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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Front. Genet.</journal-id>
<journal-title>Frontiers in Genetics</journal-title>
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<issn pub-type="epub">1664-8021</issn>
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<publisher-name>Frontiers Media S.A.</publisher-name>
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<article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">879899</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.3389/fgene.2022.879899</article-id>
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<subject>Genetics</subject>
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<subject>Case Report</subject>
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<article-title>Case Report: A Novel Homozygous Frameshift Mutation of the <italic>SKIV2L</italic> Gene in a Trichohepatoenteric Syndrome Patient Presenting With Short Stature, Premature Ovarian Failure, and Osteoporosis</article-title>
<alt-title alt-title-type="left-running-head">Yang et al.</alt-title>
<alt-title alt-title-type="right-running-head">Mutation of <italic>SKIV2L</italic> in THES</alt-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Yang</surname>
<given-names>Minyi</given-names>
</name>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname>Jiang</surname>
<given-names>Yu</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes">
<name>
<surname>Shao</surname>
<given-names>Xinyu</given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
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<sup>2</sup>
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<xref ref-type="corresp" rid="c001">&#x2a;</xref>
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<aff id="aff1">
<sup>1</sup>
<institution>Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism</institution>, <institution>The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University</institution>, <addr-line>Suzhou</addr-line>, <country>China</country>
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<aff id="aff2">
<sup>2</sup>
<institution>Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism</institution>, <institution>Dushu Lake Hospital Affiliated to Soochow University</institution>, <addr-line>Suzhou</addr-line>, <country>China</country>
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<author-notes>
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<p>
<bold>Edited by:</bold> <ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/217253/overview">Jian-Min Chen</ext-link>, G&#xe9;nomique Fonctionnelle et Biotechnologies, France</p>
</fn>
<fn fn-type="edited-by">
<p>
<bold>Reviewed by:</bold> <ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/1584824/overview">Jane Hartley</ext-link>, Birmingham Women&#x2019;s and Children&#x2019;s Hospital, United Kingdom</p>
<p>
<ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/516959/overview">Alexandre Fabre</ext-link>, Assistance Publique H&#xf4;pitaux de Marseille, France</p>
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<corresp id="c001">&#x2a;Correspondence: Xinyu Shao, <email>brento@126.com</email>
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<p>This article was submitted to Human and Medical Genomics, a section of the journal Frontiers in Genetics</p>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>27</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2022</year>
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<pub-date pub-type="collection">
<year>2022</year>
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<volume>13</volume>
<elocation-id>879899</elocation-id>
<history>
<date date-type="received">
<day>20</day>
<month>02</month>
<year>2022</year>
</date>
<date date-type="accepted">
<day>08</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2022</year>
</date>
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<permissions>
<copyright-statement>Copyright &#xa9; 2022 Yang, Jiang and Shao.</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2022</copyright-year>
<copyright-holder>Yang, Jiang and Shao</copyright-holder>
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<p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.</p>
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<abstract>
<p>
