Mutations in PIGB cause an inherited GPI biosynthesis defect with an axonal neuropathy and metabolic abnormality in severe cases

Item Type:	Article
Title:	Mutations in PIGB cause an inherited GPI biosynthesis defect with an axonal neuropathy and metabolic abnormality in severe cases
Creators Name:	Murakami, Y. and Nguyen, T.T.M. and Baratang, N. and Raju, P.K. and Knaus, A. and Ellard, S. and Jones, G. and Lace, B. and Rousseau, J. and Ajeawung, N.F. and Kamei, A. and Minase, G. and Akasaka, M. and Araya, N. and Koshimizu, E. and van den Ende, J. and Erger, F. and Altmüller, J. and Krumina, Z. and Strautmanis, J. and Inashkina, I. and Stavusis, J. and El-Gharbawy, A. and Sebastian, J. and Puri, R.D. and Kulshrestha, S. and Verma, I.C. and Maier, E.M. and Haack, T.B. and Israni, A. and Baptista, J. and Gunning, A. and Rosenfeld, J.A and Liu, P. and Joosten, M. and Rocha, M.E. and Hashem, M.O. and Aldhalaan, H.M. and Alkuraya, F.S. and Miyatake, S. and Matsumoto, N. and Krawitz, P.M. and Rossignol, E. and Kinoshita, T. and Campeau, P.M.
Abstract:	Proteins anchored to the cell surface via glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) play various key roles in the human body, particularly in development and neurogenesis. As such, many developmental disorders are caused by mutations in genes involved in the GPI biosynthesis and remodeling pathway. We describe ten unrelated families with bi-allelic mutations in PIGB, a gene that encodes phosphatidylinositol glycan class B, which transfers the third mannose to the GPI. Ten different PIGB variants were found in these individuals. Flow cytometric analysis of blood cells and fibroblasts from the affected individuals showed decreased cell surface presence of GPI-anchored proteins. Most of the affected individuals have global developmental and/or intellectual delay, all had seizures, two had polymicrogyria, and four had a peripheral neuropathy. Eight children passed away before four years old. Two of them had a clinical diagnosis of DOORS syndrome (deafness, onychodystrophy, osteodystrophy, mental retardation, and seizures), a condition that includes sensorineural deafness, shortened terminal phalanges with small finger and toenails, intellectual disability, and seizures; this condition overlaps with the severe phenotypes associated with inherited GPI deficiency. Most individuals tested showed elevated alkaline phosphatase, which is a characteristic of the inherited GPI deficiency but not DOORS syndrome. It is notable that two severely affected individuals showed 2-oxoglutaric aciduria, which can be seen in DOORS syndrome, suggesting that severe cases of inherited GPI deficiency and DOORS syndrome might share some molecular pathway disruptions.
Keywords:	PIGB, Glycosylphosphatidylinositol, Epilepsy, Seizures, Neuropathy, Alkaline Phosphatase, DOORS Syndrome, Intellectual Disability, Inherited GPI Deficiency (IGD)
Source:	American Journal of Human Genetics
ISSN:	0002-9297
Publisher:	Cell Press
Volume:	105
Number:	2
Page Range:	384-394
Date:	1 August 2019
Official Publication:	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2019.05.019
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