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Spectrum of mutations in Chinese children with steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome

Authors :
Huijie Xiao
Jun Sun
Fangrui Ding
Yong Yao
Zihua Yu
Friedhelm Hildebrandt
Hongwen Zhang
Xiuxiu Wei
Jie Ding
Zhuwen Yi
Jianhua Mao
Yanqin Zhang
Svjetlana Lovric
Fang Wang
Li Yu
Weizhen Tan
Source :
Pediatric Nephrology. 32:1181-1192
Publication Year :
2017
Publisher :
Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2017.

Abstract

The aim of this study was to elucidate whether genetic screening test results of pediatric patients with steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome (SRNS) vary with ethnicity.Using high-throughput DNA sequencing, 28 nephrotic syndrome-related genes were analyzed in 110 chil-dren affected by SRNS and 10 children with isolated proteinuria enrolled by 5 centers in China (67 boys, 53 girls). Their age at disease onset ranged from 1 day to 208 months (median, 48.8 months). Patients were excluded if their age at onset of disease was over 18 years or if they were diagnosed as having Alport syndrome.A genetic etiology was identified in 28.3% of our cohort and the likelihood of establishing a genetic diagnosis decreased as the age at onset of nephrotic syndrome increased. The most common mutated genes were ADCK4 (6.67%), NPHS1 (5.83%), WT1 (5.83%), and NPHS2 (3.33%), and the difference in the frequencies of ADCK4 and NPHS2 mutations between this study and a study on monogenic causes of SRNS in the largest international cohort of 1,783 different families was significant. A case of congenital nephrotic syndrome was attributed to a homozygous missense mutation in ADCK4, and a de novo missense mutation in TRPC6 was detected in a case of infantile nephrotic syndrome.Our results showed that, in the first and the largest multicenter cohort of Chinese pediatric SRNS reported to date, ADCK4 is the most common causative gene, whereas there is a low prevalence of NPHS2 mutations. Our data indicated that the genetic testing results for pediatric SRNS patients vary with different ethnicities, and this information will help to improve management of the disease in clinical practice.

Details

ISSN :
1432198X and 0931041X
Volume :
32
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Pediatric Nephrology
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....fdff53ceae449301f5554a2f4862d235