期刊
BMC MEDICAL GENETICS
卷 13, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
BIOMED CENTRAL LTD
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2350-13-72
关键词
Zellweger syndrome; Founder effect; Peroxisome biogenesis disorders; Next generation sequencing
资金
- Pollin Foundation
- Montreal Children's Hospital Research Institute
- Universite de Sherbrooke
- Centre de Recherche Etienne-Le Bel
- CIHR/Frederick Bantin and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarship - Doctoral Research Award
- Fonds de la recherche en sante du Quebec
- National Institutes of Health [GM072447, NS064572]
Background: Zellweger syndrome (ZS) is a peroxisome biogenesis disorder due to mutations in any one of 13 PEX genes. Increased incidence of ZS has been suspected in French-Canadians of the Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region (SLSJ) of Quebec, but this remains unsolved. Methods: We identified 5 ZS patients from SLSJ diagnosed by peroxisome dysfunction between 1990-2010 and sequenced all coding exons of known PEX genes in one patient using Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) for diagnostic confirmation. Results: A homozygous mutation (c.802_815del, p.[Val207_Gln294del, Val76_Gln294del]) in PEX6 was identified and then shown in 4 other patients. Parental heterozygosity was confirmed in all. Incidence of ZS was estimated to 1 in 12,191 live births, with a carrier frequency of 1 in 55. In addition, we present data suggesting that this mutation abolishes a SF2/ASF splice enhancer binding site, resulting in the use of two alternative cryptic donor splice sites and predicted to encode an internally deleted in-frame protein. Conclusion: We report increased incidence of ZS in French-Canadians of SLSJ caused by a PEX6 founder mutation. To our knowledge, this is the highest reported incidence of ZS worldwide. These findings have implications for carrier screening and support the utility of NGS for molecular confirmation of peroxisomal disorders.
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