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Lail G, Siu VM, Leung A. Clinical Reasoning: A 19-Month-Old Girl With Infantile-Onset Myopathy and White Matter Changes. Neurology 2024; 102:e209258. [PMID: 38484275 DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000209258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2023] [Accepted: 01/17/2024] [Indexed: 03/19/2024] Open
Abstract
We describe the case of a 19-month-old girl presenting with gross motor delays, hypotonia, diminished deep tendon reflexes, hyperCKaemia, extensive white matter changes on MRI brain, and electromyography studies consistent with myopathy. The differential diagnosis for infantile-onset hypotonia and muscle weakness is broad. It includes numerous subtypes of genetic disorders, including congenital muscular dystrophies, congenital myopathies, congenital myasthenic syndromes, spinal muscular atrophy, single-gene genetic syndromes, and inborn errors of metabolism. We outline our clinical approach leading to the diagnosis of a distinctive genetic neuromuscular condition essential for neurologists and geneticists working with patients of all ages to recognize.
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- Gurnoor Lail
- From the Department of Paediatrics, Division of Medical Genetics (G.L., V.M.S.), and Department of Medical Imaging (A.L.), Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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- From the Department of Paediatrics, Division of Medical Genetics (G.L., V.M.S.), and Department of Medical Imaging (A.L.), Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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- From the Department of Paediatrics, Division of Medical Genetics (G.L., V.M.S.), and Department of Medical Imaging (A.L.), Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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Gong Z, Chen K, Xu Z, Yang Z, Wang H, Lin Z. Skin biopsy findings in megaconial congenital muscular dystrophy with psoriasiform lesions due to variants in CHKB. J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2024; 38:e323-e325. [PMID: 37907281 DOI: 10.1111/jdv.19598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2023] [Accepted: 10/25/2023] [Indexed: 11/02/2023]
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- Zhuoqing Gong
- Dermatology Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
- Department of Dermatology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing Key Laboratory of Molecular Diagnosis on Dermatoses, National Clinical Research Center for Skin and Immune Diseases, Beijing, China
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- Department of Dermatology, The Fifth People's Hospital of Hainan Province, Haikou, China
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- Department of Dermatology, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing, China
- Department of Dermatology, Shunyi Maternal and Children's Hospital of Beijing Children's Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Dermatology, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing, China
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- Dermatology Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Dermatology Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
- Department of Dermatology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing Key Laboratory of Molecular Diagnosis on Dermatoses, National Clinical Research Center for Skin and Immune Diseases, Beijing, China
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Altassan R, AlQudairy H, AlJebreen S, AlMuhaizea M, Al-Hindi H, Pena-Guerra KA, Ghebeh H, Almzroua A, Albakheet A, AlDosary M, Colak D, Arold ST, Kaya N. Expanding the phenotypic and genotypic spectrum of GGPS1 related congenital muscular dystrophy. Am J Med Genet A 2024; 194:e63498. [PMID: 38129970 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.63498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2023] [Revised: 10/24/2023] [Accepted: 11/26/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023]
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Congenital muscular dystrophies are a group of progressive disorders with wide range of symptoms associated with diverse cellular mechanisms. Recently, biallelic variants in GGPS1 were linked to a distinct autosomal recessive form of muscular dystrophy associated with hearing loss and ovarian insufficiency. In this report, we present a case of a young patient with a homozygous variant in GGPS1. The patient presented with only proximal muscle weakness, and elevated liver transaminases with spared hearing function. The hepatic involvement in this patient caused by a novel deleterious variant in the gene extends the phenotypic and genotypic spectrum of GGPS1 related muscular dystrophy.
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- Ruqaiah Altassan
- Department of Medical Genomics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Translational Genomics, Center for Genomic Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Translational Genomics, Center for Genomic Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Center for Neurosciences, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Computational Bioscience Research Center (CBRC), Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE), Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Stem Cell and Tissue Re-Engineering Program Department, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Stem Cell and Tissue Re-Engineering Program Department, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Translational Genomics, Center for Genomic Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Translational Genomics, Center for Genomic Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Molecular Oncology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Computational Bioscience Research Center (CBRC), Division of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE), Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Centre de Biochimie Structurale, CNRS, INSERM, Université de Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Department of Translational Genomics, Center for Genomic Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Tapia‐Curimil G, Castro‐Sepulveda M, Zbinden‐Foncea H. Effect of epicatechin consumption on the inflammatory pathway and mitochondria morphology in PBMC from a R350P desminopathy patient: A case report. Physiol Rep 2024; 12:e16020. [PMID: 38658362 PMCID: PMC11043034 DOI: 10.14814/phy2.16020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2023] [Revised: 04/04/2024] [Accepted: 04/05/2024] [Indexed: 04/26/2024] Open
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Desminopathy R350P is a human myopathy that is characterized by the progressive loss of muscle fiber organization. This results in the loss of muscle size, mobility, and strength. In desminopathy, inflammation affects muscle homeostasis and repair, and contributes to progressive muscle deterioration. Mitochondria morphology was also suggested to affect desminopathy progression. Epicatechin (Epi)-a natural compound found in cacao-has been proposed to regulate inflammatory signaling and mitochondria morphology in human and animal models. Hence, we hypothesize chronic Epi consumption to improve inflammatory pathway and mitochondria morphology in the peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of a desminopathy R350P patient. We found that 12 weeks of Epi consumption partially restored TRL4 signaling, indicative of inflammatory signaling and mitochondria morphology in the desminopathy patient. Moreover, Epi consumption improved blood health parameters, including reduced HOMA-IR and IL-6 levels in the desminopathy patient. This indicates that Epi consumption could be a useful tool to slow disease progression in desminopathy patients.
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- Germán Tapia‐Curimil
- Exercise Physiology and Metabolism Laboratory, School of Kinesiology, Faculty of MedicineUniversidad Finis TerraeSantiagoChile
- Centro de Salud DeportivaClínica Santa MaríaSantiagoChile
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- Exercise Physiology and Metabolism Laboratory, School of Kinesiology, Faculty of MedicineUniversidad Finis TerraeSantiagoChile
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- Exercise Physiology and Metabolism Laboratory, School of Kinesiology, Faculty of MedicineUniversidad Finis TerraeSantiagoChile
- Centro de Salud DeportivaClínica Santa MaríaSantiagoChile
- Facultad de Ciencias de la SaludUniversidad Francisco de VitoriaMadridEspaña
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Gu X, Yu J, Jiao K, Deng J, Xia X, Qiao K, Yue D, Gao M, Zhao C, Dong J, Huang G, Shan J, Yan C, Di L, Da Y, Zhu W, Xi J, Wang Z. Non-coding CGG repeat expansion in LOC642361/NUTM2B-AS1 is associated with a phenotype of oculopharyngodistal myopathy. J Med Genet 2024; 61:340-346. [PMID: 37923380 DOI: 10.1136/jmg-2023-109345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2023] [Accepted: 10/18/2023] [Indexed: 11/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Oculopharyngodistal myopathy (OPDM) is a rare adult-onset neuromuscular disease, associated with CGG repeat expansions in the 5' untranslated region of LRP12, GIPC1, NOTCH2NLC and RILPL1. However, the genetic cause of a proportion of pathoclinically confirmed cases remains unknown. METHODS A total of 26 OPDM patients with unknown genetic cause(s) from 4 tertiary referral hospitals were included in this study. Clinical data and laboratory findings were collected. Muscle samples were observed by histological and immunofluorescent staining. Long-read sequencing was initially conducted in six patients with OPDM. Repeat-primed PCR was used to screen the CGG repeat expansions in LOC642361/NUTM2B-AS1 in all 26 patients. RESULTS We identified CGG repeat expansion in the non-coding transcripts of LOC642361/NUTM2B-AS1 in another two unrelated Chinese cases with typical pathoclinical features of OPDM. The repeat expansion was more than 70 times in the patients but less than 40 times in the normal controls. Both patients showed no leucoencephalopathy but one showed mild cognitive impairment detected by Montreal Cognitive Assessment. Rimmed vacuoles and p62-positive intranuclear inclusions (INIs) were identified in muscle pathology, and colocalisation of CGG RNA foci with p62 was also found in the INIs of patient-derived fibroblasts. CONCLUSIONS We identified another two unrelated cases with CGG repeat expansion in the long non-coding RNA of the LOC642361/NUTM2B-AS1 gene, presenting with a phenotype of OPDM. Our cases broadened the recognised phenotypic spectrum and pathogenesis in the disease associated with CGG repeat expansion in LOC642361/NUTM2B-AS1.
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- Xinyu Gu
- Department of Neurology, Huashan Rare Disease Center, National Center for Neurological Disorders, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Huashan Rare Disease Center, National Center for Neurological Disorders, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Huashan Rare Disease Center, National Center for Neurological Disorders, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurology, Huashan Rare Disease Center, National Center for Neurological Disorders, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurology, Jing'an District Center Hospital of Shanghai, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Pathology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurology, Huashan Rare Disease Center, National Center for Neurological Disorders, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurology, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurology, the First People's Hospital of Pinghu, Pinghu, Zhejiang, China
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- Department of Neurology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Neurology, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Department of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Huashan Rare Disease Center, National Center for Neurological Disorders, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurology, Huashan Rare Disease Center, National Center for Neurological Disorders, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
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Tiwari V, Alam MJ, Bhatia M, Navya M, Banerjee SK. The structure and function of lamin A/C: Special focus on cardiomyopathy and therapeutic interventions. Life Sci 2024; 341:122489. [PMID: 38340979 DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2024.122489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2023] [Revised: 01/21/2024] [Accepted: 02/03/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024]
Abstract
Lamins are inner nuclear membrane proteins that belong to the intermediate filament family. Lamin A/C lie adjacent to the heterochromatin structure in polymer form, providing skeletal to the nucleus. Based on the localization, lamin A/C provides nuclear stability and cytoskeleton to the nucleus and modulates chromatin organization and gene expression. Besides being the structural protein making the inner nuclear membrane in polymer form, lamin A/C functions as a signalling molecule involved in gene expression as an enhancer inside the nucleus. Lamin A/C regulates various cellular pathways like autophagy and energy balance in the cytoplasm. Its expression is highly variable in differentiated tissues, higher in hard tissues like bone and muscle cells, and lower in soft tissues like the liver and brain. In muscle cells, including the heart, lamin A/C must be expressed in a balanced state. Lamin A/C mutation is linked with various diseases, such as muscular dystrophy, lipodystrophy, and cardiomyopathies. It has been observed that a good number of mutations in the LMNA gene impact cardiac activity and its function. Although several works have been published, there are still several unexplored areas left regarding the lamin A/C function and structure in the cardiovascular system and its pathological state. In this review, we focus on the structural organization, expression pattern, and function of lamin A/C, its interacting partners, and the pathophysiology associated with mutations in the lamin A/C gene, with special emphasis on cardiovascular diseases. With the recent finding on lamin A/C, we have summarized the possible therapeutic interventions to treat cardiovascular symptoms and reverse the molecular changes.
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- Vikas Tiwari
- Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Guwahati 781101, Assam, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Guwahati 781101, Assam, India; Cell Biology and Physiology Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Guwahati 781101, Assam, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Guwahati 781101, Assam, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Guwahati 781101, Assam, India.
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Zrelski MM, Hösele S, Kustermann M, Fichtinger P, Kah D, Athanasiou I, Esser PR, Wagner A, Herzog R, Kratochwill K, Goldmann WH, Kiritsi D, Winter L. Plectin Deficiency in Fibroblasts Deranges Intermediate Filament and Organelle Morphology, Migration, and Adhesion. J Invest Dermatol 2024; 144:547-562.e9. [PMID: 37716646 DOI: 10.1016/j.jid.2023.08.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2023] [Revised: 08/03/2023] [Accepted: 08/09/2023] [Indexed: 09/18/2023]
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Plectin, a highly versatile and multifunctional cytolinker, has been implicated in several multisystemic disorders. Most sequence variations in the human plectin gene (PLEC) cause epidermolysis bullosa simplex with muscular dystrophy (EBS-MD), an autosomal recessive skin-blistering disorder associated with progressive muscle weakness. In this study, we performed a comprehensive cell biological analysis of dermal fibroblasts from three different patients with EBS-MD, where PLEC expression analyses revealed preserved mRNA levels in all cases, whereas full-length plectin protein content was significantly reduced or completely absent. Downstream effects of pathogenic PLEC sequence alterations included massive bundling of vimentin intermediate filament networks, including the occurrence of ring-like nuclei-encasing filament bundles, elongated mitochondrial networks, and abnormal nuclear morphologies. We found that essential fibroblast functions such as wound healing, migration, or orientation upon cyclic stretch were significantly impaired in the cells of patients with EBS-MD. Finally, EBS-MD fibroblasts displayed reduced adhesion capacities, which could be attributed to smaller focal adhesion contacts. Our study not only emphasizes plectin's functional role in human skin fibroblasts, it also provides further insights into the understanding of EBS-MD-associated disease mechanisms.
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- Michaela M Zrelski
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Center for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Center for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Center for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Center for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Center for Medical Physics and Technology, Department of Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, Medical Center University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, Medical Center University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Core Facility Proteomics, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Division of Pediatric Nephrology and Gastroenterology, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Comprehensive Center for Pediatrics, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Christian Doppler Laboratory for Molecular Stress Research in Peritoneal Dialysis, Division of Pediatric Nephrology and Gastroenterology, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Comprehensive Center for Pediatrics, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Pediatric Nephrology and Gastroenterology, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Comprehensive Center for Pediatrics, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Christian Doppler Laboratory for Molecular Stress Research in Peritoneal Dialysis, Division of Pediatric Nephrology and Gastroenterology, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Comprehensive Center for Pediatrics, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
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- Core Facility Proteomics, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Division of Pediatric Nephrology and Gastroenterology, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Comprehensive Center for Pediatrics, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; Christian Doppler Laboratory for Molecular Stress Research in Peritoneal Dialysis, Division of Pediatric Nephrology and Gastroenterology, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Comprehensive Center for Pediatrics, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
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- Center for Medical Physics and Technology, Department of Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, Medical Center University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Center for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
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Chandrasekhar A, Mroczkowski HJ, Urraca N, Gross A, Bluske K, Thorpe E, Hagelstrom RT, Schonberg SA, Perry DL, Taft RJ, Kesari A. Genome sequencing detects a balanced pericentric inversion with breakpoints that impact the DMD and upstream region of POU3F4 genes. Am J Med Genet A 2024; 194:e63462. [PMID: 37929330 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.63462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2023] [Revised: 09/11/2023] [Accepted: 10/20/2023] [Indexed: 11/07/2023]
Abstract
We describe a family with two maternal half-brothers both of whom presented with muscular dystrophy, autism spectrum disorder, developmental delay, and sensorineural hearing loss. The elder brother had onset of features at ~3 months of age, followed by clinical confirmation of muscular dystrophy at 3 years. Skeletal biopsy staining at 4.7 years showed an absence of dystrophin protein which prompted extensive molecular testing over 4 years that included gene panels, targeted single-gene assays, arrays, and karyotyping, all of which failed to identify a clinically significant variant in the DMD gene. At 10 years of age, clinical whole-genome sequencing (cWGS) was performed, which revealed a novel hemizygous ~50.7 Mb balanced pericentric inversion on chromosome X that disrupts the DMD gene in both siblings, consistent with the muscular dystrophy phenotype. This inversion also impacts the upstream regulatory region of POU3F4, structural rearrangements which are known to cause hearing loss. The unaffected mother is a heterozygous carrier for the pericentric inversion. This finding illustrates the ability of cWGS to detect a wide breadth of disease-causing genomic variations including large genomic rearrangements.
