scholarly journals Whole exome sequencing reveals a homozygous SGCB variant in a Pakhtun family with limb girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMDR4) phenotype

Gene Reports ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
pp. 101014
Author(s):  
Muhammad Tariq ◽  
Muhammad Latif ◽  
Memona Inam ◽  
Amin Jan ◽  
Nousheen Bibi ◽  
...  
2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amjad Khan ◽  
Rongrong Wang ◽  
Shirui Han ◽  
Muhammad Umair ◽  
Safdar Abbas ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Limb-girdle muscular dystrophies (LGMDs) are large group of heterogeneous genetic diseases, having a hallmark feature of muscle weakness. Pathogenic mutations in the gene encoding the giant skeletal muscle protein titin (TTN) are associated with several muscle disorders, including cardiomyopathy, recessive congenital myopathies and limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) type10. The phenotypic spectrum of titinopathies is expanding, as next generation sequencing (NGS) technology makes screening of this large gene possible. Aim This study aimed to identify the pathogenic variant in a consanguineous Pakistani family with autosomal recessive LGMD type 10. Methods DNA from peripheral blood samples were obtained, whole exome sequencing (WES) was performed and several molecular and bioinformatics analysis were conducted to identify the pathogenic variant. TTN coding and near coding regions were further amplified using PCR and sequenced via Sanger sequencing. Results Whole exome sequencing analysis revealed a novel homozygous missense variant (c.98807G > A; p.Arg32936His) in the TTN gene in the index patients. No heterozygous individuals in the family presented LGMD features. The variant p.Arg32936His leads to a substitution of the arginine amino acid at position 32,936 into histidine possibly causing LGMD type 10. Conclusion We identified a homozygous missense variant in TTN, which likely explains LGMD type 10 in this family in line with similar previously reported data. Our study concludes that WES is a successful molecular diagnostic tool to identify pathogenic variants in large genes such as TTN in highly inbred population.


2015 ◽  
Vol 357 ◽  
pp. e339
Author(s):  
V. Mastorodemos ◽  
E. Vogiatzi ◽  
H. Latsoudis ◽  
P. Vorgia ◽  
G. Amoiridis ◽  
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2015 ◽  
Vol 72 (12) ◽  
pp. 1424 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roula Ghaoui ◽  
Sandra T. Cooper ◽  
Monkol Lek ◽  
Kristi Jones ◽  
Alastair Corbett ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 506 ◽  
pp. 50-54
Author(s):  
Sook Joung Lee ◽  
Sangjee Lee ◽  
Eunseok Choi ◽  
Soyoung Shin ◽  
Joonhong Park

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 218-226
Author(s):  
Mehwish Zehravi ◽  
Mohsin Wahid ◽  
Junaid Ashraf ◽  
Tehseen Fatima

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hui Tang ◽  
Qin Zhang ◽  
Linliang Yin ◽  
Jingjing Xiang ◽  
Jing Wang ◽  
...  

Abstract Background: Skeletal dysplasia is a complex group of bone and cartilage disorders with strong clinical and genetical heterogeneousity. Several types have prenatal phenotypes. And it is difficult to make a molecular diagnosis rapidly due to lacking family history and non-specific and limited clinical symptoms in utero. This study aims to diagnose 16 Chinese fetuses with skeletal dysplasia.Methods: Single nucleotide polymorphism-array (SNP-array) was performed in 12 of 16 samples. If no microdeletions or microreplications related to skeletal dysplasia were detected, whole-exome sequencing (WES) was adopted. And the last four cases only got whole-exome sequencing for analyzing copy number variants and single nucleotide variations at the same time.Results: Among the 16 cases, 12 patients received definitive diagnosis and we detected one deletion in DMD gene by SNP-array and 15 variants of 6 genes including FGFR3, COL1A1, COL1A2, ALPL, HSPG2 and DYNC2H1. 8 variants of COL1A1, COL1A2, ALPL and HSPG2 are novel. And somatic mosaicism in asymptomatic parent with mutations in COL1A1 or COL1A2 was observed.Conclusions: In general, our study expanded the prenatal phenotypes in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD)/ Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD), found 8 novel variants and elucidated that the utilization of whole-exome sequencing improved the diagnosis yield of skeletal dysplasia and provided useful genetic counseling guidance for parents.


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