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American journal of medical genetics. Part AJul 2020 |
182
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7
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1791-1795
DOI:
10.1002/ajmg.a.61605

A novel patient with White-Sutton syndrome refines the mutational and clinical repertoire of the POGZ-related phenotype and suggests further observations

Pascolini, Giulia; Agolini, Emanuele; Fleischer, Nicole; Gulotta, Elisa; Cesario, Claudia; D'Elia, Gemma; Novelli, Antonio; Majore, Silvia; Grammatico, Paola
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NGS
Abstract
A rare developmental delay (DD)/intellectual disability (ID) syndrome with craniofacial dysmorphisms and autistic features, termed White-Sutton syndrome (WHSUS, MIM#614787), has been recently described, identifying truncating mutations in the chromatin regulator POGZ (KIAA0461, MIM#614787). We describe a further WHSUS patient harboring a novel nonsense de novo POGZ variant, which afflicts a protein domain with transposase activity less frequently impacted by mutational events (DDE domain). This patient displays additional physical and behavioral features, these latter mimicking Smith-Magenis syndrome (SMS, MIM#182290). Considering sleep-wake cycle anomalies and abnormal behavior manifested by this boy, we reinforced the clinical resemblance between WHSUS and SMS, being both chromatinopathies. In addition, using the DeepGestalt technology, we identified a different facial overlap between WHSUS patients with mutations in the DDE domain (Group 1) and individuals harboring variants in other protein domains/regions (Group 2). This report further delineates the clinical and molecular repertoire of the POGZ-related phenotype, adding a novel patient with uncommon clinical and behavioral features and provides the first computer-aided facial study of WHSUS patients.
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NGS

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