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WNT10A variants: following the pattern of inheritance in tooth agenesis and self-reported family history of cancer

Authors

BIELIK Peter BONCZEK Ondřej KREJČÍ Přemysl ZEMAN Tomáš IZAKOVIČOVÁ HOLLÁ Lydie ŠOUKALOVÁ Jana VANĚK Jiří VOJTĚŠEK Bořivoj LOCHMAN Jan BALCAR Vladimír Josef ŠERÝ Omar

Year of publication 2022
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Clinical Oral Investigations
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Science

Citation
Web https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00784-022-04664-x
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00784-022-04664-x
Keywords WNT10A variants; WNT pathway; Hypodontia; Oligodontia; DNA sequencing; Cancer
Description Objectives The aim of this study was the analysis of WNT10A variants in seven families of probands with various forms of tooth agenesis and self-reported family history of cancer. Materials and methods We enrolled 60 young subjects (aged 13 to 17) from the Czech Republic with various forms of tooth agenesis. Dental phenotypes were assessed using Planmeca ProMax 3D (Planmeca Oy, Finland) with Planmeca Romexis software (version 2.9.2) together with oral examinations. After screening PAX9, MSX1, EDA, EDAR, AXIN2 and WNT10A genes on the Illumina MiSeq platform (Illumina, USA), we further analyzed the evolutionarily highly conserved WNT10A gene by capillary sequencing in the seven families. Results All the detected variants were heterozygous or compound heterozygous with various levels of phenotypic expression. The most severe phenotype (oligodontia) was found in a proband who was compound heterozygous for the previously identified WNT10A variant p.Phe228Ile and a newly discovered c.748G > A variant (p.Gly250Arg) of WNT10A. The newly identified variant causes substitution of hydrophobic glycine for hydrophilic arginine. Conclusions We suggest that the amino acid changes in otherwise highly conserved sequences significantly affect the dental phenotype. No relationship between the presence of WNT10A variants and a risk of cancer has been found.
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