Comprehensive CCM3 Mutational Analysis in Two Patients with Syndromic Cerebral Cavernous Malformation.

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Title: Comprehensive CCM3 Mutational Analysis in Two Patients with Syndromic Cerebral Cavernous Malformation.
Authors: da Fontoura Galvão, Gustavo, da Silva, Elielson Veloso, Trefilio, Luisa Menezes, Alves-Leon, Soniza Vieira, Fontes-Dantas, Fabrícia Lima, de Souza, Jorge Marcondes
Source: Translational Stroke Research; Apr2024, Vol. 15 Issue 2, p411-421, 11p
Abstract: Cerebral cavernous malformation (CCM) is a vascular disease that affects the central nervous system, which familial form is due to autosomal dominant mutations in the genes KRIT1(CCM1), MGC4607(CCM2), and PDCD10(CCM3). Patients affected by the PDCD10 mutations usually have the onset of symptoms at an early age and a more aggressive phenotype. The aim of this study is to investigate the molecular mechanism involved with CCM3 disease pathogenesis. Herein, we report two typical cases of CCM3 phenotype and compare the clinical and neuroradiological findings with five patients with a familial form of KRIT1 or CCM2 mutations and six patients with a sporadic form. In addition, we evaluated the PDCD10 gene expression by qPCR and developed a bioinformatic pipeline to understand the structural changes of mutations. The two CCM3 patients had an early onset of symptoms and a high lesion burden. Furthermore, the sequencing showed that Patient 1 had a frameshift mutation in c.222delT; p.(Asn75Thrfs*14) that leads to lacking the last 124 C-terminal amino acids on its primary structure and Patient 2 had a variant on the splicing site region c.475-2A > G. The mRNA expression was fourfold lower in both patients with PDCD10 mutation. Using in silico analysis, we identify that the frameshift mutation transcript lacks the C-terminal FAT-homology domain compared to the wild-type PDCD10 and preserves the N-terminal dimerization domain. The two patients studied here allow estimating the potential impact of mutations in clinical interpretation as well as support to better understand the mechanism and pathogenesis of CCM3. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Database: Complementary Index
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ISSN:18684483
DOI:10.1007/s12975-023-01131-x
Published in:Translational Stroke Research
Language:English