We report on a 58-year old woman with microcephaly, mild dysmorphic features, bilateral keratoconus, digital abnormalities, short stature and mild cognitive delay. Except for keratoconus, the phenotype was suggestive for Feingold syndrome type 2 (FGLDS2, MIM 614326), a rare autosomal dominant disorder described in six patients worldwide, due to the haploinsufficiency of MIR17HG, a micro RNA encoding gene. Karyotype showed a de novo deletion on chromosome 13q, further defined by array-Comparative Genomic Hybridization (a-CGH) to a 17.2-Mb region. The deletion included MIR17HG, as expected by the FGLDS2 phenotype, and twelve genes from the keratoconus type 7 locus. Because our patient presented with keratoconus, we propose she further refines disease genes at this locus. Among previously suggested candidates, we exclude DOCK9 and STK24, and propose as best candidates IPO5, DNAJC3, MBNL2 and RAP2A. In conclusion, we report a novel phenotypic association of Feingold syndrome type 2 and keratoconus, a likely contiguous gene syndrome due to a large genomic deletion on 13q spanning MIR17HG and a still to be identified gene for keratoconus.
A case of Feingold type 2 syndrome associated with keratoconus refines keratoconus type 7 locus on chromosome 13q
SIRCHIA, Fabio;DI GREGORIO, ELEONORA;restagno, gabriella;CAVALIERI, Simona;GIORGIO, ELISA;MANCINI, CECILIA;PASINI, Barbara;BRUSCO, Alfredo
2017-01-01
Abstract
We report on a 58-year old woman with microcephaly, mild dysmorphic features, bilateral keratoconus, digital abnormalities, short stature and mild cognitive delay. Except for keratoconus, the phenotype was suggestive for Feingold syndrome type 2 (FGLDS2, MIM 614326), a rare autosomal dominant disorder described in six patients worldwide, due to the haploinsufficiency of MIR17HG, a micro RNA encoding gene. Karyotype showed a de novo deletion on chromosome 13q, further defined by array-Comparative Genomic Hybridization (a-CGH) to a 17.2-Mb region. The deletion included MIR17HG, as expected by the FGLDS2 phenotype, and twelve genes from the keratoconus type 7 locus. Because our patient presented with keratoconus, we propose she further refines disease genes at this locus. Among previously suggested candidates, we exclude DOCK9 and STK24, and propose as best candidates IPO5, DNAJC3, MBNL2 and RAP2A. In conclusion, we report a novel phenotypic association of Feingold syndrome type 2 and keratoconus, a likely contiguous gene syndrome due to a large genomic deletion on 13q spanning MIR17HG and a still to be identified gene for keratoconus.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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