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CTR9 is one of five genes that form the PAF1 complex, which binds to RNA polymerase II and plays critical roles in transcriptional elongation and transcription-coupled histone modifications including histones H3K4me3 and H3K36me3. In this study, de novo CTR9 non-synonymous variants (p.(Glu15Asp) and p.(Pro25Arg)) were detected in two unrelated patients with macrocephaly, motor delay, and intellectual disability. A pull-down assay showed that the mutant CTR9 proteins had stronger affinities to the PAF1 protein than the wild-type protein. Functional analyses using zebrafish showed that the knockout of the ctr9 gene caused motor defects and enlargement of the telencephalon, which is homologous to the mammalian cerebrum. The rescue experiment, in which the human CTR9 mutants were introduced into ctr9-knockout zebrafish, failed to maintain the swimming posture of the ctr9-knockout fish, suggesting that the human CTR9 mutant proteins do not function normally in vivo. In addition, the overexpression of human CTR9 mutant mRNA caused telencephalon enlargement in zebrafish larvae, suggesting that the human CTR9 mutant proteins interfered with normal endogenous CTR9 function. We concluded that the two missense variants in CTR9 (p.(Glu15Asp) and p.(Pro25Arg)) cause a new syndrome involving macrocephaly, motor delay and intellectual disability through the loss of the normal function of CTR9 and the inhibition of the normal intrinsic CTR9 function of the contralateral allele.
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Deficiência Intelectual , Megalencefalia , Animais , Humanos , Peixe-Zebra/genética , Peixe-Zebra/metabolismo , Proteínas Nucleares/genética , Deficiência Intelectual/genética , Megalencefalia/genética , Proteínas Mutantes , Genética Humana , Mamíferos/metabolismo , Fosfoproteínas , Fatores de TranscriçãoRESUMO
WOREE syndrome is an early infantile epileptic encephalopathy characterized by drug-resistant seizures and severe psychomotor developmental delays. We report a case of a WWOX splice-site mutation with uniparental isodisomy. A 1-year and 7-month-old girl presented with nystagmus and epileptic seizures from early infancy, with no fixation or pursuit of vision. Physical examination revealed small deformities, such as swelling of both cheeks, folded fingers, rocking feet, and scoliosis. Brain imaging revealed slight hypoplasia of the cerebrum. Electroencephalogram showed focal paroxysmal discharges during the interictal phase of seizures. Vitamin B6 and zonisamide were administered for early infantile epileptic encephalopathy; however, the seizures were not relieved. Despite altering the type and dosage of antiepileptic drugs and ACTH therapy, the seizures were intractable. Whole-exome analysis revealed the homozygosity of WWOX(NM_016373.4):c.516+1G>A. The WWOX mRNA sequencing using peripheral blood RNA confirmed that exon 5 was homozygously deleted. Based on these results, the patient was diagnosed with WOREE syndrome at 5 months. The WWOX variant found in this study is novel and has never been reported before. WOREE syndrome being extremely rare, further case series and analyses of its pathophysiology are warranted.
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Mutação , Sítios de Splice de RNA , Espasmos Infantis , Dissomia Uniparental , Oxidorredutase com Domínios WW , Humanos , Feminino , Lactente , Oxidorredutase com Domínios WW/genética , Espasmos Infantis/genética , Espasmos Infantis/tratamento farmacológico , Espasmos Infantis/patologia , Dissomia Uniparental/genética , Dissomia Uniparental/patologia , Sítios de Splice de RNA/genética , Mutação/genética , Fenótipo , Sequenciamento do Exoma , Eletroencefalografia , Proteínas Supressoras de TumorRESUMO
KARS encodes lysyl-tRNA synthetase, which is essential for protein translation. KARS mutations sometimes cause impairment of cytoplasmic and mitochondrial protein synthesis, and sometimes lead to progressive leukodystrophies with mitochondrial signature and psychomotor regression, and follow a rapid regressive course to premature death. There has been no disease-modifying therapy beyond supportive treatment. We present a 5-year-old male patient with an asymmetrical leukodystrophy who showed overt evidence of mitochondrial dysfunction, including elevation of lactate on brain MR spectroscopy and low oxygen consumption rate in fibroblasts. We diagnosed this patient's condition as KARS-related leukodystrophy with cerebral calcification, congenital deafness, and evidence of mitochondrial dysfunction. We employed a ketogenic diet as well as multiple vitamin supplementation with the intention to alleviate mitochondrial dysfunction. The patient showed alleviation of his psychomotor regression and even partial restoration of his abilities within 4 months. This is an early report of a potential disease-modifying therapy for KARS-related progressive leukodystrophy without appreciable adverse effects.
