Novel PHEX gene mutations in patients with X-linked hypophosphatemic rickets: an analysis of 2 cases

Abstract:

Objective To investigate PHEX gene mutations in 2 patients with X-linked hypophosphatemic rickets (XLH) and their families and to clarify the genetic etiology. Methods A retrospective analysis was performed for the clinical data of two patients with XLH. High-throughput sequencing was used to detect the PHEX gene, a pathogenic gene of XLH. PCR-Sanger sequencing was used to verify the distribution of mutations in families. Results Both patients had novel mutations in the PHEX gene; one patient had a frameshift mutation, c.931dupC, which caused early termination of translation and produced the truncated protein p.Gln311Profs^*13; the other patient had a splice site mutation, IVS14+1G > A, which caused the skipping of exon 15 and produced an incomplete amino acid chain. Their parents had normal gene phenotypes. Conclusions c.931dupC and IVS14+1G > A are two novel mutations of the PHEX gene and might be the new pathogenic mutations of XLH.