<bold>Background:</bold> Trichohepatoenteric syndrome (THES) is a rare Mendelian autosomal recessive genetic disease characterized by intractable diarrhea, woolly hair, facial abnormality, immune dysfunction, and intrauterine growth restriction. THES mutations are found in the <italic>TTC37</italic> and <italic>SKIV2L</italic> genes, which encode two components of the human superkiller (SKI) complex.</p>
<p>
<bold>Methods and results:</bold> We report one case of a 32-year-old woman of Chinese descent with THES, who was born with a low weight (2000&#xa0;g). She had intractable diarrhea during the neonatal period and was allergic to cow&#x2019;s milk and condensed milk, but did not require total parenteral nutrition. She experienced menarche at age 12&#x2009;and amenorrhea at age 28. In May 2019, the patient presented with a left fibular head fracture and was diagnosed with osteoporosis. Genetic testing showed a novel mutation in exon1 [p.E5Afs&#x2217;37 (c.12_13del)] of <italic>SKIV2L</italic>, which is composed of 28 exons. After the diagnosis, hormone replacement therapy was prescribed, in addition to the routine calcium and vitamin D supplements.</p>
<p>
<bold>Conclusion:</bold> This case expands the clinical characteristic and phenotype spectrum of THES, providing further understanding of <italic>SKIV2L</italic> and its autoimmune influence.</p>
</abstract>
<kwd-group>
<kwd>trichohepatoenteric syndrome</kwd>
<kwd>intractable diarrhea</kwd>
<kwd>premature ovarian failure</kwd>
<kwd>
<italic>SKIV2L</italic> gene mutation</kwd>
<kwd>case report</kwd>
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<body>
<sec id="s1">
<title>Introduction</title>
<p>Trichohepatoenteric syndrome (THES) or syndromic diarrhea (SD) is a very rare and severe Mendelian disease [OMIM: 222470 (THES1, syndromic diarrhea) and 614602 (THES2)]. To date, only eight patients of Chinese descent have been reported to have THES in both English and Chinese literature (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B9">Chong et al., 2015</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B23">Lee W.-I. et al., 2016</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B24">Lee W. S. et al., 2016</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B37">Zheng et al., 2016</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B8">Chen and Shi, 2017</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B36">Zhang et al., 2021</xref>). The global estimated prevalence of the disease is 1/1,000,000 (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B12">Fabre and Badens, 2014</xref>). THES was first described by <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B31">Stankler et al. (1982)</xref> and later identified by <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B38">Girault et al. (1994)</xref> as a clinical entity. THES typically presents with severe, intractable diarrhea in the neonatal period, which leads to failure to thrive and short stature, woolly and brittle hair, facial abnormality characterized by broad nasal root and prominent forehead and cheeks, immune dysfunction, and intrauterine growth restriction. Furthermore, liver disease, mild intellectual disability, caf&#xe9; au lait or dyschromic spots, and congenital heart disease may be detected to a lesser extent in patients with THES (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B13">Fabre et al., 2018</xref>).</p>
<p>THES is often associated with tetratricopeptide repeat domain 37 gene (<italic>TTC37</italic>), which was first confirmed to be a causative gene in 2010 (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B18">Hartley et al., 2010</xref>), and superkiller viralicidic activity 2-like gene (<italic>SKIV2L</italic>), which was subsequently considered different and independent from <italic>TTC37</italic> (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B15">Fabre et al., 2012</xref>). <italic>TTC37</italic> was mutated in about 68% patients whereas <italic>SKIV2L</italic> was mutated in the remaining 32% (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B7">Bourgeois et al., 2018</xref>). The two genes encode two proteins that are components of the human superkiller (SKI) complex, which is a heterotetrameric cytoplasmic cofactor of the RNA exosome. The human SKI complex contains hSKI2 (<italic>SKIV2L</italic>), hSKI3 (<italic>TTC37</italic>), and hSKI8 (<italic>WDR61</italic>) (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B22">Kogel et al., 2022</xref>). Mutations in <italic>TTC37</italic> and/or <italic>SKIV2L</italic> may lead to dysfunction of the SKI complex, thereby, disrupting mRNA regulation and nonfunctional mRNA decay (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B15">Fabre et al., 2012</xref>). However, the specific mechanism of the disease remains unexplored.</p>
