Aortopathy_Connective Tissue Disorders

Gene: ATP7A

Green List (high evidence)

ATP7A (ATPase copper transporting alpha)
EnsemblGeneIds (GRCh38): ENSG00000165240
EnsemblGeneIds (GRCh37): ENSG00000165240
OMIM: 300011, Gene2Phenotype
ATP7A is in 22 panels

1 review

Zornitza Stark (Victorian Clinical Genetics Services; Australian Genomics)

Green List (high evidence)

Connective tissue laxity is a prominent part of the phenotype.

Treatment: subcutaneous injections of copper histidine or copper chloride

ClinGen has assessed as moderate evidence for actionability.

Neonatal treatment with subcutaneous copper-histidine (initiated before 30 days of life) is recommended for asymptomatic males with a diagnosis of MD, but is not recommended for symptomatic boys or after 30 days of life. Treatment should be continued indefinitely. In an open-label clinical trial, 12 patients with MD treated with copper-histidine within 22 days of life had 92% survival after a mean follow-up of 4.6 years compared to 13% in a historical control group of 15 patients treated after a late diagnosis (mean age at diagnosis: 163 ± 113 days, range: 42 to 390). Two of the 12 patients with earlier treatment had normal neurological development. A second open-label trial of 35 presymptomatic patients receiving copper-histidine at less than a month of age reported significant improvement of four major neurodevelopmental (gross motor, fine motor/adaptive, personal/social, and language) domains and a non-significant lower mortality (28.5% vs 50%) at age of 3 years (or age of death) compared to 22 patients treated later and after onset of symptoms.
Sources: Expert list
Created: 28 Nov 2019, 9:50 p.m. | Last Modified: 23 Sep 2022, 2:50 a.m.
Panel Version: 1.72

Mode of inheritance
X-LINKED: hemizygous mutation in males, biallelic mutations in females

Phenotypes
Occipital horn syndrome, MIM#304150; Menkes disease, MIM#309400

History Filter Activity

23 Sep 2022, Gel status: 3

Added Tag

Zornitza Stark (Victorian Clinical Genetics Services; Australian Genomics)

Tag treatable tag was added to gene: ATP7A.

28 Nov 2019, Gel status: 3

Entity classified by Genomics England curator

Zornitza Stark (Victorian Clinical Genetics Services; Australian Genomics)

Gene: atp7a has been classified as Green List (High Evidence).

28 Nov 2019, Gel status: 3

Entity classified by Genomics England curator

Zornitza Stark (Victorian Clinical Genetics Services; Australian Genomics)

Gene: atp7a has been classified as Green List (High Evidence).

28 Nov 2019, Gel status: 1

Created, Added New Source, Set mode of inheritance, Set Phenotypes

Zornitza Stark (Victorian Clinical Genetics Services; Australian Genomics)

gene: ATP7A was added gene: ATP7A was added to Aortopathy, Connective tissue disorder_VCGS. Sources: Expert list Mode of inheritance for gene: ATP7A was set to X-LINKED: hemizygous mutation in males, biallelic mutations in females Phenotypes for gene: ATP7A were set to Occipital horn syndrome, MIM#304150; Menkes disease, MIM#309400 Review for gene: ATP7A was set to GREEN