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- Title
Association of Very Rare NOTCH2 Variants with Clinical Features of Alagille Syndrome.
- Authors
Ferrandino, Martina; Cardiero, Giovanna; Di Dato, Fabiola; Cerrato, Ylenia; Vitagliano, Luigi; Mandato, Claudia; Morisco, Filomena; Spagnuolo, Maria Immacolata; Iorio, Raffaele; Di Taranto, Maria Donata; Fortunato, Giuliana
- Abstract
Background. Alagille syndrome (ALGS) is a rare autosomal dominant genetic disease caused by pathogenic variants in two genes: Jagged Canonical Notch Ligand 1 (JAG1) and Notch Receptor 2 (NOTCH2). It is characterized by phenotypic variability and incomplete penetrance with multiorgan clinical signs. Methods. Using Next Generation Sequencing (NGS), we analyzed a panel of liver-disease-related genes in a population of 230 patients with cholestasis and hepatopathies. For the rare variants, bioinformatics predictions and pathogenicity classification were performed. Results. We identified eleven rare NOTCH2 variants in 10 patients, two variants being present in the same patient. Ten variants had never been described before in the literature. It was possible to classify only two null variants as pathogenic, whereas the most of variants were missense (8 out of 11) and were classified as uncertain significance variants (USVs). Among patients with ALGS suspicion, two carried null variants, two carried variants predicted to be pathogenic by bioinformatics, one carried a synonymous variant and variants in glycosylation-related genes, and two carried variants predicted as benign in the PEST domain. Conclusions. Our results increased the knowledge about NOTCH2 variants and the related phenotype, allowing us to improve the genetic diagnosis of ALGS.
- Subjects
NUCLEOTIDE sequencing; PHENOTYPIC plasticity; MISSENSE mutation; GENETIC disorders; SYMPTOMS
- Publication
Genes, 2024, Vol 15, Issue 8, p1034
- ISSN
2073-4425
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/genes15081034