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[Clinical features and genetic variants of a case with carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1A deficiency]
Dongyang Hong1, Yanyun Wang, Yun Sun
1Genetic Medicine Center, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University (Nanjing Maternal and Child Health Hospital), Nanjing, Jiangsu 210004, China. jiangzhang784@163.com.
Objective:
To identify the possible pathogenesis of a neonate with carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1A (CPT1A) deficiency by analyzing gene variants.
Methods:
Potential variants were detected with an Ion Torrent semiconductor sequencer using a gene panel for inherited diseases, and gene variants were verified by Sanger sequencing.
Results:
Genetic testing indicated that the neonate has carried c.1895T>A(p.Leu632X) and c.1153G>A (p.Ala385Thr) compound heterozygous variants of the CPT1A gene, which were inherited from his father and mother, respectively. Both variants were verified as novel through the retrieval of HGMD database, ClinVar database and literature. According to the standards and guidelines of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics, the c.1895T>A variant was predicted to be pathogenic (PVS1+PM2+PP4) and c.1153G>A as likely pathogenic (PM1+PM2+PM3+PP3).
Conclusion:
The c.1895T>A and c.1153G>A compound heterozygous variants of the CPT1A gene might underlie the pathogenesis of this child. Above results have provided a basis for clinical diagnosis and genetic counseling, and enriched the variant spectrum of the CPT1 deficiency.
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