A novel PDGFRB sequence variant in a family with a mild form of primary familial brain calcification: a case report and a review of the literature
Abstract Background Primary familial brain calcification is a rare autosomal dominant or recessive neurodegenerative disease, characterized by bilateral brain calcifications in different areas of the brain. It is a clinically heterogeneous disease and patients are reported to exhibit a wide spectrum...
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| description | Abstract Background Primary familial brain calcification is a rare autosomal dominant or recessive neurodegenerative disease, characterized by bilateral brain calcifications in different areas of the brain. It is a clinically heterogeneous disease and patients are reported to exhibit a wide spectrum of neurological and psychiatric symptoms. Mutations in five genes have been identified so far including SLC20A2, PDGFRB, PDGFB, XPR1, and MYORG. PDGFRB encodes the platelet-derived growth factor receptor-beta, and is expressed in neurons, vascular smooth muscle cells and pericytes. Patients with a PDGFRB mutation seem to exhibit a milder phenotype and milder brain calcification on brain imaging than patients with SLC20A2 and PDGFB mutations. However, this is based on a few observations so far. Case presentation We present a Danish family with bilateral brain calcifications and mild clinical symptoms of primary familial brain calcification, segregating with a novel PDGFRB sequence variant: c.1834G > A; p.(Gly612Arg), detected by whole exome sequencing. The variant results in physiochemical changes at the amino acid level, and affects a highly conserved nucleotide as well as amino acid. It is located in the tyrosine kinase domain of PDGFRβ. Segregation analysis and in silico analyses predicted the missense variant to be disease causing. Conclusion Our study confirms that PDGFRB mutation carriers in general have a mild clinical phenotype, and basal ganglia calcifications can be detected by a CT scan, also in asymptomatic mutation carriers. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-46df9d13d0684d27a0076fd7287e3a5a2022-12-22T02:02:13ZengBMCBMC Neurology1471-23772019-04-011911610.1186/s12883-019-1292-8A novel PDGFRB sequence variant in a family with a mild form of primary familial brain calcification: a case report and a review of the literatureStine Westergaard Mathorne0Kristina Sørensen1Christina Fagerberg2Matthias Bode3Jens Michael Hertz4Department of Clinical Genetics, Odense University HospitalDepartment of Clinical Genetics, Odense University HospitalDepartment of Clinical Genetics, Odense University HospitalDepartment of Neurology, Odense University HospitalDepartment of Clinical Genetics, Odense University HospitalAbstract Background Primary familial brain calcification is a rare autosomal dominant or recessive neurodegenerative disease, characterized by bilateral brain calcifications in different areas of the brain. It is a clinically heterogeneous disease and patients are reported to exhibit a wide spectrum of neurological and psychiatric symptoms. Mutations in five genes have been identified so far including SLC20A2, PDGFRB, PDGFB, XPR1, and MYORG. PDGFRB encodes the platelet-derived growth factor receptor-beta, and is expressed in neurons, vascular smooth muscle cells and pericytes. Patients with a PDGFRB mutation seem to exhibit a milder phenotype and milder brain calcification on brain imaging than patients with SLC20A2 and PDGFB mutations. However, this is based on a few observations so far. Case presentation We present a Danish family with bilateral brain calcifications and mild clinical symptoms of primary familial brain calcification, segregating with a novel PDGFRB sequence variant: c.1834G > A; p.(Gly612Arg), detected by whole exome sequencing. The variant results in physiochemical changes at the amino acid level, and affects a highly conserved nucleotide as well as amino acid. It is located in the tyrosine kinase domain of PDGFRβ. Segregation analysis and in silico analyses predicted the missense variant to be disease causing. Conclusion Our study confirms that PDGFRB mutation carriers in general have a mild clinical phenotype, and basal ganglia calcifications can be detected by a CT scan, also in asymptomatic mutation carriers.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12883-019-1292-8PDGFRBFahr syndromePrimary familial brain calcification |
| spellingShingle | Stine Westergaard Mathorne Kristina Sørensen Christina Fagerberg Matthias Bode Jens Michael Hertz A novel PDGFRB sequence variant in a family with a mild form of primary familial brain calcification: a case report and a review of the literature BMC Neurology PDGFRB Fahr syndrome Primary familial brain calcification |
| title | A novel PDGFRB sequence variant in a family with a mild form of primary familial brain calcification: a case report and a review of the literature |
| title_full | A novel PDGFRB sequence variant in a family with a mild form of primary familial brain calcification: a case report and a review of the literature |
| title_fullStr | A novel PDGFRB sequence variant in a family with a mild form of primary familial brain calcification: a case report and a review of the literature |
| title_full_unstemmed | A novel PDGFRB sequence variant in a family with a mild form of primary familial brain calcification: a case report and a review of the literature |
| title_short | A novel PDGFRB sequence variant in a family with a mild form of primary familial brain calcification: a case report and a review of the literature |
| title_sort | novel pdgfrb sequence variant in a family with a mild form of primary familial brain calcification a case report and a review of the literature |
| topic | PDGFRB Fahr syndrome Primary familial brain calcification |
| url | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12883-019-1292-8 |
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