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Clinical and molecular characterization of 40 patients with classic Ehlers-Danlos syndrome: Identification of 18 COL5A1 and 2 COL5A2 novel mutations

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Background: Classic Ehlers–Danlos syndrome (cEDS) is a rare autosomal dominant connective tissue disorder that is primarily characterized by skin hyperextensibility, abnormal wound healing/atrophic scars, and joint hypermobility. A recent study demonstrated that more than 90% of patients who satisfy all of these major criteria harbor a type V collagen (COLLV) defect. Methods: This cohort included 40 patients with cEDS who were clinically diagnosed according to the Villefranche nosology. The flowchart that was adopted for mutation detection consisted of sequencing the COL5A1 gene and, if no mutation was detected, COL5A2 analysis. In the negative patients the presence of large genomic rearrangements in COL5A1 was investigated using MLPA, and positive results were confirmed via SNP-array analysis. Results: We report the clinical and molecular characterization of 40 patients from 28 families, consisting of 14 pediatric patients and 26 adults. A family history of cEDS was present in 9 patients. The majority of the patients fulfilled all the major diagnostic criteria for cEDS; atrophic scars were absent in 2 females, skin hyperextensibility was not detected in a male and joint hypermobility was negative in 8 patients (20% of the entire cohort). Wide inter- and intra-familial phenotypic heterogeneity was observed. We identified causal mutations with a detection rate of approximately 93%. In 25/28 probands, COL5A1 or COL5A2 mutations were detected. Twenty-one mutations were in the COL5A1 gene, 18 of which were novel (2 recurrent). Of these, 16 mutations led to nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) and to COLLV haploinsufficiency and 5 mutations were structural. Two novel COL5A2 splice mutations were detected in patients with the most severe phenotypes. The known p. (Arg312Cys) mutation in the COL1A1 gene was identified in one patient with vascular-like cEDS. Conclusions: Our findings highlight that the three major criteria for cEDS are useful and sufficient for cEDS clinical diagnosis in the large majority of the patients. The borderline patients for whom these criteria fail can be diagnosed when minor signs of connective tissue diseases and family history are present and when genetic testing reveals a defect in COLLV. Our data also confirm that COL5A1 and COL5A2 are the major, if not the only, genes involved in cEDS.

