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A Novel Homozygous PKP2 Variant in Severe Neonatal Non-compaction and Concomitant Ventricular Septal Defect: A Case Report

Left ventricular non-compaction (LVNC) is a rare and genetically heterogeneous cardiomyopathy. The disorder vastly affects infants and young children. Severe neonatal LVNC is relatively rare. The prevalence of genetic defects underlying pediatric and adult-onset LVNC is about 17–40%. Mutations of MY...

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Autores principales: Katanyuwong, Poomiporn, Khongkraparn, Arthaporn, Wattanasirichaigoon, Duangrurdee
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8764405/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35059364
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fped.2021.801491
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author Katanyuwong, Poomiporn
Khongkraparn, Arthaporn
Wattanasirichaigoon, Duangrurdee
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Khongkraparn, Arthaporn
Wattanasirichaigoon, Duangrurdee
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description Left ventricular non-compaction (LVNC) is a rare and genetically heterogeneous cardiomyopathy. The disorder vastly affects infants and young children. Severe neonatal LVNC is relatively rare. The prevalence of genetic defects underlying pediatric and adult-onset LVNC is about 17–40%. Mutations of MYH7 and MYBPC3 sarcomeric genes are found in the vast majority of the positive pediatric cases. PKP2 encodes plakophilin-2, a non-sarcomeric desmosomal protein, which has multiple roles in cardiac myocytes including cell–cell adhesion, tightening gap junction, and transcriptional factor. Most of the reported PKP2 mutations are heterozygous missense and truncating variants, and they are associated with an adult-onset autosomal dominant disorder, namely arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy (ARVD/C). Homozygous PKP2 mutations have been rarely described. Herein, we present a rare case of an infant with neonatal onset of congestive heart failure owing to severe LVNC and multiple muscular VSD. Medical treatments failed to control the heart failure and the patient died at 11 months of age. Whole-exome sequencing identified a novel homozygous PKP2 variant, c.1511-1G>C, in the patient. An mRNA analysis revealed aberrant transcript lacking exon 7, which was predicted to cause a frameshift and truncated peptide (p.Gly460GlufsTer2). The heterozygous parents had normal cardiac structures and functions as demonstrated by electrocardiogram and echocardiography. Pathogenic variants of sarcomeric genes analyzed were not found in the patient. We conducted a literature review and identified eight families with biallelic PKP2 mutations. We observed that three families (our included) with null variants were linked to lethal phenotypes, while homozygous missense mutations resulted in less severe manifestations: adolescent-onset ARVD/C and childhood-onset DCM. Our data support a previous notion that severe neonatal LVNC might represent a unique entity and had distinct genetic spectrum. In conclusion, the present study has extended the phenotypes and genotypes of PKP2-related disorders and lethal LVNC.
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spelling pubmed-87644052022-01-19 A Novel Homozygous PKP2 Variant in Severe Neonatal Non-compaction and Concomitant Ventricular Septal Defect: A Case Report Katanyuwong, Poomiporn Khongkraparn, Arthaporn Wattanasirichaigoon, Duangrurdee Front Pediatr Pediatrics Left ventricular non-compaction (LVNC) is a rare and genetically heterogeneous cardiomyopathy. The disorder vastly affects infants and young children. Severe neonatal LVNC is relatively rare. The prevalence of genetic defects underlying pediatric and adult-onset LVNC is about 17–40%. Mutations of MYH7 and MYBPC3 sarcomeric genes are found in the vast majority of the positive pediatric cases. PKP2 encodes plakophilin-2, a non-sarcomeric desmosomal protein, which has multiple roles in cardiac myocytes including cell–cell adhesion, tightening gap junction, and transcriptional factor. Most of the reported PKP2 mutations are heterozygous missense and truncating variants, and they are associated with an adult-onset autosomal dominant disorder, namely arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy (ARVD/C). Homozygous PKP2 mutations have been rarely described. Herein, we present a rare case of an infant with neonatal onset of congestive heart failure owing to severe LVNC and multiple muscular VSD. Medical treatments failed to control the heart failure and the patient died at 11 months of age. Whole-exome sequencing identified a novel homozygous PKP2 variant, c.1511-1G>C, in the patient. An mRNA analysis revealed aberrant transcript lacking exon 7, which was predicted to cause a frameshift and truncated peptide (p.Gly460GlufsTer2). The heterozygous parents had normal cardiac structures and functions as demonstrated by electrocardiogram and echocardiography. Pathogenic variants of sarcomeric genes analyzed were not found in the patient. We conducted a literature review and identified eight families with biallelic PKP2 mutations. We observed that three families (our included) with null variants were linked to lethal phenotypes, while homozygous missense mutations resulted in less severe manifestations: adolescent-onset ARVD/C and childhood-onset DCM. Our data support a previous notion that severe neonatal LVNC might represent a unique entity and had distinct genetic spectrum. In conclusion, the present study has extended the phenotypes and genotypes of PKP2-related disorders and lethal LVNC. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-01-04 /pmc/articles/PMC8764405/ /pubmed/35059364 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fped.2021.801491 Text en Copyright © 2022 Katanyuwong, Khongkraparn and Wattanasirichaigoon. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Pediatrics
Katanyuwong, Poomiporn
Khongkraparn, Arthaporn
Wattanasirichaigoon, Duangrurdee
A Novel Homozygous PKP2 Variant in Severe Neonatal Non-compaction and Concomitant Ventricular Septal Defect: A Case Report
title A Novel Homozygous PKP2 Variant in Severe Neonatal Non-compaction and Concomitant Ventricular Septal Defect: A Case Report
title_full A Novel Homozygous PKP2 Variant in Severe Neonatal Non-compaction and Concomitant Ventricular Septal Defect: A Case Report
title_fullStr A Novel Homozygous PKP2 Variant in Severe Neonatal Non-compaction and Concomitant Ventricular Septal Defect: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed A Novel Homozygous PKP2 Variant in Severe Neonatal Non-compaction and Concomitant Ventricular Septal Defect: A Case Report
title_short A Novel Homozygous PKP2 Variant in Severe Neonatal Non-compaction and Concomitant Ventricular Septal Defect: A Case Report
title_sort novel homozygous pkp2 variant in severe neonatal non-compaction and concomitant ventricular septal defect: a case report
topic Pediatrics
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8764405/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35059364
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fped.2021.801491
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