3例Waardenburg综合征患儿分子遗传学及临床特征分析

Analysis of molecular genetics and clinical characteristics of 3 children with Waardenburg syndrome

目的:对3例综合征性聋患儿进行分子遗传学及临床特征分析,明确其致病基因及遗传特征。方法:对3例患儿及其父母进行病历采集和整理,包括常规检查和听力评估及颞骨CT、头颅MR检查;通过外显子组测序(WES)筛查可能致病的基因变异,并使用Sanger测序对先证者及其父母进行候选阳性变异验证。结果:3例患儿均为智力正常女性,例2患儿为散发,其余均有耳聋家族史,并符合常染色体显性遗传规律。3例患儿均为双侧极重度感音神经性听力障碍伴眼睛亮蓝色巩膜。其他表型包括眼距增宽(例1)、多发性色素异常沉着(例2)和毛发微黄(例2)、眼睑下垂(例3)。例3患儿影像学检查示双侧前庭扩大、内听道扩大,及双侧内耳畸形。例1患儿母亲仅有左侧轻度听力障碍;例3患儿母亲为双侧听力障碍,伴有单侧亮蓝色巩膜及毛发微黄。WES检出例1、例2、例3患儿分别有不同基因的杂合性变异:PAX3 c.811C>T、MITF c.632T>C,及SOX10 c.1359_1360 insGCCCCACA。例1和例3患儿检出变异均遗传自有听力障碍的母亲,例2患儿可能为自发变异。最终诊断例1患儿为Waardenburg综合征1型(WS1),例1患儿母亲、例2患儿、例3患儿及例3患儿母亲均为WS2。结论:WS为综合征性聋,临床诊断所依据的主要特征包括常染色体显性遗传和巩膜色素异常。研究表明,同一基因变异导致的WS仍存在表型异质性,其中PAX3变异导致轻度的WS则很可能是外显不全所致,因此,WS的确诊有赖于基因检测结果。例1、例3患儿突变位点为首次在患者中发现并鉴定,扩展了WS的致病性变异谱。

Objective:To analyze the molecular genetics and clinical characteristics of 3 children with syndromic deafness were analyzed to clarify their causative genes and genetic characteristics.Methods:The medical records of 3 children and their parents were collected and analyzed,including physical examination,hearing evaluation,temporal bone CT,and cranial MRI.Whole-exome sequencing(WES) was used to screen for pathogenic gene variants,and Sanger sequencing was used to verify the candidate positive variants in the probands and their parents.Results:All 3 patients were female with normal intelligence.Patient 1 and 3 had a family history of deafness,which conformed to the pattern of autosomal dominant inheritance.All three patients had bilateral profound sensorineural hearing impairment with bright-blue sclera.Other phenotypes included hypertelorism(patient 1),multiple dyschromatosis(patient 2),and yellowish hair(patient 2),blepharoptosis(patient 3).Patient 3 had bilateral vestibular enlargement,internal auditory canal enlargement,and bilateral inner ear malformations.Mother of patient 1 had only left mild hearing impairment;mother of patient 3 had bilateral hearing impairment with unilateral bright-blue sclera and yellowish hair.WES detected heterozygous variants,PAX3 c.811CT,MITF c.632TC,and SOX10 c.1359_1360 insGCCCCACA,in patient 1,2,and 3,respectively.The variants in patient 1 and 3 were inherited from their mothers who had hearing impairment,and MITFvariant in patient 2 may be a spontaneous variation.The final diagnoses were that patient 1 with Waardenburg syndrome type 1(WS1),and the mother of patient 1,patient 2,patient 3,and the mother of patient 3 with WS2.Conclusion:WS is a syndromic deafness,and the main clinical features include autosomal dominant inheritance and scleral pigment abnormalities.However,the findings of this study show that there is still phenotypic heterogeneity in WS even caused by the same gene variant,so it depends on genetic tests to confirm the diagnosis;The gene variant of patient 1 and 2 was never been reported in other patients,which expands the pathogenic variant spectrum of WS.