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center and Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee Health Science Center and Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
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Smeets H, Verbrugge B, Bulbena X, Hristova L, Vogt J, van Beckhoven I. European Joint Programme on Rare Diseases workshop: LAMA2-muscular dystrophy: paving the road to therapy March 17-19, 2023, Barcelona, Spain. Neuromuscul Disord 2024; 36:16-22. [PMID: 38306718 DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2024.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2023] [Revised: 12/31/2023] [Accepted: 01/08/2024] [Indexed: 02/04/2024]
Abstract
The European Joint Programme on Rare Diseases (EJPRD) funded the workshop "LAMA2-Muscular Dystrophy: Paving the road to therapy", bringing together 40 health-care professionals, researchers, patient-advocacy groups, Early-Career Scientists and other stakeholders from 14 countries. Progress in natural history, pathophysiology, trial readiness, and treatment strategies was discussed together with efforts to increase patient-awareness and strengthen collaborations. Key outcomes were (a) ongoing natural history studies in 7 countries already covered more than 350 patients. The next steps are to include additional countries, harmonise data collection and define a minimal dataset; (b) therapy development was largely complementary. Approaches included LAMA2-replacement and correction, LAMA1-reactivation, mRNA modulation, linker-protein expression, targeting downstream processes and identifying modifiers, using viral vectors, muscle stem cells, iPSC and mouse models and patient lines; (c) LAMA2-Europe will inform patients (-representatives) worldwide on standards of care and scientific progress, and enable sharing experiences. Follow-up monthly online meetings and research repositories have been established to create sustainable collaborations.
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- Hubert Smeets
- Department of Toxicogenomics, Research Institutes MHeNS and GROW, Maastricht University, UNS40 Maastricht 6229ER, the Netherlands.
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- LAMA2-MD Foundation "Voor Sara", Dordrecht, the Netherlands
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- Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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Traverso M, Baratto S, Iacomino M, Di Duca M, Panicucci C, Casalini S, Grandis M, Falace A, Torella A, Picillo E, Onore ME, Politano L, Nigro V, Innes AM, Barresi R, Bruno C, Zara F, Fiorillo C, Scala M. DAG1 haploinsufficiency is associated with sporadic and familial isolated or pauci-symptomatic hyperCKemia. Eur J Hum Genet 2024; 32:342-349. [PMID: 38177406 PMCID: PMC10923780 DOI: 10.1038/s41431-023-01516-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2023] [Revised: 10/31/2023] [Accepted: 11/27/2023] [Indexed: 01/06/2024] Open
Abstract
DAG1 encodes for dystroglycan, a key component of the dystrophin-glycoprotein complex (DGC) with a pivotal role in skeletal muscle function and maintenance. Biallelic loss-of-function DAG1 variants cause severe muscular dystrophy and muscle-eye-brain disease. A possible contribution of DAG1 deficiency to milder muscular phenotypes has been suggested. We investigated the genetic background of twelve subjects with persistent mild-to-severe hyperCKemia to dissect the role of DAG1 in this condition. Genetic testing was performed through exome sequencing (ES) or custom NGS panels including various genes involved in a spectrum of muscular disorders. Histopathological and Western blot analyses were performed on muscle biopsy samples obtained from three patients. We identified seven novel heterozygous truncating variants in DAG1 segregating with isolated or pauci-symptomatic hyperCKemia in all families. The variants were rare and predicted to lead to nonsense-mediated mRNA decay or the formation of a truncated transcript. In four cases, DAG1 variants were inherited from similarly affected parents. Histopathological analysis revealed a decreased expression of dystroglycan subunits and Western blot confirmed a significantly reduced expression of beta-dystroglycan in muscle samples. This study supports the pathogenic role of DAG1 haploinsufficiency in isolated or pauci-symptomatic hyperCKemia, with implications for clinical management and genetic counseling.
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- Monica Traverso
- Pediatric Neurology and Muscular Diseases Unit, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- Centre of Translational and Experimental Myology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- Medical Genetics Unit, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- Medical Genetics Unit, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- Centre of Translational and Experimental Myology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- Centre of Translational and Experimental Myology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- Pediatric Neurology and Muscular Diseases Unit, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Precision Medicine, University "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
- Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), Pozzuoli, Italy
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- Department of Precision Medicine, University "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
- Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), Pozzuoli, Italy
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- Department of Precision Medicine, University "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
- Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), Pozzuoli, Italy
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- Department of Precision Medicine, University "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
- Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), Pozzuoli, Italy
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- Department of Precision Medicine, University "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
- Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), Pozzuoli, Italy
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- Department of Medical Genetics and Pediatrics, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
- Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Centre of Translational and Experimental Myology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
- Department of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Medical Genetics Unit, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy.
- Department of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
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- Department of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
- Child Neuropsychiatry Unit, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy.
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- Medical Genetics Unit, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy.
- Department of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
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Shen Y, Zheng LL, Fang CY, Xu YY, Wang C, Li JT, Lei MZ, Yin M, Lu HJ, Lei QY, Qu J. ABHD7-mediated depalmitoylation of lamin A promotes myoblast differentiation. Cell Rep 2024; 43:113720. [PMID: 38308845 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.113720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2023] [Revised: 07/04/2023] [Accepted: 01/12/2024] [Indexed: 02/05/2024] Open
Abstract
LMNA gene mutation can cause muscular dystrophy, and post-translational modification plays a critical role in regulating its function. Here, we identify that lamin A is palmitoylated at cysteine 522, 588, and 591 residues, which are reversely catalyzed by palmitoyltransferase zinc finger DHHC-type palmitoyltransferase 5 (ZDHHC5) and depalmitoylase α/β hydrolase domain 7 (ABHD7). Furthermore, the metabolite lactate promotes palmitoylation of lamin A by inhibiting the interaction between it and ABHD7. Interestingly, low-level palmitoylation of lamin A promotes, whereas high-level palmitoylation of lamin A inhibits, murine myoblast differentiation. Together, these observations suggest that ABHD7-mediated depalmitoylation of lamin A controls myoblast differentiation.
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- Yuan Shen
- Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center & Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Cancer Institutes, Key Laboratory of Breast Cancer in Shanghai, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Radiation Oncology, The Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China; Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center & Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Cancer Institutes, Key Laboratory of Breast Cancer in Shanghai, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Radiation Oncology, The Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China; Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
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- Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center & Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Cancer Institutes, Key Laboratory of Breast Cancer in Shanghai, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Radiation Oncology, The Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center & Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Cancer Institutes, Key Laboratory of Breast Cancer in Shanghai, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Radiation Oncology, The Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China; Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center & Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Cancer Institutes, Key Laboratory of Breast Cancer in Shanghai, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Radiation Oncology, The Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China; Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center & Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Cancer Institutes, Key Laboratory of Breast Cancer in Shanghai, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Radiation Oncology, The Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China; Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center & Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Cancer Institutes, Key Laboratory of Breast Cancer in Shanghai, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Radiation Oncology, The Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China; Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center & Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Cancer Institutes, Key Laboratory of Breast Cancer in Shanghai, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Radiation Oncology, The Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China; NHC Key Laboratory of Glycoconjugates Research, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China; Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China.
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- Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center & Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Cancer Institutes, Key Laboratory of Breast Cancer in Shanghai, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Radiation Oncology, The Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China; Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China; State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China; New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.
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- Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center & Institutes of Biomedical Sciences, Cancer Institutes, Key Laboratory of Breast Cancer in Shanghai, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Radiation Oncology, The Shanghai Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China; Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.
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Nashabat M, Nabavizadeh N, Saraçoğlu HP, Sarıbaş B, Avcı Ş, Börklü E, Beillard E, Yılmaz E, Uygur SE, Kayhan CK, Bosco L, Eren ZB, Steindl K, Richter MF, Bademci G, Rauch A, Fattahi Z, Valentino ML, Connolly AM, Bahr A, Viola L, Bergmann AK, Rocha ME, Peart L, Castro-Rojas DL, Bültmann E, Khan S, Giarrana ML, Teleanu RI, Gonzalez JM, Pini A, Schädlich IS, Vill K, Brugger M, Zuchner S, Pinto A, Donkervoort S, Bivona SA, Riza A, Streata I, Gläser D, Baquero-Montoya C, Garcia-Restrepo N, Kotzaeridou U, Brunet T, Epure DA, Bertoli-Avella A, Kariminejad A, Tekin M, von Hardenberg S, Bönnemann CG, Stettner GM, Zanni G, Kayserili H, Oflazer ZP, Escande-Beillard N. SNUPN deficiency causes a recessive muscular dystrophy due to RNA mis-splicing and ECM dysregulation. Nat Commun 2024; 15:1758. [PMID: 38413582 PMCID: PMC10899626 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-45933-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2023] [Accepted: 02/08/2024] [Indexed: 02/29/2024] Open
Abstract
SNURPORTIN-1, encoded by SNUPN, plays a central role in the nuclear import of spliceosomal small nuclear ribonucleoproteins. However, its physiological function remains unexplored. In this study, we investigate 18 children from 15 unrelated families who present with atypical muscular dystrophy and neurological defects. Nine hypomorphic SNUPN biallelic variants, predominantly clustered in the last coding exon, are ascertained to segregate with the disease. We demonstrate that mutant SPN1 failed to oligomerize leading to cytoplasmic aggregation in patients' primary fibroblasts and CRISPR/Cas9-mediated mutant cell lines. Additionally, mutant nuclei exhibit defective spliceosomal maturation and breakdown of Cajal bodies. Transcriptome analyses reveal splicing and mRNA expression dysregulation, particularly in sarcolemmal components, causing disruption of cytoskeletal organization in mutant cells and patient muscle tissues. Our findings establish SNUPN deficiency as the genetic etiology of a previously unrecognized subtype of muscular dystrophy and provide robust evidence of the role of SPN1 for muscle homeostasis.
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- Marwan Nashabat
- Laboratory of Functional Genomics, Department of Medical Genetics, Koç University, School of Medicine (KUSoM), Istanbul, Turkey
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- Laboratory of Functional Genomics, Department of Medical Genetics, Koç University, School of Medicine (KUSoM), Istanbul, Turkey
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- Laboratory of Functional Genomics, Department of Medical Genetics, Koç University, School of Medicine (KUSoM), Istanbul, Turkey
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- Laboratory of Functional Genomics, Department of Medical Genetics, Koç University, School of Medicine (KUSoM), Istanbul, Turkey
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- Diagnostic Center for Genetic Diseases, Department of Medical Genetics, Koç University Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Diagnostic Center for Genetic Diseases, Department of Medical Genetics, Koç University Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Laboratory of Functional Genomics, Department of Medical Genetics, Koç University, School of Medicine (KUSoM), Istanbul, Turkey
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- Laboratory of Functional Genomics, Department of Medical Genetics, Koç University, School of Medicine (KUSoM), Istanbul, Turkey
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- Pathology Laboratory, Acıbadem Maslak Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
- Department of Biotechnology, Nişantaşı University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Unit of Muscular and Neurodegenerative Disorders and Developmental Neurology, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
- Department of Science, University "Roma Tre", Rome, Italy
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- Laboratory of Functional Genomics, Department of Medical Genetics, Koç University, School of Medicine (KUSoM), Istanbul, Turkey
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- Institute of Medical Genetics, University of Zurich, Schlieren-Zurich, Switzerland
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- Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Institute of Medical Genetics, University of Zurich, Schlieren-Zurich, Switzerland
- Research Priority Program (URPP) ITINERARE: Innovative Therapies in Rare Diseases, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Neuroscience Center Zurich, University of Zurich and ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Genetics Research Center, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Kariminejad-Najmabadi Pathology & Genetics Centre, Tehran, Iran
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- IRCCS Institute of Neurological Sciences of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Division of Neurology, Nationwide Children's Hospital, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Institute of Medical Genetics, University of Zurich, Schlieren-Zurich, Switzerland
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- Unit of Clinical Pediatrics, State Hospital, San Marino Republic, Italy
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- Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Genomics Laboratory, Center of Immunology and Genetics (CIGE), SURA Ayudas Diagnosticas, Medellín, Colombia
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- Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Dr Victor Gomoiu Children's Hospital, Bucharest, Romania
- Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania
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- Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Neuromuscular Pediatric Unit, IRCCS Institute of Neurological Sciences of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology and Developmental Medicine and LMU Center for Children with Medical Complexity, Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, LMU Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
- Department of Human Genetics, Technical University of Munich, School of Medicine, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Human Genetics, Technical University of Munich, School of Medicine, Munich, Germany
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- Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
- John P. Hussmann Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Neuromuscular and Neurogenetic Disorders of Childhood Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Human Genomics Laboratory, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Craiova, Romania
- Regional Centre of Medical Genetics Dolj, County Clinical Emergency Hospital, Craiova, Romania
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- Human Genomics Laboratory, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Craiova, Romania
- Regional Centre of Medical Genetics Dolj, County Clinical Emergency Hospital, Craiova, Romania
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- Division of Child Neurology and Inherited Metabolic Diseases, Center for Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology and Developmental Medicine and LMU Center for Children with Medical Complexity, Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, LMU Hospital, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
- Department of Human Genetics, Technical University of Munich, School of Medicine, Munich, Germany
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- Dr. John T. Macdonald Foundation Department of Human Genetics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
- John P. Hussmann Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Neuromuscular and Neurogenetic Disorders of Childhood Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Neuromuscular Center Zurich and Department of Pediatric Neurology, University Children's Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Unit of Muscular and Neurodegenerative Disorders and Developmental Neurology, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Diagnostic Center for Genetic Diseases, Department of Medical Genetics, Koç University Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
- Department of Medical Genetics, Koç University School of Medicine (KUSoM), Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Neurology, Koç University Hospital Muscle Center, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Laboratory of Functional Genomics, Department of Medical Genetics, Koç University, School of Medicine (KUSoM), Istanbul, Turkey.
- Research Center for Translational Medicine (KUTTAM), Koç University School of Medicine (KUSoM), Istanbul, Turkey.
