Introduction: Inherited lipodystrophies are a group of rare diseases defined by severe reduction in adipose tissue mass and classified as generalized or partial. We report a non-familial (sporadic) case of partial lipodystrophy caused by a novel genetic mechanism involving closely linked pathogenic variants in the gene.
Methods: A female adult with partial lipodystrophy and her parents were evaluated for gene variants across the exome under different mendelian inheritance models (autosomal dominant, recessive, compound heterozygous, and X-linked) to find pathogenic variants. Body composition was assessed via dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA).
Results: The patient showed absence of adipose tissue in the limbs; preservation of adiposity in the face, neck, and trunk; muscular hypertrophy, hypertriglyceridemia and insulin resistance. DXA revealed a fat mass of 15.4%, with android-to-gynoid ratio, trunk/limb, and trunk/leg ratios exceeding the published upper limits of 90% reference intervals. Two heterozygous missense pathogenic variants within the gene were found in the proband: p.Y481H and p.K486N (NP_733821.1). These variants have functional effects and were reported in inherited Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy 2 (p.Y481H) and familial partial lipodystrophy type 2 (p.K486N). Molecular modeling analyses provided additional insights into the protein instability conferred by these variants in the lamin A/C Ig-like domain.
Conclusion: In a case of sporadic partial lipodystrophy, we describe two concurrent pathogenic variants within the same gene () as a novel pathogenic mechanism. This finding expands the genetic and phenotypic spectrum of partial lipodystrophy and laminopathy syndromes.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2024.1468878 | DOI Listing |
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