Comprehensive genetic screening for vascular Ehlers–Danlos syndrome through an amplification-based next-generation sequencing system

Tomomi Yamaguchi, Shujiro Hayashi, Daisuke Hayashi, Takeshi Matsuyama, Norimichi Koitabashi, Kenichi Ogiwara, Masaaki Noda, Chiai Nakada, Shinya Fujiki, Akira Furutachi, Yasuhiko Tanabe, Michiko Yamanaka, Aki Ishikawa, Miyako Mizukami, Asako Mizuguchi, Kazumitsu Sugiura, Makoto Sumi, Hirokuni Yamazawa, Atsushi Izawa, Yuko WadaTomomi Fujikawa, Yuri Takiguchi, Keiko Wakui, Kyoko Takano, Shin Ya Nishio, Tomoki Kosho

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Abstract

Vascular Ehlers–Danlos syndrome (vEDS) is a hereditary connective tissue disorder (HCTD) characterized by arterial dissection/aneurysm/rupture, sigmoid colon rupture, or uterine rupture. Diagnosis is confirmed by detecting heterozygous variants in COL3A1. This is the largest Asian case series and the first to apply an amplification-based next-generation sequencing through custom panels of causative genes for HCTDs, including a specific method of evaluating copy number variations. Among 429 patients with suspected HCTDs analyzed, 101 were suspected to have vEDS, and 33 of them (32.4%) were found to have COL3A1 variants. Two patients with a clinical diagnosis of Loeys–Dietz syndrome and/or familial thoracic aortic aneurysm and dissection were also found to have COL3A1 variants. Twenty cases (57.1%) had missense variants leading to glycine (Gly) substitutions in the triple helical domain, one (2.9%) had a missense variant leading to non-Gly substitution in this domain, eight (22.9%) had splice site alterations, three (8.6%) had nonsense variants, two (5.7%) had in-frame deletions, and one (2.9%) had a multi-exon deletion, including two deceased patients analyzed with formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded samples. This is a clinically useful system to detect a wide spectrum of variants from various types of samples.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)37-51
Number of pages15
JournalAmerican Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A
Volume191
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 01-2023

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Genetics
  • Genetics(clinical)

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