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Effect of semaphorin 3C gene variants in multifactorial Hirschsprung disease.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Cluster genes, specifically the class 3 semaphorins (SEMA3) including SEMA3C, have been associated with the development of Hirschsprung disease (HSCR) in Caucasian populations. We aimed to screen for rare and common variants in SEMA3C in Indonesian patients with HSCR.

Methods

In this prospective clinical study, we analyzed SEMA3C gene variants in 55 patients with HSCR through DNA sequencing and bioinformatics analyses.

Results

Two variants in SEMA3C were found: p.Val337Met (rs1527482) and p.Val579?=? (rs2272351). The rare variant rs1527482 (A) was significantly overrepresented in our HSCR patients (9.1%) compared with South Asian controls in the 1000 Genomes (4.7%) and Exome Aggregation Consortium (ExAC; 3.5%) databases. Our analysis using bioinformatics tools predicted this variant to be evolutionarily conserved and damaging to SEMA3C protein function. Although the frequency of the other variant, rs2272351 (G), also differed significantly in Indonesian patients with HSCR (27.3%) from that in South Asian controls in 1000 Genomes (6.2%) and ExAC (4.6%), it is a synonymous variant and not likely to affect protein function.

Conclusions

This is the first comprehensive report of SEMA3C screening in patients of Asian ancestry with HSCR and identifies rs1527482 as a possible disease risk allele in this population.

SUBMITTER: Gunadi

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7876767 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Effect of semaphorin 3C gene variants in multifactorial Hirschsprung disease.

Gunadi Ryantono Fiko F Sethi Raman R Marcellus Kalim Alvin Santoso AS Imelda Priscillia P Melati Devy D Simanjaya Susan S Widitjiarso William W Pitaka Ririd Tri RT Arfian Nur N Iskandar Kristy K Makhmudi Akhmad A Lai Poh San PS

The Journal of international medical research 20210201 2

<h4>Objective</h4>Cluster genes, specifically the class 3 semaphorins (<i>SEMA3</i>) including <i>SEMA3C</i>, have been associated with the development of Hirschsprung disease (HSCR) in Caucasian populations. We aimed to screen for rare and common variants in <i>SEMA3C</i> in Indonesian patients with HSCR.<h4>Methods</h4>In this prospective clinical study, we analyzed <i>SEMA3C</i> gene variants in 55 patients with HSCR through DNA sequencing and bioinformatics analyses.<h4>Results</h4>Two varia ...[more]

PMID: 33557656

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Effect of semaphorin 3C gene variants in multifactorial Hirschsprung disease.

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Effect of semaphorin 3C gene variants in multifactorial Hirschsprung disease.

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