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Single-Gene DisordersOral Histology | Kristine Krafts, MD
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• Explain how hemophilia is inherited, and describe its most common clinical features.• Describe the inheritance pattern of neurofibromatosis, and
explain two things about the NF-1 gene that are non-Mendelian.• Describe the most common clinical features of
neurofibromatosis, and list a few things you might see in a patient in dental clinic.• Define anticipation as it applies to trinucleotide repeat
diseases, and explain why it happens.• Describe the main clinical features of Huntington disease.• Explain (in a general way) what happens to the brain in
patients with Huntington disease.
Objectives
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Single-Gene Disorders
• Hemophilia
• Neurofibromatosis
• Huntington disease
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• X-linked recessive (70%) or new mutation (30%)
• 1 in 5000 people
• Follows Mendel’s laws
• Defect in gene for coagulation factor VIII or IX
• Massive hemorrhage following trauma, bleeding into joints
Hemophilia
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Queen Victoria’s Kindred with Hemophilia
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Married Nicholas II, Russian Czar
Desperately sought help for Alexis’ severe bleeding
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Alexis
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Rasputin
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Romanov family executed in Ekaterina in 1918
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Normal knee Knee of patient with hemophilia
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• Rare autosomal dominant disease
• Near-complete penetrance but variable expressivity
• Loss-of-function mutation in NF-1 gene (which encodes a protein that keeps cell growth in check)
• Multiple neurofibromas (benign tumors of nerve sheath cells) and other abnormalities
Neurofibromatosis
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Small neurofibroma
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Innumerable neurofibromas
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Disfiguring neurofibromas
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• Pigmented skin lesions (“café-au-lait spots”)
• Eye tumors
• Brain tumors
• Lisch nodules
• Skeletal abnormalities
Neurofibromatosis: Other Features
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Café-au-lait spots
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Lisch nodules
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A Kindred with Neurofibromatosis
Café-au-lait spots
Eye tumors
Brain tumors
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• Inherited neurodegenerative disease
• Early symptoms: lack of coordination, unsteady gait
• Later: chorea (random, involuntary movements), psychiatric symptoms, dementia
• Usually begins in 30s-40s; slow progression over 10-20 years.
Huntington Disease
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Huntington disease is inherited in an autosomal dominant pattern.
But... in each subsequent generation, the disease starts earlier and is more severe!
Here’s the weird thing.
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• It is autosomal dominant – but there’s a twist.• The normal HTT gene has a bunch of trinucleotide repeats.• The mutated HTT gene has more repeats than normal.• The more repeats, the earlier the onset and the worse the
symptoms.• The mutated gene is unstable! As it passes from parent to
child, the number of repeats increases.• So in each successive generation, the disease starts at a
younger age and is more severe (“anticipation”).• Diseases like this are called “trinucleotide repeat diseases.”
Here’s the explanation.
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Huntingtin protein
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26 or fewerCAG repeats
36 or moreCAG repeats
Normal huntingtin gene
Normal huntingtin protein
Normal neuron
Mutated huntingtin gene
Mutated huntingtin protein
Degenerating neuron
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The exact number of repeats matters!
# of repeats Designation Affected? Transmit mutation?
26 or fewer normal No No
27 - 35 intermediate No Maybe
36 - 39 reduced penetrance Maybe Maybe
40 or more full penetrance Yes Yes
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The greater the number of repeats, the earlier the onset of disease
Age of onset
Number of repeats
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A Kindred with Huntington DiseaseO = age of onsetR = number of repeatsO = 45
R = unknown
O = 40R = 45
O = 31R = 51
O = 39R = 47
O = 38R = 48
O = 26R = 55
O = 28R = 57
O = 22R = 60
O = 16R = 68
O = 18R = 70
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• Loss of neurons in basal ganglia• Spiny striatal neurons dampen motor activity• Lose these, and you get increased motor
output (manifests as choreoathetosis)• Cognitive changes related to neuronal loss
from cortex
Huntington Disease: Pathogenesis
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Normal brain (L) and brain in HD (R)
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Read this story about Katharine and her family: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/18/health/18huntington.html