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Title
Osteopathia striata with cranial sclerosis owing to WTX gene defect
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Abstract
Osteopathia striata with cranial sclerosis (OSCS) is an X-linked dominant condition marked by linear striations mainly affecting the metaphyseal region of the long bones and pelvis in combination with cranial sclerosis. Recently, the disease-causing gene was identified as the WTX gene (FAM123B), an inhibitor of WNT signaling. A correlation was suggested between the position of the mutation and male lethality. We performed genotype and phenotype studies using 18 patients from eight families with possible WTX gene defects and expanded the clinical spectrum of the affected females. All investigated families diagnosed with OSCS had WTX gene defects. One family had a WTX gene deletion; three of four point mutations were novel. The earlier reported WTX c.1072C>T was detected in four sporadic patients and appears to be a hotspot for mutations. Based on the nature of the mutation present in a surviving male patient, our data do not support the hypothesis raised by Jenkins et al. (2009) regarding a genotype-phenotype correlation for male lethality. The finding of a gene involved in WNT signaling as the cause of this sclerosing bone phenotype is not unexpected, but further functional studies are needed to explain the specific features. The WTX gene is mutated in different types of cancer, and it remains to be explained why osteopathia striata patients appear not to have an increased risk of cancer.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Journal of bone and mineral research. - New York, N.Y.
Publication
New York, N.Y. : 2010
ISSN
0884-0431
DOI
10.1359/JBMR.090707
Volume/pages
25 :1 (2010) , p. 82-90
ISI
000274517600012
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UAntwerpen
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Project info
Molecular genetic and functional analysis of the role of Wnt signaling in the pathogenesis of osteoporosis and obesity.
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Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
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Web of Science
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Creation 12.05.2010
Last edited 04.03.2024
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