Characterization of 17 novel endoglin mutations associated with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia |
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Authors: | Cymerman Urszula Vera Sonia Karabegovic Amna Abdalla Salma Letarte Michelle |
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Institution: | Cancer and Blood Research Program, The Hospital for Sick Children and Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. |
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Abstract: | Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia type 1 (HHT1) is a vascular dysplasia caused by mutations in the endoglin (ENG) gene and associated with epistaxis, telangiectases, and a high incidence of pulmonary arteriovenous malformations. To efficiently detect deletions and insertions, we optimized a quantitative multiplex polymerase chain reaction (QMPCR) analysis. We report 17 novel mutations, of which six were detected by QMPCR. Three deletions occurring in intronic sequences were associated with a single copy of exons 9a-14, exon 5, and exons 7-8, respectively. A transient 70kDa monomeric mutant protein resulted from the in-frame deletion of exons 7 and 8 but no mutant protein was present in the other cases. Deletion (in exon 10) or insertion (in exon 7) of two nucleotides, as well as a 1-bp deletion in the small exon 9a were found by QMPCR. Sequencing was required to detect single nucleotide deletions/insertions in exons 2, 5, 6, and 8. No mutant proteins were associated with these frame shift mutations. Two novel splice site mutations resulted in skipping of exons 2 and 4, respectively, while a previously reported intron 3 splice mutant was observed as a de novo mutation. We also report five novel nonsense and missense mutations, including one de novo. Review of the 80 HHT1 families reported to date indicates that 10% would not be resolved by sequencing and that an additional 25% could be revealed by QMPCR performed prior to sequencing. Thus the use of QMPCR accelerates genetic screening for HHT1 and resolves mutations affecting whole exons. |
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Keywords: | HHT1 vascular disorder haploinsufficiency TGF‐beta receptors TGF‐β TGFB endothelial cells endoglin ENG ACURL1 |
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