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Cell Press, American Journal of Human Genetics, 5(88), p. 616-620, 2011

DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2011.04.005

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Whole-Exome Sequencing Identifies FAM20A Mutations as a Cause of Amelogenesis Imperfecta and Gingival Hyperplasia Syndrome

Journal article published in 2011 by James O'Sullivan, Carolina C. Bitu, Sarah B. Daly, Jill E. Urquhart ORCID, Martin J. Barron, Sanjeev S. Bhaskar, Hercilio Martelli-Júnior, Pedro Eleuterio dos Santos Neto, Pedro Eleuterio dos Santos Neto, Maria A. Mansilla, Jeffrey C. Murray, Ricardo D. Coletta, Graeme C. M. Black, Graeme Cm M. Black, Michael J. Dixon
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Abstract

Amelogenesis imperfecta (AI) describes a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of disorders of biomineralization resulting from failure of normal enamel formation. AI is found as an isolated entity or as part of a syndrome, and an autosomal-recessive syndrome associating AI and gingival hyperplasia was recently reported. Using whole-exome sequencing, we identified a homozygous nonsense mutation in exon 2 of FAM20A that was not present in the Single Nucleotide Polymorphism database (dbSNP), the 1000 Genomes database, or the Centre d'Etude du Polymorphisme Humain (CEPH) Diversity Panel. Expression analyses indicated that Fam20a is expressed in ameloblasts and gingivae, providing biological plausibility for mutations in FAM20A underlying the pathogenesis of this syndrome.