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    A Novel ERCC6 Splicing Variant Associated with a Mild Cockayne Syndrome Phenotype
    (Karger, 2014) Swartz, Jonathan M.; Akinci, Aysehan; Andrew, Shayne F.; Sigirci, Ahmet; Hirschhorn, Joel N.; Rosenfeld, Ron G.; Dauber, Andrew
    Background: Cockayne syndrome is an autosomal recessive, heterogeneous syndrome with classical features, including short stature, microcephaly, developmental delay, neuropathy, and photosensitivity. New genomic approaches offer improved molecular diagnostic potential. Methods: Whole-exome sequencing was employed to study a consanguineous extended family with severe short stature and variable presentations of peripheral neuropathy, lipoatrophy, photosensitivity, webbed neck, and hirsutism. Results: We identified a novel homozygous ERCC6 variant at the donor splice site of intron 9 (c.1992 + 3A>G), which was predicted to only slightly perturb splicing efficiencies. Assessment of primary fibroblast-derived mRNAs, however, revealed a dominant splicing species that utilized an unsuspected putative donor splice site within exon 9, resulting in predicted early protein termination (p.Arg637Serfs*34). Conclusions: We describe a new splicing ERCC6 defect causal of Cockayne syndrome. The application of exome sequence analysis was integral to diagnosis, given the complexity of phenotypic presentation in the affected family members. The novel splicing defect, furthermore, illustrates how a seemingly minor change in the relative strength of a splice site can have significant biological consequences. (C) 2014 S. Karger AG, Basel
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    A Novel Exonic GHR Splicing Mutation (c.784G>C) in a Patient with Classical Growth Hormone Insensitivity Syndrome
    (Karger, 2013) Akinci, Aysehan; Rosenfeld, Ron G.; Hwa, Vivian
    Context: Undetectable circulating growth hormone-binding protein (GHBP) can be indicative of a GH receptor (GHR) defect and cause GH insensitivity (GHI) syndrome. Case Report: The proband, severely growth retarded from birth, had a height of 73 cm (-6 SDS) and weight of 10.5 kg (-2.5 SDS) at the age of 3.25 years; her consanguineous parents were normal statured. Basal serum GH measurement was high, >40 ng/ml, while serum insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I; 8.5 ng/ml; normal, 13-100), IGF-binding protein 3 (126 ng/ml; normal, 365-1,294), acid labile subunit (0.59 mg/l; normal, 5.6-16), and GHBP (120 pmol/l; normal, 431-1,892) concentrations were all markedly low. Recombinant IGF-I therapy improved height to -4.4 SDS after 2.5 years of treatment. Results: GHR gene analysis revealed a homozygous c.784G>C transversion, the last nucleotide of exon 7; the parents were heterozygous for the mutation. Evaluation of GHR mRNA indicated c.784G>C was not a missense mutation but induced exon 7 excision, leading to a frame shift and predicted early protein termination. Conclusion: A novel homozygous GHR c.784G>C mutation, identified in a GHI patient, induced functional loss of the native intron 7 donor splice site, demonstrating, for the first time, the importance of exonic nucleotides at exon-intron junctions for normal GHR splicing. Copyright (C) 2012 S. Karger AG, Basel