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Dominant PAX2 mutations may cause steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome and FSGS in children.


ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Heterozygous PAX2 mutations cause renal coloboma syndrome (RCS) [OMIM no. 120330]. RCS is a renal syndromic disease encompassing retinal coloboma and sensorineural hearing loss. Recently, a causative role for PAX2 was reported in adult-onset nephrotic syndrome secondary to focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS). However, the prevalence of PAX2 mutations among large cohort of children with steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome (SRNS) and FSGS has not been systematically studied. METHODS:We employed whole-exome sequencing (WES) to identify the percentage of SRNS cases explained by monogenic mutations in known genes of SRNS/FSGS. As PAX2 mutations are not an established cause of childhood FSGS, we evaluated a cohort of 215 unrelated families with SRNS, in whom no underlying genetic etiology had been previously established. RESULTS:Using WES, we identified 3 novel causative heterozygous PAX2 mutations in 3 out of the 215 unrelated index cases studied (1.3%). All three cases were detected in individuals from families with more than one affected and compatible with an autosomal dominant mode of inheritance (3/57 familial cases studied (5.2%)). The clinical diagnosis in three out of four pediatric index patients was done during routine medical evaluation. CONCLUSIONS:Our findings demonstrate high frequency of PAX2 mutations in familial form of SRNS (5.2%) and further expand the phenotypic spectrum of PAX2 heterozygous mutations to include autosomal dominant childhood-onset FSGS. These results highlight the importance of including PAX2 in the list of genes known to cause FSGS in children.

SUBMITTER: Vivante A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6660980 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Dominant PAX2 mutations may cause steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome and FSGS in children.

Vivante Asaf A   Chacham Orna Staretz OS   Shril Shirlee S   Schreiber Ruth R   Mane Shrikant M SM   Pode-Shakked Ben B   Soliman Neveen A NA   Koneth Irene I   Schiffer Mario M   Anikster Yair Y   Hildebrandt Friedhelm F  

Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, Germany) 20190417 9


<h4>Background</h4>Heterozygous PAX2 mutations cause renal coloboma syndrome (RCS) [OMIM no. 120330]. RCS is a renal syndromic disease encompassing retinal coloboma and sensorineural hearing loss. Recently, a causative role for PAX2 was reported in adult-onset nephrotic syndrome secondary to focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS). However, the prevalence of PAX2 mutations among large cohort of children with steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome (SRNS) and FSGS has not been systematically studi  ...[more]

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