Genotype-phenotype variable correlation in Wilson disease: clinical history of two sisters with the similar genotype

BMC Medical Genetics
Annamaria SapuppoAgata Fiumara

Abstract

Wilson disease (WD) is an Autosomal-Recessive disorder due to mutations of ATP7B gene on chromosome 13q14.3. Inadequate protein function leads to low ceruloplasmin blood levels and copper accumulation in liver, basal ganglia and chornea. Main clinical manifestations are hypertransaminasemia, tremors, dysarthria, dystonia and psychiatric symptoms. The phenotypic variability in WD is considerable and its onset can be heterogeneous: the most common type in childhood is the hepatic involvement, followed by the neurological one or others. The presence of a genotype-phenotype correlation has not yet been fully demonstrated. The phenotypic variability may be explained by the intervention of other modifier genes regulating copper metabolism in the presence of mutations ATP7B. A streaking phenotypic variability was observed in two Sicilian sisters carrying the same genotype for ATB7B gene [c.3207C > A / c.3904-2A > G]. Although both started to present signs at age 10 years, onset was characterized by neurological signs in the first (tremors, motor incoordination, language and cognitive impairment), while liver involvement has been the only sign in the other. They started the same chelation therapy. After a 20-year follow-up the former i...Continue Reading

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