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Mutations within or upstream of the basic helix–loop–helix domain of the TWIST gene are specific to Saethre-Chotzen syndrome

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Saethre-Chotzen syndrome (ACS III) is an autosomal dominant craniosynostosis syndrome recently ascribed to mutations in the TWIST gene, a basic helix-loop-helix (b-HLH) transcription factor regulating head mesenchyme cell development during cranial neural tube formation in mouse. Studying a series of 22 unrelated ACS III patients, we have found TWIST mutations in 16/22 cases. Interestingly, these mutations consistently involved the b-HLH domain of the protein. Indeed, mutant genotypes included frameshift deletions/insertions, nonsense and missense mutations, either truncating or disrupting the b-HLH motif of the protein. This observation gives additional support to the view that most ACS III cases result from loss-of-function mutations at the TWIST locus. The P250R recurrent FGFR 3 mutation was found in 2/22 cases presenting mild clinical manifestations of the disease but 4/22 cases failed to harbour TWIST or FGFR 3 mutations. Clinical re-examination of patients carrying TWIST mutations failed to reveal correlations between the mutant genotype and severity of the phenotype. Finally, since no TWIST mutations were detected in 40 cases of isolated coronal craniosynostosis, the present study suggests that TWIST mutations are specific to Saethre-Chotzen syndrome.

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hal-02342815 , version 1 (01-11-2019)

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Vincent El Ghouzzi, Elisabeth Lajeunie, Martine Le Merrer, Valérie Cormier-Daire, Dominique Renier, et al.. Mutations within or upstream of the basic helix–loop–helix domain of the TWIST gene are specific to Saethre-Chotzen syndrome. European Journal of Human Genetics, 1999, 7 (1), pp.27-33. ⟨10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200240⟩. ⟨hal-02342815⟩

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