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- Title
<italic>SLC4A4</italic> compound heterozygous mutations in exon–intron boundary regions presenting with severe proximal renal tubular acidosis and extrarenal symptoms coexisting with Turner's syndrome: a case report.
- Authors
Horita, Shoko; Simsek, Enver; Simsek, Tulay; Yildirim, Nilgun; Ishiura, Hiroyuki; Nakamura, Motonobu; Satoh, Nobuhiko; Suzuki, Atsushi; Tsukada, Hiroyuki; Mizuno, Tomohito; Seki, George; Tsuji, Shoji; Nangaku, Masaomi
- Abstract
Background: Congenital NBCe1A deficiency with the <italic>SLC4A4</italic> mutation causes severe proximal renal tubular acidosis, which often comprises extrarenal symptoms, such as intellectual disability and developmental delay, glaucoma, cataract and band keratopathy. To date, almost all mutations have been found to be homozygous mutations located in exons. Case presentation: We performed direct nucleotide sequencing analysis of exons and exon–intron boundary regions of the <italic>SLC4A4</italic> in a patient presenting with severe renal proximal tubule acidosis, glaucoma and intellectual disability and her parents without these signs. The examination revealed compound heterozygous mutations in exon–intron boundary regions, c.1076 + 3A > C and c.1772 − 2A > T, neither of which have been reported previously. While the former mutation was found in the mother, the latter was found in the father. The transcript of the <italic>SLC4A4</italic> gene was almost undetectable, and the patient was also diagnosed with Turner's syndrome. Conclusions: We identified two novel <italic>SLC4A4</italic> mutations, c.1076 + 3A > C and c.1772 − 2A > T. When presented in a compound heterozygous state, these mutations caused a phenotype of severe renal proximal tubular acidosis along with glaucoma and mental retardation. This is the first report of congenital proximal renal tubular acidosis carrying compound heterozygous <italic>SLC4A4</italic> mutations in exon–intron boundary regions. We suggest that an mRNA surveillance mechanism, nonsense-mediated RNA decay, following aberrant splicing was the reason that the <italic>SLC4A4</italic> transcript was almost undetectable in the proband.
- Subjects
TURNER'S syndrome; EXONS (Genetics); INTRONS
- Publication
BMC Medical Genetics, 2018, Vol 19, Issue 1, pN.PAG
- ISSN
1471-2350
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1186/s12881-018-0612-y