期刊
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS
卷 17, 期 12, 页码 1606-1614出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2009.99
关键词
CMT disease; HMSNR; Hexokinase 1; Gypsy founder mutations
资金
- US Muscular Dystrophy Association
- Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research [050-10-010]
- WAIMR student fellowship
Hereditary Motor and Sensory Neuropathy - Russe (HMSNR) is a severe autosomal recessive disorder, identified in the Gypsy population. Our previous studies mapped the gene to 10q22-q23 and refined the gene region to similar to 70 kb. Here we report the comprehensive sequencing analysis and fine mapping of this region, reducing it to similar to 26 kb of fully characterised sequence spanning the upstream exons of Hexokinase 1 (HK1). We identified two sequence variants in complete linkage disequilibrium, a G>C in a novel alternative untranslated exon (AltT2) and a G>A in the adjacent intron, segregating with the disease in affected families and present in the heterozygote state in only 5/790 population controls. Sequence conservation of the AltT2 exon in 16 species with invariable preservation of the G allele at the mutated site, strongly favour the exonic change as the pathogenic mutation. Analysis of the Hk1 upstream region in mouse mRNA from testis and neural tissues showed an abundance of AltT2-containing transcripts generated by extensive, developmentally regulated alternative splicing. Expression is very low compared with ubiquitous Hk1 and all transcripts skip exon1, which encodes the protein domain responsible for binding to the outer mitochondrial membrane, and regulation of energy production and apoptosis. Hexokinase activity measurement and immunohistochemistry of the peripheral nerve showed no difference between patients and controls. The mutational mechanism and functional effects remain unknown and could involve disrupted translational regulation leading to increased anti-apoptotic activity (suggested by the profuse regenerative activity in affected nerves), or impairment of an unknown HK1 function in the peripheral nervous system (PNS). European Journal of Human Genetics (2009) 17, 1606-1614; doi:10.1038/ejhg.2009.99; published online 17 June 2009
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