Ectrodactyly-ectodermal dysplasia-clefting syndrome associated with p63 mutation and an uncommon phenotype

Cleft Palate Craniofac J. 2010 Sep;47(5):544-7. doi: 10.1597/09-063.

Abstract

Ectrodactyly-ectodermal dysplasia-clefting syndrome is an uncommon disorder that includes a clinical spectrum of limb, facial, ocular, internal ear, and urogenital malformations. The disease is caused by heterozygous mutations in the 3q27-29 located p63 gene. In this paper we describe a 17-year-old girl affected by ectrodactyly-ectodermal dysplasia-clefting syndrome with a de novo p63 mutation that predicts a heterozygous missense substitution (arginine to tryptophan substitution caused by a cytosine to thymine transition) at the amino acid 304 (R304W) of the p63 DNA-binding domain. Scattered freckles on face, legs, and abdominal region, an uncommon feature associated with this syndrome, were recognized in our patient. The clinical features and genotype-phenotype correlation with previous p63 mutations related to the syndrome are discussed and compared with those observed in our patient. This case expands the phenotypic spectrum of ectrodactyly-ectodermal dysplasia-clefting syndrome.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Arginine / genetics
  • Cleft Lip / genetics*
  • Cleft Palate / genetics*
  • Codon / genetics
  • Cytosine
  • Ectodermal Dysplasia / genetics*
  • Exons / genetics
  • Female
  • Foot Deformities, Congenital / genetics
  • Genotype
  • Hand Deformities, Congenital / genetics
  • Heterozygote
  • Humans
  • Melanosis / pathology
  • Mutation, Missense / genetics*
  • Phenotype
  • Sequence Analysis, Protein
  • Thymine
  • Transcription Factors / genetics*
  • Tryptophan / genetics
  • Tumor Suppressor Proteins / genetics*

Substances

  • Codon
  • TP63 protein, human
  • Transcription Factors
  • Tumor Suppressor Proteins
  • Tryptophan
  • Cytosine
  • Arginine
  • Thymine

Supplementary concepts

  • Ectrodactyly-cleft lip-palate syndrome