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Case Reports
. 2013 May 25;521(1):176-9.
doi: 10.1016/j.gene.2013.03.014. Epub 2013 Mar 16.

A novel mutation (R122Q) in the cathepsin K gene in a Chinese child with Pyknodysostosis

Hui Zheng  1 , Zeng Zhang, Jin-Wei He, Wen-Zhen Fu, Zhen-Lin Zhang
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A novel mutation (R122Q) in the cathepsin K gene in a Chinese child with Pyknodysostosis

Hui Zheng et al. Gene. .

Abstract

Background: Pyknodysostosis (OMIM 265800) is a rare, autosomal recessive sclerosing skeletal dysplasia as a consequence of the diminished capacity of osteoclasts to degrade organic bone matrix. Pyknodysostosis is caused by mutation in the cathepsin K (CTSK) gene. Up to date, 34 different CTSK mutations have been identified in patients with Pyknodysostosis; however, only one mutation was previously identified in a Chinese patient. The objective of this study was to characterize the clinical manifestations and features of Pyknodysostosis and identify the mutation of the causative gene in a Chinese family with Pyknodysostosis.

Methods: We investigated a non-consanguineous Chinese family in which an 11-year-old child was affected with Pyknodysostosis. Altogether, 203 persons, including the affected individual, his parents and 200 healthy donors, were recruited and genomic DNA was extracted. All 8 exons of the CTSK gene, including the exon-intron boundaries, were amplified and sequenced directly.

Results: The proband displayed a novel homozygous missense mutation c.365G>A in exon 4 of the CTSK gene. This mutation leads to the substitution of the arginine at position 122 by glutamine (R122Q) in cathepsin K. The parents were heterozygous for this gene mutation, and the mutation was not found in the 200 unrelated controls.

Conclusion: Our study suggests that the novel missense mutation c.365G>A (R122Q) in exon 4 of CTSK gene was responsible for Pyknodysostosis in the Chinese family.

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