Vörner type palmoplantar keratoderma: novel KRT9 mutation associated with knuckle pad‐like lesions and recurrent mutation causing digital mutilation
Vörner type palmoplantar keratoderma: novel KRT9 mutation associated with knuckle pad‐like lesions and recurrent mutation causing digital mutilation
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1365-2133.2011.10317.x
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发表时间:
2011-07
影响因子:
10.3
通讯作者:
N. Umegaki;H. Nakano;Katuto Tamai;Yoshihiko Mitsuhashi;E. Akasaka;D. Sawamura;Ichiro Katayama
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N. Umegaki;H. Nakano;Katuto Tamai;Yoshihiko Mitsuhashi;E. Akasaka;D. Sawamura;Ichiro Katayama
Epidermolytic palmoplantar keratoderma, Vörner type (EPPK, OMIM 144200) is an autosomal dominantly inherited skin disease caused by mutations in the keratin 9 gene (KRT9) and rarely in the keratin 1 gene. This condition is characterized by diffuse yellow thickening of the skin of the palms and soles, sharply offset by erythematous margins. Histopathologically, EPPK presents the characteristic features of epidermolytic hyperkeratosis. This report concerns two Japanese EPPK families with associated characteristic cutaneous manifestations: knuckle pad-like lesions associated with a novel nonsense KRT9 mutation and digital mutilation caused by a recurrent KRT9 mutation. The proband of family 1 was a 12-year-old Japanese girl presenting with hyperkeratosis of palms and soles since soon after birth (Fig. 1a). Hypertrophic plaques with erythema were noted on the dorsal aspects of the distal phalanges of the hands (Fig. 1a, lower panel). Similar lesions, but to a lesser extent, were seen on the toes (not shown). No other family members were affected. Histopathology showed epidermolytic hyperkeratosis with large irregular keratohyaline granules and vacuolization of keratinocytes in the upper spinous and granular layers (not shown). The proband of family 2 was a 58-year-old Japanese woman presenting with hyperkeratosis of palms and soles that developed soon after birth. Her father and elder sister had similar hyperkeratotic skin changes. In the second decade of her life, t‘he proband first noted that the fifth toes felt mildly constricted. Since then, the constriction gradually progressed with accompanying numbness of the fifth toes. When she was 50 years old, the constricted fifth toes became detached spontaneously with no traumatic aetiology (Fig. 1b, arrows). Slight constriction of the finger joints of the proband was observed, especially of the middle interphalangeal joints (Fig. 1b, arrowheads). The other affected individuals did not show any constrictive changes in their fingers or toes nor any knuckle pad-like lesions. Histopathology indicated epidermolytic hyperkeratosis with vacuolization of the granular layer (not shown). Genomic DNA samples extracted from the probands and their family members were subjected to mutation analyses. In the probands, all the KRT9 exons and their flanking exon ⁄ intron junctions were amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and the PCR products were directly sequenced. Mutational analysis revealed a C-to-T transition at nucleotide position 1282 (c.1282C>T) in exon 6 of KRT9 in the proband of family 1 (Fig. 2a), but not in the healthy parents, suggestBJD British Journal of Dermatology