<p>Here, we report a special case of THES with premature ovarian failure, growth failure, and osteoporosis, who had syndromic diarrhea during the neonatal period.</p>
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<sec sec-type="materials|methods" id="s2">
<title>Materials and Methods</title>
<sec id="s2-1">
<title>Clinical Examinations</title>
<p>The medical history of the proband, including clinical manifestations and therapeutic actions, was provided by the patient and her mother. Physical examination, laboratory tests, and imaging test scans, including ultrasound and pituitary magnetic resonance imaging, were performed.</p>
</sec>
<sec id="s2-2">
<title>Peripheral Blood Collection and High-Throughput Sequencing</title>
<p>Genomic DNA was isolated from the peripheral blood obtained from the proband, her mother, and her brother and was fragmented to an average size of 150&#xa0;bp using an S220 Focused-ultrasonicator (Covaris, Massachusetts, United States). High-throughput sequencing was performed by MyGenostics (Beijing, China) using the Illumina HiSeq X ten system. After sequencing, the raw data were saved in the FASTQ format. Both Illumina sequencing adapters and low-quality reads (&#x3c;80&#xa0;bp) were filtered using the cutadaptor software (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B21">Kechin et al., 2017</xref>). The clean reads were mapped to the UCSC hg19 human reference genome using the BWA software (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B25">Li and Durbin, 2009</xref>). The duplicated reads were removed using Picard tools, and the mapped reads were used for the detection of variations. The variants of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) and small insertions/deletions (INDEL) were detected using HaplotypeCaller in the GATK software (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B3">Van der Auwera et al., 2013</xref>) and filtered using VariantFiltration in the GATK software, according to the following criterions: 1) variants with mapping qualities &#x3c;30; 2) the total mapping quality zero reads &#x3c;4; 3) approximate read depth &#x3c;5; 4) QUAL &#x3c;50.0; 5) phred-scaled <italic>p</italic>-value using Fisher&#x2019;s exact test to detect strand bias &#x3e;10.0. The data were then transformed to the VCF format. Variants were further annotated using the ANNOVAR software (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B33">Wang et al., 2010</xref>) and associated with multiple databases, such as 1000 genome, ESP6500SI, dbSNP, EXAC_ALL, Inhouse (MyGenostics), HGMD, and ClinVar. The interpretation of sequence variants was performed according to the guidelines from the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B29">Richards et al., 2015</xref>). Furthermore, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification and Sanger sequencing were carried out on DNA samples from the proband as well as from her family members to identify co-segregation of the disease phenotype and the detected variants, as described previously (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B2">An et al., 2015</xref>). The following primers designed for <italic>SKIV2L</italic> were used: Forward: 5&#x2032;-AAG&#x200b;TTG&#x200b;CCT&#x200b;CTA&#x200b;CTT&#x200b;CCG&#x200b;CC-3&#x2032;, Reverse: 5&#x2032;-AAT&#x200b;GCG&#x200b;GGT&#x200b;CAA&#x200b;AGG&#x200b;TTA&#x200b;GG-3&#x2032;. The PCR products were sequenced using an ABI3730XL DNA analyzer (Applied Biosystems&#x2122;; Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., Waltham, Massachusetts, United States), according to the manufacturer&#x2019;s protocols. The results were compared with the NCBI reference sequence, NM_006929.5, to identify nucleotide substitutions.</p>
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</sec>
<sec sec-type="results" id="s3">
<title>Results</title>
<sec id="s3-1">
<title>Case Presentation</title>
<p>Herein, we report about a woman of Chinese ethnicity who presented with short stature, amenorrhea, and osteoporosis at the age of 30&#xa0;years.</p>
