Unexpected complexity in the molecular diagnosis of spastic paraplegia 11

Autor: Irene Mademont‐Soler, Susanna Esteba‐Castillo, Aida Jiménez‐Xifra, Berta Alemany, Núria Ribas‐Vidal, Maria Cutillas, Mònica Coll, Mel·lina Pinsach, Sara Pagans, Mireia Alcalde, Marina Viñas‐Jornet, Mercedes Montero‐Vale, Marta deCastro‐Miró, Jairo Rodríguez, Lluís Armengol, Xavier Queralt, María Obón
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine, Vol 12, Iss 6, Pp n/a-n/a (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2324-9269
DOI: 10.1002/mgg3.2475
Popis: Abstract Background Spastic paraplegia 11 (SPG11) is the most prevalent form of autosomal recessive hereditary spastic paraplegia, resulting from biallelic pathogenic variants in the SPG11 gene (MIM *610844). Methods The proband is a 36‐year‐old female referred for genetic evaluation due to cognitive dysfunction, gait impairment, and corpus callosum atrophy (brain MRI was normal at 25‐years‐old). Diagnostic approaches included CGH array, next‐generation sequencing, and whole transcriptome sequencing. Results CGH array revealed a 180 kb deletion located upstream of SPG11. Sequencing of SPG11 uncovered two rare single nucleotide variants: the novel variant c.3143C>T in exon 17 (in cis with the deletion), and the previously reported pathogenic variant c.6409C>T in exon 34 (in trans). Whole transcriptome sequencing revealed that the variant c.3143C>T caused exon 17 skipping. Conclusion We report a novel sequence variant in the SPG11 gene resulting in exon 17 skipping, which, along with a nonsense variant, causes Spastic Paraplegia 11 in our proband. In addition, a deletion upstream of SPG11 was identified in the patient, whose implication in the phenotype remains uncertain. Nonetheless, the deletion apparently affects cis‐regulatory elements of the gene, suggesting a potential new pathogenic mechanism underlying the disease in a subset of undiagnosed patients. Our findings further support the hypothesis that the origin of thin corpus callosum in patients with SPG11 is of progressive nature.
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