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Nilipour Y, Nafissi S, Tjust AE, Ravenscroft G, Hossein Nejad Nedai H, Taylor RL, Varasteh V, Pedrosa Domellöf F, Zangi M, Tonekaboni SH, Olivé M, Kiiski K, Sagath L, Davis MR, Laing NG, Tajsharghi H. Ryanodine receptor type 3 (RYR3) as a novel gene associated with a myopathy with nemaline bodies. Eur J Neurol 2018; 25:841-847. [PMID: 29498452 DOI: 10.1111/ene.13607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2017] [Accepted: 02/26/2018] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Nemaline myopathy (NEM) has been associated with mutations in 12 genes to date. However, for some patients diagnosed with NEM, definitive mutations are not identified in the known genes, suggesting that there are other genes involved. This study describes compound heterozygosity for rare variants in ryanodine receptor type 3 (RYR3) gene in one such patient. METHODS AND RESULTS Clinical examination of the patient at 22 years of age revealed a long narrow face, high arched palate and bilateral facial weakness. She had proximal weakness in all four limbs, mild scapular winging but no scoliosis. Muscle biopsy revealed wide variation in fibre size with type 1 fibre predominance and atrophy. Abundant nemaline bodies were located in perinuclear and subsarcolemmal areas, and within the cytoplasm. No likely pathogenic mutations in known NEM genes were identified. Copy number variation in known NEM genes was excluded by NEM-targeted comparative genomic hybridization array. Next-generation sequencing revealed compound heterozygous missense variants in the RYR3 gene. RYR3 transcripts are expressed in human fetal and adult skeletal muscle as well as in human brain and cauda equina samples. Immunofluorescence of human skeletal muscle revealed a 'single-row' appearance of RYR3, interspersed between the 'double rows' of ryanodine receptor type 1 (RYR1) at each A-I junction. CONCLUSION The results suggest that variants in RYR3 may cause a recessive muscle disease with pathological features including nemaline bodies. We characterize the expression pattern of RYR3 in human skeletal muscle and brain, and the subcellular localization of RYR1 and RYR3 in human skeletal muscle.
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Affiliation(s)
- Y Nilipour
- Pediatric Pathology Research Centre, Mofid Children's Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran
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- Department of Neurology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Integrative Medical Biology, Umeå University, Umeå.,Department of Clinical Sciences, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
| | - G Ravenscroft
- Centre for Medical Research, University of Western Australia and Harry Perkins Institute for Medical Research, Nedlands, WA, Australia
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- Centre for Medical Research, University of Western Australia and Harry Perkins Institute for Medical Research, Nedlands, WA, Australia
| | - V Varasteh
- Department of Pathology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran
| | - F Pedrosa Domellöf
- Department of Integrative Medical Biology, Umeå University, Umeå.,Department of Clinical Sciences, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
| | - M Zangi
- Tracheal Diseases Research Center (TDRC), National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
| | - S H Tonekaboni
- Pediatric Pathology Research Centre, Mofid Children's Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran
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- Department of Pathology and Neuromuscular Unit, IDIBELL-Hospital de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Diagnostic Genomics, Pathwest, QEII Medical Centre, Nedlands, WA, Australia
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- Centre for Medical Research, University of Western Australia and Harry Perkins Institute for Medical Research, Nedlands, WA, Australia
| | - H Tajsharghi
- Centre for Medical Research, University of Western Australia and Harry Perkins Institute for Medical Research, Nedlands, WA, Australia.,Division of Biomedicine, School of Health and Education, University of Skövde, Skövde, Sweden
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