Alkaptonuria in Russia
| Autor: | Andrea Soltysova, Elena Samarkina, Andrea Zatkova, Alexandr Kuzin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Genetics
Homogentisate 1 2-Dioxygenase Ochronosis Exons Biology Brief Communication Alkaptonuria medicine.disease Exon chemistry.chemical_compound chemistry medicine Humans Multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification Homogentisic acid Joint Diseases Allele Homogentisic Acid Gene Genetics (clinical) Homogentisate 1 2-dioxygenase |
| Zdroj: | Eur J Hum Genet |
| ISSN: | 1476-5438 1018-4813 |
| Popis: | Alkaptonuria is characterized by the accumulation of homogentisic acid (HGA), part of which is excreted in the urine but the excess HGA forms a dark brown ochronotic pigment that deposits in the connective tissue (ochronosis), eventually leading to early-onset severe arthropathy. We analyzed a cohort of 48 Russian AKU families by sequencing all 14 exons (including flanking intronic sequences) of the homogentisate 1,2-dioxygenase gene (HGD) and Multiplex Ligation-dependent Probe Amplification (MLPA) analysis. Nine novel likely pathogenic HGD variants were identified, which have not been reported previously in any other country. Recently, Bychkov et al. [1] reported on the variant spectrum in another cohort of 49 Russian AKU patients. Here we summarize complete data from both cohorts that include 82 Russian AKU families. Taken together, 31 different HGD variants were found in these patients, of which 14 are novel and found only in Russia. The most common variant was c.481G>A (p.(Gly161Arg)), present in almost 54% of all AKU alleles. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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