Amyere, Mustapha and Vogt, Thomas and Hoo, Joe and Brandrup, Flemming and Bygum, Anette and Boon, Laurence and Vikkula, Miikka (2011) KITLG Mutations Cause Familial Progressive Hyper- and Hypopigmentation. JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY, 131 (6). pp. 1234-1239. ISSN 0022-202X, 1523-1747
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Familial progressive hyper- and hypopigmentation (FPHH) is thought to be an autosomal dominant disorder with reduced penetrance. Clinical signs consist of progressive diffuse, partly blotchy hyperpigmented lesions, multiple cafe-au-lait spots, intermingled with scattered hypopigmented-appearing maculae, and lentigines. FPHH is distinct from familial progressive hyperpigmentation (FPH), in which no hypopigmented features are present, and which is phenotypically and histologically closer to Dyschromatosis Universalis Hereditaria 2 (DUH2). It also differs from the Legius syndrome, characterized by familial cafe-au-lait spots and skin fold freckling, caused by mutations in SPRED1. We performed a genome-wide linkage analysis in seven families with FPHH, and identified linkage on 12q21.12-q22, which overlaps with the DUH2 locus. We investigated whether KITLG in the locus is mutated in FPHH. We discovered three different mutations in four families. A reported FPH substitution was observed in two FPHH families, and two, to our knowledge, previously unreported substitutions, p.Val33Ala and p.Thr34Pro, cosegregated with FPHH in two separate families. All three mutations were located in a conserved beta-strand in KITLG, suggesting its important role in the activation of the KITLG receptor c-Kit. In aggregate, mutations in a single gene cause various pigmentation disorders: FPH, FPHH, and likely DUH2. Therefore, KITLG is an important modulator of skin pigmentation.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | DYSCHROMATOSIS-UNIVERSALIS-HEREDITARIA; HUMAN PIEBALDISM; PHYLLOID HYPERMELANOSIS; MOUSE; HYPERPIGMENTATION; MELANOCYTES; MOSAICISM; PHENOTYPE; PATTERNS; COLORS; |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Dermatologie und Venerologie |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Jun 2020 13:59 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Jun 2020 13:59 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/20781 |
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