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Uchida N, Ishii T, Nishimura G, Sato T, Kuratsuji G, Nagasaki K, Hosokawa Y, Adachi E, Takasawa K, Kashimada K, Tsujioka Y, Hasegawa T. RMRP-related short stature: A report of six additional Japanese individuals with cartilage hair hypoplasia and literature review. Am J Med Genet A 2024; 194:e63562. [PMID: 38337186 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.63562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2023] [Revised: 01/07/2024] [Accepted: 01/23/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024]
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Biallelic pathogenic variants in RMRP, the gene encoding the RNA component of RNase mitochondrial RNA processing enzyme complex, have been reported in individuals with cartilage hair hypoplasia (CHH). CHH is prevalent in Finnish and Amish populations due to a founder pathogenic variant, n.71A > G. Based on the manifestations in the Finnish and Amish individuals, the hallmarks of CHH are prenatal-onset growth failure, metaphyseal dysplasia, hair hypoplasia, immunodeficiency, and other extraskeletal manifestations. Herein, we report six Japanese individuals with CHH from four families. All probands presented with moderate short stature with mild metaphyseal dysplasia or brachydactyly. One of them had hair hypoplasia and the other immunodeficiency. By contrast, the affected siblings of two families showed only mild short stature. We also reviewed all previously reported 13 Japanese individuals. No n.71A > G allele was detected. The proportions of Japanese versus Finnish individuals were 0% versus 70% for birth length < -2.0 SD, 84% versus 100% for metaphyseal dysplasia and 26% versus 88% for hair hypoplasia. Milder manifestations in the Japanese individuals may be related to the difference of genotypes. The mildest form of CHH phenotypes is mild short stature without overt skeletal alteration or extraskeletal manifestation and can be termed "RMRP-related short stature".
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- Noboru Uchida
- Department of Pediatrics, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Pediatrics, Saiseikai Utsunomiya Hospital, Utsunomiya, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Musashino Yohwakai Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Niigata Prefectural Central Hospital, Niigata, Japan
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- Division of Pediatrics, Department of Homeostatic Regulation and Development, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Kurashiki Central Hospital, Kurashiki, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics and Developmental Biology, Tokyo Medical and University (TMDU), Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics and Developmental Biology, Tokyo Medical and University (TMDU), Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics and Developmental Biology, Tokyo Medical and University (TMDU), Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Park JH, Im M, Kim YJ, Jang JH, Lee SM, Kim MS, Cho SY. Cartilage-hair hypoplasia-anauxetic dysplasia spectrum disorders harboring RMRP mutations in two Korean children: A case report. Medicine (Baltimore) 2024; 103:e37247. [PMID: 38787970 PMCID: PMC11124728 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000037247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2023] [Accepted: 01/23/2024] [Indexed: 05/26/2024] Open
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RATIONALE Cartilage-hair hypoplasia (CHH, OMIM # 250250) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder, which includes cartilage-hair hypoplasia-anauxetic dysplasia (CHH-AD) spectrum disorders. CHH-AD is caused by homozygous or compound heterozygous mutations in the RNA component of the mitochondrial RNA-processing Endoribonuclease (RMRP) gene. PATIENT CONCERNS Here, we report 2 cases of Korean children with CHH-AD. DIAGNOSES In the first case, the patient had metaphyseal dysplasia without hypotrichosis, diagnosed by whole exome sequencing (WES), and exhibited only skeletal dysplasia and lacked extraskeletal manifestations, such as hair hypoplasia and immunodeficiency. In the second case, the patient had skeletal dysplasia, hair hypoplasia, and immunodeficiency, which were identified by WES. INTERVENTIONS The second case is the first CHH reported in Korea. The patients in both cases received regular immune and lung function checkups. OUTCOMES Our cases suggest that children with extremely short stature from birth, with or without extraskeletal manifestations, should include CHH-AD as a differential diagnosis. LESSONS SUBSECTIONS Clinical suspicion is the most important and RMRP sequencing should be considered for the diagnosis of CHH-AD.
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- Ju Heon Park
- Department of Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Genetics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Arya VB, Raj M, Younes M, Chapman S, Irving M, Kapoor RR, Buchanan CR. Acromesomelic Dysplasia, Type Maroteaux: Impact of Long-Term (8 Years) High-Dose Growth Hormone Treatment on Growth Velocity and Final Height in 2 Siblings. Horm Res Paediatr 2021; 93:335-342. [PMID: 33238275 DOI: 10.1159/000511874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2020] [Accepted: 09/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Acromesomelic dysplasia, type Maroteaux (AMDM) is a rare autosomal recessive skeletal dysplasia, characterized by severe dwarfism and disproportionate limb shortening. It results from loss-of-function NPR2 mutations affecting the C-type natriuretic peptide receptor. Resistance to growth hormone (GH) action has previously been suggested. We describe outcomes of 2 siblings with AMDM after prolonged high-dose GH treatment. PATIENTS/METHODS Two siblings (Pt-A and Pt-B; consanguineous parents) presented in early childhood with severe disproportionate short stature and radiological features of AMDM. Subsequent genetic testing identified a novel homozygous NPR2 mutation. GH provocation testing showed relatively high GH levels. Serum insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) was ∼2 SD below age/sex-specific mean. High-dose GH (0.075 mg/kg/day) was started. Pre-GH height velocities were 3.7 (Pt-A) and 4.5 (Pt-B) cm/year. GH dose was adjusted to sustain serum IGF-1 towards +3 SDS for age/sex. Annualized height velocities for first 3 years on GH were 7.0, 5.4, and 4.7 cm/year for patient A and 9.4, 8.0, and 5.9 cm/year for patient B. Height gain during puberty was 10.6 (Pt-A) and 5.9 (Pt-B) cm. Final heights after 8.5 years of GH treatment were 130.5 cm (-6.57 SDS, Pt-A) and 134 cm (-4.58 SDS, Pt-B). CONCLUSIONS To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of final height in patients with AMDM after long-term GH treatment. Our results confirm the finding of relative GH resistance in AMDM, which when overcome with high-dose GH treatment resulted in improved height SDS during childhood and adolescence and associated quality of life. The final height of our patients was significantly higher than average reported final height (120 cm) of AMDM patients.
