@article{4345212,
  abstract     = {{Background: Harstfield syndrome is the rare and unique association of holoprosencephaly (HPE) and ectrodactyly, with or without cleft lip and palate, and variable additional features. All the reported cases occurred sporadically. Although several causal genes of HPE and ectrodactyly have been identified, the genetic cause of Hartsfield syndrome remains unknown. We hypothesised that a single key developmental gene may underlie the co-occurrence of HPE and ectrodactyly.
Methods: We used whole exome sequencing in four isolated cases including one case-parents trio, and direct Sanger sequencing of three additional cases, to investigate the causative variants in Hartsfield syndrome.
Results: We identified a novel FGFR1 mutation in six out of seven patients. Affected residues are highly conserved and are located in the extracellular binding domain of the receptor (two homozygous mutations) or the intracellular tyrosine kinase domain (four heterozygous de novo variants). Strikingly, among the six novel mutations, three are located in close proximity to the ATP's phosphates or the coordinating magnesium, with one position required for kinase activity, and three are adjacent to known mutations involved in Kallmann syndrome plus other developmental anomalies.
Conclusions: Dominant or recessive FGFR1 mutations are responsible for Hartsfield syndrome, consistent with the known roles of FGFR1 in vertebrate ontogeny and conditional Fgfr1-deficient mice. Our study shows that, in humans, lack of accurate FGFR1 activation can disrupt both brain and hand/foot midline development, and that FGFR1 loss-of-function mutations are responsible for a wider spectrum of clinical anomalies than previously thought, ranging in severity from seemingly isolated hypogonadotropic hypogonadism, through Kallmann syndrome with or without additional features, to Hartsfield syndrome at its most severe end.}},
  author       = {{Simonis, Nicolas and Migeotte, Isabelle and Lambert, Nelle and Perazzolo, Camille and de Silva, Deepthi C and Dimitrov, Boyan and Heinrichs, Claudine and Janssens, Sandra and Kerr, Bronwyn and Mortier, Geert and Van Vliet, Guy and Lepage, Philippe and Casimir, Georges and Abramowicz, Marc and Smits, Guillaume and Vilain, Catheline}},
  issn         = {{0022-2593}},
  journal      = {{JOURNAL OF MEDICAL GENETICS}},
  keywords     = {{Developmental,Clinical genetics,Genetics,GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING-HORMONE,INTEGRATIVE GENOMICS VIEWER,GROWTH-FACTOR RECEPTOR-1,OF-FUNCTION MUTATIONS,KALLMANN-SYNDROME,HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM,DEFICIENCY,FIBROBLAST-GROWTH-FACTOR-RECEPTOR-1,SPECTRUM,SEQUENCE}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{9}},
  pages        = {{585--592}},
  title        = {{FGFR1 mutations cause Hartsfield syndrome, the unique association of holoprosencephaly and ectrodactyly}},
  url          = {{http://doi.org/10.1136/jmedgenet-2013-101603}},
  volume       = {{50}},
  year         = {{2013}},
}

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