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PTPN11 mosaicism causes a spectrum of pigmentary and vascular neurocutaneous disorders and predisposes to melanoma

Polubothu, Satyamaanasa; Bender, Nicole; Muthiah, Siobhan; Zecchin, Davide; Demetriou, Charalambos; Martin, Sara Barberan; Malhotra, Sony; ... Kinsler, Veronica A; + view all (2022) PTPN11 mosaicism causes a spectrum of pigmentary and vascular neurocutaneous disorders and predisposes to melanoma. Journal of Investigative Dermatology 10.1016/j.jid.2022.09.661. (In press). Green open access

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Abstract

Phakomatosis pigmentovascularis (PPV) is a diagnosis which denotes the coexistence of pigmentary and vascular birthmarks of specific types, accompanied by variable multisystem involvement including central nervous system disease, asymmetrical growth and a predisposition to malignancy. Using a tightly phenotyped group and high depth next generation sequencing of affected tissues we discover here clonal mosaic variants in gene PTPN11 encoding SHP2 phosphatase as a cause of PPV type III or spilorosea. Within an individual the same variant is found in distinct pigmentary and vascular birthmarks and is undetectable in blood. We go on to demonstrate that the same variants can cause either the specific pigmentary or vascular phenotypes alone, as well as driving melanoma development within the pigmentary lesion. Protein conformational modelling highlights that while variants lead to loss of function at the level of the phosphatase domain, resultant conformational changes promote longer ligand binding. In vitro modelling of the missense variants confirms downstream MAPK pathway overactivation, and widespread disruption of human endothelial cell angiogenesis. Importantly, PTPN11-mosaic patients theoretically risk passing on the variant to their children as the germline RASopathy Noonan syndrome with lentigines. These findings improve our understanding of the pathogenesis and biology of naevus spilus and capillary malformation syndromes, paving the way for better clinical management.

Type: Article
Title: PTPN11 mosaicism causes a spectrum of pigmentary and vascular neurocutaneous disorders and predisposes to melanoma
Location: United States
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2022.09.661
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jid.2022.09.661
Language: English
Additional information: © 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier, Inc. on behalf of the Society for Investigative Dermatology. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Keywords: PPV, phakomatosis pigmentovascularis
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Genetics and Genomic Medicine Dept
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10164411
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