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Mutations in EXPH 5 result in autosomal recessive inherited skin fragility
Author(s) -
Liu L.,
Mellerio J.E.,
Martinez A.E.,
McMillan J.R.,
Aristodemou S.,
Parsons M.,
McGrath J.A.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
british journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.304
H-Index - 179
eISSN - 1365-2133
pISSN - 0007-0963
DOI - 10.1111/bjd.12723
Subject(s) - medicine , library science , art history , history , computer science
Summary Several different genes have been implicated in the pathophysiology of inherited blistering skin diseases. Recently, autosomal recessive loss‐of‐function mutations in EXPH 5 (encoding exophilin‐5, also known as Slac2‐b, a protein involved in intracellular vesicle transport) were identified in a new mechanobullous disease resembling a form of epidermolysis bullosa simplex ( EBS ). Here, we searched for mutations in EXPH 5 in a 4‐year‐old white boy with EBS in whom initial Sanger sequencing of known genes implicated in intraepidermal skin fragility failed to identify pathogenic mutations. Transmission electron microscopy of rubbed nonlesional patient skin revealed disruption of keratinocytes in the lower epidermis with cytolysis and acantholysis, keratin filament clumping and prominent perinuclear cytoplasmic vesicles, and provided the clue to the candidate gene pathology. Sanger sequencing of genomic DNA showed compound heterozygosity for two new mutations in EXPH 5 , c.1947dupC (p.Pro649fsPro*11) and c.2249C>A (p.Ser750*). Immunofluorescence microscopy of patient skin showed a complete absence of exophilin‐5 labelling. This case represents the third pedigree with EXPH 5 mutations resulting in inherited skin fragility. The clinical and molecular data expand genotype–phenotype correlation in this new form of EBS and demonstrate the important role of exophilin‐5 in keratinocyte cell biology.

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