An Expanded Multi-Organ Disease Phenotype Associated with Mutations in YARS

Anna Tracewska-Siemiątkowska, Lonneke Haer-Wigman, Danielle G M Bosch, Deborah Nickerson, Michael J Bamshad, Maartje van de Vorst, Nanna Dahl Rendtorff, Claes Möller, Ulrika Kjellström, Sten Andréasson, Frans P M Cremers, Lisbeth Tranebjærg, University of Washington Center for Mendelian Genomics

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Abstract

Whole exome sequence analysis was performed in a Swedish mother-father-affected proband trio with a phenotype characterized by progressive retinal degeneration with congenital nystagmus, profound congenital hearing impairment, primary amenorrhea, agenesis of the corpus callosum, and liver disease. A homozygous variant c.806T > C, p.(F269S) in the tyrosyl-tRNA synthetase gene (YARS) was the only identified candidate variant consistent with autosomal recessive inheritance. Mutations in YARS have previously been associated with both autosomal dominant Charcot-Marie-Tooth syndrome and a recently reported autosomal recessive multiorgan disease. Herein, we propose that mutations in YARS underlie another clinical phenotype adding a second variant of the disease, including retinitis pigmentosa and deafness, to the spectrum of YARS-associated disorders.

Original languageEnglish
Article number381
JournalGenes
Volume8
Issue number12
Number of pages9
ISSN2073-4425
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 11 Dec 2017

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