Clinical heterogeneity and intrafamilial variability of Joubert syndrome in two siblings with CPLANE1 variants
Xiujuan Zhang1,2, Yue Shen3, Ping Li4
1Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medicine Sciences, Key Laboratory of Molecular Cardiovascular Science, Ministry of Education, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Background:
Joubert syndrome (JBTS) is a rare genetic disorder that is characterized by midbrain-hindbrain malformations. Multiple variants in genes that affect ciliary function contribute to the genetic and clinical heterogeneity of JBTS and its subtypes. However, the correlation between genotype and phenotype has not been elucidated due to the limited number of patients available.
Methods:
In this study, we observed different clinical features in two siblings from the same family. The older sibling was classified as a pure JBTS patient, whereas her younger sibling displayed oral-facial-digital defects and was therefore classified as an oral-facial-digital syndrome type VI (OFD VI) patient. Next, we performed human genetic tests to identify the potential pathogenic variants in the two siblings.
Results:
Genetic sequencing indicated that both siblings harbored compound heterozygous variants of a missense variant (c.1067C>T, p.S356F) and a frameshift variant (c.8377_8378del, p.E2793Lfs*24) in CPLANE1 (NM_023073.3).
Conclusion:
This study reports that two novel CPLANE1 variants are associated with the occurrence of JBTS and OFD VI. These results help elucidate the intrafamilial phenotypic variability associated with CPLANE1 variants.
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