<p>She was born at term, weighing 2000&#xa0;g (&#x3c;3rd percentile) at birth, making her a small for gestational age (SGA) infant. She was the first child of consanguineous parents (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F1">Figure 1C</xref>), and has no significant family history. She suffered from chronic intractable diarrhea (4&#x2013;5 times per day, about 10&#x2013;50&#xa0;g each time) during her neonatal period without vomiting after ingestion. The Bristol stool form value was 5. The amount of breast milk was low, but the patient had an episode of anaphylaxis to cow&#x2019;s milk protein formula and condensed milk. Although chronic diarrhea persisted, the symptom gradually improved in the past 10&#xa0;years. Her growth rate was &#x3c;5&#xa0;cm per year. She was treated with growth hormone injections for short stature for 1&#xa0;year. The patient had a body height of 1.35&#xa0;m [&#x3c;3 standard deviations (SDS)] and body weight of 34&#xa0;kg (&#x3c;2 SDS) on admission. The height of her father and mother was 1.70 and 1.63&#xa0;m, respectively. The body mass index was 18.65&#xa0;kg/m<sup>2</sup> (normal range 18&#x2013;24&#xa0;kg/m<sup>2</sup>), which is close to the lower limit of the normal value. According to the Corrected Midparental Height the normal height of the proband should be 1.60&#x2b;/&#x2212;0.05&#xa0;m. The patient presented with mild intellectual retardation that did not affect oral communication. She visited the primary school and has been working in a factory. Brother of the proband, whose height is 1.80&#xa0;m, is normal both physically and intellectually.</p>
<fig id="F1" position="float">
<label>FIGURE 1</label>
<caption>
<p>
<bold>(A)</bold> The image shows that the proband was short in stature. <bold>(B)</bold> The graph shows that the patient had facial dysmorphism. <bold>(C)</bold> Pedigrees of the family diagnosed with trichohepatoenteric syndrome. <bold>(D)</bold> Sanger sequencing chromatograms of DNA samples from the proband and her mother and younger brother showing the autosomal recessive mutation, c 12_13del in <italic>SKIV2L</italic>. Arrows indicate the position of the mutation. <bold>(E)</bold> Amino acid sequences of wild-type and mutated <italic>SKIV2L</italic>. The mutation of <italic>SKIV2L</italic> results in a truncated protein composed of 40 amino acids, compared with the wild-type <italic>SKIV2L</italic>, which is composed of 1246 amino acids.</p>
</caption>
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</fig>
<p>The patient experienced menarche at age 12 with a normal menstrual cycle of 28&#xa0;days, and her menstrual period lasted 5&#xa0;days. However, after a few years of regular menstruation, her cycle became longer, and she finally progressed to menopause at the age of 28&#xa0;years. In May 2019, the patient had an accidental fall and got a left fibular head fracture. After surgery to correct the fracture, she appeared to have common peroneal nerve damage, resulting in drop foot.</p>
<p>We observed certain malformations, such as woolly hair, broad nasal root and prominent forehead, in the patient, and she had mild exophthalmos (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F1">Figures 1A,B</xref>). There was no history of previous abdominal surgery, radiotherapy treatment, or exposure to toxic metals. The results of routine blood tests, liver and kidney function, thyroid function, blood sugar, glycosylated hemoglobin (5.3%), insulin-like growth factor-1 (127&#xa0;ng/ml), and electrolyte tests were normal. Karyotyping was 46, XX. Hormonal profiles are shown in <xref ref-type="table" rid="T1">Table 1</xref>. Ultrasounds of the heart, abdomen, and urinary system were normal. Ultrasound examination indicated that the size of her uterus was 32 &#xd7; 27 &#xd7; 33&#xa0;mm (normal size, 70&#x2013;80 &#xd7; 40&#x2013;50 &#xd7; 20&#x2013;30&#xa0;mm), and endometrial thickness was 4&#xa0;mm (normal range, 0.5&#x2013;10&#xa0;mm). The patient&#x2019;s ovaries measured 14 &#xd7; 12 &#xd7; 11&#xa0;mm and 14 &#xd7; 10 &#xd7; 10&#xa0;mm (normal size, 40 &#xd7; 30 &#xd7; 10&#xa0;mm), respectively. X-ray images showed epiphyseal fusion. DEXA bone mass density (BMD) showed low lumbar spine and femur bone density at 0.718&#xa0;g/cm<sup>2</sup> (normal range, 0.715&#x2013;0.975&#xa0;g/cm<sup>2</sup>) and 0.876&#xa0;g/cm<sup>2</sup> (normal range, 0.994&#x2013;1.234&#xa0;g/cm<sup>2</sup>), respectively. Magnetic resonance imaging indicated a pituitary microadenoma measuring 4&#xa0;mm.</p>
<table-wrap id="T1" position="float">
<label>TABLE 1</label>
<caption>
<p>Laboratory values of various sex hormones and liver function in the patient.</p>
</caption>
<table>
<thead valign="top">
<tr>
<th align="left"/>
<th align="center">Reference range</th>
<th align="center">First test</th>
<th align="center">Second test (17 months later)</th>