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Figure 1 Cutaneous and articular features in patients with cEDS. a-d) marked skin hyperextensibility on the neck, the forearm, the elbow, and the knee; e-h) different scar types, small atrophic, atrophic and hypertrophic, hypertrophic and haemosiderotic; i, j) scars and easy bruising of the knees and pretibial area in a pediatric and an adult patient; k-n) hypermobility of the little finger, the thumb, the elbow and the knee in a pediatric patient; o-p) molluscoid pseudotumors; q) piezogenic papules.
Figure 1 Cutaneous and articular features in patients with cEDS. a-d) marked skin hyperextensibility on the neck, the forearm, the elbow, and the knee; e-h) different scar types, small atrophic, atrophic and hypertrophic, hypertrophic and haemosiderotic; i, j) scars and easy bruising of the knees and pretibial area in a pediatric and an adult patient; k-n) hypermobility of the little finger, the thumb, the elbow and the knee in a pediatric patient; o-p) molluscoid pseudotumors; q) piezogenic papules.CC BY · PubMed Central
Figure 2 Clinical findings in two patients with cEDS. A) Patient AN_002502, with ocular involvement and a, b) dysmorphic features, including epicanthus, blue sclerae, hypertelorism, micrognathia; c-d) skin hyperextensibility; e) easy bruising and atrophic and hypertrophic scars on the knees and pretibial area; f, g) hand and foot deformities, hallux valgus. B) Patient AN_002534 with a severe phenotype; a, b) atrophic and hypertrophic scars on the forehead and the cheeks at the age of 32 years; c) marked skin hyperextensibility on the forearm; d) redundant and sagging skin on the ankles and hallux valgus; e) scars (all types) on the knees and inferior limbs; f) hypermobility of the forefinger; g) outcomes of severe congenital kyphoscoliosis treated with surgery, bilateral valgus knee, scars on the elbows, the forearms, redundant and sagging skin on the ankles, and flat feet.
Figure 2 Clinical findings in two patients with cEDS. A) Patient AN_002502, with ocular involvement and a, b) dysmorphic features, including epicanthus, blue sclerae, hypertelorism, micrognathia; c-d) skin hyperextensibility; e) easy bruising and atrophic and hypertrophic scars on the knees and pretibial area; f, g) hand and foot deformities, hallux valgus. B) Patient AN_002534 with a severe phenotype; a, b) atrophic and hypertrophic scars on the forehead and the cheeks at the age of 32 years; c) marked skin hyperextensibility on the forearm; d) redundant and sagging skin on the ankles and hallux valgus; e) scars (all types) on the knees and inferior limbs; f) hypermobility of the forefinger; g) outcomes of severe congenital kyphoscoliosis treated with surgery, bilateral valgus knee, scars on the elbows, the forearms, redundant and sagging skin on the ankles, and flat feet.CC BY · PubMed Central
Figure 3 Diagnostic flowchart adopted in this study. The diagnostic strategy was based on the clinical evaluation of the patients followed by COL5A1 sequencing, which detected the causal mutation in the large majority of the cases. COL5A2 was investigated when COL5A1 analysis was negative; MLPA analysis was performed when the two previous analyses were not able to detect the causal mutation.
Figure 3 Diagnostic flowchart adopted in this study. The diagnostic strategy was based on the clinical evaluation of the patients followed by COL5A1 sequencing, which detected the causal mutation in the large majority of the cases. COL5A2 was investigated when COL5A1 analysis was negative; MLPA analysis was performed when the two previous analyses were not able to detect the causal mutation.CC BY · PubMed Central
Figure 4 Large genomic duplication in the COL5A1 gene. A) MLPA analysis showed the duplication of exons 1–11 of the COL5A1 gene that was identified using the SALSA MLPA kits P331-A1 (upper panel) and P332-A1 (lower panel). The MLPA results were analyzed using GeneMarker® software. B) Affymetrix Human Mapping GeneChip 6.0 array analysis, which was performed to define the duplication size, revealed an approximately 191 kb duplication, including the COL5A1 proximal promoter region: chr9.hg19:g.(137,440,166_137,442,686)_(137,633,699_137,638,368)dup. The last normal probe (CN_1326371), the first duplicated probe (CN_1326372) at the 5’ end, the last duplicated probe (SNP_A-1952605), and the first normal probe (CN_383563) at the 3’ end define the duplicated area.
Figure 4 Large genomic duplication in the COL5A1 gene. A) MLPA analysis showed the duplication of exons 1–11 of the COL5A1 gene that was identified using the SALSA MLPA kits P331-A1 (upper panel) and P332-A1 (lower panel). The MLPA results were analyzed using GeneMarker® software. B) Affymetrix Human Mapping GeneChip 6.0 array analysis, which was performed to define the duplication size, revealed an approximately 191 kb duplication, including the COL5A1 proximal promoter region: chr9.hg19:g.(137,440,166_137,442,686)_(137,633,699_137,638,368)dup. The last normal probe (CN_1326371), the first duplicated probe (CN_1326372) at the 5’ end, the last duplicated probe (SNP_A-1952605), and the first normal probe (CN_383563) at the 3’ end define the duplicated area.CC BY · PubMed Central

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Authors
Ritelli, M., Dordoni, C., Venturini, M., Chiarelli, N., Quinzani, S., Traversa, M., Zoppi, N., Vascellaro, A., Wischmeijer, A., Manfredini, E., Garavelli, L., Calzavara-Pinton, P., & Colombi, M.
Affiliations
  • University of Brescia (IT)
  • Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale degli Spedali Civili di Brescia (IT)
  • IRCCS Azienda Ospedliero-Universitaria di Bologna Policlinico di Sant'Orsola (IT)
  • Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda (IT)
  • Santa Maria Nuova Hospital (IT)
Corresponding author
Colombi, Marina
Venue
Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
Published
2013-04-12
Volume
8
Issue
1
Pages
58-58
ISSN
1750-1172 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2065067440
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134
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40
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7.08
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Funders
Regione Lombardia
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Connective tissue disorders research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genomics and Rare Diseases
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Dermatological and Skeletal Disorders
Keywords
type V collagen, novel mutations, nonsense-mediated mRNA decay, splicing mutation, phenotypic heterogeneity, connective tissue diseases, vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Child, Collagen, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Family, Female, Humans, Male, Mutation, Collagen Type V, Haploinsufficiency, Nonsense Mediated mRNA Decay

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