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ArticleJournal of human genetics2016

FKRP mutations, including a founder mutation, cause phenotype variability in Chinese patients with dystroglycanopathies.

Xiaona Fu, Haipo Yang, Cuijie Wei, Hui Jiao, Shuo Wang, Yanling Yang, Chunxi Han, Xiru Wu, Hui Xiong

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Xiaona FuBeijing Key Laboratory of Molecular Diagnosis and Study on Pediatric Genetic Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.
Haipo YangBeijing Key Laboratory of Molecular Diagnosis and Study on Pediatric Genetic Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.
Cuijie WeiBeijing Key Laboratory of Molecular Diagnosis and Study on Pediatric Genetic Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.
Hui JiaoBeijing Key Laboratory of Molecular Diagnosis and Study on Pediatric Genetic Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.
Shuo WangBeijing Key Laboratory of Molecular Diagnosis and Study on Pediatric Genetic Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.
Yanling YangBeijing Key Laboratory of Molecular Diagnosis and Study on Pediatric Genetic Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.
Chunxi HanDepartment of Neurology, Shenzhen Children's Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
Xiru WuBeijing Key Laboratory of Molecular Diagnosis and Study on Pediatric Genetic Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.
Hui XiongBeijing Key Laboratory of Molecular Diagnosis and Study on Pediatric Genetic Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China.

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Abstract

Mutations in the fukutin-related protein (FKRP) gene have been associated with dystroglycanopathies, which are common in Europe but rare in Asia. Our study aimed to retrospectively analyze and characterize the clinical, myopathological and genetic features of 12 Chinese patients with FKRP mutations. Three patients were diagnosed with congenital muscular dystrophy type 1C (MDC1C) and nine patients were diagnosed with limb girdle muscular dystrophy type 2I (LGMD2I). Three muscle biopsy specimens had dystrophic changes and reduced glycosylated α-dystroglycan staining, and two showed reduced expression of laminin α2. Two known and 13 novel mutations were identified in our single center cohort. Interestingly, the c.545A>G mutation was found in eight of the nine LGMD2I patients as a founder mutation and this founder mutation in Chinese patients differs from the one seen in European patients. Moreover, patients homozygous for the c.545A>G mutation were clinically asymptomatic, a less severe phenotype than in compound heterozygous patients with the c.545A>G mutation. The 13 novel mutations of FKRP significantly expanded the mutation spectrum of MDC1C and LGMD2I, and the different founder mutations indicate the ethnic difference in FKRP mutations.

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Founder EffectGenetic Association StudiesMutationPhenotypeAdolescentBiopsyBrainChildChild, PreschoolFemaleGenotypeHaplotypesHumansInfantMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleFKRP protein, humanPentosyltransferasesProteins

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