Journal article
Authors list: Logeswaran, Thushiha; Friedburg, Christoph; Hofmann, Karoline; Akintuerk, Hakan; Biskup, Saskia; Graef, Michael; Rad, Ali; Weber, Axel; Neubauer, Bernd A.; Schranz, Dietmar; Bouvagnet, Patrice; Lorenz, Birgit; Hahn, Andreas
Publication year: 2017
Pages: 959-965
Journal: The American Journal of Medical Genetics - Part A
Volume number: 173
Issue number: 4
ISSN: 1552-4825
eISSN: 1552-4833
DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1002/ajmg.a.38102
Publisher: Wiley
Abstract:
De novo heterozygous mutations changing R179 to histidine, leucine, or cysteine in the ACTA2 gene are associated with Multisystemic Smooth Muscle Dysfunction Syndrome (MSMDS). Characteristic hallmarks of this condition, caused only by these specific ACTA2 mutations, are congenital mydriasis (mid-dilated, non-reactive pupils), a large persistent ductus arteriosus (PDA), aortic aneurysms evolving during childhood, and cerebrovascular anomalies. We describe two patients, a 3-day-old newborn and a 26-year-old woman, with this unique mutation in association with a huge PDA and an aorto-pulmonary window. In addition, one showed a coarctation of the aortic arch and the other a complete interruption of the aortic arch type A; thereby expanding the spectrum of cardiac congenital heart defect of this syndrome. Each patient displayed a huge PDA and an extra-cardiovascular phenotype consistent with MSMDS. These observations exemplify that a functional alpha 2 smooth muscle actin is necessary for proper cardiovascular organ development, and demonstrate that a very exceptional congenital heart defect (aortopulmonary window) can be caused by a mutation in a gene encoding a contractile protein of vascular smooth muscle cells. (C) 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Citation Styles
Harvard Citation style: Logeswaran, T., Friedburg, C., Hofmann, K., Akintuerk, H., Biskup, S., Graef, M., et al. (2017) Two Patients with the Heterozygous R189H Mutation in ACTA2 and Complex Congenital Heart Defects Expands the Cardiac Phenotype of Multisystemic Smooth Muscle Dysfunction Syndrome, The American Journal of Medical Genetics - Part A, 173(4), pp. 959-965. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajmg.a.38102
APA Citation style: Logeswaran, T., Friedburg, C., Hofmann, K., Akintuerk, H., Biskup, S., Graef, M., Rad, A., Weber, A., Neubauer, B., Schranz, D., Bouvagnet, P., Lorenz, B., & Hahn, A. (2017). Two Patients with the Heterozygous R189H Mutation in ACTA2 and Complex Congenital Heart Defects Expands the Cardiac Phenotype of Multisystemic Smooth Muscle Dysfunction Syndrome. The American Journal of Medical Genetics - Part A. 173(4), 959-965. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajmg.a.38102
Keywords
ACTA2; aortic arch coarctation; AORTOPULMONARY SEPTAL-DEFECT; aortopulmonary window; congenital mydriasis; DISSECTIONS; interrupted aortic arch; pupil dysfunction; R179H; syndrome of generalized smooth muscle dysfunction; THORACIC AORTIC-ANEURYSMS