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Mandibulofacial Dysostosis with Microcephaly: Mutation and Database Update
Document Type
article
Source
Human Mutation. 37(2)
Subject
Pediatric
Congenital Structural Anomalies
Rare Diseases
Genetics
Prevention
Human Genome
Neurosciences
Clinical Research
Dental/Oral and Craniofacial Disease
2.1 Biological and endogenous factors
Aetiology
Congenital
Abnormalities
Multiple
Amino Acid Motifs
Databases
Genetic
Gene Expression
Haploinsufficiency
Hearing Loss
Humans
Intellectual Disability
Mandibulofacial Dysostosis
Microcephaly
Models
Molecular
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutation
Penetrance
Peptide Elongation Factors
Phenotype
Protein Structure
Secondary
Protein Structure
Tertiary
RNA Splicing
Ribonucleoprotein
U5 Small Nuclear
Spliceosomes
EFTUD2
mandibulofacial dysostosis with microcephaly
MFDM
mandibulofacial dysostosis Guion-Almeida type
mandibulofacial dysostosis
microcephaly
UCLA Clinical Genomics Center
Care4Rare Canada Consortium
Clinical Sciences
Genetics & Heredity
Language
Abstract
Mandibulofacial dysostosis with microcephaly (MFDM) is a multiple malformation syndrome comprising microcephaly, craniofacial anomalies, hearing loss, dysmorphic features, and, in some cases, esophageal atresia. Haploinsufficiency of a spliceosomal GTPase, U5-116 kDa/EFTUD2, is responsible. Here, we review the molecular basis of MFDM in the 69 individuals described to date, and report mutations in 38 new individuals, bringing the total number of reported individuals to 107 individuals from 94 kindreds. Pathogenic EFTUD2 variants comprise 76 distinct mutations and seven microdeletions. Among point mutations, missense substitutions are infrequent (14 out of 76; 18%) relative to stop-gain (29 out of 76; 38%), and splicing (33 out of 76; 43%) mutations. Where known, mutation origin was de novo in 48 out of 64 individuals (75%), dominantly inherited in 12 out of 64 (19%), and due to proven germline mosaicism in four out of 64 (6%). Highly penetrant clinical features include, microcephaly, first and second arch craniofacial malformations, and hearing loss; esophageal atresia is present in an estimated ∼27%. Microcephaly is virtually universal in childhood, with some adults exhibiting late "catch-up" growth and normocephaly at maturity. Occasionally reported anomalies, include vestibular and ossicular malformations, reduced mouth opening, atrophy of cerebral white matter, structural brain malformations, and epibulbar dermoid. All reported EFTUD2 mutations can be found in the EFTUD2 mutation database (http://databases.lovd.nl/shared/genes/EFTUD2).