Abstract
Osteopetrosis is a genetic condition of the skeleton characterized by increased bone density caused by osteoclast formation and function defects. Osteopetrosis is inherited in the form of autosomal dominant and autosomal recessive manner. We report autosomal recessive osteopetrosis (ARO; OMIM 611490) in a Chinese case with a history of scarce leukocytosis, vision and hearing loss, frequent seizures, and severe intellectual and motor disability. Whole-exome sequencing (WES) followed by Sanger sequencing revealed novel compound heterozygous mutations in the chloride channel 7 (CLCN7) gene [c.982-1G > C and c.1208G > A (p. Arg403Gln)] in the affected individual, and subsequent familial segregation showed that each parent had transmitted a mutation. Our results confirmed that mutations in the CLCN7 gene caused ARO in a Chinese family. Additionally, our study expanded the clinical and allelic spectrum of the CLCN7 gene and enhanced the applications of WES technology in determining the etiology of prenatal diagnoses in fetuses with ultrasound anomalies.
Introduction
Osteopetrosis is a genetically heterogeneous disorder characterized by abnormal bone metabolism. The pathogenesis of osteopetrosis stems from the dysfunction of differentiation and/or absorption of osteoclasts, which results in skeletal dysplasia, such as increased bone density and medullary cavity stenosis (1). Three clinical types can be identified based on severity, age of onset, and inheritance: a dominant benign type, autosomal dominant osteopetrosis (ADO, OMIM 166600); intermediate autosomal osteopetrosis (IAO, OMIM 259710); and a severe recessive type, autosomal recessive osteopetrosis (ARO, OMIM 611490). ARO, also known as infantile malignant osteopetrosis, is the most fatal type of osteopetrosis, with an incidence of 1/250,000 live births. ARO patients usually present by 2 years of age and die before 10 years of age (1–3). Patients diagnosed with ARO are more susceptible to hematological impairment with anemia, thrombocytopenia, and secondary neurological deficits. However, leucocyte counts in ARO patients were not frequently reported (4).
At least 10 genes have been reported to be associated with osteopetrosis. Mutations in T-cell immune regulator 1 (TCIRG1) and chloride channel 7 (CLCN7) are the two most common causes of ARO. TCIRG1 is located on chromosome 11q13 and spans ∼12.5 kb. The transcript variants of this gene containing 15 exons represent the a3 subunit of the vacuolar proton pump, which is preferentially expressed in osteoclasts and plays an important role in bone resorption. TCIRG1 mutations are reportedly responsible for over 50% of ARO cases. The CLCN7 gene on human chromosome 16p13.3 contains 25 exons and encodes the 803 amino acid chloride channel protein 7 (CLC-7). CLCN7 is a member of the voltage-gated chloride channel protein family that mediates the exchange of chloride ions against protons, maintaining the acidic environment for bone resorption (5). CLCN7 plays a synergistic role when hydrogen ions are transported outside of the cell by TCIRG1 (6). Mutations in CLCN7 have been documented in approximately 20% of individuals and are related to a broad spectrum of osteopetrosis with phenotypes ranging from mild to life-threatening levels of severity (1, 3, 7).
The initial clinical presentation of this rare genetic syndrome is heterogeneous. Formal clinical diagnostic criteria for ARO have not been established. High awareness of initial ARO symptoms is critical for early diagnosis. Approximately 100 variants in CLCN7 are known (http://www.hgmd.cf.ac.uk/). ARO related to CLCN7 mutation has been identified in approximately two dozen families (3, 8–19). Affected individuals admitted for visual impairment, anemia, failure to thrive, or convulsion in the infantile period are frequently reported (1, 3). These symptoms and radiological changes involving extensive bone calcification should raise clinical suspicion of ARO. Genetic testing approaches promote molecular diagnoses. Data regarding Chinese patients with CLCN7-related ARO are limited to four cases from Taiwan (12), Guangzhou (10), and Shanghai (17). These patients had a relatively stable disease course and were still alive at the time they were reported.
Here, we report the natural course of a patient with CLCN7-related ARO involving scarcely leukocytosis at birth, rapidly progressing to neurological deterioration with a very poor prognosis. We also review the clinical and genetic findings in CLCN7-related ARO reported thus far.
Methods
Subjects and ethical approval
A neonate who presented with severe leukocytosis and thrombocytopenia at 3 days of age was referred to Xinhua Hospital affiliated with Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine. The patient was evaluated with whole-exome sequencing (WES) for etiological evidence.