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Xu S, Li L, Shen L, Wang X, Feng W, Liu S. Unexpected partial RNA deletion by two different novel COL6A2 mutations leads to Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy. QJM 2024; 117:61-62. [PMID: 37738610 DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcad209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2023] [Indexed: 09/24/2023] Open
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- S Xu
- Department of Anesthesiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Medical Genetic Department, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
- Prenatal Diagnosis Center, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Medical Genetic Department, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
- Prenatal Diagnosis Center, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Medical Genetic Department, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
- Prenatal Diagnosis Center, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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- Medical Genetic Department, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
- Prenatal Diagnosis Center, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University, Qingdao, China
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Shi Y, Cao C, Zeng Y, Ding Y, Chen L, Zheng F, Chen X, Zhou F, Yang X, Li J, Xu L, Xu G, Lin M, Ishiura H, Tsuji S, Wang N, Wang Z, Chen WJ, Yang K. CGG repeat expansion in LOC642361/NUTM2B-AS1 typically presents as oculopharyngodistal myopathy. J Genet Genomics 2024; 51:184-196. [PMID: 38159879 DOI: 10.1016/j.jgg.2023.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2023] [Revised: 12/25/2023] [Accepted: 12/25/2023] [Indexed: 01/03/2024]
Abstract
CGG repeat expansions in LOC642361/NUTM2B-AS1 have recently been identified as a cause of oculopharyngeal myopathy with leukoencephalopathy. However, since only three patients from a single family were reported, it remains unknown whether their clinicopathological features are typical for CGG repeat expansions in LOC642361/NUTM2B-AS1. Here, using repeat-primed-polymerase chain reaction and long-read sequencing, we identify 12 individuals from 3 unrelated families with CGG repeat expansions in LOC642361/NUTM2B-AS1, typically presenting with oculopharyngodistal myopathy. The CGG repeat expansions range from 161 to 669 repeat units. Most of the patients present with ptosis, restricted eye movements, dysphagia, dysarthria, and diffuse limb muscle weakness. Only one patient shows T2-weighted hyperintensity in the cerebellar white matter surrounding the deep cerebellar nuclei on brain magnetic resonance imaging. Muscle biopsies from three patients show a myopathic pattern and rimmed vacuoles. Analyses of muscle biopsies suggest that CGG repeat expansions in LOC642361/NUTM2B-AS1 may deleteriously affect aggrephagic capacity, suggesting that RNA toxicity and mitochondrial dysfunction may contribute to pathogenesis. Our study thus expands the phenotypic spectrum for the CGG repeat expansion of LOC642361/NUTM2B-AS1 and indicates that this genetic variant typically manifests as oculopharyngodistal myopathy with chronic myopathic changes with rimmed vacuoles and filamentous intranuclear inclusions in muscle fibers.
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- Yan Shi
- Department of Neurology and Institute of Neurology of First Affiliated Hospital, Institute of Neuroscience, Fujian Key Laboratory of Molecular Neurology, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350005, China; Department of Neurology, National Regional Medical Center, Binhai Campus of the First Affiliated Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350212, China
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- Department of Neurology and Institute of Neurology of First Affiliated Hospital, Institute of Neuroscience, Fujian Key Laboratory of Molecular Neurology, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350005, China; The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Clinical Medicine of Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, Henan 471000, China
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- Department of Neurology and Institute of Neurology of First Affiliated Hospital, Institute of Neuroscience, Fujian Key Laboratory of Molecular Neurology, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350005, China; Department of Neurology, National Regional Medical Center, Binhai Campus of the First Affiliated Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350212, China
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- Department of Neurology and Institute of Neurology of First Affiliated Hospital, Institute of Neuroscience, Fujian Key Laboratory of Molecular Neurology, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350005, China; Department of Neurology, National Regional Medical Center, Binhai Campus of the First Affiliated Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350212, China
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- Department of Neurology and Institute of Neurology of First Affiliated Hospital, Institute of Neuroscience, Fujian Key Laboratory of Molecular Neurology, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350005, China; Department of Neurology, National Regional Medical Center, Binhai Campus of the First Affiliated Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350212, China
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- Department of Neurology and Institute of Neurology of First Affiliated Hospital, Institute of Neuroscience, Fujian Key Laboratory of Molecular Neurology, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350005, China; Department of Neurology, National Regional Medical Center, Binhai Campus of the First Affiliated Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350212, China
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- Department of Neurology, Zhangzhou Municipal Hospital of Fujian Province and Zhangzhou Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Zhangzhou, Fujian 363000, China
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- Department of Neurology, Jian'ou Municipal Hospital of Fujian Province, Jian'ou, Fujian 353100, China
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- Department of Radiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350005, China
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- Department of Neurology and Institute of Neurology of First Affiliated Hospital, Institute of Neuroscience, Fujian Key Laboratory of Molecular Neurology, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350005, China; Department of Neurology, National Regional Medical Center, Binhai Campus of the First Affiliated Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350212, China
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- Department of Neurology and Institute of Neurology of First Affiliated Hospital, Institute of Neuroscience, Fujian Key Laboratory of Molecular Neurology, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350005, China; Department of Neurology, National Regional Medical Center, Binhai Campus of the First Affiliated Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350212, China
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- Department of Neurology and Institute of Neurology of First Affiliated Hospital, Institute of Neuroscience, Fujian Key Laboratory of Molecular Neurology, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350005, China; Department of Neurology, National Regional Medical Center, Binhai Campus of the First Affiliated Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350212, China
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- Department of Neurology and Institute of Neurology of First Affiliated Hospital, Institute of Neuroscience, Fujian Key Laboratory of Molecular Neurology, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350005, China; Department of Neurology, National Regional Medical Center, Binhai Campus of the First Affiliated Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350212, China
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- Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan; Department of Neurology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama 700-8558, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan; Institute of Medical Genomics, International University of Health and Welfare, Chiba 286-0048, Japan
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- Department of Neurology and Institute of Neurology of First Affiliated Hospital, Institute of Neuroscience, Fujian Key Laboratory of Molecular Neurology, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350005, China; Department of Neurology, National Regional Medical Center, Binhai Campus of the First Affiliated Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350212, China
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- Department of Neurology and Institute of Neurology of First Affiliated Hospital, Institute of Neuroscience, Fujian Key Laboratory of Molecular Neurology, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350005, China; Department of Neurology, National Regional Medical Center, Binhai Campus of the First Affiliated Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350212, China.
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- Department of Neurology and Institute of Neurology of First Affiliated Hospital, Institute of Neuroscience, Fujian Key Laboratory of Molecular Neurology, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350005, China; Department of Neurology, National Regional Medical Center, Binhai Campus of the First Affiliated Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350212, China.
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- Department of Neurology and Institute of Neurology of First Affiliated Hospital, Institute of Neuroscience, Fujian Key Laboratory of Molecular Neurology, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350005, China; Department of Neurology, National Regional Medical Center, Binhai Campus of the First Affiliated Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350212, China.
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O'Brien JG, Willis AB, Long AM, Kwon J, Lee G, Li FW, Page PG, Vo AH, Hadhazy M, Spencer MJ, Crosbie RH, Demonbreun AR, McNally EM. The super-healing MRL strain promotes muscle growth in muscular dystrophy through a regenerative extracellular matrix. JCI Insight 2024; 9:e173246. [PMID: 38175727 DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.173246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2023] [Accepted: 12/21/2023] [Indexed: 01/05/2024] Open
Abstract
The Murphy Roths Large (MRL) mouse strain has "super-healing" properties that enhance recovery from injury. In mice, the DBA/2J strain intensifies many aspects of muscular dystrophy, so we evaluated the ability of the MRL strain to suppress muscular dystrophy in the Sgcg-null mouse model of limb girdle muscular dystrophy. A comparative analysis of Sgcg-null mice in the DBA/2J versus MRL strains showed greater myofiber regeneration, with reduced structural degradation of muscle in the MRL strain. Transcriptomic profiling of dystrophic muscle indicated strain-dependent expression of extracellular matrix (ECM) and TGF-β signaling genes. To investigate the MRL ECM, cellular components were removed from dystrophic muscle sections to generate decellularized myoscaffolds. Decellularized myoscaffolds from dystrophic mice in the protective MRL strain had significantly less deposition of collagen and matrix-bound TGF-β1 and TGF-β3 throughout the matrix. Dystrophic myoscaffolds from the MRL background, but not the DBA/2J background, were enriched in myokines like IGF-1 and IL-6. C2C12 myoblasts seeded onto decellularized matrices from Sgcg-/- MRL and Sgcg-/- DBA/2J muscles showed the MRL background induced greater myoblast differentiation compared with dystrophic DBA/2J myoscaffolds. Thus, the MRL background imparts its effect through a highly regenerative ECM, which is active even in muscular dystrophy.
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- Joseph G O'Brien
- Center for Genetic Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Center for Genetic Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Center for Genetic Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Center for Genetic Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Center for Genetic Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Center for Genetic Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Center for Genetic Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Center for Genetic Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Center for Genetic Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Center for Genetic Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Department of Pharmacology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Center for Genetic Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Bouman K, Dittrich ATM, Groothuis JT, van Engelen BGM, Zweers-van Essen H, de Baaij-Daalmeyer A, Janssen MCH, Erasmus CE, Draaisma JMT, Voermans NC. Bone quality in LAMA2-related muscular dystrophy and SELENON-related congenital myopathy, a one-year prospective natural history study. Neuromuscul Disord 2024; 34:105-113. [PMID: 38160563 DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2023.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2023] [Revised: 11/09/2023] [Accepted: 11/26/2023] [Indexed: 01/03/2024]
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Fragility fractures are frequently reported in neuromuscular diseases and negatively influence functional prognosis, quality of life and survival. In LAMA2-related muscular dystrophy (LAMA2-MD) and SELENON(SEPN1)-related congenital myopathy (SELENON-RM) cross-sectional and prospective natural history studies on bone quality and fragility long bone fractures (LBFs) are lacking. We therefore aim to systematically assess bone quality and provide recommendations for clinical care. We performed a one-year prospective natural history study in 21 LAMA2-MD and 10 SELENON-RM patients including a standardized fracture history and bone quality assessment through dual energy Xray absorptiometry scan (DEXA-scan) and/or bone health index (BHI). Ninety percent of the LAMA2-MD and SELENON-RM patients showed low bone quality. Eight (38%) LAMA2-MD and five (50%) SELENON-RM patients had a history of fragility LBFs. During the one-year follow-up period, one LAMA2-MD patient (female, 3 years) experienced a fragility LBF of the right humerus. We found no difference in bone mineral density between baseline and one-year follow-up. Based on general international guidelines for osteoporosis, we advise adequate vitamin D and calcium intake, and standardized clinical follow-up through a DEXA-scan or BHI in all LAMA2-MD and SELENON-RM patients. On indication, patients should be referred to the pediatrics or internal medicine for consideration of additional treatments.
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- Karlijn Bouman
- Department of Neurology, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Department of Pediatric Neurology, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Amalia Children's Hospital, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
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- Department of Pediatrics, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Amalia Children's Hospital, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Rehabilitation, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Neurology, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Amalia Children's Hospital, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, Radboud Institute for Health Sciences, Amalia Children's Hospital, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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Belhassen I, Menassa R, Sakka S, Michel-Calemard L, Streichenberger N, Ayed DB, Bouattour N, Dammak M, Mhiri C. Mild limb girdle muscular dystrophy R9 phenotype caused by novel compound heterozygous FKRP gene mutation. Acta Myol 2023; 42:106-112. [PMID: 38406381 PMCID: PMC10883327 DOI: 10.36185/2532-1900-391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2023] [Accepted: 12/19/2023] [Indexed: 02/27/2024]
Abstract
Fukutin-related protein (FKRP) mutations cause a broad spectrum of muscular dystrophies, from a relatively mild limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 9 (LGMDR9) to severe congenital muscular dystrophy (CMD). This study aims to report two siblings belonging to a non-consanguineous Tunisian family harboring a novel compound heterozygous FKRP variant and presenting a mild LGDMR9 phenotype. For mutation screening, massive parallel sequencing was performed, followed by Sanger sequencing and multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA) to validate the existence of the discovered variants. The absence of alpha-dystroglycan was determined by immunohistochemistry. Brain and thigh magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) were performed to detect thigh and brain abnormalities. The two siblings had a late age at onset and clinical examination showed that the pelvic girdles had a predominantly proximal and symmetrical distribution of weakness without cardiac or respiratory involvement. They both had a modified Gardner-Medwin Walton Scale mGMWS grade of 4 and a modified Rankin Scale (mRS) score of 1. The DNA sequencing revealed a novel deletion of exons 2 and 3 in one allele and a missense mutation c.1364C > A, which has been reported to be responsible for congenital muscular dystrophy and mental retardation on the second allele. The simultaneous presence of the two variations in the two cases suggests that the variants segregate with the pathophysiology.
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- Ikhlass Belhassen
- Laboratory of Neurogenetics, Parkinson Disease and Cerebrovascular Diseases (LR-12-SP-19), Habib Bourguiba University Hospital, University of Sfax, Tunisia
- Clinical Investigation Center, Habib Bourguiba University Hospital, Sfax, Tunisia
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- Service de Biochimie et Biologie Moléculaire, Centre de Biologie et Pathologie Est, Hospices Civils de Lyon, France
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- Laboratory of Neurogenetics, Parkinson Disease and Cerebrovascular Diseases (LR-12-SP-19), Habib Bourguiba University Hospital, University of Sfax, Tunisia
- Clinical Investigation Center, Habib Bourguiba University Hospital, Sfax, Tunisia
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- Service de Biochimie et Biologie Moléculaire, Centre de Biologie et Pathologie Est, Hospices Civils de Lyon, France
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- Centre de Pathologie et Neuropathologie Est, Hospices Civils de Lyon; Université Claude Bernard Lyon1, Lyon, France
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- Laboratory of Neurogenetics, Parkinson Disease and Cerebrovascular Diseases (LR-12-SP-19), Habib Bourguiba University Hospital, University of Sfax, Tunisia
- Clinical Investigation Center, Habib Bourguiba University Hospital, Sfax, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Neurogenetics, Parkinson Disease and Cerebrovascular Diseases (LR-12-SP-19), Habib Bourguiba University Hospital, University of Sfax, Tunisia
- Clinical Investigation Center, Habib Bourguiba University Hospital, Sfax, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Neurogenetics, Parkinson Disease and Cerebrovascular Diseases (LR-12-SP-19), Habib Bourguiba University Hospital, University of Sfax, Tunisia
- Clinical Investigation Center, Habib Bourguiba University Hospital, Sfax, Tunisia
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- Laboratory of Neurogenetics, Parkinson Disease and Cerebrovascular Diseases (LR-12-SP-19), Habib Bourguiba University Hospital, University of Sfax, Tunisia
- Clinical Investigation Center, Habib Bourguiba University Hospital, Sfax, Tunisia
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Li J, Lin S, Wu Q, Feng J, Chen Q, Jiang K. Spontaneous mutation in the COL6A2 gene causing Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy type 1 in a Chinese child: A case report. Medicine (Baltimore) 2023; 102:e36398. [PMID: 38065855 PMCID: PMC10713163 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000036398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2023] [Accepted: 11/10/2023] [Indexed: 12/18/2023] Open
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RATIONALE Mutations in the gene encoding type VI collagen cause Bethlem myopathy (MIM 158810) and Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy (MIM 254090); 2 diseases previously recognized as completely independent, and have been increasingly recognized. However, collagen-related myopathy caused by intron variation in the COL6 gene is rarely reported in China. Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy is an autosomal recessive disorder that leads to severe muscle weakness with early onset. Thus, children may never walk independently, with proximal joint contractures and significant hyperelastic distal joints, and have early respiratory failure. Therefore, timely diagnosis and treatment are important. We report a spontaneous mutation in the COL6A2 gene causing Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy type 1 in a pediatric patient. PATIENT CONCERNS A boy aged 4 years was unable to walk independently, could sit alone for a short time, and his motor development was delayed and had regressed after 1 year of age. He had a high palatal arch and a through palm with localized transverse lines running laterally from the palm. Electromyography showed an impaired neurogenic source, and whole-exon gene sequencing revealed a spontaneous heterozygous mutation in the COL6A2 gene (c.955-2A>G), which was determined to be a pathogenic mutation according to the American Guidelines of the College of Medical Genetics. DIAGNOSES This child has a delayed motor development, high osprey arch and a through palm with localized transverse lines running laterally from the palm, and regression of motor development after the age of 1 year. Whole exon examination showed spontaneous mutation of the COL6A2 gene; thus, the child was diagnosed with UCMD type 1. INTERVENTIONS At present, there is no special treatment for this disease, and treatment is mainly symptomatic and supportive. The child underwent home massage, rehabilitation training, oral folic acid tablets, vitamins and coenzyme Q10. OUTCOMES During the subsequent follow-up period, the patient can now sit alone for a short period of time. LESSONS We report a case of spontaneous mutation in the COL6A2 gene causing Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy type 1 in a pediatric patient, expanding the phenotypic spectrum of the disease and enriching the human gene pool.
