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PATHOLOGY
Volume 53, Issue 7, Pages 867-874Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.pathol.2021.02.010
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Multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification; citrin deficiency; inborn error of metabolism; molecular diagnosis; genetic testing
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This study developed a MLPA assay to detect exonic copy number variations in the SLC25A13 gene, successfully identifying new exonic deletions in patients with citrin deficiency. This method provides a new approach for molecular diagnosis of citrin deficiency in patients with inconclusive sequencing results.
Citrin deficiency is one of the most common inborn errors of metabolism in East Asians, which may manifest as neonatal cholestasis, failure to thrive and dyslipidaemia, or recurrent hyperammonaemic encephalopathy. Its molecular diagnosis requires confirmation of the presence of biallelic pathogenic variants in SLC25A13 gene by sequencing, and analysis for a common insertion IVS16ins3kb. However, patients with compatible biochemical features but only one monoallelic pathogenic variant have remained a diagnostic challenge. Here we report the development, validation and application of a multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA) assay using an in-house oligonucleotide probemix and a customised Coffalyer.NET worksheet for detection of exonic copy number variations in SLC25A13. With this MLPA assay, we successfully identified the presence of a heterozygous exonic deletion in SLC25A13 in three of 15 (20%) unrelated individuals with only one monoallelic pathogenic variant detected using conventional methods. Three exonic deletions, two novel involving exon 14 and one reported involving exon 5, were subsequently confirmed with Sanger sequencing. In summary, we developed, evaluated, and demonstrated the clinical utility of an in-house MLPA assay to look for exonic deletions in SLC25A13 in patients with citrin deficiency. With the discovery of novel deletions, MLPA should be considered a test of choice for molecular diagnosis of citrin deficiency when the sequencing result is inconclusive.
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