The studies involving human participants were reviewed and approved by the Institutional Review Board of Xinhua Hospital. Written informed consent was obtained from the legal guardian for the publication of any potentially identifiable images or data included in this article.
Whole-exome sequencing and Sanger sequencing
Genomic DNA was extracted from peripheral blood. Library preparation was performed with an xGen Exome research panel v1.0 (IDT, United States), and sequencing was conducted on a HiSeq 4000 (Illumina, United States). Raw reads were aligned to the reference genome GRCh37/hg19 by BWA-MEM (v0.7.12). Variant calling was performed following the GATK best practice workflow (v3.3) (20, 21). Variant annotation and filtration were performed by SnpEff (v4.2) and SnpSift (v4.2) based on gnomAD (v2.1), OMIM (https://omim.org/), HGMD (https://www.hgmd.cf.ac.uk/ac/), ClinVar (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/clinvar), and an in-house database. Interpretation of variants was conducted in accordance with American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) guidelines (22).
The variant screening process was based on disease-related information and variant pathogenicity evaluation (allele frequency in population, in silico tools, ACMG guidelines) (23, 24). Genetic disorders that frequently manifest phenotypes similar to our case include juvenile-myelomonocytic-leukemia (JMML) (5, 17, 25) and leukocyte adhesion deficiency (LAD) (1, 26, 27). JMML-related genes include PTPN11, NRAS, KRAS, NF1, and CBL. LAD-related genes include IKBKG, ITBG, KINDLIN3, and FERMT3. All rare variants in these genes were extracted and filtered.
Sanger sequencing was performed to validate the heterozygous variants identified through WES. PCR amplification was carried out using an ABI 9700 Thermal Cycler and sequenced on an ABI PRISM 3730 sequencer (Applied Biosystems, United States) using the primers listed in Supplementary Table S1.
In silico analysis
REVEL is a tool for predicting the effect of reported missense variants on the function of mutant human proteins (28). The chromosome localization, protein sequences, and phylogenetic tree of the missense variant (c.1208 G > A) in the CLCN7 gene were analyzed by ClustalX_1.81 (http://www.clustal.org/) and Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis (https://www.megasoftware.net/). Mutant sequences (c.982-1G > C) and wild-type sequences were analyzed by in silico tools (29), CADD (Combined Annotation Dependent Depletion; cadd.gs.washington.edu) splice, MaxEntScan, Spliceogen (https://github.com/VCCRI/Spliceogen), NNSPLICE (Splice Site Prediction by Neural Network), and Splice AI (https://github.com/Illumina/SpliceAI).
Results
Clinical presentation
A 3-day-old female neonate was referred to our hospital with rare leukocytosis (56.12 × 109/L) and transient thrombocytopenia (85 × 109/L) on the day she was born. Physical examination showed no external birth defects other than mild hypotonia with slow suckling. Clinical biochemical analysis was also performed. The patient's hematological profile was as follows: white blood cell (WBC) count, 43.71 × 109/L; neutrophil/lymphocyte (N/L) ratio, 66%/16.9%; monocyte ratio, 14.70%; hemoglobin (Hb), 162 mg/dL; platelets, 98 × 109/L. C-reactive protein and procalcitonin were in the normal range. No pathogenic microorganisms were identified by bacterial culture or metagenomic sequencing. Serology for toxoplasma, rubella, cytomegalovirus, and herpes was negative. Peripheral blood smear showed no evidence of immature cells. Bone marrow puncture was considered but not successfully performed. After intravenous administration of meropenem and penicillin for 7 days, leukocytosis and thrombocytopenia did not significantly improve (Figure 1). Brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed slight signal alterations in white matter and the corpus callosum (Figure 2A). Screening tests of hearing and ocular disease were normal.
Figure 1
Figure 2
At 2 months of age, the patient had vision and hearing impairment, with little response to colors, voices, or moving objects. From the age of 4 months, her neurological defects gradually worsened. The patient began to have seizures that manifested as spasticity, sometimes as often as dozens of times per day, and a diagnosis of West syndrome was made. She was treated with various antiepileptic medicines, such as vigabatrin, topiramate, and levetiracetam, but none successfully controlled the seizures. The patient's biochemical indexes were normal, including calcium–phosphorus metabolism biomarkers, immunoglobulin levels, and lymphocyte classification counts (Supplementary Table S2). Brain MRI showed hydrocephalus and cerebral atrophy (Figures 2B,C). The electroencephalogram showed multifocal slow spike-wave and slow-wave patterns (Figure 2E). At 9 months of age, her head circumference was 38.0 cm (<−3 SD), height was 65 cm (<−2 SD), and weight was 7.0 kg (−1 SD to −2 SD). Her vision was completely lost. She could not raise her head, sit, or laugh. Neuropsychological testing showed a development delay using the Bayley III scale.