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- Jiayi Li
- Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, China
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- Diagnosis and Treatment Center for Children, Affiliated Hospital of Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, China
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- Diagnosis and Treatment Center for Children, Affiliated Hospital of Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, China
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- Diagnosis and Treatment Center for Children, Affiliated Hospital of Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, China
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- Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, China
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- Diagnosis and Treatment Center for Children, Affiliated Hospital of Changchun University of Chinese Medicine, Changchun, China
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Mavillard F, Servian-Morilla E, Dofash L, Rojas-Marcos I, Folland C, Monahan G, Gutierrez-Gutierrez G, Rivas E, Hernández-Lain A, Valladares A, Cantero G, Morales JM, Laing NG, Paradas C, Ravenscroft G, Cabrera-Serrano M. Ablation of the carboxy-terminal end of MAMDC2 causes a distinct muscular dystrophy. Brain 2023; 146:5235-5248. [PMID: 37503746 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awad256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2023] [Revised: 07/08/2023] [Accepted: 07/16/2023] [Indexed: 07/29/2023] Open
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The extracellular matrix (ECM) has an important role in the development and maintenance of skeletal muscle, and several muscle diseases are associated with the dysfunction of ECM elements. MAMDC2 is a putative ECM protein and its role in cell proliferation has been investigated in certain cancer types. However, its participation in skeletal muscle physiology has not been previously studied. We describe 17 individuals with an autosomal dominant muscular dystrophy belonging to two unrelated families in which different heterozygous truncating variants in the last exon of MAMDC2 co-segregate correctly with the disease. The radiological aspect of muscle involvement resembles that of COL6 myopathies with fat replacement at the peripheral rim of vastii muscles. In this cohort, a subfascial and peri-tendinous pattern is observed in upper and lower limb muscles. Here we show that MAMDC2 is expressed in adult skeletal muscle and differentiating muscle cells, where it appears to localize to the sarcoplasm and myonuclei. In addition, we show it is secreted by myoblasts and differentiating myotubes into to the extracellular compartment. The last exon encodes a disordered region with a polar residue compositional bias loss of which likely induces a toxic effect of the mutant protein. The precise mechanisms by which the altered MAMDC2 proteins cause disease remains to be determined. MAMDC2 is a skeletal muscle disease-associated protein. Its role in muscle development and ECM-muscle communication remains to be fully elucidated. Screening of the last exon of MAMDC2 should be considered in patients presenting with autosomal dominant muscular dystrophy, particularly in those with a subfascial radiological pattern of muscle involvement.
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- Fabiola Mavillard
- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, 41013 Sevilla, Spain
- Centro Investigación Biomédica en Red Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED). Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28220 Madrid, Spain
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, 41013 Sevilla, Spain
- Centro Investigación Biomédica en Red Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED). Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28220 Madrid, Spain
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- Centre for Medical Research, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, 41013 Sevilla, Spain
- Department of Neurology, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla 41013, Spain
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- Centre for Medical Research, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia
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- Centre for Medical Research, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia
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- Department of Neurology, Hospital Universitario Infanta Sofia, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Madrid 28702, Spain
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- Department of Neuropathology, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla 41013, Spain
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, 41013 Sevilla, Spain
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, 41013 Sevilla, Spain
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- Department of Neuroradiology, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio, Sevilla 41013, Spain
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- Centre for Medical Research, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, 41013 Sevilla, Spain
- Centro Investigación Biomédica en Red Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED). Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28220 Madrid, Spain
- Department of Neurology, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla 41013, Spain
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- Centre for Medical Research, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla (IBiS), Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío/CSIC/Universidad de Sevilla, 41013 Sevilla, Spain
- Centro Investigación Biomédica en Red Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED). Instituto de Salud Carlos III, 28220 Madrid, Spain
- Centre for Medical Research, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia
- Department of Neurology, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla 41013, Spain
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Yang X, Zhang D, Shen S, Li P, Li M, Niu J, Ma D, Xu D, Li S, Guo X, Wang Z, Zhao Y, Ren H, Ling C, Wang Y, Fan Y, Shen J, Zhu Y, Wang D, Cui L, Chen L, Shi C, Dai Y. A large pedigree study confirmed the CGG repeat expansion of RILPL1 Is associated with oculopharyngodistal myopathy. BMC Med Genomics 2023; 16:253. [PMID: 37864208 PMCID: PMC10590002 DOI: 10.1186/s12920-023-01586-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2023] [Accepted: 06/19/2023] [Indexed: 10/22/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Oculopharyngodistal myopathy (OPDM) is an autosomal dominant adult-onset degenerative muscle disorder characterized by ptosis, ophthalmoplegia and weakness of the facial, pharyngeal and limb muscles. Trinucleotide repeat expansions in non-coding regions of LRP12, G1PC1, NOTCH2NLC and RILPL1 were reported to be the etiologies for OPDM. RESULTS In this study, we performed long-read whole-genome sequencing in a large five-generation family of 156 individuals, including 21 patients diagnosed with typical OPDM. We identified CGG repeat expansions in 5'UTR of RILPL1 gene in all patients we tested while no CGG expansion in unaffected family members. Repeat-primed PCR and fluorescence amplicon length analysis PCR were further confirmed the segregation of CGG expansions in other family members and 1000 normal Chinese controls. Methylation analysis indicated that methylation levels of the RILPL1 gene were unaltered in OPDM patients, which was consistent with previous studies. Our findings provide evidence that RILPL1 is associated OPDM in this large pedigree. CONCLUSIONS Our results identified RILPL1 is the associated the disease in this large pedigree.
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- Xinzhuang Yang
- Department of Neurology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100730, People's Republic of China
- Medical Research Center, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100730, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100730, People's Republic of China
- Medical Research Center, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100730, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450000, People's Republic of China
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- GrandOmics Biosciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450000, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100730, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450000, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100730, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450000, People's Republic of China
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- GrandOmics Biosciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100730, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100730, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100730, People's Republic of China
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- Laboratory of Clinical Genetics, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100730, People's Republic of China
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- GrandOmics Biosciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450000, People's Republic of China
- Academy of Medical Sciences of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450000, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100730, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100730, People's Republic of China
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- GrandOmics Biosciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100730, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100730, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450000, People's Republic of China.
- Henan Key Laboratory of Cerebrovascular Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450000, People's Republic of China.
- Institute of Neuroscience, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450000, People's Republic of China.
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- Department of Neurology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, 100730, People's Republic of China.
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Naghipoor K, Khosravi T, Oladnabi M. Whole exome sequencing identifies a novel variant in the COL12A1 gene in a family with Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy 2. Mol Biol Rep 2023; 50:7427-7435. [PMID: 37458870 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-023-08644-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2023] [Accepted: 06/27/2023] [Indexed: 08/29/2023]
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BACKGROUND Mutations within the COL12A1 gene have been linked with the onset of congenital Ullrich muscular dystrophy 2 (UCMD2) and Bethlem myopathy. The severity of the symptoms exhibited is dependent on the mutation's type and whether it is heterozygous or homozygous. METHODS We used whole-exome sequencing to identify disease-causing variants in a nine-year-old Iranian patient who had weakness, joint contractures, delayed motor development, and other symptoms. We confirmed the pathogenicity of the identified variant using in silico tools and verified its novelty using various databases. We also performed a co-segregation study and confirmed the presence of the variant in the patient's parents by Sanger sequencing. RESULTS Our analysis identified a novel homozygous missense variant in the affected patient in COL12A1 (c.8828 C > T; p.Pro2943Leu). This is the second reported family with UCMD2 caused by a mutation in COL12A1. Our findings confirm that this mutation results in significantly more severe symptoms than Bethlem myopathy. CONCLUSION Our investigation contributes to the expanding body of evidence that links mutations in COL12A1 with UCMD2. Our findings confirm that the homozygous mutation in COL12A1 caused this condition and suggest that genetic testing for this mutation may be useful for diagnosing patients with this disease.
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- Karim Naghipoor
- Student Research Committee, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran
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- Student Research Committee, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran
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- Gorgan Congenital Malformations Research Center, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran.
- Ischemic Disorders Research Center, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran.
- Department of Medical Genetics, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran.
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Rahman NIA, Lam CL, Sulaiman N, Abdullah NAH, Nordin F, Ariffin SHZ, Yazid MD. PAX7, a Key for Myogenesis Modulation in Muscular Dystrophies through Multiple Signaling Pathways: A Systematic Review. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:13051. [PMID: 37685856 PMCID: PMC10487808 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241713051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2023] [Revised: 08/11/2023] [Accepted: 08/11/2023] [Indexed: 09/10/2023] Open
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Muscular dystrophy is a heterogenous group of hereditary muscle disorders caused by mutations in the genes responsible for muscle development, and is generally defined by a disastrous progression of muscle wasting and massive loss in muscle regeneration. Pax7 is closely associated with myogenesis, which is governed by various signaling pathways throughout a lifetime and is frequently used as an indicator in muscle research. In this review, an extensive literature search adhering to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines was performed to identify research that examined signaling pathways in living models, while quantifying Pax7 expression in myogenesis. A total of 247 articles were retrieved from the Web of Science (WoS), PubMed and Scopus databases and were thoroughly examined and evaluated, resulting in 19 articles which met the inclusion criteria. Admittedly, we were only able to discuss the quantification of Pax7 carried out in research affecting various type of genes and signaling pathways, rather than the expression of Pax7 itself, due to the massive differences in approach, factor molecules and signaling pathways analyzed across the research. However, we highlighted the thorough evidence for the alteration of the muscle stem cell precursor Pax7 in multiple signaling pathways described in different living models, with an emphasis on the novel approach that could be taken in manipulating Pax7 expression itself in dystrophic muscle, towards the discovery of an effective treatment for muscular dystrophy. Therefore, we believe that this could be applied to the potential gap in muscle research that could be filled by tuning the well-established marker expression to improve dystrophic muscle.
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- Nor Idayu A. Rahman
- Centre for Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Jalan Yaacob Latif, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur 56000, Malaysia; (N.I.A.R.)
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- Centre for Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Jalan Yaacob Latif, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur 56000, Malaysia; (N.I.A.R.)
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- Centre for Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Jalan Yaacob Latif, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur 56000, Malaysia; (N.I.A.R.)
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- Centre for Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Jalan Yaacob Latif, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur 56000, Malaysia; (N.I.A.R.)
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- Centre for Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Jalan Yaacob Latif, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur 56000, Malaysia; (N.I.A.R.)
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- Centre of Biotechnology & Functional Food, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi 43600, Malaysia
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- Centre for Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Jalan Yaacob Latif, Cheras, Kuala Lumpur 56000, Malaysia; (N.I.A.R.)
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Sabry S, Issa MY, Abdel-Hamid MS, Eissa NR, Abdel-Ghafar SF, Ibrahim MM, Zaki MS. An atypical expression of core α-Dystroglycan and Laminin-α2 in skin fibroblasts of patients with congenital muscular dystrophies. Mol Biol Rep 2023; 50:6373-6379. [PMID: 37318662 PMCID: PMC10374774 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-023-08500-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2023] [Accepted: 04/28/2023] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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BACKGROUND Congenital muscular dystrophies (CMDs) result from genetically inherited defects in the biosynthesis and/or the posttranslational modification (glycosylation) of laminin-α2 and α-dystroglycan (α-DG), respectively. The interaction between both proteins is responsible for the stability and integrity of the muscle cell. We aimed to study the expression profiles of both proteins in two classes of CMDs. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Whole-exome sequencing (WES) was done for four patients with neuromuscular manifestations. The expression of core α-DG and laminin-α2 subunit in skin fibroblasts and MCF-7 cells was assessed by western blot. RESULTS WES revealed two cases with nonsense mutations; c.2938G > T and c.4348 C > T, in LAMA2 encodes laminin-α2. It revealed also two cases with mutations in POMGNT1 encode protein O-mannose beta-1,2-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase mutations. One patient had a missense mutation c.1325G > A, and the other had a synonymous variant c.636 C > T. Immunodetection of core α-DG in skin fibroblasts revealed the expression of truncated forms of core α-DG accompanied by reduced expression of laminin-α2 in POMGNT1-CMD patients and one patient with LAMA2-CMD. One patient with LAMA2-CMD had overexpression of laminin-α2 and expression of a low level of an abnormal form of increased molecular weight core α-DG. MCF-7 cells showed truncated forms of core α-CDG with an absent laminin-α2. CONCLUSION A correlation between the expression pattern/level of core α-DG and laminin-α2 could be found in patients with different types of CMD.
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- Sahar Sabry
- Biochemical Genetics Department, Human Genetics and Genome Research Institute, National Research Centre (NRC), Cairo, Egypt.
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- Clinical Genetics Department, Human Genetics and Genome Research Institute, National Research Centre (NRC), Cairo, Egypt
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- Medical Molecular Genetics Department, Human Genetics and Genome Research Institute, National Research Centre (NRC), Cairo, Egypt
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- Medical Molecular Genetics Department, Human Genetics and Genome Research Institute, National Research Centre (NRC), Cairo, Egypt
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- Medical Molecular Genetics Department, Human Genetics and Genome Research Institute, National Research Centre (NRC), Cairo, Egypt
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- Biochemical Genetics Department, Human Genetics and Genome Research Institute, National Research Centre (NRC), Cairo, Egypt
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- Clinical Genetics Department, Human Genetics and Genome Research Institute, National Research Centre (NRC), Cairo, Egypt
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Kume K, Kurashige T, Muguruma K, Morino H, Tada Y, Kikumoto M, Miyamoto T, Akutsu SN, Matsuda Y, Matsuura S, Nakamori M, Nishiyama A, Izumi R, Niihori T, Ogasawara M, Eura N, Kato T, Yokomura M, Nakayama Y, Ito H, Nakamura M, Saito K, Riku Y, Iwasaki Y, Maruyama H, Aoki Y, Nishino I, Izumi Y, Aoki M, Kawakami H. CGG repeat expansion in LRP12 in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Am J Hum Genet 2023; 110:1086-1097. [PMID: 37339631 PMCID: PMC10357476 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2023.05.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2023] [Revised: 05/25/2023] [Accepted: 05/25/2023] [Indexed: 06/22/2023] Open
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the degeneration of motor neurons. Although repeat expansion in C9orf72 is its most common cause, the pathogenesis of ALS isn't fully clear. In this study, we show that repeat expansion in LRP12, a causative variant of oculopharyngodistal myopathy type 1 (OPDM1), is a cause of ALS. We identify CGG repeat expansion in LRP12 in five families and two simplex individuals. These ALS individuals (LRP12-ALS) have 61-100 repeats, which contrasts with most OPDM individuals with repeat expansion in LRP12 (LRP12-OPDM), who have 100-200 repeats. Phosphorylated TDP-43 is present in the cytoplasm of iPS cell-derived motor neurons (iPSMNs) in LRP12-ALS, a finding that reproduces the pathological hallmark of ALS. RNA foci are more prominent in muscle and iPSMNs in LRP12-ALS than in LRP12-OPDM. Muscleblind-like 1 aggregates are observed only in OPDM muscle. In conclusion, CGG repeat expansions in LRP12 cause ALS and OPDM, depending on the length of the repeat. Our findings provide insight into the repeat length-dependent switching of phenotypes.
