Combined Alport syndrome and Klinefelter syndrome.

To date, there have been a very limited number of case reports on combined Alport syndrome (AS) and Klinefelter syndrome (KS). We herein describe the case of a 9-month-old boy diagnosed with concomitant AS and KS. KS was detected on chromosomal analysis of the amniotic fluid, and hematuria/proteinuria was identified in urinary screening at 6 months of age.

X-linked Alport syndrome caused by splicing mutations in COL4A5.

Background And Objectives: X-linked Alport syndrome is caused by mutations in the COL4A5 gene. Although many COL4A5 mutations have been detected, the mutation detection rate has been unsatisfactory. Some men with X-linked Alport syndrome show a relatively mild phenotype, but molecular basis investigations have rarely been conducted to clarify the underlying mechanism.

A patient with autosomal recessive Alport syndrome due to segmental maternal isodisomy.

We report the case of a 22-year-old male with autosomal recessive Alport syndrome. Molecular analysis showed that this patient has a homozygous missense (NM_000091.4:c.

Milder clinical aspects of X-linked Alport syndrome in men positive for the collagen IV α5 chain.

X-linked Alport syndrome is caused by mutations in the COL4A5 gene encoding the type IV collagen α5 chain (α5(IV)). Complete absence of α5(IV) in the renal basal membrane is considered a pathological characteristic in male patients; however, positive α5(IV) staining has been found in over 20% of patients. We retrospectively studied 52 genetically diagnosed male X-linked Alport syndrome patients to evaluate differences in clinical characteristics and renal outcomes between 15 α5(IV)-positive and 37 α5(IV)-negative patients.

SLC26A3 gene analysis in patients with Bartter and Gitelman syndromes and the clinical characteristics of patients with unidentified mutations.

We analyzed the SLC26A3 gene in patients with a clinical diagnosis of Bartter and Gitelman syndromes in whom genetic diagnoses could not be determined. We also examined the genetic and clinical characteristics of patients for whom genetic proof could not be obtained. The present study included 10 patients.

Renal transplantations from parents to siblings with autosomal recessive Alport syndrome caused by a rearrangement in an intronic antisense Alu element in the COL4A3 gene led to different outcomes.

Two siblings with autosomal recessive Alport syndrome (ARAS) obtained renal transplants from their consanguineous parents. Their COL4A3 mRNA transcripts were disrupted by a 139 bp intronic sequence between exon 48 and 49, which was derived from an antisense Alu element in this intron. The new amino acid sequence from the cryptic exon was terminated by a stop codon at the 1511th codon, resulting in the loss of 76 % α3(IV)NC1.