Novel compound heterozygous PIGT mutations caused multiple congenital anomalies-hypotonia-seizures syndrome 3

M Nakashima, H Kashii, Y Murakami, M Kato… - Neurogenetics, 2014 - Springer
M Nakashima, H Kashii, Y Murakami, M Kato, Y Tsurusaki, N Miyake, M Kubota, T Kinoshita…
Neurogenetics, 2014Springer
Recessive mutations in genes of the glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchor synthesis
pathway have been demonstrated as causative of GPI deficiency disorders associated with
intellectual disability, seizures, and diverse congenital anomalies. We performed whole
exome sequencing in a patient with progressive encephalopathies and multiple
dysmorphism with hypophosphatasia and identified novel compound heterozygous
mutations, c. 250G> T (p. Glu84*) and c. 1342C> T (p. Arg488Trp), in PIGT encoding a …
Abstract
Recessive mutations in genes of the glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchor synthesis pathway have been demonstrated as causative of GPI deficiency disorders associated with intellectual disability, seizures, and diverse congenital anomalies. We performed whole exome sequencing in a patient with progressive encephalopathies and multiple dysmorphism with hypophosphatasia and identified novel compound heterozygous mutations, c.250G>T (p. Glu84*) and c.1342C>T (p. Arg488Trp), in PIGT encoding a subunit of the GPI transamidase complex. The surface expression of GPI-anchored proteins (GPI-APs) on patient granulocytes was lower than that of healthy controls. Transfection of the Arg488Trp mutant PIGT construct, but not the Glu84* mutant, into PIGT-deficient cells partially restored the expression of GPI-APs DAF and CD59. These results indicate that PIGT mutations caused neurological impairment and multiple congenital anomalies in this patient.
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