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- Kodai Kume
- Department of Molecular Epidemiology, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, National Hospital Organization Kure Medical Center and Chugoku Cancer Center, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of iPS Cell Applied Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Epidemiology, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Epidemiology, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Epidemiology, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan; Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Therapeutics, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Genetics and Cell Biology, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Genetics and Cell Biology, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Epidemiology, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Genetics and Cell Biology, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Therapeutics, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Miyagi, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Miyagi, Japan
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Miyagi, Japan
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- Department of Neuromuscular Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Centre of Neurology and Psychiatry, National Centre Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neuromuscular Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Centre of Neurology and Psychiatry, National Centre Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Institute of Medical Genetics, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Institute of Medical Genetics, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Institute of Medical Genetics, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neuropathology, Institute for Medical Science of Aging, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, Japan
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- Department of Neuropathology, Institute for Medical Science of Aging, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, Japan
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- Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Therapeutics, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Miyagi, Japan
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- Department of Neuromuscular Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Centre of Neurology and Psychiatry, National Centre Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Tokushima University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokushima, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Miyagi, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Epidemiology, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan.
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Zemorshidi F, Nafissi S, Boostani R, Karimiani EG, Ashtiani BH, Karimzadeh P, Miryounesi M, Tonekaboni SH, Nilipour Y. Megaconial congenital muscular dystrophy due to CHKB gene variants, the first report of thirteen Iranian patients. Neuromuscul Disord 2023; 33:589-595. [PMID: 37393748 DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2023.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2023] [Revised: 06/02/2023] [Accepted: 06/19/2023] [Indexed: 07/04/2023]
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Megaconial congenital muscular dystrophy (OMIM: 602,541) related to CHKB gene mutation is a newly defined rare autosomal recessive disorder, with multisystem involvement presenting from the neonatal period to adolescence. Choline kinase beta, lipid transport enzyme, catalyzes the biosynthesis of phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine, two major components of the mitochondrial membrane, on which respiratory enzyme activities are dependent. CHKB gene variants lead to loss-of-function of choline kinase b and lipid metabolism defects and mitochondrial structural changes. To date, many megaconial congenital muscular dystrophy cases due to CHKB gene variants have been reported worldwide. We describe thirteen Iranian megaconial congenital muscular dystrophy cases related to CHKB gene variants, including clinical presentations, laboratory and muscle biopsy findings, and novel CHKB gene variants. The most common symptoms and signs included intellectual disability, delayed gross-motor developmental milestones, language skills problems, muscle weakness, as well as autistic features, and behavioral problems. Muscle biopsy examination showed the striking finding of peripheral arrangements of large mitochondria in muscle fibers and central sarcoplasmic areas devoid of mitochondria. Eleven different CHKB gene variants including six novel variants were found in our patients. Despite the rarity of this disorder, recognition of the multisystem clinical presentations combined with characteristic findings of muscle histology can properly guide to genetic evaluation of CHKB gene.
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- Fariba Zemorshidi
- Department of Neurology, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran; Department of Neurology, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Neuromuscular Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Neurology, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Neuromuscular Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Neurology, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Molecular and Clinical Sciences Institute, St. George's, University of London, Cranmer Terrace, London SW170RE, United Kingdom; Department of Medical Genetics, Next Generation Genetic Polyclinic, Mashhad, Iran
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- Pediatric Neurology Research Center, Research Institute for Children's Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Pediatric Neurology Department, Mofid Children's Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Pediatric Neurology Department, Mofid Children's Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Neuromuscular Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Pediatric Pathology Research Center, Research Institute for Children's Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Barington M, Dunø M, Birkedal U, Vissing J, Born AP, Krag T, Hansen TVO, Østergaard E. Homozygous splice variant (c.1741-6G>A) of the COL6A1 gene in three patients with Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy. Neuromuscul Disord 2023; 33:539-545. [PMID: 37315421 DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2023.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2023] [Revised: 05/09/2023] [Accepted: 05/22/2023] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The three major collagen VI genes: COL6A1, COL6A2, and COL6A3 encode microfibrillar components of extracellular matrices in multiple tissues including muscles and tendons. Pathogenic variants in the collagen VI genes cause collagen VI-related dystrophies representing a continuum of conditions from Bethlem myopathy at the milder end to Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy at the more severe end. Here we describe a pathogenic variant in the COL6A1 gene (NM_001848.3; c.1741-6G>A) found in homozygosity in three patients with Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy. The patients suffered from severe muscle impairment characterised by proximal weakness, distal hyperlaxity, joint contractures, wheelchair-dependency, and use of nocturnal non-invasive ventilation. The pathogenicity was verified by RNA analyses showing that the variant induced aberrant splicing leading to a frameshift and loss of function. The analyses were in line with immunocytochemistry studies of patient-derived skin fibroblasts and muscle tissue demonstrating impaired secretion of collagen VI into the extracellular matrix. Thereby, we add the variant c.1741-6G>A to the list of pathogenic, recessive, splice variants in COL6A1 causing Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy. The variant is listed in ClinVar as of "uncertain significance" and "likely benign" and may presumably have been overlooked in other patients.
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- Maria Barington
- Department of Genetics, Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.
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- Department of Genetics, Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Genetics, Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Copenhagen Neuromuscular Center, Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Copenhagen Neuromuscular Center, Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Genetics, Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Genetics, Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark; Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark
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Tesoriero C, Greco F, Cannone E, Ghirotto F, Facchinello N, Schiavone M, Vettori A. Modeling Human Muscular Dystrophies in Zebrafish: Mutant Lines, Transgenic Fluorescent Biosensors, and Phenotyping Assays. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:8314. [PMID: 37176020 PMCID: PMC10179009 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24098314] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2023] [Revised: 04/28/2023] [Accepted: 05/03/2023] [Indexed: 05/15/2023] Open
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Muscular dystrophies (MDs) are a heterogeneous group of myopathies characterized by progressive muscle weakness leading to death from heart or respiratory failure. MDs are caused by mutations in genes involved in both the development and organization of muscle fibers. Several animal models harboring mutations in MD-associated genes have been developed so far. Together with rodents, the zebrafish is one of the most popular animal models used to reproduce MDs because of the high level of sequence homology with the human genome and its genetic manipulability. This review describes the most important zebrafish mutant models of MD and the most advanced tools used to generate and characterize all these valuable transgenic lines. Zebrafish models of MDs have been generated by introducing mutations to muscle-specific genes with different genetic techniques, such as (i) N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea (ENU) treatment, (ii) the injection of specific morpholino, (iii) tol2-based transgenesis, (iv) TALEN, (v) and CRISPR/Cas9 technology. All these models are extensively used either to study muscle development and function or understand the pathogenetic mechanisms of MDs. Several tools have also been developed to characterize these zebrafish models by checking (i) motor behavior, (ii) muscle fiber structure, (iii) oxidative stress, and (iv) mitochondrial function and dynamics. Further, living biosensor models, based on the expression of fluorescent reporter proteins under the control of muscle-specific promoters or responsive elements, have been revealed to be powerful tools to follow molecular dynamics at the level of a single muscle fiber. Thus, zebrafish models of MDs can also be a powerful tool to search for new drugs or gene therapies able to block or slow down disease progression.
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- Chiara Tesoriero
- Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy; (C.T.); (F.G.); (F.G.); (A.V.)
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy; (C.T.); (F.G.); (F.G.); (A.V.)
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- Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia, 25123 Brescia, Italy;
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy; (C.T.); (F.G.); (F.G.); (A.V.)
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- Neuroscience Institute, Italian National Research Council (CNR), 35131 Padua, Italy
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- Department of Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Brescia, 25123 Brescia, Italy;
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy; (C.T.); (F.G.); (F.G.); (A.V.)
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McKee KK, Yurchenco PD. Dual transgene amelioration of Lama2-null muscular dystrophy. Matrix Biol 2023; 118:1-15. [PMID: 36878377 PMCID: PMC10771811 DOI: 10.1016/j.matbio.2023.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2022] [Revised: 02/14/2023] [Accepted: 03/02/2023] [Indexed: 03/07/2023]
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Null mutations of the Lama2-gene cause a severe congenital muscular dystrophy and associated neuropathy. In the absence of laminin-α2 (Lmα2) there is a compensatory replacement by Lmα4, a subunit that lacks the polymerization and α-dystroglycan (αDG)-binding properties of Lmα2. The dystrophic phenotype in the dy3K/dy3K Lama2-/- mouse were evaluated with transgenes driving expression of two synthetic laminin-binding linker proteins. Transgenic muscle-specific expression of αLNNd, a chimeric protein that enables α4-laminin polymerization, and miniagrin (mag), a protein that increases laminin binding to the receptor αDG, separately improved median mouse survival two-fold. The double transgenes (DT) improved mean survival three-fold with increases in overall body weight, muscle size, and grip strength, but, given absence of neuronal expression, did not prevent hindlimb paresis. Muscle improvements included increased myofiber size and number and reduced fibrosis. Myofiber hypertrophy with increased mTOR and Akt phosphorylation were characteristics of mag-dy3K/dy3K and DT-dy3K/dy3K muscle. Elevations of matrix-bound α4-, β1 and γ1 laminin subunits were detected in muscle extracts and immunostained sections in response to DT expression. Collectively, these findings reveal a complimentary polymerization and αDG-binding benefit to Lama2-/- mouse muscle largely mediated through modified laminin-411.
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- Karen K McKee
- Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA
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- Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA.
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Di Martino A, Cescon M, D’Agostino C, Schilardi F, Sabatelli P, Merlini L, Faldini C. Collagen VI in the Musculoskeletal System. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:5095. [PMID: 36982167 PMCID: PMC10049728 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24065095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2023] [Revised: 02/26/2023] [Accepted: 03/01/2023] [Indexed: 03/10/2023] Open
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Collagen VI exerts several functions in the tissues in which it is expressed, including mechanical roles, cytoprotective functions with the inhibition of apoptosis and oxidative damage, and the promotion of tumor growth and progression by the regulation of cell differentiation and autophagic mechanisms. Mutations in the genes encoding collagen VI main chains, COL6A1, COL6A2 and COL6A3, are responsible for a spectrum of congenital muscular disorders, namely Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy (UCMD), Bethlem myopathy (BM) and myosclerosis myopathy (MM), which show a variable combination of muscle wasting and weakness, joint contractures, distal laxity, and respiratory compromise. No effective therapeutic strategy is available so far for these diseases; moreover, the effects of collagen VI mutations on other tissues is poorly investigated. The aim of this review is to outline the role of collagen VI in the musculoskeletal system and to give an update about the tissue-specific functions revealed by studies on animal models and from patients' derived samples in order to fill the knowledge gap between scientists and the clinicians who daily manage patients affected by collagen VI-related myopathies.
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- Alberto Di Martino
- I Orthopedic and Traumatology Department, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, 40136 Bologna, Italy
- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Science, DIBINEM, University of Bologna, 40136 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Padova, 35131 Padova, Italy
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- I Orthopedic and Traumatology Department, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, 40136 Bologna, Italy
- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Science, DIBINEM, University of Bologna, 40136 Bologna, Italy
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- I Orthopedic and Traumatology Department, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, 40136 Bologna, Italy
- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Science, DIBINEM, University of Bologna, 40136 Bologna, Italy
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- Unit of Bologna, CNR-Institute of Molecular Genetics “Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza”, 40136 Bologna, Italy
- IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, 40136 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Science, DIBINEM, University of Bologna, 40136 Bologna, Italy
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- I Orthopedic and Traumatology Department, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, 40136 Bologna, Italy
- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Science, DIBINEM, University of Bologna, 40136 Bologna, Italy
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Lee SA, Hong JM, Lee JH, Choi YC, Park HJ. Transcriptome profiling of skeletal muscles from Korean patients with Bethlem myopathy. Medicine (Baltimore) 2023; 102:e33122. [PMID: 36862922 PMCID: PMC9981387 DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000033122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/04/2023] Open
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Bethlem myopathy is one of the collagens VI-related muscular dystrophies caused by mutations in the collagen VI genes. The study was designed to analyze the gene expression profiles in the skeletal muscle of patients with Bethlem myopathy. Six skeletal muscle samples from 3 patients with Bethlem myopathy and 3 control subjects were analyzed by RNA-sequencing. 187 transcripts were significantly differentially expressed, with 157 upregulated and 30 downregulated transcripts in the Bethlem group. Particularly, 1 (microRNA-133b) was considerably upregulated, and 4 long intergenic non-protein coding RNAs, LINC01854, MBNL1-AS1, LINC02609, and LOC728975, were significantly downregulated. We categorized differentially expressed gene using Gene Ontology and showed that Bethlem myopathy is strongly associated with the organization of extracellular matrix (ECM). Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes pathway enrichment reflected themes with significant enrichment of the ECM-receptor interaction (hsa04512), complement and coagulation cascades (hsa04610), and focal adhesion (hsa04510). We confirmed that Bethlem myopathy is strongly associated with the organization of ECM and the wound healing process. Our results demonstrate transcriptome profiling of Bethlem myopathy, and provide new insights into the path mechanism of Bethlem myopathy associated with non-protein coding RNAs.
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- Seung-Ah Lee
- Department of Neurology, Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital, Ewha Womans University College of Medicine, Yangcheon-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Yongin Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Yongin, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital, College of Medicine, Seocho-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Neurology, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- * Correspondence: Hyung Jun Park, Department of Neurology, Gangnam Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 211 Eonju-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 06273, Korea (e-mail: )
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Ishiura H, Tsuji S, Toda T. Recent advances in CGG repeat diseases and a proposal of fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome, neuronal intranuclear inclusion disease, and oculophryngodistal myopathy (FNOP) spectrum disorder. J Hum Genet 2023; 68:169-174. [PMID: 36670296 PMCID: PMC9968658 DOI: 10.1038/s10038-022-01116-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2022] [Revised: 12/21/2022] [Accepted: 12/21/2022] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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While whole genome sequencing and long-read sequencing have become widely available, more and more focuses are on noncoding expanded repeats. Indeed, more than half of noncoding repeat expansions related to diseases have been identified in the five years. An exciting aspect of the progress in this field is an identification of a phenomenon called repeat motif-phenotype correlation. Repeat motif-phenotype correlation in noncoding repeat expansion diseases is first found in benign adult familial myoclonus epilepsy. The concept is extended in the research of CGG repeat expansion diseases. In this review, we focus on newly identified CGG repeat expansion diseases, update the concept of repeat motif-phenotype correlation in CGG repeat expansion diseases, and propose a clinical concept of FNOP (fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome, neuronal intranuclear inclusion disease, and oculopharyngodistal myopathy)-spectrum disorder, which shares clinical features and thus probably share some common disease pathophysiology, to further facilitate discussion and progress in this field.
