
How can you treat Fabry disease and how does it help?
ERT available, but not 100% effective
- Decreases vascular lesions
- Increases renal and myocardial function
- Decreases pain
- Increases heat/cold tolerance by improving nerve conduction
- Improve exercise intolerance
- Improves quality of life
What are the genetics behind facio-scapulo-humeral muscular dystrophy?
4q35 regions
Need to do southern blot to detect
D4Z4 repeat encodes DUX4
- Causes myopathy via a p53 dependent pathway
Get disease when have reduce repeats (1-10) and 4QA allele (makes poly-A tail)
Not a trinucleotide repeat where size varies between generations
1:20,000-435,000
What are the features of facio-scapulo-humeral muscular dystrophy (FSHMD)?
Facial weakness
- Tapered lip, can’t smile well, can’t squeeze eyes shut, chiseled cheek bones, can’t pucker lips, many can’t drink through a straw
Scapula stick out
Peroneal and hip girdle weakness later
Weakness in pectoral muscles and biceps
- Atrophic biceps with maintained deltoids
Can’t lift arms very high
Hypertrophy of forearms
Sensorineural deafness
Retinal vascular tortuosity possible
Absent brachio-radialis
Bulbar, extraocular, and respiratory muscles spared
asymetric onset and progression
Relatively normal CK
What is the Factor V Leiden mutation?
F5 gene
p.Arg506Gln, 1691G>A
What are the risks associated with Factor V Leiden?
Venous thromboembolism (VTE) (deep vein thrombosis)
- Heterozygous: 3-8x increased risk for VTE (<10%)
- Homozygous 50-80x increased risk for VTE (<10%)
- Risk increases with age
- No impact on risk for a recurrent VTE
Pulmonary emboism
Small increased risk (2-7 fold increased risk) for pregnancy loss and pregnancy complications
Other risk factors include pregnancy, oral contraceptives/HRT, cancer, age, obesity, surgery, injury
What gene is associated with FAP and how is it inherited?
APC (many mutations not detected)
Autosomal dominant
When should you test for FAP?
Age 10-12
What risks are associated with FAP?
Colon cancer
- 100s-1000s of polyps
- risk 100% if untreated
Extracolonic tumors
- Upper GI
- Desmoid
- Osteoma
- Thryoid
- Brain
- Soft tissues tumors
- hepatoblastoma
- 2% risk
- CHRPE
- Dental anomalies
What gene is associated wtih Familial Mediterranean Fever and how is it inherited?
MEFV gene (sequence only)
Autosomal recessive
High carrier frequency in Turkey & North African Jewish (1:5), and Armenian (1:7)