A screen of a large Czech cohort of oligodontia patients implicates a novel mutation in the PAX9 gene

0443239 - ÚŽFG 2016 RIV DK eng J - Journal Article
Šerý, Omar - Bonczek, Ondřej - Hloušková, A. - Černochová, P. - Vaněk, J. - Míšek, Ivan - Krejčí, J. - Izakovičová Hollá, L.
A screen of a large Czech cohort of oligodontia patients implicates a novel mutation in the PAX9 gene.
European Journal of Oral Sciences. Roč. 123, č. 2 (2015), s. 65-71. ISSN 0909-8836. E-ISSN 1600-0722
R&D Projects: GA ČR GB14-37368G; GA MZd(CZ) NT11420
Institutional support: RVO:67985904
Keywords : monozygotic twins * mutation screening * oligodontia
Subject RIV: FF - HEENT, Dentistry
Impact factor: 1.607, year: 2015

Tooth agenesis is one of the most common developmental anomalies in humans. To date, many mutations involving paired box 9 (PAX9), msh homeobox 1 (MSX1), and axin 2 (AXIN2) genes have been identified. The aim of the present study was to perform screening for mutations and/or polymorphisms using the capillary sequencing method in the critical regions of PAX9 and MSX1 genes in a group of 270 individuals with tooth agenesis and in 30 healthy subjects of Czech origin. This screening revealed a previously unknown heterozygous g.9527G>T mutation in the PAX9 gene in monozygotic twins with oligodontia and three additional affected family members. The same variant was not found in healthy relatives. This mutation is located in intron 2, in the region recognized as the splice site between exon 2 and intron 2. We hypothesize that the error in pre-mRNA splicing may lead to lower expression of PAX9 protein and could have contributed to the development of tooth agenesis in the affected subjects.
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