Journal
JOURNAL OF THE PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
Volume 27, Issue 2, Pages 120-126Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/jns.12485
Keywords
Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy; long-read sequencing; SORD
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- Aligning Science Across Parkinson's
- Fondazione CARIPLO
- Inherited Neuropathy Consortium
- UK Research and Innovation Medical Research Council
- National Health and Medical Research Council [APP1046680]
- Paul Ainsworth Family Foundation
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This article aims to evaluate the utility of long-read sequencing in SORD neuropathy diagnosis and reports a case of CMT2 identified through long-read sequencing, expanding the phenotype associated with SORD mutations.
Biallelic mutations in sorbitol dehydrogenase (SORD) have been recently identified as a common cause of recessive axonal Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathy (CMT2). We aimed to assess a novel long-read sequencing approach to overcome current limitations in SORD neuropathy diagnostics due to the SORD2P pseudogene and the phasing of biallelic mutations in recessive disease. We conducted a screen of our Australian whole exome sequencing (WES) CMT cohort to identify individuals with homozygous or compound heterozygous SORD variants. Individuals detected with SORD mutations then underwent long-read sequencing, clinical assessment, and serum sorbitol analysis. An individual was detected with compound heterozygous truncating mutations in SORD exon 7, NM_003104.5:c.625C>T (p.Arg209Ter) and NM_003104.5:c.757del (p.Ala253GlnfsTer27). Subsequent Oxford Nanopore Tech (ONT) long-read sequencing was used to successfully differentiate SORD from the highly homologous non-functional SORD2P pseudogene and confirmed that the mutations were biallelic through haplotype-resolved analysis. The patient presented with axonal sensorimotor polyneuropathy (CMT2) and ulnar neuropathy without compression at the elbow. Burning neuropathic pain in the forearms and feet was also reported and was exacerbated by alcohol consumption and improved with alcohol cessation. UPLC-tandem mass spectrometry confirmed that the patient had elevated serum sorbitol levels (12.0 mg/L) consistent with levels previously observed in patients with biallelic SORD mutations. This represents a novel clinical presentation and expands the phenotype associated with biallelic SORD mutations causing CMT2. Our study is the first report of long-read sequencing for an individual with CMT and demonstrates the utility of this approach for clinical genomics.
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