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- Hiroyuki Ishiura
- Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
- Department of Neurology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan.
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- Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Institute of Medical Genomics, International University of Health and Welfare, Narita, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Capra AP, La Rosa MA, Briguori S, Civa R, Passarelli C, Agolini E, Novelli A, Briuglia S. Coexistence of Genetic Diseases Is a New Clinical Challenge: Three Unrelated Cases of Dual Diagnosis. Genes (Basel) 2023; 14:484. [PMID: 36833411 PMCID: PMC9957527 DOI: 10.3390/genes14020484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2023] [Revised: 01/30/2023] [Accepted: 02/09/2023] [Indexed: 02/17/2023] Open
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Technological advancements in molecular genetics and cytogenetics have led to the diagnostic definition of complex or atypical clinical pictures. In this paper, a genetic analysis identifies multimorbidities, one due to either a copy number variant or a chromosome aneuploidy, and a second due to biallelic sequence variants in a gene associated with an autosomal recessive disorder. We diagnosed the simultaneous presence of these conditions, which co-occurred by chance, in three unrelated patients: a 10q11.22q11.23 microduplication and a homozygous variant, c.3470A>G (p.Tyr1157Cys), in the WDR19 gene associated with autosomal recessive ciliopathy; down syndrome and two variants, c.850G>A; p.(Gly284Arg) and c.5374G>T; p.(Glu1792*), in the LAMA2 gene associated with merosin-deficient congenital muscular dystrophy type 1A (MDC1A); and a de novo 16p11.2 microdeletion syndrome and homozygous variant, c.2828G>A (p.Arg943Gln), in the ABCA4 gene associated with Stargardt disease 1 (STGD1). The possibility of being affected by two relatively common or rare inherited genetic conditions would be suspected when signs and symptoms are incoherent with the primary diagnosis. All this could have important implications for improving genetic counseling, determining the correct prognosis, and, consequently, organizing the best long-term follow-up.
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- Anna Paola Capra
- Department of Chemical, Biological, Pharmaceutical and Environmental Sciences, University of Messina, Viale Ferdinando Stagno D’Alcontres 31, 98166 Messina, Italy
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- Genetics and Pharmacogenetics Unit, “Gaetano Martino” University Hospital, Via Consolare Valeria 1, 98125 Messina, Italy
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- Genetics and Pharmacogenetics Unit, “Gaetano Martino” University Hospital, Via Consolare Valeria 1, 98125 Messina, Italy
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- Genetics and Pharmacogenetics Unit, “Gaetano Martino” University Hospital, Via Consolare Valeria 1, 98125 Messina, Italy
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- Translational Cytogenomics Research Unit, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, IRCCS, 00165 Rome, Italy
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- Translational Cytogenomics Research Unit, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, IRCCS, 00165 Rome, Italy
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- Translational Cytogenomics Research Unit, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, IRCCS, 00165 Rome, Italy
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- Genetics and Pharmacogenetics Unit, “Gaetano Martino” University Hospital, Via Consolare Valeria 1, 98125 Messina, Italy
- Department of Biomedical and Dental Sciences and Morphofunctional Imaging, University of Messina, Via Consolare Valeria 1, 98125 Messina, Italy
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Okuma H, Hord JM, Chandel I, Venzke D, Anderson ME, Walimbe AS, Joseph S, Gastel Z, Hara Y, Saito F, Matsumura K, Campbell KP. N-terminal domain on dystroglycan enables LARGE1 to extend matriglycan on α-dystroglycan and prevents muscular dystrophy. eLife 2023; 12:e82811. [PMID: 36723429 PMCID: PMC9917425 DOI: 10.7554/elife.82811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2022] [Accepted: 01/31/2023] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Dystroglycan (DG) requires extensive post-translational processing and O-glycosylation to function as a receptor for extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins containing laminin-G (LG) domains. Matriglycan is an elongated polysaccharide of alternating xylose (Xyl) and glucuronic acid (GlcA) that binds with high affinity to ECM proteins with LG domains and is uniquely synthesized on α-dystroglycan (α-DG) by like-acetylglucosaminyltransferase-1 (LARGE1). Defects in the post-translational processing or O-glycosylation of α-DG that result in a shorter form of matriglycan reduce the size of α-DG and decrease laminin binding, leading to various forms of muscular dystrophy. Previously, we demonstrated that protein O-mannose kinase (POMK) is required for LARGE1 to generate full-length matriglycan on α-DG (~150-250 kDa) (Walimbe et al., 2020). Here, we show that LARGE1 can only synthesize a short, non-elongated form of matriglycan in mouse skeletal muscle that lacks the DG N-terminus (α-DGN), resulting in an ~100-125 kDa α-DG. This smaller form of α-DG binds laminin and maintains specific force but does not prevent muscle pathophysiology, including reduced force production after eccentric contractions (ECs) or abnormalities in the neuromuscular junctions. Collectively, our study demonstrates that α-DGN, like POMK, is required for LARGE1 to extend matriglycan to its full mature length on α-DG and thus prevent muscle pathophysiology.
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- Hidehiko Okuma
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Senator Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Specialized Research Center, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics and Department of Neurology, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, The University of IowaIowa CityUnited States
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Senator Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Specialized Research Center, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics and Department of Neurology, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, The University of IowaIowa CityUnited States
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Senator Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Specialized Research Center, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics and Department of Neurology, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, The University of IowaIowa CityUnited States
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Senator Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Specialized Research Center, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics and Department of Neurology, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, The University of IowaIowa CityUnited States
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Senator Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Specialized Research Center, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics and Department of Neurology, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, The University of IowaIowa CityUnited States
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Senator Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Specialized Research Center, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics and Department of Neurology, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, The University of IowaIowa CityUnited States
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Senator Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Specialized Research Center, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics and Department of Neurology, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, The University of IowaIowa CityUnited States
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Senator Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Specialized Research Center, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics and Department of Neurology, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, The University of IowaIowa CityUnited States
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- Department Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of ShizuokaShizuokaJapan
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- Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Teikyo UniversityTokyoJapan
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- Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Teikyo UniversityTokyoJapan
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Senator Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Specialized Research Center, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics and Department of Neurology, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, The University of IowaIowa CityUnited States
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Younger DS. Childhood muscular dystrophies. Handb Clin Neurol 2023; 195:461-496. [PMID: 37562882 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-323-98818-6.00024-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/12/2023]
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Infancy- and childhood-onset muscular dystrophies are associated with a characteristic distribution and progression of motor dysfunction. The underlying causes of progressive childhood muscular dystrophies are heterogeneous involving diverse genetic pathways and genes that encode proteins of the plasma membrane, extracellular matrix, sarcomere, and nuclear membrane components. The prototypical clinicopathological features in an affected child may be adequate to fully distinguish it from other likely diagnoses based on four common features: (1) weakness and wasting of pelvic-femoral and scapular muscles with involvement of heart muscle; (2) elevation of serum muscle enzymes in particular serum creatine kinase; (3) necrosis and regeneration of myofibers; and (4) molecular neurogenetic assessment particularly utilizing next-generation sequencing of the genome of the likeliest candidates genes in an index case or family proband. A number of different animal models of therapeutic strategies have been developed for gene transfer therapy, but so far these techniques have not yet entered clinical practice. Treatment remains for the most part symptomatic with the goal of ameliorating locomotor and cardiorespiratory manifestations of the disease.
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- David S Younger
- Department of Clinical Medicine and Neuroscience, CUNY School of Medicine, New York, NY, United States; Department of Medicine, Section of Internal Medicine and Neurology, White Plains Hospital, White Plains, NY, United States.
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Wang H, Krause A, Escobar H, Müthel S, Metzler E, Spuler S. LMNA Co-Regulated Gene Expression as a Suitable Readout after Precise Gene Correction. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms232415525. [PMID: 36555163 PMCID: PMC9778678 DOI: 10.3390/ijms232415525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2022] [Revised: 11/28/2022] [Accepted: 12/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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LMNA-related muscular dystrophy is an autosomal-dominant progressive disorder caused by mutations in LMNA. LMNA missense mutations are becoming correctable with CRISPR/Cas9-derived tools. Evaluating the functional recovery of LMNA after gene editing bears challenges as there is no reported direct loss of function of lamin A/C proteins in patient-derived cells. The proteins encoded by LMNA are lamins A/C, important ubiquitous nuclear envelope proteins but absent in pluripotent stem cells. We induced lamin A/C expression in induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) of two patients with LMNA-related muscular dystrophy, NM_170707.4 (LMNA): c.1366A > G, p.(Asn456Asp) and c.1494G > T, p.(Trp498Cys), using a short three-day, serum-induced differentiation protocol and analyzed expression profiles of co-regulated genes, examples being COL1A2 and S100A6. We then performed precise gene editing of LMNA c.1366A > G using the near-PAMless (PAM: protospacer-adjacent motif) cytosine base editor. We show that the mutation can be repaired to 100% efficiency in individual iPSC clones. The fast differentiation protocol provided a functional readout and demonstrated increased lamin A/C expression as well as normalized expression of co-regulated genes. Collectively, our findings demonstrate the power of CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene correction and effective outcome measures in a disease with, so far, little perspective on therapies.
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- Haicui Wang
- Muscle Research Unit, Experimental and Clinical Research Center, a Cooperation between the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association and the Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 13125 Berlin, Germany
- Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC), 13125 Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Institute of Health, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 13125 Berlin, Germany
- Correspondence: (H.W.); (S.S.); Tel.: +49-30-450-540-518 (H.W.); +49-30-450-540-501 (S.S.); Fax: +49-30-450-540-914 (H.W. & S.S.)
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- Muscle Research Unit, Experimental and Clinical Research Center, a Cooperation between the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association and the Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 13125 Berlin, Germany
- Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC), 13125 Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Institute of Health, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 13125 Berlin, Germany
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- Muscle Research Unit, Experimental and Clinical Research Center, a Cooperation between the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association and the Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 13125 Berlin, Germany
- Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC), 13125 Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Institute of Health, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 13125 Berlin, Germany
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- Muscle Research Unit, Experimental and Clinical Research Center, a Cooperation between the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association and the Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 13125 Berlin, Germany
- Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC), 13125 Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Institute of Health, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 13125 Berlin, Germany
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- Muscle Research Unit, Experimental and Clinical Research Center, a Cooperation between the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association and the Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 13125 Berlin, Germany
- Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC), 13125 Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Institute of Health, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 13125 Berlin, Germany
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- Muscle Research Unit, Experimental and Clinical Research Center, a Cooperation between the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association and the Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 13125 Berlin, Germany
- Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association (MDC), 13125 Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Institute of Health, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 13125 Berlin, Germany
- Correspondence: (H.W.); (S.S.); Tel.: +49-30-450-540-518 (H.W.); +49-30-450-540-501 (S.S.); Fax: +49-30-450-540-914 (H.W. & S.S.)
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Vahidnezhad H, Youssefian L, Harvey N, Tavasoli AR, Saeidian AH, Sotoudeh S, Varghaei A, Mahmoudi H, Mansouri P, Mozafari N, Zargari O, Zeinali S, Uitto J. Mutation update: The spectra of PLEC sequence variants and related plectinopathies. Hum Mutat 2022; 43:1706-1731. [PMID: 35815343 PMCID: PMC9771971 DOI: 10.1002/humu.24434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2022] [Revised: 06/23/2022] [Accepted: 07/07/2022] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Plectin, encoded by PLEC, is a cytoskeletal linker of intermediate filaments expressed in many cell types. Plectin consists of three main domains that determine its functionality: the N-terminal domain, the Rod domain, and the C-terminal domain. Molecular defects of PLEC correlating with the functional aspects lead to a group of rare heritable disorders, plectinopathies. These multisystem disorders include an autosomal dominant form of epidermolysis bullosa simplex (EBS-Ogna), limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD), aplasia cutis congenita (ACC), and an autosomal recessive form of EBS, which may associate with muscular dystrophy (EBS-MD), pyloric atresia (EBS-PA), and/or congenital myasthenic syndrome (EBS-MyS). In this study, genotyping of over 600 Iranian patients with epidermolysis bullosa by next-generation sequencing identified 15 patients with disease-causing PLEC variants. This mutation update analyzes the clinical spectrum of PLEC in our cohort and in the literature and demonstrates the relationship between PLEC genotype and phenotypic manifestations. This study has integrated our seven novel PLEC variants and phenotypic findings with previously published data totaling 116 variants to provide the most complete overview of pathogenic PLEC variants and related disorders.
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- Hassan Vahidnezhad
- Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Biology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Jefferson Institute of Molecular Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Biology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Jefferson Institute of Molecular Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Biology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Jefferson Institute of Molecular Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
- Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Jefferson Institute of Molecular Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
- Pediatric Neurology Division, Children’s Medical Center, Pediatric Center of Excellence, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Biology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Jefferson Institute of Molecular Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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- Department of Dermatology, Children’s Medical Center, Pediatric Center of Excellence, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Dermatology, School of Medicine, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran
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- Department of Dermatology, Razi Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Skin and Stem Cell Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Skin Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Biology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Jefferson Institute of Molecular Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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Shah R, Mohamed D, Ramos-Platt LM, Grikscheit TC, Zhou S, Wong KK, Mascarenhas L. Diffuse Anaplastic Wilms Tumor in a Child With LAMA2 -related Muscular Dystrophy. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2022; 44:474-478. [PMID: 35731920 PMCID: PMC10243173 DOI: 10.1097/mph.0000000000002503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2021] [Accepted: 05/21/2022] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Laminin alpha-2-related muscular dystrophy ( LAMA2 -MD), caused by mutations in the LAMA2 gene, is inherited in an autosomal recessive manner. There is no known association of LAMA2 -MD with cancer predisposition. We present a 4-year-old female with LAMA2 -MD and Children's Oncology Group stage III diffuse anaplastic Wilms tumor (DAWT). Given our patient's comorbidities, it was essential to tailor her adjuvant chemotherapy by omitting vincristine and doxorubicin to avoid the potential worsening of her neuromuscular dysfunction and cardiomyopathy. This report illustrates the sporadic occurrence of 2 rare events in our patient and highlights the successful risk-adapted management of DAWT based on the pathophysiology of LAMA2 -MD.
