Expanding the Evidence of a Semi-Dominant Inheritance in <i>GDF2</i> Associated with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) sometimes co-exists with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT). Despite being clinically diagnosable according to Curaçao criteria, HHT can be difficult to diagnose due to its clinically heterogenicity and highly overlapping with PAH. Genetic analysis of t...

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Autores principales: Natalia Gallego, Alejandro Cruz-Utrilla, Inmaculada Guillén, Amparo Moya Bonora, Nuria Ochoa, Pedro Arias, Pablo Lapunzina, Pilar Escribano-Subias, Julián Nevado, Jair Tenorio-Castaño
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:bfd329b4eb8144be978a1d00ff7e1e522021-11-25T17:12:23ZExpanding the Evidence of a Semi-Dominant Inheritance in <i>GDF2</i> Associated with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension10.3390/cells101131782073-4409https://doaj.org/article/bfd329b4eb8144be978a1d00ff7e1e522021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/10/11/3178https://doaj.org/toc/2073-4409Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) sometimes co-exists with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT). Despite being clinically diagnosable according to Curaçao criteria, HHT can be difficult to diagnose due to its clinically heterogenicity and highly overlapping with PAH. Genetic analysis of the associated genes <i>ACVRL1</i>, <i>ENG</i>, <i>SMAD4</i> and <i>GDF2</i> can help to confirm or discard the presumptive diagnosis. As part of the clinical routine and to establish a genetic diagnosis, we have analyzed a cohort of patients with PAH and overlapping HHT features through a customized Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) panel of 21 genes, designed and validated in-house. We detected a homozygous missense variant in <i>GDF2</i> in a pediatric patient diagnosed with PAH associated with HHT and a missense variant along with a heterozygous deletion in another idiopathic PAH patient (compound heterozygous inheritance). In order to establish variant segregation, we analyzed all available family members. In both cases, parents were carriers for the variants, but neither was affected. Our results expand the clinical spectrum and the inheritance pattern associated with <i>GDF2</i> pathogenic variants suggesting incomplete penetrance and/or variability of expressivity with a semi-dominant pattern of inheritance.Natalia GallegoAlejandro Cruz-UtrillaInmaculada GuillénAmparo Moya BonoraNuria OchoaPedro AriasPablo LapunzinaPilar Escribano-SubiasJulián NevadoJair Tenorio-CastañoMDPI AGarticle<i>GDF2</i>hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasiapulmonary arterial hypertensionmassive parallel sequencingNGSgenomic medicineBiology (General)QH301-705.5ENCells, Vol 10, Iss 3178, p 3178 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic <i>GDF2</i>
hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia
pulmonary arterial hypertension
massive parallel sequencing
NGS
genomic medicine
Biology (General)
QH301-705.5
spellingShingle <i>GDF2</i>
hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia
pulmonary arterial hypertension
massive parallel sequencing
NGS
genomic medicine
Biology (General)
QH301-705.5
Natalia Gallego
Alejandro Cruz-Utrilla
Inmaculada Guillén
Amparo Moya Bonora
Nuria Ochoa
Pedro Arias
Pablo Lapunzina
Pilar Escribano-Subias
Julián Nevado
Jair Tenorio-Castaño
Expanding the Evidence of a Semi-Dominant Inheritance in <i>GDF2</i> Associated with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
description Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) sometimes co-exists with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT). Despite being clinically diagnosable according to Curaçao criteria, HHT can be difficult to diagnose due to its clinically heterogenicity and highly overlapping with PAH. Genetic analysis of the associated genes <i>ACVRL1</i>, <i>ENG</i>, <i>SMAD4</i> and <i>GDF2</i> can help to confirm or discard the presumptive diagnosis. As part of the clinical routine and to establish a genetic diagnosis, we have analyzed a cohort of patients with PAH and overlapping HHT features through a customized Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) panel of 21 genes, designed and validated in-house. We detected a homozygous missense variant in <i>GDF2</i> in a pediatric patient diagnosed with PAH associated with HHT and a missense variant along with a heterozygous deletion in another idiopathic PAH patient (compound heterozygous inheritance). In order to establish variant segregation, we analyzed all available family members. In both cases, parents were carriers for the variants, but neither was affected. Our results expand the clinical spectrum and the inheritance pattern associated with <i>GDF2</i> pathogenic variants suggesting incomplete penetrance and/or variability of expressivity with a semi-dominant pattern of inheritance.
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author Natalia Gallego
Alejandro Cruz-Utrilla
Inmaculada Guillén
Amparo Moya Bonora
Nuria Ochoa
Pedro Arias
Pablo Lapunzina
Pilar Escribano-Subias
Julián Nevado
Jair Tenorio-Castaño
author_facet Natalia Gallego
Alejandro Cruz-Utrilla
Inmaculada Guillén
Amparo Moya Bonora
Nuria Ochoa
Pedro Arias
Pablo Lapunzina
Pilar Escribano-Subias
Julián Nevado
Jair Tenorio-Castaño
author_sort Natalia Gallego
title Expanding the Evidence of a Semi-Dominant Inheritance in <i>GDF2</i> Associated with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
title_short Expanding the Evidence of a Semi-Dominant Inheritance in <i>GDF2</i> Associated with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
title_full Expanding the Evidence of a Semi-Dominant Inheritance in <i>GDF2</i> Associated with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
title_fullStr Expanding the Evidence of a Semi-Dominant Inheritance in <i>GDF2</i> Associated with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
title_full_unstemmed Expanding the Evidence of a Semi-Dominant Inheritance in <i>GDF2</i> Associated with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
title_sort expanding the evidence of a semi-dominant inheritance in <i>gdf2</i> associated with pulmonary arterial hypertension
publisher MDPI AG
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/bfd329b4eb8144be978a1d00ff7e1e52
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