<th align="center">Third test (21 months later)</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody valign="top">
<tr>
<td align="left">LH (mIU/ml)</td>
<td align="char" char="ndash">2.12&#x2013;10.89</td>
<td align="center">58.94</td>
<td align="center">27.95</td>
<td align="center">41.84</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">FSH (mIU/ml)</td>
<td align="char" char="ndash">3.85&#x2013;8.78</td>
<td align="center">193.18</td>
<td align="center">72.78</td>
<td align="center">105.28</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">E2 (pg/ml)</td>
<td align="char" char="ndash">27&#x2013;122</td>
<td align="center">&#x3c;20</td>
<td align="center">21.4</td>
<td align="center">24.9</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Prog (ng/ml)</td>
<td align="char" char="ndash">0.31&#x2013;1.52</td>
<td align="center">0.54</td>
<td align="center">0.27</td>
<td align="center">0.34</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">PRL (ng/ml)</td>
<td align="char" char="ndash">3.34&#x2013;26.72</td>
<td align="center">11.05</td>
<td align="center">4.96</td>
<td align="center">10.81</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Testo (ng/ml)</td>
<td align="char" char="ndash">0&#x2013;0.75</td>
<td align="center">0.33</td>
<td align="center">0.33</td>
<td align="center">0.43</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">AMH (ng/ml)</td>
<td align="char" char="ndash">0.711&#x2013;7.59</td>
<td align="center">NA</td>
<td align="center">NA</td>
<td align="center">&#x3c;0.01</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">AST (U/l)</td>
<td align="char" char="ndash">13&#x2013;35</td>
<td align="center">14.7</td>
<td align="center">18.6</td>
<td align="center">NA</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">ALT (U/l)</td>
<td align="char" char="ndash">7&#x2013;40</td>
<td align="center">13.8</td>
<td align="center">20.7</td>
<td align="center">NA</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">GGT (U/l)</td>
<td align="char" char="ndash">7&#x2013;45</td>
<td align="center">18.3</td>
<td align="center">21.1</td>
<td align="center">NA</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">T-BIL (&#x3bc;mol/L)</td>
<td align="char" char="ndash">3.4&#x2013;17.1</td>
<td align="center">11.3</td>
<td align="center">9.2</td>
<td align="center">NA</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">D-BIL (&#x3bc;mol/L)</td>
<td align="char" char="ndash">0&#x2013;6.8</td>
<td align="center">3.7</td>
<td align="center">2.3</td>
<td align="center">NA</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">I-BIL (&#x3bc;mol/L)</td>
<td align="char" char="ndash">1.7&#x2013;10.2</td>
<td align="center">7.6</td>
<td align="center">6.9</td>
<td align="center">NA</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table-wrap-foot>
<fn>
<p>E2, estradiol; FSH, follicle-stimulating hormone; LH, luteinizing hormone; PRL, prolactin; Prog, progesterone; Testo, testosterone; AMH, anti-M&#xfc;llerian hormone; AST, glutamic pyruvic transaminase; ALT, glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase; GGT, &#x3b3;-glutamyl transpeptidase; T-BIL, total bilirubin; D-BIL, direct bilirubin; I-BIL, indirect bilirubin.</p>
</fn>
</table-wrap-foot>
</table-wrap>
</sec>
<sec id="s3-2">
<title>Genetic Analysis</title>
<p>Whole-exome sequencing revealed a novel variant in exon 1 of <italic>SKIV2L</italic> [p. E5Afs&#x2a;37(c.12_13del)], leading to a homozygous translation frameshift (PVS1) (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F1">Figure 1D</xref>). The variant was absent from the controls (ClinVar, HGMD, 1000g2015aug_all, ExAC_All, ESP6500SI) (PM2) and databases and was assessed as &#x201c;likely pathogenic&#x201d; using ACMG criteria (PVS1 &#x2b; PM2). The proband&#x2019;s father died due to cholangiocarcinoma and was unavailable for genetic testing, but her mother and brother underwent Sanger sequencing, which showed that they were heterozygous for the variant. No variant was detected in <italic>TTC37</italic>.</p>
