Clinical and genetic features of cystic fibrosis patients with novel pathogenic variant CFTR c.1083G> A (p.Trp361*) and functional assessment of the activity of the chloride channel

In this article we continue to describe the pathogenic variants of the CFTR gene identified among Russian cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. For the first time the clinical and genetic characteristics of the mutation c.1083G> A (p.Trp361 *) are presented. The pathogenic genetic variant c.1083G> A (p.Trp361 *) of the CFTR gene belongs to the nonsense mutations (class I) and was listed for the first time in the CFTR1 database (http://www.genet.sickkids.on.ca) by Professor Milan Macek et al. in mid-2019 without any description of clinical manifestations of cystic fibrosis. Methods. The data of the National Register of Patients with Cystic Fibrosis of the Russian Federation 2017 were analyzed. Outpatient records and case histories of two patients from unrelated families carrying a rare genetic variant c.1083G> A (p.Trp361 *) were analyzed. To determine the Intestinal current measurement (ICM) and Forskolin-induced swelling (FIS) in intestinal organoids, rectal biopsy material of CF patients was used. DNA for sequencing was isolated from leukocytes of venous blood of the patients. Results. Variant c.1083G> A (p.Trp361 *) was found in two patients from unrelated families from different regions of the Russian Federation, according to the Register of Cystic Fibrosis Patients in the Russian Federation 2017. Analysis of clinical manifestations of the disease in children 6 and 9 years old showed the presence of chronic pancreatic insufficiency, more expressed in one child with a history of distal intestinal obstruction syndrome. The clinical manifestation of the second patient was characterized by the development of transient hyperbilirubinemia, Pseudo-Bartter’s syndrome at an early age, and subsequently repeated episodes of bronchial obstruction and the development of polypoid rhinosinusitis. The ICM method and the FIS in intestinal organoids showed that the genetic variant c.1083G> A (p.Trp361 *) refers to the variants of the CFTR gene with the absence of chlorine channel function. Conclusion. The clinical picture of cystic fibrosis in two patients from unrelated families with the pathogenic variant c.1083G> A (p.Trp361 *) in the compound with variant c.1521_1523delCTT (p.Phe508del) (variant legacy name F508del) and results of the evaluation of the CFTR protein functions, obtained by the method of ICM and using the FIS assay in intestinal organoids, are presented for the first time. Patients continue to be under the control in Russian CF centers.

муковисцидоз, генетические варианты, ген CFTR, определение разности кишечных потенциалов, кишечные органоиды, форсколиновый тест, корректор VX-809, потенциатор VX-770, сystic fibrosis, genetic variants, CFTR gene, intestinal current measurement (ICM), intestinal organoids, Forskolin-Induced Swelling (FIS) assay, corrector VX-809, potentiator VX-770