Mutational and phenotypic characterisation of hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia
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Author(s)
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) is an autosomal dominant vascular dysplasia. Care delivery for HHT patients is impeded by the need for laborious, repeated phenotyping and gaps in knowledge regarding the relationships between causal DNA variants in ENG, ACVRL1, SMAD4 and GDF2, and clinical manifestations. To address this, we analyzed DNA samples from 183 previously uncharacterized, unrelated HHT and suspected HHT cases using the ThromboGenomics high-throughput sequencing platform. We identified 127 rare variants across 168 heterozygous genotypes. Applying modified American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics Guidelines, 106 variants were classified as pathogenic/likely pathogenic and 21 as nonpathogenic (variant of uncertain significance/benign). Unlike the protein products of ACVRL1 and SMAD4, the extracellular ENG amino acids are not strongly conserved. Our inferences of the functional consequences of causal variants in ENG were therefore informed by the crystal structure of endoglin. We then compared the accuracy of predictions of the causal gene blinded to the genetic data using 2 approaches: subjective clinical predictions and statistical predictions based on 8 Human Phenotype Ontology terms. Both approaches had some predictive power, but they were insufficiently accurate to be used clinically, without genetic testing. The distributions of red cell indices differed by causal gene but not sufficiently for clinical use in isolation from genetic data. We conclude that parallel sequencing of the 4 known HHT genes, multidisciplinary team review of variant calls in the context of detailed clinical information, and statistical and structural modeling improve the prognostication and treatment of HHT.
Date Issued
2020-10-22
Date Acceptance
2020-05-17
Citation
Blood, 2020, 136 (17), pp.1907-1918
ISSN
0006-4971
Publisher
American Society of Hematology
Start Page
1907
End Page
1918
Journal / Book Title
Blood
Volume
136
Issue
17
Copyright Statement
© 2020 by The American Society of Hematology
Sponsor
Imperial College Trust
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust - CLRN Funding
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust - CLRN Funding
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust- BRC Funding
Identifier
https://ashpublications.org/blood/article/136/17/1907/461102/Mutational-and-phenotypic-characterization-of
Grant Number
N/A
WHCV_P38899
CPG1 CLRN ABF 11110D
WHCV_P44377
RDLRN
RDB02
Subjects
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Hematology
ARTERIOVENOUS-MALFORMATIONS
JUVENILE POLYPOSIS
GENETIC-VARIATION
TGF-BETA
GENOTYPE
ENDOGLIN
HHT
PREVALENCE
ALK1
IDENTIFICATION
1102 Cardiorespiratory Medicine and Haematology
1103 Clinical Sciences
1114 Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine
Immunology
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2020-06-23