<p>Three-dimensional models of the wild-type and p.E5Afs&#x2a;37(c.12_13del) mutant protein of <italic>SKIV2L</italic> were generated by the SWISS-MODEL online server (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B17">Guex et al., 2009</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B5">Bertoni et al., 2017</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B6">Bienert et al., 2017</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B34">Waterhouse et al., 2018</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B32">Studer et al., 2020</xref>). Global model quality estimation (GMQE) and qualitative model energy analysis (QMEAN) for the mutant model of <italic>SKIV2L</italic> were 0.33 and &#x2212;1.84, respectively, indicating the good quality of the model (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F2">Figure 2</xref>). The model shows that the mutation leads to complete damage of the RNA helicase subunit encoded by <italic>SKIV2L</italic> in humans, causing a truncated 40 amino acid protein (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F1">Figure 1E</xref>).</p>
<fig id="F2" position="float">
<label>FIGURE 2</label>
<caption>
<p>Difference between the wild-type and p.E5Afs&#x2a;37 (c.12_13del) mutant protein of <italic>SKIV2L</italic>. <bold>(A)</bold> Three-dimensional model of wild-type <italic>SKIV2L</italic>. <bold>(B)</bold> Model of the mutant protein.</p>
</caption>
<graphic xlink:href="fgene-13-879899-g002.tif"/>
</fig>
</sec>
<sec id="s3-3">
<title>Treatment and Prognosis</title>
<p>After THES diagnosis, hormone replacement therapy was prescribed, in addition to the routine intake of calcium and vitamin D supplements. During treatment with hormone replacement therapy, the patient had normal menstrual patterns. After treatment for over a year, we performed follow-up assessments and sex hormone re-examination (<xref ref-type="table" rid="T1">Table 1</xref>). Ultrasound results of the patient&#x2019;s uterus and ovaries were nearly similar.</p>
</sec>
</sec>
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<title>Discussion and Conclusion</title>
<p>THES is a rare and severe Mendelian autosomal recessive disease, which is characterized by severe, intractable diarrhea (76/77), woolly and brittle hair (71/73), facial dysmorphism (66/67), severe immunodeficiency (48/67), growth failure, and mild intellectual disability. Liver disease (41/61), congenital heart disease (15/43), and abnormal platelet function are rarely observed. However, liver disease is diagnosed in about half of the patients (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B13">Fabre et al., 2018</xref>). The specific variants are observed in <italic>TTC37</italic> and <italic>SKIV2L</italic>. The <italic>SKIV2L</italic> mutation is less commonly found in patients, and its incidence was about 32% (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B7">Bourgeois et al., 2018</xref>). The two genes encode the human SKI complex subunits associated with RNA degradation. <italic>SKIV2L</italic> is a housekeeping gene composed of 28 exons, and its product (SKI2W) plays an important role in regulating the innate immune response to foreign nucleic acids (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B10">Eckard et al., 2014</xref>). However, there appears to be no &#x201c;mutational hot spot&#x201d; in either <italic>TTC37</italic> or <italic>SKIV2L</italic>. According to <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B7">Bourgeois et al. (2018)</xref>, mutations are found in almost every exon of the two genes. Whole exome sequencing analysis showed a new variant in exon 1 of <italic>SKIV2L</italic> [p.E5Afs&#x2a;37 (c.12_13del)], leading to a translation frameshift and truncated protein, which was greatly shortened from 1,246 to 40 amino acids, predictably causing a loss of function. The global prevalence of the disease is extremely low, and only eight Chinese THES patients have been reported in the available literature to date.</p>
<p>Almost all patients diagnosed with THES showed intractable diarrhea during infancy. An absence of intractable diarrhea has been observed only in three cases (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B30">Rider et al., 2015</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B20">Karaca Edeer et al., 2019</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B27">Poulton et al., 2019</xref>). Diarrhea occurs in almost all cases, varying from mild to severe. Our proband presented with chronic intractable diarrhea and an allergy to cow&#x2019;s milk and condensed milk. Since the symptoms of diarrhea were mild, which is not often seen in THES patients, the patient did not accept total parenteral nutrition or a hydrolyzed protein formula (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B13">Fabre et al., 2018</xref>). Because the symptoms gradually improved, the patient did not undergo an intestinal biopsy; hence, we do not know whether the diarrhea was caused by chronic inflammation in the gastrointestinal tract, which may result from an autoimmune influence. We consider poor absorption and malnutrition to be the main reasons for her short stature (1.35&#xa0;m). The proband is one of the few patients who has lived to 30&#xa0;years of age. Considering that the diarrhea was mild, no serious organ involvement and immunodeficiency was presumed. It is noted that the specific symptoms of our proband differed from those of previously reported cases (<xref ref-type="table" rid="T2">Table 2</xref>). As most cases are from Europe, these differences may be attributed to natural physiological differences between races.</p>