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- Rachana Shah
- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Cancer and Blood Disease Institute, Children’s Hospitals Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
- Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Cancer and Blood Disease Institute, Children’s Hospitals Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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- Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
- Division of Neurology, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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- Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
- Department of Surgery, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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- Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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- Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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- Division of Hematology-Oncology, Cancer and Blood Disease Institute, Children’s Hospitals Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
- Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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Ionova SA, Murtazina AF, Tebieva IS, Getoeva ZK, Dadali EL, Chausova PA, Shchagina OA, Marakhonov AV, Kutsev SI, Zinchenko RA. The Presentation of Two Unrelated Clinical Cases from the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania with the Same Previously Undescribed Variant in the COL6A2 Gene. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms232012127. [PMID: 36292982 PMCID: PMC9602836 DOI: 10.3390/ijms232012127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2022] [Revised: 10/01/2022] [Accepted: 10/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Here, we described three affected boys from two unrelated families of Ossetian-Digor origin from the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania who were admitted to the Research Centre for Medical Genetics with unspecified muscular dystrophy. High-throughput sequencing was performed and revealed two novel frameshift variants in the COL6A2 gene (NM_001849.3) in a heterozygous state each in both cases: c.508_535delinsCTGTGG and c.1659_1660del (case 1) and c.1689del and c.1659_1660del (case 2). In two cases, the same nucleotide variant in the COL6A2 gene (c.1659_1660del) was observed. We have suggested that the variant c.1659_1660del may be common in the Ossetian-Digor population because two analyzed families have the same ancestry from the same subethnic group of Ossetians). The screening for an asymptomatic carriage of the nucleotide variant c.1659_1660del in 54 healthy donors from Ossetian-Digor population revealed that the estimated carrier frequency is 0.0093 (CI: 0.0002–0.0505), which is high for healthy carriers of the pathogenic variant. Molecular genetic, anamnestic data and clinical examination results allowed us to diagnose Ullrich muscular dystrophy in those affected boys. Genetic heterogeneity and phenotypic diversity of muscular dystrophies complicate diagnosis. It is important to make a differential diagnosis of such conditions and use HTS methods to determine the most accurate diagnosis.
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- Sofya A. Ionova
- Research Centre for Medical Genetics, Moskvorechie str. 1, 115522 Moscow, Russia
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +7-999-926-73-82
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- Research Centre for Medical Genetics, Moskvorechie str. 1, 115522 Moscow, Russia
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- North Ossetian State Medical Academy of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Pushkinskaya str. 40, 362019 Vladikavkaz, Russia
- Republican Children’s Clinical Hospital, Barbashova str. 33, 362003 Vladikavkaz, Russia
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- Pravoberezhnaya Central District Clinical Hospital, Kominterna str. 12, 363020 Beslan, Russia
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- Research Centre for Medical Genetics, Moskvorechie str. 1, 115522 Moscow, Russia
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- Research Centre for Medical Genetics, Moskvorechie str. 1, 115522 Moscow, Russia
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- Research Centre for Medical Genetics, Moskvorechie str. 1, 115522 Moscow, Russia
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- Research Centre for Medical Genetics, Moskvorechie str. 1, 115522 Moscow, Russia
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- Research Centre for Medical Genetics, Moskvorechie str. 1, 115522 Moscow, Russia
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- Research Centre for Medical Genetics, Moskvorechie str. 1, 115522 Moscow, Russia
- N.A. Semashko National Research Institute of Public Health, Vorontsovo Pole str. 12-1, 105064 Moscow, Russia
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Oculopharyngodistal myopathy (OPDM) is a rare adolescent or adult-onset neuromuscular disease that is characterized by progressive ocular, facial, pharyngeal and distal limb muscle weakness. The rimmed vacuoles and intranuclear inclusions in myofibers constitute the pathological hallmark of OPDM. In this review, the latest findings related to the genetic, molecular and clinical features of OPDM, as well as the diagnosis and management are summarized. RECENT FINDINGS Four gene mutations, CGG repeats in the 5'-untranslated region of LRP12 , GIPC1 , NOTCH2NLC and RILPL1 have been reported to be disease-causing genes in OPDM, namely OPDM1, OPDM2, OPDM3 and OPDM4, accordingly. So far, limited studies have suggested that CGG repeat expansion within the pathogenic range may play a key role in the pathogenesis of OPDM with the gain-of-function mechanism at the RNA and/or protein level, while repeat expansion over a threshold limit may cause hypermethylation, leading to the transcriptional silencing of the CGG repeats in the expanded allele, which results in the existence of mild phenotype or asymptomatic carriers. SUMMARY Novel gene mutations, possible molecular mechanisms and the clinical features related to different causative genes are discussed in this review. More studies on the exact pathogenic mechanism are needed.
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- Jiaxi Yu
- Department of Neurology, Peking University First Hospital
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Neurovascular Disease Discovery, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Peking University First Hospital
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Neurovascular Disease Discovery, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurology, Peking University First Hospital
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Neurovascular Disease Discovery, Beijing, China
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Castroflorio E, Pérez Berná AJ, López-Márquez A, Badosa C, Loza-Alvarez P, Roldán M, Jiménez-Mallebrera C. The Capillary Morphogenesis Gene 2 Triggers the Intracellular Hallmarks of Collagen VI-Related Muscular Dystrophy. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23147651. [PMID: 35886995 PMCID: PMC9322809 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23147651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2022] [Revised: 07/07/2022] [Accepted: 07/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Collagen VI-related disorders (COL6-RD) represent a severe form of congenital disease for which there is no treatment. Dominant-negative pathogenic variants in the genes encoding α chains of collagen VI are the main cause of COL6-RD. Here we report that patient-derived fibroblasts carrying a common single nucleotide variant mutation are unable to build the extracellular collagen VI network. This correlates with the intracellular accumulation of endosomes and lysosomes triggered by the increased phosphorylation of the collagen VI receptor CMG2. Notably, using a CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing tool to silence the dominant-negative mutation in patients’ cells, we rescued the normal extracellular collagen VI network, CMG2 phosphorylation levels, and the accumulation of endosomes and lysosomes. Our findings reveal an unanticipated role of CMG2 in regulating endosomal and lysosomal homeostasis and suggest that mutated collagen VI dysregulates the intracellular environment in fibroblasts in collagen VI-related muscular dystrophy.
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- Enrico Castroflorio
- ICFO-The Institute of Photonic Sciences, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, 08860 Castelldefels, Spain;
- Correspondence: (E.C.); (C.J.-M.)
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- Laboratorio de Investigación Aplicada en Enfermedades Neuromusculares, Unidad de Patología Neuromuscular, Servicio de Neuropediatría, Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, 08950 Esplugues de Llobregat, Spain; (A.L.-M.); (C.B.)
- Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, 08950 Esplugues de Llobregat, Spain;
- Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Red de Enfermedades Rara (CIBERER), 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Investigación Aplicada en Enfermedades Neuromusculares, Unidad de Patología Neuromuscular, Servicio de Neuropediatría, Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, 08950 Esplugues de Llobregat, Spain; (A.L.-M.); (C.B.)
- Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, 08950 Esplugues de Llobregat, Spain;
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- ICFO-The Institute of Photonic Sciences, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, 08860 Castelldefels, Spain;
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- Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, 08950 Esplugues de Llobregat, Spain;
- Unitat de Microscòpia Confocal i Imatge Cellular, Servei de Medicina Genètica i Molecular, Institut Pediàtric de Malaties Rares (IPER), Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, 08950 Esplugues de Llobregat, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Investigación Aplicada en Enfermedades Neuromusculares, Unidad de Patología Neuromuscular, Servicio de Neuropediatría, Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, 08950 Esplugues de Llobregat, Spain; (A.L.-M.); (C.B.)
- Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, 08950 Esplugues de Llobregat, Spain;
- Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Red de Enfermedades Rara (CIBERER), 28029 Madrid, Spain
- Department of Genetics, University of Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
- Correspondence: (E.C.); (C.J.-M.)
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Zhang Y, Xia Y, Wu Q, Ren Y, Kong X, Sheng G. [Analysis of clinical features and FKTN gene variant in a child with congenital muscular dystrophy]. Zhonghua Yi Xue Yi Chuan Xue Za Zhi 2022; 39:722-726. [PMID: 35810429 DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn511374-20210207-00119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To analyze the clinical features and genetic basis for a child featuring elevated creatine kinase (CK). METHODS Next-generation sequencing (muscular dystrophy related gene panel) was carried out for the proband. Candidate variants were verified by Sanger sequencing of the child and his parents. RESULTS The child was found to harbor compound heterozygous variants of the FKTN gene, including a missense c.536G>C (p.R179T) variant from his father and a non-frameshift c.1299_1301delGTG (p.W434del) variant from his mother. Both variants were predicted to be pathogenic. CONCLUSION The compound heterozygous variants of the FKTN gene probably underlay the disease in this child. Above finding has expanded the mutation spectrum of congenital muscular dystrophy.
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- Yuxin Zhang
- Department of Pediatrics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, Henan 471003, China.
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Gaertner A, Burr L, Klauke B, Brodehl A, Laser KT, Klingel K, Tiesmeier J, Schulz U, zu Knyphausen E, Gummert J, Milting H. Compound Heterozygous FKTN Variants in a Patient with Dilated Cardiomyopathy Led to an Aberrant α-Dystroglycan Pattern. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23126685. [PMID: 35743126 PMCID: PMC9223741 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23126685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2022] [Revised: 06/13/2022] [Accepted: 06/14/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Fukutin encoded by FKTN is a ribitol 5-phosphate transferase involved in glycosylation of α-dystroglycan. It is known that mutations in FKTN affect the glycosylation of α-dystroglycan, leading to a dystroglycanopathy. Dystroglycanopathies are a group of syndromes with a broad clinical spectrum including dilated cardiomyopathy and muscular dystrophy. In this study, we reported the case of a patient with muscular dystrophy, early onset dilated cardiomyopathy, and elevated creatine kinase levels who was a carrier of the compound heterozygous variants p.Ser299Arg and p.Asn442Ser in FKTN. Our work showed that compound heterozygous mutations in FKTN lead to a loss of fully glycosylated α-dystroglycan and result in cardiomyopathy and end-stage heart failure at a young age.
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- Anna Gaertner
- Erich und Hanna Klessmann-Institut für Kardiovaskuläre Forschung und Entwicklung, Klinik für Thorax- und Kardiovaskularchirurgie, Herz und Diabeteszentrum NRW, Universitätsklinikum der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Georgstr. 11, 32545 Bad Oeynhausen, Germany; (L.B.); (B.K.); (A.B.); (J.T.); (U.S.); (J.G.)
- Correspondence: (A.G.); (H.M.)
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- Erich und Hanna Klessmann-Institut für Kardiovaskuläre Forschung und Entwicklung, Klinik für Thorax- und Kardiovaskularchirurgie, Herz und Diabeteszentrum NRW, Universitätsklinikum der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Georgstr. 11, 32545 Bad Oeynhausen, Germany; (L.B.); (B.K.); (A.B.); (J.T.); (U.S.); (J.G.)
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- Erich und Hanna Klessmann-Institut für Kardiovaskuläre Forschung und Entwicklung, Klinik für Thorax- und Kardiovaskularchirurgie, Herz und Diabeteszentrum NRW, Universitätsklinikum der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Georgstr. 11, 32545 Bad Oeynhausen, Germany; (L.B.); (B.K.); (A.B.); (J.T.); (U.S.); (J.G.)
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- Erich und Hanna Klessmann-Institut für Kardiovaskuläre Forschung und Entwicklung, Klinik für Thorax- und Kardiovaskularchirurgie, Herz und Diabeteszentrum NRW, Universitätsklinikum der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Georgstr. 11, 32545 Bad Oeynhausen, Germany; (L.B.); (B.K.); (A.B.); (J.T.); (U.S.); (J.G.)
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- Zentrum für Angeborene Herzfehler, Herz und Diabeteszentrum NRW, Universitätsklinikum der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Georgstr. 11, 32545 Bad Oeynhausen, Germany; (K.T.L.); (E.z.K.)
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- Kardiopathologie, Institut für Pathologie und Neuropathologie, Universitätsklinikum Tübingen, Liebermeisterstraße 8, 72076 Tübingen, Germany;
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- Erich und Hanna Klessmann-Institut für Kardiovaskuläre Forschung und Entwicklung, Klinik für Thorax- und Kardiovaskularchirurgie, Herz und Diabeteszentrum NRW, Universitätsklinikum der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Georgstr. 11, 32545 Bad Oeynhausen, Germany; (L.B.); (B.K.); (A.B.); (J.T.); (U.S.); (J.G.)
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- Erich und Hanna Klessmann-Institut für Kardiovaskuläre Forschung und Entwicklung, Klinik für Thorax- und Kardiovaskularchirurgie, Herz und Diabeteszentrum NRW, Universitätsklinikum der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Georgstr. 11, 32545 Bad Oeynhausen, Germany; (L.B.); (B.K.); (A.B.); (J.T.); (U.S.); (J.G.)
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- Zentrum für Angeborene Herzfehler, Herz und Diabeteszentrum NRW, Universitätsklinikum der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Georgstr. 11, 32545 Bad Oeynhausen, Germany; (K.T.L.); (E.z.K.)
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- Erich und Hanna Klessmann-Institut für Kardiovaskuläre Forschung und Entwicklung, Klinik für Thorax- und Kardiovaskularchirurgie, Herz und Diabeteszentrum NRW, Universitätsklinikum der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Georgstr. 11, 32545 Bad Oeynhausen, Germany; (L.B.); (B.K.); (A.B.); (J.T.); (U.S.); (J.G.)
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- Erich und Hanna Klessmann-Institut für Kardiovaskuläre Forschung und Entwicklung, Klinik für Thorax- und Kardiovaskularchirurgie, Herz und Diabeteszentrum NRW, Universitätsklinikum der Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Georgstr. 11, 32545 Bad Oeynhausen, Germany; (L.B.); (B.K.); (A.B.); (J.T.); (U.S.); (J.G.)
- Correspondence: (A.G.); (H.M.)
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Picillo E, Torella A, Passamano L, Nigro V, Politano L. Autosomal dominant Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy due to a de novo mutation in COL6A3 gene. A case report. Acta Myol 2022; 41:95-98. [PMID: 35832501 PMCID: PMC9237747 DOI: 10.36185/2532-1900-073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2022] [Accepted: 06/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Mutations in the genes encoding collagen VI cause Bethlem myopathy (MIM 158810), Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy (MIM 254090), and myosclerosis myopathy (MIM #255600). BM is a dominantly inherited disorder, characterised by proximal muscle weakness and joint contractures mainly involving the elbows, ankles, and fingers, which usually follows a relatively mild course. By contrast, UCMD is a severe muscular dystrophy characterized by early onset, rapidly progressive muscle wasting and weakness, proximal joint contractures and distal joint hyperlaxity. Rapid progression usually leads to early death due to respiratory failure. UCMD is usually inherited as an autosomal recessive trait though dominant de novo heterozygous variants have recently been reported. We describe a further patient with UCMD classical presentation who showed, at the NGS analysis, the de novo variant c.6210+1G > A in the intron 16 of the gene COL6A3, known in the literature as pathogenic (VCV0000949S6.5).
