Novel mutations in EPO-R and oxygen-dependent degradation (ODD) domain of EPAS1 genes-a causative reason for Congenital Erythrocytosis.

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      Publisher: Elsevier Country of Publication: Netherlands NLM ID: 101247089 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1878-0849 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 17697212 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Eur J Med Genet Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Original Publication: Amsterdam : Elsevier, c2005-
    • Subject Terms:
      Polycythemia*/congenital ; Polycythemia*/genetics ; Polycythemia*/metabolism ; Receptors, Erythropoietin*/genetics; Humans ; Mutation ; Oxygen/metabolism
    • Abstract:
      Congenital Erythrocytosis (CE) can be primary or secondary due to the mutations in genes involved in the erythropoietin receptor and oxygen sensing pathway. In this study, 42 patients with 38 unrelated patients and one family (4 patients) who were JAK-2 mutation (both exon 12 and exon 14) negative with high haematocrit values were investigated. The Endogenous Erythroid colony (EEC) assay was performed in all patients, interestingly EEC colonies were high in EPAS1 and EPOR mutated patients compared to non-mutated patients. The sequence analysis of EPAS1 (exon 12), EPO-R (exon-8), VHL (exon-3), and EGLN1 (exon-1) genes in all these patients showed 19% of patients (8/42) had mutations, in exon12 of EPAS1 and exon 8 of EPO-R genes. Two novel missense mutations MW_600850:c.1183G>C, MW_600851:c.1028A>C in EPO-R gene were observed in the study group. One new MW_600849:c.1969C>T nonsense mutation and five MW_619914:c.1715A>G, MW_619915:c.1694G>T, MW_619916:c.1634T>C, MW_600852:c.1771C>G, MW_600848:c.1859G>A novel missense mutations were observed in the EPAS1 gene. Among them, 4 mutations p. (Gln572Arg), p. (Ser565Ile), p. (Ile545Thr), p. (Gln591Glu) in the ODD (Oxygen-dependent degradation) domain of HIF2α, all these variations contributed to the formation of non-functional HIF2α. No mutations were observed in VHL and EGLN1 genes. Using in silico analysis we observed that these mutations contributed to major conformational changes in the HIF2α protein making it non-functional. The mutations in the EPAS1 gene were heterozygous and show autosomal dominant inheritance patterns and we observed in one family. These novel mutations in the EPAS1 (75% (6/8)) and 25% (2/8) EPO-R genes correlating with EEC positivity were observed for the first time in India in CE patients.
      (Copyright © 2022. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS.)
    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: Congenital erythrocytosis; EEC; EPAS1; EPO-R; HIF2α; ODD
    • Accession Number:
      0 (Receptors, Erythropoietin)
      S88TT14065 (Oxygen)
    • Subject Terms:
      Polycythemia, primary familial and congenital
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20220408 Date Completed: 20220524 Latest Revision: 20220531
    • Publication Date:
      20250114
    • Accession Number:
      10.1016/j.ejmg.2022.104493
    • Accession Number:
      35395428