ISPD mutations account for a small proportion of Italian Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy cases
Authors:
- Francesca MagriFMFrancesca Magri
- Irene ColomboICIrene Colombo
- Roberto Del BoRBRoberto Del Bo
- Stefano PrevitaliSPStefano Previtali
- Roberta BrusaRBRoberta Brusa
- Patrizia CiscatoPCPatrizia Ciscato
- Marina ScarlatoMSMarina Scarlato
- Dario RonchiDRDario Ronchi
- Maria Grazia D’angeloMDMaria Grazia D’angelo
- Stefania CortiStefania Corti
- Maurizio MoggioMMMaurizio Moggio
- Nereo BresolinNBNereo Bresolin
Open Access
- 24 September 2015
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Neurology
- Vol. 15 (1) , 172
Abstract
Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy (LGMD), caused by defective α-dystroglycan (α-DG) glycosylation, was recently associated with mutations in Isoprenoid synthase domain-containing (ISPD) and GDP-mannose pyrophosphorylase B (GMPPB) genes. The frequency of ISPD and GMPPB gene mutations in the LGMD population is unknown. We investigated the contributions of ISPD and GMPPB genes in a cohort of 174 Italian patients with LGMD, including 140 independent probands. Forty-one patients (39 probands) from this cohort had not been genetically diagnosed. The contributions of ISPD and GMPPB were estimated by sequential α-DG immunohistochemistry (IHC) and mutation screening in patients with documented α-DG defect, or by direct DNA sequencing of both genes when muscle tissue was unavailable. We performed α-DG IHC in 27/39 undiagnosed probands: 24 subjects had normal α-DG expression, two had a partial deficiency, and one exhibited a complete absence of signal. Direct sequencing of ISPD and GMPPB revealed two heterozygous ISPD mutations in the individual who lacked α-DG IHC signal: c.836-5 T > G (which led to the deletion of exon 6 and the production of an out-of-frame transcript) and c.676 T > C (p.Tyr226His). This patient presented with sural hypertrophy and tip-toed walking at 5 years, developed moderate proximal weakness, and was fully ambulant at 42 years. The remaining 12/39 probands did not exhibit pathogenic sequence variation in either gene. ISPD mutations are a rare cause of LGMD in the Italian population, accounting for less than 1 % of the entire cohort studied (FKRP mutations represent 10 %), while GMPPB mutations are notably absent in this patient sample. These data suggest that the genetic heterogeneity of LGMD with and without α-DG defects is greater than previously realized.Keywords
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