%0 Case Reports %T Prenatal diagnosis of dent disease type I with a nonsense pathogenic variant in CLCN5: a case study. %A Zhu R %A Zhu M %A Wang B %A Chen E %A Cai D %A Yang Y %A Liang Y %A Su C %A Wang D %A Sun X %A Huang L %A Xie Y %J BMC Med Genomics %V 17 %N 1 %D 2024 Jan 24 %M 38267993 %F 3.622 %R 10.1186/s12920-024-01809-7 %X BACKGROUND: Dent disease type I is a rare X-linked recessive renal tubular disease resulting from pathogenic variants in the CLCN5 gene. Due to the rarity of Dent disease type I and the diversity of its phenotypes, its clinical diagnosis is complex and poses a challenge to clinicians.
METHODS: A foetus and a child from a 36-year-old pregnant woman with a birth history of abnormal children were enrolled in this study. Pregnant women undergo amniocentesis for prenatal diagnosis at the gestational age of 12+ 3 weeks. Chromosomal microarray (CMA) analysis and whole-exome sequencing (WES) were employed to investigate the chromosomal copy number and single gene variants. Literature retrieval and data analysis were performed for genotype and phenotype collection analysis.
RESULTS: No chromosomal abnormalities or CNVs were detected in the entire family through karyotype and familial CMA analyses. WES identified a nonsense pathogenic variant in CLCN5 of the X chromosome, c.1942 C > T (exon 11, NM_000084), which was inherited from his mother, who exhibited regular clinical features.
CONCLUSIONS: This study suggests that children with low-molecular-weight proteinuria and hypercalciuria should undergo prompt genetic testing to exclude Dent disease.