Through telephone follow-up, we learned that her leucocytes remained at a high level (not lower than 15 × 109/L). When the patient experienced diarrhea or acute upper respiratory infections, her leucocytes were high, up to 20–40 × 109/L (Figure 1). Because of the progressive neurologic impairment, her family was compelled to provide symptomatic treatment without resorting to bone marrow transplantation or hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. The patient died from respiratory arrest at the age of 22 months.
Molecular analysis
Compound heterozygous variants were identified in the CLCN7 gene. According to ACMG guidelines, the variant c.1208G > A (p. Arg403Gln) is rated “likely pathogenic” (PM1 + PM2 + PM3 + PP3 + PP4). The variant c.982-1G > C, located at a splice donor site, is also rated “likely pathogenic” by ACMG standards (PVS1_S + PM2 + PM3 + PP4).
We also reviewed the patient's bone imaging, which showed increased bone density on radiography and “sandwich” vertebrae (Figure 2D); this evidence, together with the early onset of patient clinical manifestations and the mode of inheritance (Figure 2F), was highly compatible with ARO. The variant c.1208G > A was paternally inherited (Figure 2G). This missense mutation is a previously reported osteopetrosis-causing variant located in the transmembrane domain of the protein. The c.1208G > A mutation is located in a highly conserved region among vertebrates, as confirmed by an online sequence database (Figure 2I). The other variant, c.982-1G > C, located in intron 11, was maternally inherited; this variant is novel (Figure 2H).
Splice-altering prediction
As a variant at the canonical splice site, the interpretation of the c.982-1G > C variant following ACMG guideline was “likely pathogenic” (PVS1_S + PM2 + PM3 + PP4). In order to predict the possible splice-altering effect, multiple splice-altering prediction algorithms were used including CADD, MaxEntScan, Spliceogen, NNSPLICE, and SpliceAI.
The guanine is replaced by thymine (c.982-1G > C) at nucleotide number 1 in intron 11 located at the exon–intron boundaries. In silico prediction analysis is shown in Table 1. The CADD index is 32 (CADD index of process normal order is 14.25). MaxENT value is 8.27 (MaxENT index of the normal sequence is 2.35). Spliceogen index was 1.0 (normal sequence index is 0.78). NNSPLICE showed an original acceptor site with a score of 0.79 (cutoff 0.40); no splice site was predicted after the c.982-1G > C alteration. Similarly, SpliceAI suggested splice acceptor loss caused by the variant, with a score of 0.79 (cutoff 0.50). Based on these prediction algorithms, the c.982-1G > C variant, at the splice acceptor site of intron 11, potentially alters mRNA transcription.
Table 1
| In silico tools | NM_001287.5: c.982-1G > C | Splice site altering | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scores | Cutoff | ||
| CADD splice | 32 | >14.25 | Yes |
| MaxEntScan | 8.27 | >2.35 | Yes |
| Spliceogen | 1.0 | 0.78 | Yes |
| NNSPLICE | 0.75 | >0.4 | Yes |
| SpliceAI | 0.79 | >0.1 | Yes |
Splicing prediction of the novel variant c.982-1G > C in CLCN7 gene.
CADD splice, combined annotation-dependent depletion splice; NNSPLICE, splice site prediction by neural network.
Discussion
We reported a case of neonatal CLCN7-related ARO detected at birth, with an onset symptom of severe leukocytosis; later symptoms included vision and hearing loss as well as neurological deficits in the form of frequent seizures and intellectual and motor disability. The diagnosis was confirmed by genetic testing, which showed compound heterozygous variants in the CLCN7 gene.