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Surdez , Dieta Cetogênica , Lisina-tRNA Ligase , Pré-Escolar , Humanos , Lisina-tRNA Ligase/genética , Lisina-tRNA Ligase/metabolismo , Masculino , Mitocôndrias/genética , Mitocôndrias/metabolismo , MutaçãoRESUMO
Cortical dysplasia, complex, with other brain malformations 3 (CDCBM3) is a rare autosomal dominant syndrome caused by Kinesin family Member 2A (KIF2A) gene mutation. Patients with CDCBM3 exhibit posterior dominant agyria/pachygyria with severe motor dysfunction. Here, we report an 8-year-old boy with CDCBM3 showing a typical, but relatively mild, clinical presentation of CDCBM3 features. Whole-exome sequencing identified a heterozygous mutation of NM_001098511.2:c.1298C>A [p.(Ser433Tyr)]. To our knowledge, the mutation has never been reported previously. The variant was located distal to the nucleotide binding domain (NBD), in which previously-reported variants in CDCBM3 patients have been located. The computational structural analysis showed the p.433 forms the pocket with NBD. Variants in KIF2A have been reported in the NBD for CDCBM3, in the kinesin motor 3 domain, but not in the NBD in epilepsy, and outside of the kinesin motor domain in autism spectrum syndrome, respectively. Our patient has a variant, that is not in the NBD but at the pocket with the NBD, resulting in a clinical features of CDCBM3 with mild symptoms. The clinical findings of patients with KIF2A variants appear restricted to the central nervous system and facial anomalies. We can call this spectrum "KIF2A syndrome" with variable severity.
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Epilepsia/genética , Cinesinas/genética , Malformações do Desenvolvimento Cortical/genética , Proteínas Associadas aos Microtúbulos/genética , Encéfalo/diagnóstico por imagem , Encéfalo/patologia , Criança , Epilepsia/diagnóstico , Epilepsia/diagnóstico por imagem , Epilepsia/patologia , Heterozigoto , Humanos , Cinesinas/ultraestrutura , Masculino , Malformações do Desenvolvimento Cortical/diagnóstico , Malformações do Desenvolvimento Cortical/diagnóstico por imagem , Malformações do Desenvolvimento Cortical/patologia , Proteínas Associadas aos Microtúbulos/ultraestrutura , Mutação de Sentido Incorreto/genética , Conformação Proteica , Tubulina (Proteína)/genética , Sequenciamento do ExomaRESUMO
Kabuki syndrome (KS) is a congenital disorder characterized by distinctive facial features, skeletal and dermatoglyphic abnormalities, mild-to-moderate intellectual disability, and postnatal growth deficiency. Recently, mutations in the KMT2D and KDM6A genes have been identified as the causative factors in most KS cases. In this study, we present three cases of KS associated with tethered cord syndrome. All cases had a sacral dimple, which is a skin stigmata, and radiological abnormalities, including fatty or thickened filum terminale. Untethering surgery was performed and clinical improvement was achieved. Although in the association between KS and closed neural tube defect (NTD) has rarely been discussed, we emphasize that sacral dimples in KS and tethered cord syndrome are not uncommon. The KS patients with sacral dimple must be carefully investigated by radiological examination and urological study if there is abnormality. Further understanding of the genetic mechanism underlying KS might provide a novel insight on the correlation between the genetics and development of closed NTDs.