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<label>TABLE 2</label>
<caption>
<p>Comparison of clinical features of the proband with a large cohort of patients with THES.</p>
</caption>
<table>
<thead valign="top">
<tr>
<th align="left"/>
<th align="center">Entire THES cohort (<italic>n</italic> &#x3d; 80) (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B14">Fabre et al., 2017</xref>)</th>
<th align="center">THES with <italic>SKIV2L</italic> mutation (<italic>n</italic> &#x3d; 14)</th>
<th align="center">Patient</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody valign="top">
<tr>
<td align="left">Sex (female/male)</td>
<td align="char" char="/">39/35</td>
<td align="char" char="/">8/5</td>
<td align="center">Female</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Intractable diarrhea</td>
<td align="char" char="/">76/77</td>
<td align="char" char="/">14/14</td>
<td align="center">&#x2b;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Facial dysmorphism</td>
<td align="char" char="/">66/67</td>
<td align="char" char="/">10/10</td>
<td align="center">&#x2b;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Hair abnormalities</td>
<td align="char" char="/">71/73</td>
<td align="char" char="/">11/13</td>
<td align="center">&#x2b;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Trichorrhexis nodosa</td>
<td align="char" char="/">46/59</td>
<td align="char" char="/">5/13</td>
<td align="center">&#x2b;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Immunodeficiency</td>
<td align="char" char="/">48/67</td>
<td align="char" char="/">5/12</td>
<td align="center">&#x2212;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">IUGR/SGA</td>
<td align="char" char="/">48/63</td>
<td align="char" char="/">9/9</td>
<td align="center">&#x2b;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Liver disease</td>
<td align="char" char="/">41/61</td>
<td align="char" char="/">8/10</td>
<td align="center">&#x2212;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Skin abnormalities</td>
<td align="char" char="/">29/48</td>
<td align="char" char="/">6/6</td>
<td align="center">&#x2212;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Hypo/hyperpigmentation</td>
<td align="char" char="/">17/29</td>
<td align="char" char="/">4/6</td>
<td align="center">&#x2212;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Cardiac abnormalities</td>
<td align="char" char="/">15/43</td>
<td align="char" char="/">4/4</td>
<td align="center">&#x2212;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Outcome (alive/dead)</td>
<td align="char" char="/">56/24</td>
<td align="char" char="/">13/1</td>
<td align="center">Alive</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<table-wrap-foot>
<fn>
<p>IUGR, intrauterine growth retardation; SGA, small for gestational age.</p>
</fn>
</table-wrap-foot>
</table-wrap>
<p>The patient was diagnosed with premature ovarian failure at the age of 28&#xa0;years, which has never been reported in patients with THES before. There is still little information concerning the etiologies of such pathologies (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B4">Beck-Peccoz and Persani, 2006</xref>). Genetic, autoimmune, infectious, metabolic, and iatrogenic factors all appear to potentially play a role. Our proband did not receive abdominal surgery, radiotherapy, or chemotherapy. It was recently reported that exposure to common reproductively toxic environmental chemicals contributes to early menopause and even premature ovarian failure (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B16">Ge et al., 2019</xref>). Similarly, the unavoidable exposure to these chemicals may have induced premature ovarian failure in our proband. Another postulation is that, as <italic>SKIV2L</italic> is a specific negative regulator of RNA-activated RIG-I-like (RLR) response, her hypergonadotropic hypogonadism may be because patients with <italic>SKIV2L</italic> deficiency have a strong type I interferon (IFN) signature in the blood, indicating a chronic and inappropriate antiviral response and may lead to immune system activation and cellular damage. Mutations in <italic>SKIV2L</italic> may lead to structural loss-of-function to SKI2W (<xref ref-type="fig" rid="F2">Figure 2</xref>), which may lead to the destruction of ovarian cells due to chronic autoimmune response (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B10">Eckard et al., 2014</xref>). The study only tested two THES patients with biallelic <italic>SKIV2L</italic> mutations; more samples may be required to further evaluate the rationality of the mechanism mentioned above.</p>