Anemia and thrombocytopenia are prominent symptoms in ARO patients due to bone marrow failure (Table 2). Recurrent leukocytosis observed in our patient has been scarcely reported. Another case of CLCN7-related ARO reported in Guangzhou, China, showed an increased leukocyte count of 19.2 × 10^9/L at 7 months of age, without longitudinal data, which was similar to our patient's condition. However, studies of immunological deficits in ARO patients have been limited by the availability of osteoclasts. The defective generation of superoxide by neutrophil cells, monocytes, and lymphocytes, which results in an inability to eradicate infection, has been observed in ARO patients (31, 32). Recurrent leukocytosis and osteopetrosis at early age was highly suspected to be due to KINDLIN3 mutation, an important intracellular signaling molecule involved in the combination of osteoclast maturation and leukocyte adhesion deficiency (26, 33). However, genomic sequencing did not identify pathogenic variants. Second, the monocyte percentage in this case was persistently increased (Figure 1). Monocyte macrophages and osteoclasts are derived from the same hematopoietic lineage. The dysfunction of osteoclasts may trigger an increase in the production of monocytes in the feedback cycle, which is modulated by homologous crosstalk signals (7, 34). Furthermore, determining whether leukocytosis is a phenotype in CLCN7-related ARO children and identifying the underlying genotype may require a more specific cohort.
Table 2
| Case (ref.) | Country | Onset age | Onset symptom | Onset blood profile | CNS involvement | Vision loss | Other symptoms | Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WBCs (109/L) | Hb (g/L) | Platelets (109/L) | ||||||||
| 1 (10) | China | 7 months | Epilepsy attacks | 19.2 | 75 | 71 | Epileptic attacks, intellectual disability | Yes | No | Alive |
| 2 (12) | China (Taiwan) | 2 months | Poor feeding habits and frequent, irritable crying | 9.2 | 92 | 131 | Poor feeding, hydrocephalus, developmental delay | No | No | Alive |
| 3 (13) | Germany | 1 year | Complex neurogenic developmental disorder | NA | NA | NA | Epileptic attacks, macrocephaly | No | No | Dead |
| 4 (14) | Thailand | 3 months | Hepatosplenomegaly and anemia | NA | 134 | NA | No | Yes | No | Alive, 25 years old |
| 5 (11) | Turkey | 3 months | Blindness | 5.5 | 109 | 300 | Hypotonicity, intellectual and motor disability | No | Retinal atrophy | Alive |
| 6 (8) | Italy | 16 months | A small left wrist fracture | Normal | Normal | Normal | No | No | No | Alive |
| 7a/7b (15) | Jordan | Birth | Severe anemia | Decreased | Severe anemia | Decreased | No | Yes | Hypocalcemia, chronic diarrhea | Dead at 6 months |
| 8a/8b (30) | Japan | 14 days | Poor suckling and irritability | NA | NA | Decreased | Epileptic attacks, cerebral atrophy | No | Sepsis arrest | Dead at 19 months |
| 9 (9) | Turkey | 10 days | Hypotonicity | 14 | 107 | 49 | Tonic seizure, neurodegenerative disease | Yes | Hypocalcemia; cytomegalovirus infection | Dead at 10 months |
| 10 (3) | NA | 3 months | NA | NA | NA | NA | Cerebral atrophy | Yes | … | Dead at 9 months |
| 11 (3) | NA | 3 months | NA | NA | NA | NA | Cerebral atrophy | Yes | … | Alive |
| 12 (3) | NA | 4 months | NA | NA | NA | NA | Cerebral atrophy | Yes | … | Dead at 1 year |
| 13 (3) | NA | 5 months | NA | NA | NA | NA | Macrocephaly | Yes | … | Dead at 4 years |
| 14 (3) | NA | 12 months | NA | NA | NA | NA | Autism | Yes | … | Alive |
| 15 (3) | NA | 6 months | NA | NA | NA | NA | Macrocephaly, hydrocephalus | No | … | Dead at 1 year |
| 16a/16b (3) | NA | 16 months | NA | NA | NA | NA | No | Yes | Alive | |
| 17 (17) | China | 4 years 7 months | Osteomyelitis, strabismus, mild anemia | 9.43 | 97 | 204 | No | Yes | No | Alive |
| 18 (17) | China | 1 year 10 months | Infectious disease with a cold and a cough | 8.95 | 97 | 194 | Hypotonia, severely delayed of motor development milestones | Yes | No | Alive |
| 19 (18) | Pakistani | 7 days | Episodes | NA | 104 | NA | Dysmorphic facies, brain atrophy | Yes | Preterm | Dead at 12 months |
| 20 (19) | Pakistani | Infantile | Difficulty in chewing food | Slightly low | Slightly low | Slightly low | Delayed growth milestones | Yes | NA | Dead at 3 years |
| 21 (16) | Australian | 5 years | Fragility fracture | Normal | Normal | Normal | No | No | No | Alive |
| Presenta | China | Birth | High leukocyte count | 43.71 | 162 | 98 | West syndrome, intellectual and motor disability, hydrocephalus, atrophy | Yes | No | Dead at 22 months |
Clinical findings from our patient and others with CLCN7-related ARO in the literature.
