COG6-CDG: Expanding the phenotype with emphasis on glycosylation defects involved in the causation of male disorders of sex development.
Clin Genet
; 98(4): 402-407, 2020 10.
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| ID: mdl-32683677
ABSTRACT
COG6-congenital disorder of glycosylation (COG6-CDG) is caused by biallelic mutations in COG6. To-date, 12 variants causing COG6-CDG in less than 20 patients have been reported. Using whole exome sequencing we identified two siblings with a novel homozygous deletion of 26 bp in COG6, creating a splicing variant (c.518_540 + 3del) and a shift in the reading frame. The phenotype of COG6-CDG includes growth and developmental retardation, microcephaly, liver and gastrointestinal disease, hypohydrosis and recurrent infections. We report two patients with novel phenotypic features including bowel malrotation and ambiguous genitalia, directing attention to the role of glycoprotein metabolism in the causation of disorders of sex development (DSD). Searching the glycomic literature, we identified 14 CDGs including males with DSD, a feature not previously accentuated. This study broadens the genetic and phenotypic spectrum of COG6-CDG and calls for increasing awareness to the central role of glycosylation processes in development of human sex and genitalia.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Disorders of Sex Development
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Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation
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Adaptor Proteins, Vesicular Transport
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Mixed Function Oxygenases
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
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Newborn
Language:
En
Journal:
Clin Genet
Year:
2020
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Israel