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Anormalidades Múltiplas , Doenças Hematológicas , Defeitos do Tubo Neural , Doenças Vestibulares , Anormalidades Múltiplas/diagnóstico por imagem , Anormalidades Múltiplas/genética , Face/anormalidades , Doenças Hematológicas/complicações , Doenças Hematológicas/genética , Humanos , Defeitos do Tubo Neural/complicações , Defeitos do Tubo Neural/diagnóstico por imagem , Defeitos do Tubo Neural/genéticaRESUMO
In this report, we present the case of a female infant with peripheral demyelinating neuropathy, central dysmyelinating leukodystrophy, Waardenburg syndrome, and Hirschsprung disease (PCWH) associated with a novel frameshift mutation (c.842dupT) in exon 5, the last exon of SOX10. She had severe hypoganglionosis in the small intestine and entire colon, and suffered from frequent enterocolitis. The persistence of ganglion cells made both the diagnosis and treatment difficult in the neonatal period. She also showed hypopigmentation of the irises, hair and skin, bilateral sensorineural deafness with hypoplastic inner year, severe demyelinating neuropathy with hypotonia, and diffuse brain hypomyelination. The p.Ser282GlnfsTer12 mutation presumably escapes from nonsense-mediated decay and may generate a dominant-negative effect. We suggest that hypoganglionosis can be a variant intestinal manifestation associated with PCWH and that hypoganglionosis and aganglionosis may share the same pathoetiological mechanism mediated by SOX10 mutations.
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Doenças Desmielinizantes/genética , Estudos de Associação Genética , Doença de Hirschsprung/genética , Mutação , Fatores de Transcrição SOXE/genética , Síndrome de Waardenburg/genética , Biópsia , Encéfalo/anormalidades , Encéfalo/diagnóstico por imagem , Análise Mutacional de DNA , Doenças Desmielinizantes/diagnóstico , Éxons , Fácies , Feminino , Mutação da Fase de Leitura , Doença de Hirschsprung/diagnóstico , Humanos , Imuno-Histoquímica , Lactente , Intestinos/patologia , Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética , Fenótipo , Crânio/anormalidades , Crânio/diagnóstico por imagem , Síndrome de Waardenburg/diagnósticoRESUMO
Wiedemann-Steiner syndrome (WDSTS) is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by hypertrichosis, intellectual disability, and dysmorphic facial appearances (down-slanted vertically narrow palpebral fissures, wide nasal bridge, broad nasal tip, and thick eyebrows). In 2012, Jones and co-workers identified heterozygous mutations in KMT2A (lysine methyltransferase 2A) as the molecular cause of WDSTS. Although the phenotype of this syndrome continues to expand, the associated features are not fully understood. Here, we report WDSTS in a 12-year-old Japanese boy with a novel nonsense mutation in KMT2A. He had right preaxial polydactyly, which has not been previously reported in WDSTS. We could not identify a causal relationship between the KMT2A mutation and preaxial polydactyly, and cannot exclude the preaxial polydactyly is a simple coincidence. We summarized the clinical features of WDSTS associated with KMT2A mutation and discussed the cardinal symptoms in detail.
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Anormalidades Múltiplas/genética , Códon sem Sentido , Contratura/genética , Transtornos do Crescimento/genética , Histona-Lisina N-Metiltransferase/genética , Deficiência Intelectual/genética , Microcefalia/genética , Proteína de Leucina Linfoide-Mieloide/genética , Polidactilia/genética , Anormalidades Múltiplas/patologia , Criança , Contratura/patologia , Fácies , Transtornos do Crescimento/patologia , Humanos , Deficiência Intelectual/patologia , Masculino , Microcefalia/patologia , Polidactilia/patologia , Prognóstico , SíndromeRESUMO
Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a fatal condition associated with extreme underweight and undernutrition. It is more common in young females, with a female-to-male ratio of 10 : 1. Focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) is characterized by dysplasia of the cerebral cortex and is a common cause of pharmacoresistant epilepsy. However, FCD associated with AN has never been reported. We report the first case of AN in a 12-year-old male diagnosed with FCD-type 2 on head magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). He became concerned about lower abdominal distention and began reducing his food intake. He was admitted to our hospital after weight loss of 10 kg in a 1 year. Head MRI showed a localized high-signal area from the cortex to the white matter of the fusiform gyrus near the left hippocampus, with no associated decreased blood flow or electroencephalography (EEG) abnormalities. These findings were characteristic of FCD type II. In males with AN, the search for underlying disease is particularly important. The pathophysiology of the association between AN and FCD is unclear. However, both conditions are reportedly associated with autism spectrum disorder. Further cases are needed to clarify whether FCD is associated with eating disorders.