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- Esther Picillo
- Medical Genetics and Cardiomyology, University Hospital “L. Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy
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- Medical Genetics and Cardiomyology, University Hospital “L. Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy
- Department of Precision Medicine, University of Campania “L. Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy
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- Medical Genetics and Cardiomyology, University Hospital “L. Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy
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- Medical Genetics and Cardiomyology, University Hospital “L. Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy
- Department of Precision Medicine, University of Campania “L. Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy
- Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), Pozzuoli, Italy
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- Medical Genetics and Cardiomyology, University Hospital “L. Vanvitelli”, Naples, Italy
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Yonekawa T, Rauckhorst AJ, El-Hattab S, Cuellar MA, Venzke D, Anderson ME, Okuma H, Pewa AD, Taylor EB, Campbell KP. Large1 gene transfer in older myd mice with severe muscular dystrophy restores muscle function and greatly improves survival. Sci Adv 2022; 8:eabn0379. [PMID: 35613260 PMCID: PMC9132445 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abn0379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2021] [Accepted: 04/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Muscular dystrophy is a progressive and ultimately lethal neuromuscular disease. Although gene editing and gene transfer hold great promise as therapies when administered before the onset of severe clinical symptoms, it is unclear whether these strategies can restore muscle function and improve survival in the late stages of muscular dystrophy. Largemyd/Largemyd (myd) mice lack expression of like-acetylglucosaminyltransferase-1 (Large1) and exhibit severe muscle pathophysiology, impaired mobility, and a markedly reduced life span. Here, we show that systemic delivery of AAV2/9 CMV Large1 (AAVLarge1) in >34-week-old myd mice with advanced disease restores matriglycan expression on dystroglycan, attenuates skeletal muscle pathophysiology, improves motor and respiratory function, and normalizes systemic metabolism, which collectively and markedly extends survival. Our results in a mouse model of muscular dystrophy demonstrate that skeletal muscle function can be restored, illustrating its remarkable plasticity, and that survival can be greatly improved even after the onset of severe muscle pathophysiology.
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- Takahiro Yonekawa
- Senator Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Specialized Research Center, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics and Department of Neurology, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center (FOEDRC), and FOEDRC Metabolomics Core Facility, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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- Senator Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Specialized Research Center, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics and Department of Neurology, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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- Senator Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Specialized Research Center, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics and Department of Neurology, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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- Senator Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Specialized Research Center, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics and Department of Neurology, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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- Senator Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Specialized Research Center, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics and Department of Neurology, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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- Senator Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Specialized Research Center, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics and Department of Neurology, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center (FOEDRC), and FOEDRC Metabolomics Core Facility, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center (FOEDRC), and FOEDRC Metabolomics Core Facility, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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- Senator Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Specialized Research Center, Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics and Department of Neurology, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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Muscular dystrophies are a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of disorders involving the skeletal muscles. They have a progressive clinical course and are characterized by muscle fiber degeneration. Congenital muscular dystrophies (CMD) include dystroglycanopathies, merosin-deficient CMD, collagen VI-deficient CMD, SELENON-related rigid spine muscular dystrophy, and LMNA-related CMD. Childhood and adult-onset muscular dystrophies include dystrophinopathies, limb-girdle muscular dystrophies, Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy, facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy, and myotonic dystrophy. Traditionally, muscle biopsy and histopathology along with special pathology techniques such as immunohistochemistry or immunoblotting were used for the diagnosis of muscular dystrophies. However, recent advances in molecular genetic testing, especially the next-generation sequencing technology, have revolutionized the diagnosis of muscular dystrophies. Identification of the underlying genetic basis helps in appropriate management and prognostication of the affected individual and genetic counseling of the family. In addition, identification of the exact disease-causing mutations is necessary for accurate prenatal genetic testing and carrier testing, to prevent recurrence in the family. Mutation identification is also essential for initiating mutation-specific therapies (which have been developed recently, especially for Duchenne muscular dystrophy) and for enrolment of patients into ongoing therapeutic clinical trials. The 'genetic testing first' approach has now become the norm in most centers. Nonetheless, muscle biopsy-based testing still has an important role to play, especially for cases where genetic testing is negative or inconclusive for the etiology.
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- Deepti Narasimhaiah
- Department of Pathology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
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- Department of Pathology, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Punjagutta, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Punjagutta, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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Lambrescu I, Popa A, Manole E, Ceafalan LC, Gaina G. Application of Droplet Digital PCR Technology in Muscular Dystrophies Research. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23094802. [PMID: 35563191 PMCID: PMC9099497 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23094802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2022] [Revised: 04/19/2022] [Accepted: 04/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Although they are considered rare disorders, muscular dystrophies have a strong impact on people’s health. Increased disease severity with age, frequently accompanied by the loss of ability to walk in some people, and the lack of treatment, have directed the researchers towards the development of more effective therapeutic strategies aimed to improve the quality of life and life expectancy, slow down the progression, and delay the onset or convert a severe phenotype into a milder one. Improved understanding of the complex pathology of these diseases together with the tremendous advances in molecular biology technologies has led to personalized therapeutic procedures. Different approaches that are currently under extensive investigation require more efficient, sensitive, and less invasive methods. Due to its remarkable analytical sensitivity, droplet digital PCR has become a promising tool for accurate measurement of biomarkers that monitor disease progression and quantification of various therapeutic efficiency and can be considered a tool for non-invasive prenatal diagnosis and newborn screening. Here, we summarize the recent applications of droplet digital PCR in muscular dystrophy research and discuss the factors that should be considered to get the best performance with this technology.
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- Ioana Lambrescu
- Laboratory of Cell Biology, Neuroscience and Experimental Myology, Victor Babes National Institute of Pathology, 050096 Bucharest, Romania; (I.L.); (A.P.); (E.M.); (L.C.C.)
- Department of Cell Biology and Histology, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 050474 Bucharest, Romania
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- Laboratory of Cell Biology, Neuroscience and Experimental Myology, Victor Babes National Institute of Pathology, 050096 Bucharest, Romania; (I.L.); (A.P.); (E.M.); (L.C.C.)
- Department of Animal Production and Public Health, University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, 050097 Bucharest, Romania
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- Laboratory of Cell Biology, Neuroscience and Experimental Myology, Victor Babes National Institute of Pathology, 050096 Bucharest, Romania; (I.L.); (A.P.); (E.M.); (L.C.C.)
- Pathology Department, Colentina Clinical Hospital, 020125 Bucharest, Romania
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- Laboratory of Cell Biology, Neuroscience and Experimental Myology, Victor Babes National Institute of Pathology, 050096 Bucharest, Romania; (I.L.); (A.P.); (E.M.); (L.C.C.)
- Department of Cell Biology and Histology, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 050474 Bucharest, Romania
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- Laboratory of Cell Biology, Neuroscience and Experimental Myology, Victor Babes National Institute of Pathology, 050096 Bucharest, Romania; (I.L.); (A.P.); (E.M.); (L.C.C.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +40-21-319-2732
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Ganassi M, Muntoni F, Zammit PS. Defining and identifying satellite cell-opathies within muscular dystrophies and myopathies. Exp Cell Res 2022; 411:112906. [PMID: 34740639 PMCID: PMC8784828 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2021.112906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2021] [Revised: 10/12/2021] [Accepted: 10/29/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Muscular dystrophies and congenital myopathies arise from specific genetic mutations causing skeletal muscle weakness that reduces quality of life. Muscle health relies on resident muscle stem cells called satellite cells, which enable life-course muscle growth, maintenance, repair and regeneration. Such tuned plasticity gradually diminishes in muscle diseases, suggesting compromised satellite cell function. A central issue however, is whether the pathogenic mutation perturbs satellite cell function directly and/or indirectly via an increasingly hostile microenvironment as disease progresses. Here, we explore the effects on satellite cell function of pathogenic mutations in genes (myopathogenes) that associate with muscle disorders, to evaluate clinical and muscle pathological hallmarks that define dysfunctional satellite cells. We deploy transcriptomic analysis and comparison between muscular dystrophies and myopathies to determine the contribution of satellite cell dysfunction using literature, expression dynamics of myopathogenes and their response to the satellite cell regulator PAX7. Our multimodal approach extends current pathological classifications to define Satellite Cell-opathies: muscle disorders in which satellite cell dysfunction contributes to pathology. Primary Satellite Cell-opathies are conditions where mutations in a myopathogene directly affect satellite cell function, such as in Progressive Congenital Myopathy with Scoliosis (MYOSCO) and Carey-Fineman-Ziter Syndrome (CFZS). Primary satellite cell-opathies are generally characterised as being congenital with general hypotonia, and specific involvement of respiratory, trunk and facial muscles, although serum CK levels are usually within the normal range. Secondary Satellite Cell-opathies have mutations in myopathogenes that affect both satellite cells and muscle fibres. Such classification aids diagnosis and predicting probable disease course, as well as informing on treatment and therapeutic development.
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- Massimo Ganassi
- Randall Centre for Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King's College London, London, SE1 1UL, UK.
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- Dubowitz Neuromuscular Centre, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London, WC1N 1EH, United Kingdom; NIHR Great Ormond Street Hospital Biomedical Research Centre, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, 30 Guilford Street, London, WC1N 1EH, United Kingdom
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- Randall Centre for Cell and Molecular Biophysics, King's College London, London, SE1 1UL, UK.
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Sabatelli P, Merlini L, Di Martino A, Cenni V, Faldini C. Early Morphological Changes of the Rectus Femoris Muscle and Deep Fascia in Ullrich Congenital Muscular Dystrophy. IJERPH 2022; 19:ijerph19031252. [PMID: 35162283 PMCID: PMC8834967 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19031252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2021] [Revised: 01/07/2022] [Accepted: 01/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Ullrich congenital muscular dystrophy (UCMD) is a severe form of muscular dystrophy caused by the loss of function of collagen VI, a critical component of the muscle-tendon matrix. Magnetic resonance imaging of UCMD patients’ muscles shows a peculiar rim of abnormal signal at the periphery of each muscle, and a relative sparing of the internal part. The mechanism/s involved in the early fat substitution of muscle fiber at the periphery of muscles remain elusive. We studied a muscle biopsy of the rectus femoris/deep fascia (DF) of a 3-year-old UCMD patient, with a homozygous mutation in the COL6A2 gene. By immunohistochemical and ultrastructural analysis, we found a marked fatty infiltration at the interface of the muscle with the epimysium/DF and an atrophic phenotype, primarily in fast-twitch fibers, which has never been reported before. An unexpected finding was the widespread increase of interstitial cells with long cytoplasmic processes, consistent with the telocyte phenotype. Our study documents for the first time in a muscle biopsy the peculiar pattern of outside-in muscle degeneration followed by fat substitution as already shown by muscle imaging, and an increase of telocytes in the interstitium of the deep fascia, which highlights a potential involvement of this structure in the pathogenesis of UCMD.
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- Patrizia Sabatelli
- Unit of Bologna, CNR-Institute of Molecular Genetics “Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza”, 40136 Bologna, Italy;
- IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, 40136 Bologna, Italy
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +39-051-6366755; Fax: +39-051-4689922
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- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy; (L.M.); or (A.D.M.); (C.F.)
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- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy; (L.M.); or (A.D.M.); (C.F.)
- Clinica Ortopedica e Traumatologica I, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, 40136 Bologna, Italy
- Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
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- Unit of Bologna, CNR-Institute of Molecular Genetics “Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza”, 40136 Bologna, Italy;
- IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, 40136 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy; (L.M.); or (A.D.M.); (C.F.)
- Clinica Ortopedica e Traumatologica I, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, 40136 Bologna, Italy
- Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
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Kajdasz A, Niewiadomska D, Sekrecki M, Sobczak K. Distribution of alternative untranslated regions within the mRNA of the CELF1 splicing factor affects its expression. Sci Rep 2022; 12:190. [PMID: 34996980 PMCID: PMC8742084 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-03901-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2021] [Accepted: 12/03/2021] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
Abstract
CUG-binding protein, ELAV-like Family Member 1 (CELF1) plays an important role during the development of different tissues, such as striated muscle and brain tissue. CELF1 is an RNA-binding protein that regulates RNA metabolism processes, e.g., alternative splicing, and antagonizes other RNA-binding proteins, such as Muscleblind-like proteins (MBNLs). Abnormal activity of both classes of proteins plays a crucial role in the pathogenesis of myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1), the most common form of muscular dystrophy in adults. In this work, we show that alternative splicing of exons forming both the 5' and 3' untranslated regions (UTRs) of CELF1 mRNA is efficiently regulated during development and tissue differentiation and is disrupted in skeletal muscles in the context of DM1. Alternative splicing of the CELF1 5'UTR leads to translation of two potential protein isoforms that differ in the lengths of their N-terminal domains. We also show that the MBNL and CELF proteins regulate the distribution of mRNA splicing isoforms with different 5'UTRs and 3'UTRs and affect the CELF1 expression by changing its sensitivity to specific microRNAs or RNA-binding proteins. Together, our findings show the existence of different mechanisms of regulation of CELF1 expression through the distribution of various 5' and 3' UTR isoforms within CELF1 mRNA.
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- Arkadiusz Kajdasz
- Department of Gene Expression, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan, Uniwersytetu Poznanskiego 6, 61-614, Poznan, Poland
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- Department of Gene Expression, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan, Uniwersytetu Poznanskiego 6, 61-614, Poznan, Poland
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- Department of Gene Expression, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan, Uniwersytetu Poznanskiego 6, 61-614, Poznan, Poland
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- Department of Gene Expression, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan, Uniwersytetu Poznanskiego 6, 61-614, Poznan, Poland.
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Coffey LN, Stephan CM, Zimmerman MB, Decker CK, Mathews KD. Diagnostic delay in patients with FKRP-related muscular dystrophy. Neuromuscul Disord 2021; 31:1235-1240. [PMID: 34857438 DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2021.08.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2021] [Revised: 06/07/2021] [Accepted: 08/31/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
Diagnostic journey for people with FKRP mutations participating in a dystroglycanopathy natural history study (n = 68; NCT00313677) was analyzed. Earliest symptoms and age at muscular dystrophy diagnosis were abstracted from subject-reported medical history and record review. Initial signs/symptoms were classified as chronic motor dysfunction (e.g., delayed motor milestones, weakness, falling; n = 40, 59%), elevated transaminases (n = 7, 10%), or acute/intermittent symptoms (myoglobinuria, myalgia, febrile illness-associated acute weakness; n = 21, 31%). Median time from sign/symptom onset to diagnosis was 6.5 years and differed by symptom group: 7.5 years for motor group, 9 years for acute/intermittent group, and 4 years for elevated transaminases group. The sign/symptom category that most commonly resulted in a diagnosis was chronic motor dysfunction (n = 45). Of those without clear weakness as first symptom (n = 55), 36.4% were not diagnosed with MD until weakness became apparent. Median time to diagnosis was shortest for those with febrile illness-associated acute weakness (0.25 years). Median time from first sign/symptom to MD diagnosis has decreased incrementally from 18.8 years for those with onset in the 1970s to < 10 years for symptom onset occurring after 2000. Awareness of disease presentation variability will aid in earlier diagnosis, which is increasingly important with treatments in development.
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- Lauren N Coffey
- University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, 375 Newton Rd, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, 200 Hawkins Drive Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, College of Public Health, University of Iowa, 145 N. Riverside Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, 200 Hawkins Drive Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, 200 Hawkins Drive Iowa City, IA 52242, USA; Department of Neurology, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
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