<p>After a thorough literature search, we observed that no patient diagnosed with THES presented with osteoporosis. Considering that our proband was diagnosed with premature ovarian failure, we believe that this may be due to long-term adverse effects of estrogen deficiency (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B28">Raisz, 2005</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B11">European Society for Human et al., 2016</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B1">Almeida et al., 2017</xref>). Recent studies have suggested that SKIV2L deficiency activates mTORC1, which regulates osteoblast differentiation and activity (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B26">Liu et al., 2018</xref>; <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B19">Hiraiwa et al., 2019</xref>) and induces T cell hyperactivation (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="B35">Yang et al., 2022</xref>). However, since the results of these studies are inconsistent, further research is required to elucidate the exact mechanism(s) underlying the role of mTORC1 in osteoporosis and THES.</p>
<p>In conclusion, this case report adds to the available information regarding the characteristics of THES. We show that premature ovarian failure may occur in patients with THES and reveal a new example of the phenotypic spectrum of <italic>SKIV2L</italic> mutations. Molecular testing can be considered for THES diagnosis in cases of intractable diarrhea, growth restriction, and amenorrhea.</p>
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<title>Data Availability Statement</title>
<p>The data analyzed in this study is subject to the following licenses/restrictions: The raw datasets generated and/or analyzed during the current study are not publicly available in order to protect the participant&#x2019;s confidentiality. The data and materials are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request. Requests to access these datasets should be directed to XS, <email>brento@126.com</email>.</p>
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<title>Ethics Statement</title>
<p>The studies involving human participants were reviewed and approved by The ethics committee of the First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University. The patients/participants provided their written informed consent to participate in this study. Written informed consent was obtained from the individual(s) for the publication of any potentially identifiable images or data included in this article.</p>
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<title>Author Contributions</title>
<p>XS designed the study; MY drafted and revised the manuscript; MY and YJ acquired, analyzed, and interpreted the data. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.</p>
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<title>Funding</title>
<p>The research was supported by Fund Program (SZM2021013) of Suzhou Science and Technology Bureau.</p>
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<title>Conflict of Interest</title>
<p>The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.</p>
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<title>Publisher&#x2019;s Note</title>
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<p>The authors thank the proband and her family members for participating in and supporting this study. We would also like to thank Editage (<ext-link ext-link-type="uri" xlink:href="http://www.editage.com">www.editage.com</ext-link>) for English language editing.</p>
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<title>Abbreviations</title>
<p>THES, Trichohepatoenteric syndrome; TTC37, Tetratricopeptide repeat domain 37; <italic>SKIV2L</italic>, Superkiller viralicidic activity 2-like gene.</p>
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