Volume 30, Issue 2 pp. 537-550
ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Deep dental phenotyping and a novel FAM20A variant in patients with amelogenesis imperfecta type IG

Kanokwan Sriwattanapong

Kanokwan Sriwattanapong

Center of Excellence in Genomics and Precision Dentistry, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Contribution: Formal analysis, ​Investigation, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editing

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Thanakorn Theerapanon

Thanakorn Theerapanon

Center of Excellence in Genomics and Precision Dentistry, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Contribution: Formal analysis, Writing - review & editing

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Chompak Khamwachirapitak

Chompak Khamwachirapitak

Center of Excellence in Genomics and Precision Dentistry, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Contribution: ​Investigation, Writing - review & editing

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Pannagorn Sae-ear

Pannagorn Sae-ear

Oral Biology Research Center, Faculty of Dentistry, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Contribution: Formal analysis, Writing - review & editing

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Anucharte Srijunbarl

Anucharte Srijunbarl

Dental Materials R&D Center, Faculty of Dentistry, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Contribution: ​Investigation, Writing - review & editing

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Thantrira Porntaveetus

Corresponding Author

Thantrira Porntaveetus

Center of Excellence in Genomics and Precision Dentistry, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Correspondence

Thantrira Porntaveetus, Center of Excellence in Genomics and Precision Dentistry, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.

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Vorasuk Shotelersuk

Vorasuk Shotelersuk

Center of Excellence for Medical Genomics, Medical Genomics Cluster, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand

Excellence Center for Genomics and Precision Medicine, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, The Thai Red Cross Society, Bangkok, Thailand

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First published: 17 January 2023
Citations: 7

Abstract

Objectives

To identify etiologic variants and perform deep dental phenotyping in patients with amelogenesis imperfecta (AI).

Methods

Three patients of two unrelated families were evaluated. Genetic variants were investigated by exome and Sanger sequencing. An unerupted permanent third molar (AI1) from Patient1 and a deciduous first molar (AI2) from Patient2, along with three tooth-type matched controls for each were characterized.

Results

All three patients harbored biallelic pathogenic variants in FAM20A, indicating AI1G. Of the four identified variants, one, c.1231C > T p.(Arg411Trp), was novel. Patient1 possessed the largest deletion, 7531 bp, ever identified in FAM20A. In addition to hypoplastic enamel, multiple impacted teeth, intrapulpal calcification, pericoronal radiolucencies, malocclusion, and periodontal infections were found in all three patients, gingival hyperplasia in Patient1 and Patient2, and alveolar bone exostosis in Patient3. Surface roughness was increased in AI1 but decreased in AI2. Decreased enamel mineral density, hardness, and elastic modulus were observed in AI1 enamel and dentin and AI2 dentin, along with decreased phosphorus, increased carbon, and increased calcium/phosphorus and carbon/oxygen ratios. Severely collapsed enamel rods and disorganized dentin–enamel junction were observed.

Conclusions

We report a novel FAM20A variant and, for the first time, the defective mineral composition and physical/mechanical properties of AI1G teeth.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT

The datasets generated and/or analysed during the current study are available in the ClinVar archive. The accession numbers are as follows: SCV002526662: c.758A>G p.(Tyr253Cys); SCV002525504: c.1109+3_1109+7delinsTGGTC; SCV002525505: c.1231C>T p.Arg411Trp; SCV002526663: NC_000017.10: g.66530406_66537936del.

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