Table 1.
Case no. | Age/sex | Clinical features | Significant family history (yes/no)a | FlowFISH TL (centile length in granulocytes/ lymphocytes) | Gene | cDNA change | Protein change | Protein region | In silico predictions (SIFT/PolyPhen) | CADD score | 3D model prediction | Conclusion from TRAP assay | ACMG classification (at the clinical report/after research testing) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1b | 23/M | Premature graying of hair, macrocytosis, thrombocytopenia, bilateral hip avascular necrosis | Yes | <1st/<1st | TERT | c.2768 C > T | p.Pro923Leu | Reverse-transcriptase domain | Deleterious/probably damaging | 24.2 | Destabilizes structure | NA | Pathogenic/pathogenic |
2 | 69/F | Premature graying of hair, IPF, anemia, leukopenia | No | 10th/10th | TERT | c.3362 C > T | p.Pro1121Leu | C-terminal extension | Deleterious/probably damaging | 22.9 | Destabilizes structure | Absent telomerase function | VUS/likely pathogenic |
3 | 27/F | Macrocytosis, neutropenia | No | <1st/1st | TERT | c.1765A > C | p.Ile589Leu | None described | Tolerated/benign | 5.08 | Neutral | Decreased telomerase function | VUS/likely pathogenic |
4 | 19/M | Macrocytosis | No | <1st/<1st | TERT | c.1885G > A | p.Gly629Arg | Reverse-transcriptase domain | Deleterious/probably damaging | 23.1 | NA | Decreased telomerase function | VUS/pathogenic |
5 | 47/M | IPF, pancytopenia | No | <1st/<1st | TERC | n.238 G > C | NA | NA | NA | NA | Changes TERC organization | NA | VUS/pathogenic |
FISH fluorescence in situ hybridization, IPF idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, NA not applicable, STS short telomere syndrome, TL telomere length, TRAP telomerase repeated amplification protocol.
aSignificant family history was defined as the presence of one or more first- or second-degree relatives with one or more clinical features characteristic of STSs, such as premature onset of hair graying (age < 30 years), IPF, cryptogenic cirrhosis or nodular regenerative hyperplasia, or unexplained cytopenias.
bClinical history of this case were previously published; however, functional testing results are new.