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- Ved Bhushan Arya
- Department of Child Health, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom,
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- Department of Paediatrics, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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- Viapath Laboratories, Guy's Hospital, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Child Health, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Guy's Hospital, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Child Health, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.,Faculty of Life Science and Medicine, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Child Health, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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Clinical Features and Management of Cartilage-Hair Hypoplasia: A Narrative Review. JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS REVIEW 2015. [DOI: 10.5812/jpr.194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Obara-Moszynska M, Wielanowska W, Rojek A, Wolnik-Brzozowska D, Niedziela M. Treatment of cartilage-hair hypoplasia with recombinant human growth hormone. Pediatr Int 2013; 55:e162-4. [PMID: 24330304 DOI: 10.1111/ped.12215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2013] [Revised: 06/24/2013] [Accepted: 08/08/2013] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Cartilage-hair hypoplasia (CHH) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by short stature, hypoplastic hair and humoral immunity disorders. It is a mutation in the RMRP gene, located on chromosome 9p13.3, that leads to CHH. There is no special treatment for short stature in CHH. The efficacy and safety of recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) therapy in CHH is still under discussion. The present study describes the case of a girl with CHH who was treated with rhGH. The rhGH treatment had a significant effect on the height gain: the height SD score was changed from -4. to -2.98 after 4 years 7 months of treatment. rhGH therapy should be considered as a treatment modality for CHH, and insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-1 and IGF-binding protein 3 concentrations should be closely monitored, particularly because of the increased cancer risk that is a characteristic feature of CHH.
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- Monika Obara-Moszynska
- Department of Pediatric Endocrinology and Rheumatology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
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Mattijssen S, Welting TJM, Pruijn GJM. RNase MRP and disease. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-RNA 2010; 1:102-16. [DOI: 10.1002/wrna.9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- Sandy Mattijssen
- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, Nijmegen Center for Molecular Life Sciences, Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Center Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, Nijmegen Center for Molecular Life Sciences, Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Polgreen LE, Miller BS. Growth patterns and the use of growth hormone in the mucopolysaccharidoses. J Pediatr Rehabil Med 2010; 3:25-38. [PMID: 20563263 PMCID: PMC2886985 DOI: 10.3233/prm-2010-0106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Short stature is characteristic of patients with mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) diseases. For children with skeletal dysplasias, such as MPS, it is important to know the natural history of growth. An understanding of the natural growth pattern in each MPS disease provides a measurement to which treatments can be compared, as well as data which can help families and providers make individualized decisions about growth promoting treatments. Multiple advancements have been made in the treatment of MPS with both hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) and enzyme replacement therapy (ERT). The long term benefit of these treatments on growth is unknown. This article will review the published data on growth in children with MPS, and describe preliminary data on the use of human growth hormone (hGH) in children with MPS.
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- L E Polgreen
- University of Minnesota, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Endocrinology, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Hirose Y, Nakashima E, Ohashi H, Mochizuki H, Bando Y, Ogata T, Adachi M, Toba E, Nishimura G, Ikegawa S. Identification of novel RMRP mutations and specific founder haplotypes in Japanese patients with cartilage-hair hypoplasia. J Hum Genet 2006; 51:706-710. [PMID: 16832578 DOI: 10.1007/s10038-006-0015-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2006] [Accepted: 05/10/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Cartilage-hair hypoplasia (CHH), or metaphyseal dysplasia, McKusick type, is an autosomal recessive disease with diverse clinical manifestations. CHH is caused by mutations in RMRP (ribonuclease mitochondrial RNA processing), the gene encoding the RNA component of the ribonucleoprotein complex RNase MRP. A common founder mutation, 70A>G has been reported in the Finnish and Amish populations. We screened 11 Japanese patients with CHH for RMRP mutations and identified mutations in five probands, including three novel mutations (16-bp dup at +1, 168G>A, and 217C>T). All patients were compound heterozygotes for an insertion or duplication in the promoter or 5'-transcribed regions and a point mutation in the transcribed region. Two recurrent mutations were unique to the Japanese population: a 17-bp duplication at +3 and 218A>G. Haplotype analysis revealed that the two mutations common in Japanese individuals were contained within distinct haplotypes. Through this analysis, we have identified a unique mutation spectrum and founder mutations in the Japanese population.
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- Yuichiro Hirose
- Laboratory for Bone and Joint Diseases, SNP Research Center, RIKEN, 4-6-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8639, Japan
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- Laboratory for Bone and Joint Diseases, SNP Research Center, RIKEN, 4-6-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8639, Japan
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- Division of Medical Genetics, Saitama Children's Medical Center, Iwatsuki, Japan
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- Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Saitama Children's Medical Center, Iwatsuki, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kanagawa Children's Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Tokyo Metropolitan Hachioji Children's Hospital, Hachioji, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Kiyose Children's Hospital, Kiyose, Japan
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- Laboratory for Bone and Joint Diseases, SNP Research Center, RIKEN, 4-6-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 108-8639, Japan.
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