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CIPA can be caused by the variants in <jats:italic>NTRK1<\/jats:italic> gene, which encodes a high-affinity tyrosine kinase receptor for nerve growth factor. To ascertain the hereditary cause of a patient with CIPA accompanied by the additional symptoms of mild growth retardation, prone to fracture, underdeveloped nails of fingers and toes, irregular tooth alignment, enamel hypoplasia, postoperative wound healing difficulty, hand and limb deformity, and dislocation of hip joint, whole exome sequencing was used and revealed a compound heterozygous variant in <jats:italic>NTRK1<\/jats:italic>.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>DNA was extracted from peripheral blood samples of pediatric patients and their parents, and subjected to comprehensive analysis using whole-exome sequencing (WES), followed by verification of variant sites in the <jats:italic>NTRK1<\/jats:italic> gene through Sanger sequencing. To elucidate the functional impact of the newly discovered variants, an <jats:italic>in vitro<\/jats:italic> experimental system was established. Splicing analysis was conducted using PCR and Sanger sequencing, while expression levels were assessed through qPCR and Western blot techniques.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>One hotspot variant c.851-33T&amp;gt;A(ClinVar ID: 21308) and a novel variant c.850 + 5G&amp;gt;A(ClinVar ID:3069176) was inherited from her father and mother, respectively, identified in the affected individuals. The c.850 + 5G&amp;gt;A variant in <jats:italic>NTRK1<\/jats:italic> resulted in two forms of aberrant mRNA splicing: 13bp deletion (c.838_850del13, p. Val280Ser fs180) and 25bp deletion (826_850del25, p. Val276Ser fs180) in exon 7, both leading to a translational termination at a premature stop codon and forming a C-terminal truncated protein. The expression of two abnormal splicing isoforms was decreased both in the level of mRNA and protein.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>In conclusion, this study elucidated the genetic cause of a patient with CIPA and identified a novel variant c.850 + 5G&amp;gt;A in <jats:italic>NTRK1<\/jats:italic>, which broadened the and enriched the <jats:italic>NTRK1<\/jats:italic> mutation spectrum.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fgene.2024.1345081","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,5,10]],"date-time":"2024-05-10T05:06:14Z","timestamp":1715317574000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["A novel NTRK1 splice site variant causing congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis in a Chinese family"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Ling","family":"Sun","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jin","family":"Dai","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yuan","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lijun","family":"Zhou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yaqiong","family":"Ren","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hongying","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,5,10]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"559","DOI":"10.1111\/cge.13064","article-title":"Novel 9 amino acid in-frame deletion in the NTRK1 tyrosine kinase domain in a patient with congenital insensitivity to pain with anhydrosis","volume":"92","author":"Amin","year":"2017","journal-title":"Clin. 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