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Heparan sulfate endosulfatases Sulf1 and Sulf2 hydrolyze 6-O-sulfate in heparan sulfate, thereby regulating cellular signaling. Previous studies have revealed that Sulfs act predominantly on UA2S-GlcNS6S disaccharides and weakly on UA-GlcNS6S disaccharides. However, the specificity of Sulfs and their role in sulfation patterning of heparan sulfate in vivo remained unknown. Here, we performed disaccharide analysis of heparan sulfate in Sulf1 and Sulf2 knock-out mice. Significant increases in ΔUA2S-GlcNS6S were observed in the brain, small intestine, lung, spleen, testis, and skeletal muscle of adult Sulf1(-/-) mice and in the brain, liver, kidney, spleen, and testis of adult Sulf2(-/-) mice. In addition, increases in ΔUA-GlcNS6S were seen in the Sulf1(-/-) lung and small intestine. In contrast, the disaccharide compositions of chondroitin sulfate were not primarily altered, indicating specificity of Sulfs for heparan sulfate. For Sulf1, but not for Sulf2, mRNA expression levels in eight organs of wild-type mice were highly correlated with increases in ΔUA2S-GlcNS6S in the corresponding organs of knock-out mice. Moreover, overall changes in heparan sulfate compositions were greater in Sulf1(-/-) mice than in Sulf2(-/-) mice despite lower levels of Sulf1 mRNA expression, suggesting predominant roles of Sulf1 in heparan sulfate desulfation and distinct regulation of Sulf activities in vivo. Sulf1 and Sulf2 mRNAs were differentially expressed in restricted types of cells in organs, and consequently, the sulfation patterns of heparan sulfate were locally and distinctly altered in Sulf1 and Sulf2 knock-out mice. These findings indicate that Sulf1 and Sulf2 differentially contribute to the generation of organ-specific sulfation patterns of heparan sulfate.
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Espaço Extracelular/enzimologia , Heparitina Sulfato/metabolismo , Proteínas/metabolismo , Sulfotransferases/metabolismo , Animais , Encéfalo/enzimologia , Encéfalo/metabolismo , Espaço Extracelular/genética , Heparitina Sulfato/química , Rim/enzimologia , Rim/metabolismo , Pulmão/enzimologia , Pulmão/metabolismo , Masculino , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Camundongos Knockout , Estrutura Molecular , Músculo Esquelético/enzimologia , Músculo Esquelético/metabolismo , Especificidade de Órgãos , Proteínas/genética , Sulfotransferases/genéticaAssuntos
Anticonvulsivantes/uso terapêutico , Neuropatias Hereditárias Sensoriais e Autônomas/complicações , Vômito/tratamento farmacológico , Vômito/etiologia , Doença Aguda , Adolescente , Criança , Feminino , Neuropatias Hereditárias Sensoriais e Autônomas/diagnóstico , Humanos , Vômito/diagnósticoRESUMO
AIM: This study aimed to investigate the differences in fine motor and coordination skills between boys with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and typically developing (TD) boys and the effect of methylphenidate (MPH) in boys with ADHD. METHODS: Fourteen boys aged 7-12 years who were diagnosed with ADHD and previously treated with MPH were instructed to tap their thumbs and index fingers together repetitively for 10 s after attaching magnetic sensors. The participants executed "in-phase" and "anti-phase" tapping. A two-way analysis of variance for comparing boys with ADHD and TD boys and the paired t-test to investigate the effect of MPH between sessions with and without MPH were performed. RESULTS: Boys with ADHD showed a significantly lower "number of taps" and a significantly higher "average of local maximum distance" than TD boys. "Energy balance" was significantly lower in ADHD boys than in TD boys. MPH caused a significant difference in the "standard deviation (SD) of phase difference" in "anti-phase tapping." CONCLUSION: Our studies indicated that finger-tapping movements in boys with ADHD tended to be significantly wider and fewer than those in TD boys, and MPH may improve the phase difference of bimanual fine motor coordination skills in boys with ADHD who are above 1.0 SD. The results should be interpreted with caution because we conducted statistical tests for many outcomes and groups without considering the multiplicity factor from an exploratory perspective.
