The mutational spectrum in Waardenburg syndrome

Human Molecular Genetics
M TassabehjiW Reardon

Abstract

One hundred and thirty-four families or individuals with auditory-pigmentary syndromes such as Waardenburg syndrome (WS) or probable neurocristopathies were screened for mutations in the PAX3 and MITF genes. PAX3 mutations were found in 20/25 families with definite Type 1 WS and 1/2 with Type 3 WS, but in none of 23 with definite Type 2 WS or 36 with other neurocristopathies. The PAX3 mutations included substitutions of conserved amino acids in the paired domain or the homeodomain, splice-site mutations, nonsense mutations and frame-shifting insertions or deletions. No phenotype-genotype correlations were noted within WS1 families. With MITF, mutations likely to affect protein function were found in seven families, five of which had definite Type 2 WS. We conclude that Type 1 and Type 3 WS are allelic and are normally caused by loss of function mutations in PAX3; that Type 2 WS is heterogeneous, with about 20% of cases caused by mutations in MITF, and that individuals with auditory, pigmentary or neural crest syndromes which do not fit stringent definitions of Waardenburg syndrome are unlikely to have mutations in either the PAX3 or MITF genes. The molecular pathology of MITF/microphthalmia mutations appears to be different in ...Continue Reading

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