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Table 1 Pathogenesis and genetic typing of OI

From: Pathogenic mechanisms of osteogenesis imperfecta, evidence for classification

Typing

Pathogenic mechanism

Sub-type

Pre-existing typing

Pathogenic genes

Mutant proteins

Mode of inheritance

Phenotype lightness and weight

Type 1

Type I Collagen defects

1 A

Type I

COL1A1

α1 chain

AD

Mild

Type II-IV

COL1A1,

COL1A2

α2 chain

AD

More severe clinical phenotype or lethality

1B

Type XIII

BMP1

BMP1

AR

More severe

Type VIIC

ADAMT-2

ADAMT-2

AR

ESD, not OI

1 C

Type VII

CRTAP

CRTAP

AR

Severe to lethality

Type VIII

LEPRE1

P3H1

AR

Severe to lethality

Type IX

PPIB

CypB

AR

Extremely rare

Type XIV

TMEMB38

TRIC-B

AR

Asymptomatic individual to severe OI

1D

Type X

SERPINH1

HSP47

AR

Severe

Type XI

FKBP10

FKBP65

AR

 

-

KDELR2

KDELR2

AR

 

-/BS

PLOD2

LH2

AR

 

Type 2

Bone mineralization defects

 

Type V

IFITM5

BRIL

AD

Usually a moderate OI, similar in severity to type IV OI

 

Type VI

SERPINF1

PEDF

AR

Severe bone dysplasia

 

Special Type VI

IFITM5

BRIL (Ser40Leu)

AD

More severe than typical Type VI OI

Type 3

Defective osteoblast differentiation and function

 

Type XVI

CREB3L1

OASIS

AR

Mild or lethality

 

Type XVIII

MBTPS2

S2P

XR

Moderate severity

 

Type XV

WNT1

WNT1

AR

Moderate to progressive deformation

 

Type XII

SP7

Osterix

AR

 
 

Type XVII

SPRAC

Osteonectin

AR

 

Type 4

Unclassified and untyped OI

 

-

FAM46A

FAM46A

AR

 
 

-

MESD

MESD

AR

Can cause stillbirth, drugs that enhance Wnt signaling such as anti-sclerostin antibodies may have potential therapeutic efficacy

 

-

CCDC134

CCDC134

AR

 
  1. OI: osteogenesis imperfecta; BS: Bruck syndrome; EDS: Ehlers-Danlos syndrome; AD: autosomal dominant; AR: autosomal recessive; XR: X-linked recessive