Clinical utility gene card for: Trimethylaminuria - update 2014.
Clinical utility gene card for: Trimethylaminuria - update 2014.
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DOI:
10.1038/ejhg.2014.226
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发表时间:
2015-09
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通讯作者:
Phillips IR
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作者:
Shephard EA;Treacy EP;Phillips IR
More than 30 sequence variants of the FMO3 gene have been reported to cause trimethylaminuria. Most are missense variants, but nonsense variants, small (1-or 2-bp) deletions and one large (12.2-kb) deletion have been reported. Variant descriptions reported here are on the basis of the genomic reference sequence NG_012690. 1 and the transcript reference sequence NM_001002294. 2. Causative sequence variants are population specific. The most common identified to date are c. 458C> T (p.(Pro153Leu)) 1 and c. 913G> T (p.(Glu305*)), 2 in individuals of European ethnicity, and c. 613C> T (p.(Arg205Cys)) 3 and c. 1498C> T (p.(Arg500*)), 4 in Japanese. In one case, the haplotype in which a variant occurs is important: c. 560T> C (p.(Val187Ala)) has no effect on FMO3 activity, but when it occurs in cis with the common polymorphic variant c. 472G> A (p.(Glu158Lys)) it severely affects enzyme activity. 5 A human FMO3 database has been established6 (http://databases. lovd. nl/shared/genes/FMO3) and causative sequence variants identified to date have been reported. 7–9 In addition to rare causative variants, 15 nonsynonymous singlenucleotide polymorphic (SNP) variants of FMO3 have been identified. 10 Of these, only one, c. 183C> A (p.(Asn61Lys)), which occurs at low frequency, results in a severe reduction of enzyme activity. 11 However, some polymorphic variants, for example, c. 472G> A (p.(Glu158Lys)) and c. 923A> G (p.(Glu308Gly)), when present in cis, can cause a moderate decrease in enzyme activity. 10, 12 When present in the homozygous state, they may cause mild or transient trimethylaminuria, particularly in infants and young children, 13, 14 who have low expression of FMO3. 15 Two FMO3 haplotypes that contain promoter-region SNP variants have been reported to severely reduce expression in vitro. 16 Although the impact of these haplotypes in vivo has not been validated, it is possible that they contribute to the disorder in the absence of coding-region variants. Four other haplotypes moderately reduce expression in vitro, 17 a consequence of the presence of a g.− 5109G> C SNP variant. Although none of the four haplotypes has a marked effect on the metabolism of trimethylamine (TMA) in vivo, 17 it is possible that they contribute to more moderate forms of the disorder.