期刊
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR NEUROSCIENCE
卷 71, 期 12, 页码 2526-2533出版社
SPRINGERNATURE
DOI: 10.1007/s12031-021-01822-w
关键词
Mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalomyopathy; MNGIE; TYMP gene; Novel mutation; Thymidine phosphorylase
MNGIE is a multi-system disorder caused by TYMP gene mutations, with affected Iranian patients diagnosed between the ages of 18 and 49. This study identified five novel mutations in the TYMP gene, confirming the autosomal recessive inheritance pattern of MNGIE in the Iranian population.
Mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalomyopathy (MNGIE) is a multi-system disorder caused by several homozygous or compound heterozygous mutations, mostly in the nuclear gene of TYMP. Our current knowledge on the underlying pathology of the disease is derived through the study of about 200 cases of different ethnicities. Clinical presentations include severe cachexia, weakness, ptosis, diplopia, abdominal cramps or digestive tract disorders, hearing impairment, and paresthesia. Herein, we aim to present five novel mutations of the nuclear gene of TYMP in six Iranian patients diagnosed with MNGIE. In our population, age at the time of diagnosis was 18 to 49 years, while the onset of the symptoms varied from 13 to 20 years. We detected two pathogenic non-frameshift nonsense premature stop codon mutations (c.1013C > A, and c.130C > T), one variant of uncertain significance (VUS) non-frameshift missense mutation (c.345G > T), one likely pathogenic frameshift insertion (c.801_802insCGCG), and one likely benign homozygous non-frameshift deletion (c.1176_1187del) from two siblings. Our findings also confirm the autosomal recessive inheritance pattern of MNGIE in the Iranian population. The lack of knowledge in the area of nuclear gene-modifier genes shadows the genotype-phenotype relationships of MNGIE.
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