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- Title
Rare metabolic disease mimicking COL4A1/COL4A2 fetal brain phenotype.
- Authors
Coste, T.; Aloui, C.; Petit, F.; Moutton, S.; Devisme, L.; Wells, C. F.; Leboucq, N.; Verpillat, P.; Yvert, M.; Rivier, F.; Tournier‐Lasserve, E.; Tournier-Lasserve, E
- Abstract
Pathogenic variants of collagen type IV alpha 1 and 2 (COL4A1/COL4A2) genes cause various phenotypic anomalies, including intracerebral hemorrhage and a wide spectrum of developmental anomalies. Only 20% of fetuses referred for COL4A1/COL4A2 molecular screening (fetuses with a suspected intracerebral hemorrhage) carry a pathogenic variant in these genes, raising questions regarding the causative anomaly in the remaining 80% of these fetuses. We examined, following termination of pregnancy or in-utero fetal death, a series of 113 unrelated fetuses referred for COL4A1/COL4A2 molecular screening, in which targeted sequencing was negative. Using exome sequencing data and a gene-based collapsing test, we searched for enrichment of rare qualifying variants in our fetal cohort in comparison to the Genome Aggregation Database (gnomAD) control cohort (n = 71 702). Qualifying variants in pyruvate dehydrogenase E1 subunit alpha 1 (PDHA1) were overrepresented in our cohort, reaching genome-wide significance (P = 2.11 × 10-7 ). Heterozygous PDHA1 loss-of-function variants were identified in three female fetuses. Among these three cases, we observed microcephaly, ventriculomegaly, germinolytic pseudocysts, agenesis/dysgenesis of the corpus callosum and white-matter anomalies that initially suggested cerebral hypoxic-ischemic and hemorrhagic lesions. However, a careful a-posteriori reanalysis of imaging and postmortem data showed that the observed lesions were also consistent with those observed in fetuses carrying PDHA1 pathogenic variants, strongly suggesting that these two phenotypes may overlap. Exome sequencing should therefore be performed in fetuses referred for COL4A1/COL4A2 molecular screening which are screen-negative, with particular attention paid to the PDHA1 gene. © 2022 International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology.
- Subjects
FETAL brain; METABOLIC disorders; CEREBRAL hemorrhage; ABORTION; AGENESIS of corpus callosum; FETAL death; POSTMORTEM changes
- Publication
Ultrasound in Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2022, Vol 60, Issue 6, p805
- ISSN
0960-7692
- Publication type
case study
- DOI
10.1002/uog.26046