期刊
EXPERIMENTAL AND THERAPEUTIC MEDICINE
卷 9, 期 2, 页码 417-420出版社
SPANDIDOS PUBL LTD
DOI: 10.3892/etm.2014.2136
关键词
spastic paraplegia; hereditary spinocerebellar ataxia type 3; Machado-Joseph disease gene; mutation analysis; genetic anticipation; CAG trinucleotide repeats
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81201001]
The aim of the present study was to conduct a familial investigation and provide a genetic diagnosis to a family presenting with spastic paraplegia and clinically diagnosed with hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP). Blood samples were obtained from the family, and mutations in the gene causing spinocerebellar ataxia type 3 (SCA3)/Machado-Joseph disease (MJD), known as MJD1, were analyzed using the polymerase chain reaction, 8% denaturing polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, and T-vector ligation and sequencing. The trinucleotide repeat number of the mutant allele was 80, leading to a genetic diagnosis of SCA3/MJD. This suggests that patients with SCA3/MJD characteristically present with typical spastic paraplegia without evident mahifestations of ataxia. For those families with HSP involving the nervous system and showing genetic anticipation, an MJD1 genetic diagnosis should be considered to assist in clinical diagnosis of HSP.
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