CLCN7, chloride channel 7; ARO, autosomal recessive osteopetrosis; WBCs, white blood cells; Hb, hemoglobin; CNS, central nervous system; NA, not applicable.
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Another important issue is central nervous system (CNS) impairment. The mechanism of CNS impairments may result from endosome or lysosome dysfunction in the neuron system mediated by the inactive CLCN7 channel (35). The interaction pathways of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor and neuroactive ligand–receptor are reported to be involved (36). We reviewed the literature and identified a total of 21 patients with CLCN7-related ARO (8–17, 30, 37) (Table 2). A total of 15/21 patients had CNS involvement; 6/21 patients died before the age of 5 years. However, the 10/15 patients without CNS involvement were all alive when their cases were reported. The oldest surviving patient was 25 years old (14). Thus, patients with CNS impairments usually had significantly reduced lifespans, and this effect could not be reversed by bone marrow transplantation or hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (1, 3). Thus, CNS involvement in CLCN7-related ARO should be thoroughly assessed initially and carefully monitored, as it is an essential prognostic predictor. The typical clinical neurological presentation of TCIRG1-related ARO patients was also hydrocephalus, myotonia, neuropsychic and psychomotor retardation, compromised vision, and heavy nasal breathing. Overall, the neurological phenotype of TCIRG1-related ARO seems to be more benign than that of the CLCN7-dependent form. However, no significant correlation was found between CNS phenotypic presenting features and specific gene mutations, which may be related to the clinical phenotype variability and variable genetic expressivity in the pathogenic genes (4, 38–40).
Previously, the reported ARO-causing variants in CLCN7 (42 alleles, including 22 missenses, 6 splice sites, 3 nonsense, and 5 frameshift) did not include any hotspot mutations (Table 3, Figure 3). The missense mutation (c.1208G > A) was reported, which was suggestive of a mild case of ARO (13). However, our patient's medical history and short survival time manifested a malignant phenotype. Thus, the correlation between genotype and phenotype remains to be resolved. The pathogenetic process may also involve posttranslational modifications, including epigenetic modification, phosphorylation, and ubiquitylation, which might impair the function of the CLCN7 protein.
Figure 3
Table 3
| Case (ref.) | cDNA nucleotide change | Variant type | Heterozygosity | Amino acid change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (10) | c.896C > T c.285 + 1G > A | Missense Splice site | Compound heterozygous | p.Ala299Val NA |
| 2 (12) | c.857G > A c.1168del | Missense Frameshift | Compound heterozygous | p.Arg286Gln p.Ala390Glnfs*6 |
| 3 (13) | c.875G > A c.1208G > A | Missense Missense | Compound heterozygous | p.Gly292Glu p.Arg403Gln |
| 4 (14) | c.1577G > A | Missense | Homozygous | p.Arg526Gln |
| 5 (11) | c.1792G > A | Missense | Homozygous | p.Arg561Gln |
| 6 (8) | c.981 + 5G > A c.948C > T | Splice site Missense | Compound heterozygous | NA p.Arg280Cys |
| 7a/7b (15) | CLCN7: c.594 + 193oGNPTG: c.178 + 6298 | Nonsense | Homozygous | NA |
| 8a/8b (30) | c.784_787del c.1354-1G > A | Frameshift Splice site | Compound heterozygous | p.Ser262Argfs*7NA |
| 9 (9) | c.1504G > T | Missense | Homozygous | p.Arg502Trp |
| 10 (3) | c.465_466ins | Frameshift | Homozygous | p.Tyr156Leufs*209 |
| 11 (3) | c.2338G > A | Missense | Homozygous | p.Arg767Trp |
| 12 (3) | c.756G > A c.1614C > T | Missense Missense | Compound heterozygous | p.Gly240Arg p.Arg526Trp |
| 13 (3) | c.1879T > C c.1485_1565del | Missense Frameshift | Compound heterozygous | p.Leu614Pro p.Tyr156Leufs*209 |
| 14 (3) | c.1158G > T c.*13621A > T | Nonsense Splice site | Compound heterozygous | p.Glu374* NA |
| 15 (3) | c.1032A > G c.2337C > T | Missense Missense | Compound heterozygous | p.Met332Val p.Arg767Trp |
| 16a/16b (3) | c.784C > G c.2269C > T | Missense Missense | Compound heterozygous | p.Pro249Arg p.Ser744Phe |
| 17 (17) | c.1555 C > T c.2999 C > T | Missense Missense | Compound heterozygous | p.Leu519Phe p.Arg767Trp |
| 18 (17) | c.286-9G > A c.1025T > C | Frameshift Missense | Compound heterozygous | p.Glu95Valfs*8 p.Leu342Pro |
| 19 (18) | c.610A > T c.612C > G | Missense Missense | Compound heterozygous | p.Ser204Trp p.Ser204Trp |
| 20 (19) | c.2416T > A | Nonsense | Homozygous | p.*806Argext*58 |
| 21 (16) | c.595-120_595-86dup | Splice site | Homozygous | NA |
| Presenta | c.1208G > A c.982-1G > C | Missense Splice site | Compound heterozygous | p.Arg403Gln NA |
The molecular variants in CLCN7 in our patient and others in the literature.
