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- Title
Is there a dominant‐negative effect in individuals with heterozygous disease‐causing variants in COL4A3/COL4A4?
- Authors
Riedhammer, Korbinian M.; Simmendinger, Hannes; Tasic, Velibor; Putnik, Jovana; Abazi‐Emini, Nora; Stajic, Natasa; Berutti, Riccardo; Weidenbusch, Marc; Patzer, Ludwig; Lungu, Adrian; Milosevski‐Lomic, Gordana; Günthner, Roman; Braunisch, Matthias C.; Ćomić, Jasmina; Hoefele, Julia
- Abstract
Alport syndrome (AS) shows a broad phenotypic spectrum ranging from isolated microscopic hematuria (MH) to end‐stage kidney disease (ESKD). Monoallelic disease‐causing variants in COL4A3/COL4A4 have been associated with autosomal dominant AS (ADAS) and biallelic variants with autosomal recessive AS (ARAS). The aim of this study was to analyze clinical and genetic data regarding a possible genotype–phenotype correlation in individuals with disease‐causing variants in COL4A3/COL4A4. Eighty‐nine individuals carrying at least one COL4A3/COL4A4 variant classified as (likely) pathogenic according to the American College of Medical Genetics guidelines and current amendments were recruited. Clinical data concerning the prevalence and age of first reported manifestation of MH, proteinuria, ESKD, and extrarenal manifestations were collected. Individuals with monoallelic non‐truncating variants reported a significantly higher prevalence and earlier diagnosis of MH and proteinuria than individuals with monoallelic truncating variants. Individuals with biallelic variants were more severely affected than those with monoallelic variants. Those with biallelic truncating variants were more severely affected than those with compound heterozygous non‐truncating/truncating variants or individuals with biallelic non‐truncating variants. In this study an association of heterozygous non‐truncating COL4A3/COL4A4 variants with a more severe phenotype in comparison to truncating variants could be shown indicating a potential dominant‐negative effect as an explanation for this observation. The results for individuals with ARAS support the, still scarce, data in the literature.
- Subjects
GENETIC variation; CHRONIC kidney failure; MEDICAL genetics; HEMATURIA; PROTEINURIA
- Publication
Clinical Genetics, 2024, Vol 105, Issue 4, p406
- ISSN
0009-9163
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/cge.14471