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Transtorno do Deficit de Atenção com Hiperatividade/tratamento farmacológico , Transtorno do Deficit de Atenção com Hiperatividade/fisiopatologia , Estimulantes do Sistema Nervoso Central/farmacologia , Metilfenidato/farmacologia , Desempenho Psicomotor/efeitos dos fármacos , Desempenho Psicomotor/fisiologia , Criança , Humanos , Masculino , Avaliação de Resultados em Cuidados de SaúdeRESUMO
Congenital disorders of glycosylation (CDG), inherited metabolic diseases caused by defects in glycosylation, are characterized by a high frequency of intellectual disability (ID) and various clinical manifestations. Two siblings with ID, dysmorphic features, and epilepsy were examined using mass spectrometry of serum transferrin, which revealed a CDG type 2 pattern. Whole-exome sequencing showed that both patients were homozygous for a novel pathogenic variant of MAN1B1 (NM_016219.4:c.1837del) inherited from their healthy parents. We conducted a HPLC analysis of sialylated N-linked glycans released from total plasma proteins and characterized the α1,2-mannosidase I activity of the lymphocyte microsome fraction. The accumulation of monosialoglycans was observed in MAN1B1-deficient patients, indicating N-glycan-processing defects. The enzymatic activity of MAN1B1 was compromised in patient-derived lymphocytes. The present patients exhibited unique manifestations including early-onset epileptic encephalopathy and cerebral infarction. They also showed coagulation abnormalities and hypertransaminasemia. Neither sibling had truncal obesity, which is one of the characteristic features of MAN1B1-CDG.
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Defeitos Congênitos da Glicosilação/genética , Manosidases/genética , Irmãos , Adolescente , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Sequência de Bases , Proteínas Sanguíneas/metabolismo , Criança , Pré-Escolar , Feminino , Humanos , Lactente , Recém-Nascido , Linfócitos/metabolismo , Masculino , Manosidases/química , Manosidases/metabolismo , Microssomos/metabolismo , Ácido N-Acetilneuramínico/metabolismo , Linhagem , Polissacarídeos/química , Espectrometria de Massas por Ionização por Electrospray , Sequenciamento do ExomaRESUMO
Peroxisomal acyl-CoA oxidase (ACOX1) deficiency is a rare autosomal recessive single enzyme deficiency characterized by hypotonia, seizures, failure to thrive, developmental delay, and neurological regression starting from approximately 3 years of age. Here, we report two siblings with ACOX1 deficiency born to non-consanguineous Japanese parents. They showed mild global developmental delay from infancy and began to regress at 5 years 10 months and 5 years 6 months of age respectively. They gradually manifested with cerebellar ataxia, dysarthria, pyramidal signs, and dysphasia. Brain MRI revealed T2 high-intensity areas in the cerebellar white matter, bilateral middle cerebellar peduncle, and transverse tracts of the pons, followed by progressive atrophy of these areas. Intriguingly, the ratios of C24:0, C25:0, and C26:0 to C22:0 in plasma, which usually increase in ACOX1 deficiency were within normal ranges in both patients. On the other hand, whole exome sequencing revealed novel compound heterozygous variants in ACOX1: a frameshift variant (c.160delC:p.Leu54Serfs*18) and a missense variant (c.1259 T > C:p.Phe420Ser). The plasma concentration of individual very long chain fatty acids (C24:0, C25:0, and C26:0) was elevated, and we found that peroxisomes in fibroblasts of the patients were larger in size and fewer in number as previously reported in patients with ACOX1 deficiency. Furthermore, the C24:0 ß-oxidation activity was dramatically reduced. Our findings suggest that the elevation of individual plasma very long chain fatty acids concentration, genetic analysis including whole exome analysis, and biochemical studies on the patient's fibroblasts should be considered for the correct diagnosis of ACOX1 deficiency.
