期刊
IMMUNOGENETICS
卷 70, 期 3, 页码 205-207出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00251-017-1034-2
关键词
Multiple sclerosis; Familial; Mutation; NLRP1; NOD-like receptors
资金
- Canada Research Chair program [950-228408]
- Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research [16827]
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research [MOP-137051]
- Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute
- Milan & Maureen Ilich Foundation [11-32095000]
- Vancouver Foundation [ADV14-1597]
The implementation of exome sequencing technologies has started to unravel the genetic etiology of familial multiple sclerosis (MS). A homozygote p.G587S mutation in NLRP1 has been suggested as potentially causative for the onset of MS in an affected sibling pair, who later developed malignant melanoma. To validate the proposed role of recessive NLRP1 mutations in the pathological mechanisms of MS, we examined exome sequencing data from 326 MS patients from Canada for the identification of NLRP1 missense and nonsense variants. This analysis did not identify the previously described p.G587S mutation; however, three patients with potential NLRP1 compound heterozygote mutations were observed. Haplotype and segregation analyses indicate that the variants observed in these patients were inherited in cis, and do not segregate with disease within families. Thus, the analysis of MS patients from Canada failed to identify potentially pathogenic mutations in NLRP1, including the previously described p.G587S mutation. Further studies are necessary to confirm a role of NLRP1 in the pathophysiology of MS.
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