Background. Alport syndrome is a hereditary nephropathy caused by mutations in collagen IV genes and characterized by ultrastructural lesions of the glomerular basement membrane. Some patients have a negative family history with apparently de novo mutations. Although somatic mosaicism has been postulated, as cryptic mosaicism cannot be detected from mutational screening on peripheral blood samples, cases in kidney-confined mosaic form have been missed. Methods. We report the case of a 24-year-old male patient with X-linked Alport syndrome diagnosis due to a COL4A5 pathogenic mutation (c.3334_3337dup [p.Gly1113Alafs∗25]). The same mutation had not been previously detected on a peripheral blood sample of maternal DNA. However, the mother, who was undertaking a clinical re-evaluation to take in consideration the possibility of a living-kidney transplantation, had experienced persistent microhematuria since the age of 10 years. Results. A next-generation sequencing approach performed on maternal DNA from both peripheral blood sample and urine-derived podocyte-lineage cells unmasked the COL4A5 mutation only in the podocyte-lineage cells. Conclusions. This finding unveils an early postzygotic event which can explain both the renal involvement and germline mosaicism. It changes the inheritance risk for each pregnancy raising it to 50% and underlines the need for different clinical management in the mother. This seems to indicate that a case-by-case more cautious approach is needed with mother-to-son kidney transplants.

Pinto, A.M., Daga, S., Fallerini, C., Bruttini, M., Baldassarri, M., Giliberti, A., et al. (2020). Detection of cryptic mosaicism in X-linked alport syndrome prompts to re-evaluate living-donor kidney transplantation. TRANSPLANTATION, 104(11), 2360-2364 [10.1097/TP.0000000000003104].

Detection of cryptic mosaicism in X-linked alport syndrome prompts to re-evaluate living-donor kidney transplantation

Pinto A. M.;Daga S.;Fallerini C.;Bruttini M.;Baldassarri M.;Frullanti E.;Garosi G.;Renieri A.
2020-01-01

Abstract

Background. Alport syndrome is a hereditary nephropathy caused by mutations in collagen IV genes and characterized by ultrastructural lesions of the glomerular basement membrane. Some patients have a negative family history with apparently de novo mutations. Although somatic mosaicism has been postulated, as cryptic mosaicism cannot be detected from mutational screening on peripheral blood samples, cases in kidney-confined mosaic form have been missed. Methods. We report the case of a 24-year-old male patient with X-linked Alport syndrome diagnosis due to a COL4A5 pathogenic mutation (c.3334_3337dup [p.Gly1113Alafs∗25]). The same mutation had not been previously detected on a peripheral blood sample of maternal DNA. However, the mother, who was undertaking a clinical re-evaluation to take in consideration the possibility of a living-kidney transplantation, had experienced persistent microhematuria since the age of 10 years. Results. A next-generation sequencing approach performed on maternal DNA from both peripheral blood sample and urine-derived podocyte-lineage cells unmasked the COL4A5 mutation only in the podocyte-lineage cells. Conclusions. This finding unveils an early postzygotic event which can explain both the renal involvement and germline mosaicism. It changes the inheritance risk for each pregnancy raising it to 50% and underlines the need for different clinical management in the mother. This seems to indicate that a case-by-case more cautious approach is needed with mother-to-son kidney transplants.
2020
Pinto, A.M., Daga, S., Fallerini, C., Bruttini, M., Baldassarri, M., Giliberti, A., et al. (2020). Detection of cryptic mosaicism in X-linked alport syndrome prompts to re-evaluate living-donor kidney transplantation. TRANSPLANTATION, 104(11), 2360-2364 [10.1097/TP.0000000000003104].
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