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Acil-CoA Oxidase/deficiência , Acil-CoA Oxidase/genética , Adrenoleucodistrofia/genética , Erros Inatos do Metabolismo Lipídico/genética , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Mutação , IrmãosRESUMO
Autotaxin, a lysophospholipase D encoded by the Enpp2 gene, is an exoenzyme that produces lysophosphatidic acid in the extracellular space. Lysophosphatidic acid acts on specific G protein-coupled receptors, thereby regulating cell growth, migration, and survival. Previous studies have revealed that Enpp2(-/-) mouse embryos die at about embryonic day (E) 9.5 because of angiogenic defects in the yolk sac. However, what cellular defects occur in Enpp2(-/-) embryos and what intracellular signaling pathways are involved in the phenotype manifestation remain unknown. Here, we show that Enpp2 is required to form distinctive large lysosomes in the yolk sac visceral endoderm cells. From E7.5 to E9.5, Enpp2 mRNA is abundantly expressed in the visceral endoderm cells. In Enpp2(-/-) mouse embryos, lysosomes in the visceral endoderm cells are fragmented. By using a whole embryo culture system combined with specific pharmacological inhibitors for intracellular signaling molecules, we show that lysophosphatidic acid receptors and the Rho-Rho-associated coiled-coil containing protein kinase (ROCK)-LIM kinase pathway are required to form large lysosomes. In addition, electroporation of dominant negative forms of Rho, ROCK, or LIM kinase also leads to the size reduction of lysosomes in wild-type visceral endoderm cells. In Enpp2(-/-) visceral endoderm cells, the steady-state levels of cofilin phosphorylation and actin polymerization are reduced. In addition, perturbations of actin turnover dynamics by actin inhibitors cytochalasin B and jasplakinolide result in the defect in lysosome formation. These results suggest that constitutive activation of the Rho-ROCK-LIM kinase pathway by extracellular production of lysophosphatidic acid by the action of autotaxin is required to maintain the large size of lysosomes in visceral endoderm cells.
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Lisofosfolipídeos/metabolismo , Lisossomos/metabolismo , Complexos Multienzimáticos/metabolismo , Fosfodiesterase I/metabolismo , Pirofosfatases/metabolismo , Saco Vitelino/metabolismo , Fatores de Despolimerização de Actina/genética , Fatores de Despolimerização de Actina/metabolismo , Animais , Endoderma/citologia , Endoderma/metabolismo , Feminino , Regulação da Expressão Gênica no Desenvolvimento , Proteínas de Fluorescência Verde/genética , Proteínas de Fluorescência Verde/metabolismo , Hibridização In Situ , Quinases Lim/genética , Quinases Lim/metabolismo , Masculino , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Camundongos Endogâmicos , Camundongos Knockout , Microscopia Confocal , Microscopia Eletrônica , Complexos Multienzimáticos/genética , Fosfodiesterase I/genética , Diester Fosfórico Hidrolases , Fosforilação , Pirofosfatases/genética , Reação em Cadeia da Polimerase Via Transcriptase Reversa , Transdução de Sinais , Saco Vitelino/citologia , Saco Vitelino/ultraestrutura , Quinases Associadas a rho/genética , Quinases Associadas a rho/metabolismo , Proteína rhoB de Ligação ao GTP/genética , Proteína rhoB de Ligação ao GTP/metabolismoRESUMO
AIM: We aimed to establish objective and quantitative data on fine motor development in typically developing children using magnetic sensors. METHODS: The study included 110 Japanese elementary school children volunteers (57 boys, 53 girls). The participants were instructed to tap their thumbs and index fingers together repetitively for 10 s. After attaching coils to the participants' right and left thumbs and index fingers, participants executed "in-phase" and "anti-phase" tapping. We used two-way analysis of variance to analyze the influences of age and sex on fine motor development. RESULTS: The "number of taps" significantly increased with age, while the "standard deviation (SD) of tapping interval" significantly decreased. More than half of the "acceleration" parameters significantly increased with age. Boys performed significantly faster than girls in some parameters of "velocity" and "acceleration," while girls had significantly lower "SD of local maximum velocity in opening motion" and "SD of local minimum velocity in closing motion." DISCUSSION: We established both objective and quantitative reference data on fine motor development in typically developing Japanese children aged between 7 and 12 years using magnetic sensors. We revealed that this system can monitor real-time details of the parameters involved in the finger-tapping movement in children without complications. This device could be useful for obtaining objective and quantitative data on fine motor skills in the clinical assessment of developmental coordination disorder, assessments of educational intervention, or rehabilitation and discovery of new therapeutic agents.
