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    A Study of the Clinical and Radiological Features in a Cohort of 93 Patients with a COL2A1 Mutation Causing Spondyloepiphyseal Dysplasia Congenita or a Related Phenotype
    (WILEY, 2015-01-01) Terhal, Paulien A.; Nievelstein, Rutger Jan A. J.; Verver, Eva J. J.; Topsakal, Vedat; van Dommelen, Paula; Hoornaert, Kristien; Le Merrer, Martine; Zankl, Andreas; Simon, Marleen E. H.; Smithson, Sarah F.; Marcelis, Carlo; Kerr, Bronwyn; Clayton-Smith, Jill; Kinning, Esther; Mansour, Sahar; Elmslie, Frances; Goodwin, Linda; van der Hout, Annemarie H.; Veenstra-Knol, Hermine E.; Herkert, Johanna C.; Lund, Allan M.; Hennekam, Raoul C. M.; Megarbane, Andre; Lees, Melissa M.; Wilson, Louise C.; Male, Alison; Hurst, Jane; Alanay, Yasemin; Anneren, Goeran; Betz, Regina C.; Bongers, Ernie M. H. F.; Cormier-Daire, Valerie; Dieux, Anne; David, Albert; Elting, Mariet W.; van den Ende, Jenneke; Green, Andrew; van Hagen, Johanna M.; Hertel, Niels Thomas; Holder-Espinasse, Muriel; den Hollander, Nicolette; Homfray, Tessa; Hove, Hanne D.; Price, Susan; Raas-Rothschild, Annick; Rohrbach, Marianne; Schroeter, Barbara; Suri, Mohnish; Thompson, Elizabeth M.; Tobias, Edward S.; Toutain, Annick; Vreeburg, Maaike; Wakeling, Emma; Knoers, Nine V.; Coucke, Paul; Mortier, Geert R.
    Type 2 collagen disorders encompass a diverse group of skeletal dysplasias that are commonly associated with orthopedic, ocular, and hearing problems. However, the frequency of many clinical features has never been determined. We retrospectively investigated the clinical, radiological, and genotypic data in a group of 93 patients with molecularly confirmed SEDC or a related disorder. The majority of the patients (80/93) had short stature, with radiological features of SEDC (n=64), others having SEMD (n=5), Kniest dysplasia (n=7), spondyloperipheral dysplasia (n=2), or Torrance-like dysplasia (n=2). The remaining 13 patients had normal stature with mild SED, Stickler-like syndrome or multiple epiphyseal dysplasia. Over 50\% of the patients had undergone orthopedic surgery, usually for scoliosis, femoral osteotomy or hip replacement. Odontoid hypoplasia was present in 56\% (95\% CI 38-74) and a correlation between odontoid hypoplasia and short stature was observed. Atlanto-axial instability, was observed in 5 of the 18 patients (28\%, 95\% CI 10-54) in whom flexion-extension films of the cervical spine were available
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    Further Delineation of CANT1 Phenotypic Spectrum and Demonstration of Its Role in Proteoglycan Synthesis
    (WILEY-BLACKWELL, 2012-01-01) Nizon, Mathilde; Huber, Celine; De Leonardis, Fabio; Merrina, Rodolphe; Forlino, Antonella; Fradin, Melanie; Tuysuz, Beyhan; Abu-Libdeh, Bassam Y.; Alanay, Yasemin; Albrecht, Beate; Al-Gazali, Lihadh; Basaran, Sarenur Yilmaz; Clayton-Smith, Jill; Desir, Julie; Gill, Harinder; Greally, Marie T.; Koparir, Erkan; van Maarle, Merel C.; MacKay, Sara; Mortier, Geert; Morton, Jenny; Sillence, David; Vilain, Catheline; Young, Ian; Zerres, Klaus; Le Merrer, Martine; Munnich, Arnold; Le Goff, Carine; Rossi, Antonio; Cormier-Daire, Valerie
    Desbuquois dysplasia (DD) is characterized by antenatal and postnatal short stature, multiple dislocations, and advanced carpal ossification. Two forms have been distinguished on the basis of the presence (type 1) or the absence (type 2) of characteristic hand anomalies. We have identified mutations in calcium activated nucleotidase 1 gene (CANT1) in DD type 1. Recently, CANT1 mutations have been reported in the Kim variant of DD, characterized by short metacarpals and elongated phalanges. DD has overlapping features with spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia with congenital joint dislocations (SDCD) due to Carbohydrate (chondroitin 6) Sulfotransferase 3 (CHST3) mutations. We screened CANT1 and CHST3 in 38 DD cases (6 type 1 patients, 1 Kim variant, and 31 type 2 patients) and found CANT1 mutations in all DD type 1 cases, the Kim variant and in one atypical DD type 2 expanding the clinical spectrum of hand anomalies observed with CANT1 mutations. We also identified in one DD type 2 case CHST3 mutation supporting the phenotype overlap with SDCD. To further define function of CANT1, we studied proteoglycan synthesis in CANT1 mutated patient fibroblasts, and found significant reduced GAG synthesis in presence of beta-D-xyloside, suggesting that CANT1 plays a role in proteoglycan metabolism. Hum Mutat 33:1261-1266, 2012. (c) 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.