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Identification of two novel mutations in the SLCO2A1 prostaglandin transporter gene in a Chinese patient with primary hypertrophic osteoarthropathy.

ABSTRACT: Primary hypertrophic osteoarthropathy (PHO), which is a rare multi?organic disease characterized by digital clubbing, pachydermia and periosteal reaction, typically begins during childhood or adolescence and progresses gradually over years prior to disease stabilization. To date, only two genes have been reported to be associated with PHO, 15?hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase and solute carrier organic anion transporter family, member 2A1 (SLCO2A1). However, the pathogenesis and the functions of the underlying genes remain to be fully elucidated. In the present study, a 20?year?old Chinese patient with PHO was investigated using sequence analysis of PHO genes and bioinformatics analysis. A novel, compound heterozygous mutation in the SLCO2A1 gene was identified, which contained two novel mutations: c.349delC (p.L117SfsX56) in exon 3 and c.1286A>G (p.Y429C) in exon 9. These two novel genotypes in PHO are the first, to the best of our knowledge, to be reported in PHO. This finding expands the mutation spectrum of PHO, which contributes to improving genetic diagnosis and future genetic counseling, and provides clues to the phenotype?genotype associations.

SUBMITTER: Guo T

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5428898 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Identification of two novel mutations in the SLCO2A1 prostaglandin transporter gene in a Chinese patient with primary hypertrophic osteoarthropathy.

Guo Ting T Yang Kai K Liu Lv L Tan Zhi-Ping ZP Luo Hong H Luo Hong H

Molecular medicine reports 20170324 5

Primary hypertrophic osteoarthropathy (PHO), which is a rare multi‑organic disease characterized by digital clubbing, pachydermia and periosteal reaction, typically begins during childhood or adolescence and progresses gradually over years prior to disease stabilization. To date, only two genes have been reported to be associated with PHO, 15‑hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase and solute carrier organic anion transporter family, member 2A1 (SLCO2A1). However, the pathogenesis and the functions o ...[more]

PMID: 28339061

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Project description:SUMMARY:A 20-year-old man with an 8-year history of progressive enlargement of his hands and feet, coarsening facial features, painful joints and thickened, oily skin was referred for investigation of acromegaly. On examination, the subject was of normal height and weight. He had markedly increased skin thickness around the forehead, eyelids and scalp with redundant skin folds. Bilateral painful knee swelling was accompanied by enlargement of the extremities, and his fingers were markedly clubbed. Routine hematological, biochemical and hormonal blood tests, including GH and IGF-1 were normal. The clinical picture suggested primary hypertrophic osteoarthropathy (PHOA) rather than acromegaly and radiological studies were supportive of this, demonstrating increased subperiosteal bone formation and increased bone density and cortical thickening. There was widespread joint disease, with narrowing of joint spaces, whereas the knees demonstrated effusions and calcification. A skull X-ray revealed calvarial hyperostosis and a normal sellar outline. Family history was negative. Genetic studies were performed on peripheral blood leukocyte DNA for mutations in the two genes associated with PHOA, 15-hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase (HPGD; OMIM: 601688) and solute carrier organic anion transporter family member 2A1 (SLCO2A1; OMIM: 601460). The sequence of HPGD was normal, whereas the subject was homozygous for a novel pathological variant in SLCO2A1, c.830delT, that predicted a frameshift and early protein truncation (p.Phe277Serfs*8). PHOA, also known as pachydermoperiostosis, is a rare entity caused by abnormal prostaglandin E2 metabolism, and both HPGD and SLCO2A1 are necessary for normal prostaglandin E2 handling. High prostaglandin levels lead to bone formation and resorption and connective tissue inflammation causing arthropathy, in addition to soft tissue swelling. LEARNING POINTS:The differential diagnosis of enlarged extremities, coarsened facial features, skin changes and increased sweating in suspected acromegaly is quite limited and primary hypertrophic osteoarthropathy (PHOA) is one of the few conditions that can mimic acromegaly at presentation.PHOA is not associated with abnormalities in GH and IGF-1 secretion and can be readily differentiated from acromegaly by hormonal testing.Clubbing in the setting of diffuse enlargement of joints and extremities in addition to skin changes should alert the physician to the possibility of PHOA, as clubbing is not a usual feature of acromegaly. Underlying causes of secondary hypertrophic osteoarthroapthy (e.g. bronchial neoplasia) should be considered.PHOA is a very rare condition caused by abnormalities in prostaglandin metabolism and has two known genetic causes (HPGD and SLCO2A1 mutations). SLCO2A1 gene mutations lead usually to autosomal recessive PHOA; fewer than 50 SLCO2A1 mutations have been described to date and the current case is only the second in a Hispanic patient.Treatment of primary hypertrophic osteoarthropathy is focused on the management of joint pain usually in the form of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug therapy.

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Identification of two novel mutations in the SLCO2A1 prostaglandin transporter gene in a Chinese patient with primary hypertrophic osteoarthropathy.

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Identification of two novel mutations in the SLCO2A1 prostaglandin transporter gene in a Chinese patient with primary hypertrophic osteoarthropathy.

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