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Desenvolvimento Infantil/fisiologia , Destreza Motora/fisiologia , Criança , Feminino , Dedos/fisiologia , Lateralidade Funcional/fisiologia , Humanos , Fenômenos Magnéticos , Masculino , Movimento/fisiologiaRESUMO
We report a 7-year-old boy with infantile spasms caused by a novel mutation in the Aristaless-related homeobox (ARX) gene. He showed infantile spasms and hypsarrhythmia on electroencephalogram from early infancy. Brain MRI did not reveal severe malformation of the brain except mild hypoplasia of the corpus callosum. Two-fold adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) therapy failed to control the seizures, and ketogenic diet therapy and multi-antiepileptic drug therapy were required as he showed intractable daily tonic-clonic seizures. Exome sequencing identified a hemizygous mutation in the ARX gene, NG_008281.1(ARX_v001):c.1448 + 1 G > A, chrX: 25025227 C > T (GRCh37). To our knowledge, this mutation has not been reported previously.
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We examined the evoked potentials in 2 patients, a 6-month-old girl and a 3-year-old boy, with congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis (CIPA). While auditory brainstem response (ABR) in both patients showed normal latencies, flash visual evoked potential (FVEP) revealed delayed latency of wave IV (P100), and short latency somatosensory evoked potential (SSEP) demonstrated marked prolongation of the central conduction time (CCT; N13-N20 interval). The boy had West syndrome and his prolonged CCT might have been influenced by abnormal cortical activities. The girl did not have epilepsy and the abnormalities of her F-VEP and SSEP might have been caused by the developmental deficit of the central nervous system associated with the pathogenesis of CIPA.
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Potenciais Somatossensoriais Evocados , Neuropatias Hereditárias Sensoriais e Autônomas/fisiopatologia , Condução Nervosa/fisiologia , Feminino , Humanos , Lactente , Masculino , Espasmos Infantis/fisiopatologiaRESUMO
AIMS: The State Behavioral Scale (SBS) was developed to assess sedation states, including agitation, in pediatric patients on mechanical ventilation. The purpose of this study was to determine the reliability and validity of a back-translated Japanese version of the SBS. METHODS: Translation was done by the back-translation method followed by a prospective study in a Japanese intensive care unit. For reliability, a nurse/researcher pair evaluated SBS along eight dimensions (respiratory drive, response to ventilation, coughing, best response to stimulation, attentiveness to care provider, tolerance to care, consolability, and movement after consoled). For validity, SBS scores were compared to the Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale and a visual analog scale (VAS). RESULTS: The original author approved the back-translated SBS. Thirty-one patients aged 0 weeks to 8 years were evaluated from 59 total critical pediatric patient encounters. The researcher and nurse SBS scores demonstrated excellent inter-rater reliability (weighted κ = 0.96, 95% CI 0.92-0.99). In addition, there was a very strong correlation between the researcher and nurse VAS scores (ρ = 0.80, P < 0.001). Weighted kappa coefficients for the eight dimensions ranged from 0.71 (95% confidence interval, 0.55-0.88; consolability) to 0.89 (95% confidence interval, 0.80-0.98; best response to stimulation). In validity testing, nurse SBS and nurse VAS scores were strongly correlated (ρ = 0.80, P < 0.001) with the researcher SBS and researcher Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale scores (ρ = 0.91, P < 0.001). CONCLUSION: This study suggests that our Japanese version of the SBS is valid and reliable for evaluating sedation for critically ill children.
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Phosphatase and tensin homolog (PTEN) plays an important role in tumor suppression. A germline mutation in the PTEN gene induces not only PTEN hamartoma tumor syndrome, including Cowden syndrome, but also macrocephaly/autism syndrome. Here, we describe a boy with macrocephaly/autism syndrome harboring a novel missense heterozygous PTEN mutation, c.959T>C (p.Leu320Ser). Interestingly, a previously reported nonsense mutation resulting in p.Leu320X was found in Cowden syndrome patients. Our case may be suggestive of a genotype-phenotype correlation.