Noonan syndrome associated with both a new Jnk-activating familial SOS1 and a de novo RAF1 mutations

Longoni, Mauro, Moncini, Silvia, Cisternino, Mariangela, Morella, Ilaria M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5691-5400, Ferraiulo, Serena, Russo, Silvia, Mannarino, Savina, Brazzelli, Valeria, Coi, Paola, Zippel, Renata, Venturin, Marco and Riva, Paolo 2010. Noonan syndrome associated with both a new Jnk-activating familial SOS1 and a de novo RAF1 mutations. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A 152A (9) , pp. 2176-2184. 10.1002/ajmg.a.33564

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Abstract

Noonan syndrome is a genetic condition characterized by congenital heart defects, short stature, and characteristic facial features. Familial or de novo mutations in PTPN11, RAF1, SOS1, KRAS, and NRAS are responsible for 60–75% of the cases, thus, additional genes are expected to be involved in the pathogenesis. In addition, the genotype–phenotype correlation has been hindered by the highly variable expressivity of the disease. For all these reasons, expanding the genotyped and clinically evaluated case numbers will benefit the clinical community. A mutation analysis has been performed on RAF1, SOS1, and GRB2, in 24 patients previously found to be negative for PTPN11 and KRAS mutations. We identified four mutations in SOS1 and one in RAF1, while no GRB2 variants have been found. Interestingly, the RAF1 mutation was present in a patient also carrying a newly identified p.R497Q familial SOS1 mutation, segregating with a typical Noonan Syndrome SOS1 cutaneous phenotype. Functional analysis demonstrated that the R497Q SOS1 mutation leads to Jnk activation, but has no effect on the Ras effector Erk1. We propose that this variant might contribute to the onset of the peculiar ectodermal traits displayed by the propositus amidst the more classical Noonan syndrome presentation. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of a patient harboring mutations in two genes, with an involvement of both Ras and Rac1 pathways, indicating that SOS1 may have a role of modifier gene that might contribute the variable expressivity of the disease, evidencing a genotype–phenotype correlation in the family.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Biosciences
Publisher:	Wiley
ISSN:	1552-4825
Last Modified:	07 Nov 2022 09:41
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/129940

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