NA, not applicable.
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In a review of 22 patients with CLCN7-related AROs, the predictive value concerning survival of early central nervous impairment was investigated (Table 2). Another important issue was that the onset symptom of exaggerated leukocytosis was scarcely reported, which would straightforwardly be misdiagnosed as JMML or LAD. However, the nonspecific peripheral blood smear test and the failure of bone marrow aspiration of the neonatal patient required the consideration of differential diagnoses. ARO is not recognized immediately in our case and other considerable number of children. Indicative signs, such as neurologic impairment, vision or hearing lost, and hematological abnormality, would be suggestive findings for the early diagnosis. Increased bone density is radiological feature for clinically early diagnosis. Also, high-throughput sequencing technology is the most effective and precise method to distinguish similar phenotypes. Hopefully, our research will be able to increase adequate knowledge and awareness of ARO disease for physicians, who might be the initial contact for patients, such as pediatricians, neurologists, hematologists, ophthalmologists, and geneticists. There are some limitations of our study. The minigene assay was an efficiency method to elucidate the biological effects of the novel splice site variant (c.982-1G > C). However, we did not perform studies on the working mechanism of this variant and more in-depth research is needed. Additionally, the predictive values of exaggerated leukocytosis as early signs need more clinical cohorts to illustrate.
Conclusion
This study expands the spectrum of CLCN7 mutations, reporting that the combination of c.1208G > A and c.982-1G > C mutant alleles resulted in a very early-onset, life-threatening phenotype. Furthermore, symptoms of leukocytosis, progressive neurological impairment, and vision or hearing loss should raise clinical suspicion of ARO. High-throughput sequencing technology is expected to be beneficial for precise diagnosis and improved prognosis.
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This study involving humans was reviewed and approved by the Institutional Review Board of Xinhua Hospital. Written informed consent to participate was obtained from the patient’s parents. Written informed consent was obtained from the legal guardian for the publication of any potentially identifiable images or data included in this article.
Author contributions
JQ: Conceptualization. YD and JQ: Data curation. XW: Formal analysis and funding acquisition. XW and YW: Investigation. XW and TX: writing—original draft. XW, YF, YD, and JQ: writing—review and editing. All authors contributed to the article and approved the submitted version.
Funding
This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81803256).
Acknowledgments
The authors thank the proband's family for participating in this study.
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Summary
Keywords
autosomal recessive osteopetrosis (ARO), chloride channel 7 (CLCN7), leukocytosis, neurological impairment, genotype–phenotype correlation
Citation
Wang X, Wang Y, Xu T, Fan Y, Ding Y and Qian J (2023) A novel compound heterozygous mutation of the CLCN7 gene is associated with autosomal recessive osteopetrosis. Front. Pediatr. 11:978879. doi: 10.3389/fped.2023.978879
Received
26 June 2022
Accepted
28 March 2023
Published
24 April 2023
Volume
11 - 2023
Edited by
Sunita Bijarnia-Mahay, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, India
Reviewed by
Amjad Khan, Université de Strasbourg, France Ruen Yao, Shanghai Children's Medical Center, China
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