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ArticleJournal of human genetics2018

Clinical and molecular consequences of exon 78 deletion in DMD gene.

Monica Traverso, Stefania Assereto, Serena Baratto, Michele Iacomino, Marina Pedemonte, Maria Cristina Diana, Marta Ferretti, Paolo Broda, Carlo Minetti, Elisabetta Gazzerro and 4 more

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Article in Journal of human genetics, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Monica TraversoDINOGMI, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
Stefania AsseretoPaediatric Neurology and Muscular Diseases Unit, University of Genoa and G. Gaslini Institute, Genoa, Italy.
Serena BarattoPaediatric Neurology and Muscular Diseases Unit, University of Genoa and G. Gaslini Institute, Genoa, Italy.
Michele IacominoDINOGMI, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
Marina PedemontePaediatric Neurology and Muscular Diseases Unit, University of Genoa and G. Gaslini Institute, Genoa, Italy.
Maria Cristina DianaPaediatric Neurology and Muscular Diseases Unit, University of Genoa and G. Gaslini Institute, Genoa, Italy.
Marta FerrettiPaediatric Neurology and Muscular Diseases Unit, University of Genoa and G. Gaslini Institute, Genoa, Italy.
Paolo BrodaPaediatric Neurology and Muscular Diseases Unit, University of Genoa and G. Gaslini Institute, Genoa, Italy.
Carlo MinettiDINOGMI, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
Elisabetta GazzerroPaediatric Neurology and Muscular Diseases Unit, University of Genoa and G. Gaslini Institute, Genoa, Italy.
Francesca MadiaLaboratory of Neurogenetic and Neuroscience, G. Gaslini Institute, Genoa, Italy.
Claudio BrunoPaediatric Neurology and Muscular Diseases Unit, University of Genoa and G. Gaslini Institute, Genoa, Italy.
Federico ZaraLaboratory of Neurogenetic and Neuroscience, G. Gaslini Institute, Genoa, Italy.
Chiara FiorilloDINOGMI, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy. chiara.fiorillo@edu.unige.it.
University of Genoa · ITIstituto Giannina Gaslini · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We present a 13-year-old patient with persistent increase of serum Creatine Kinase (CK) and myalgia after exertion. Skeletal muscle biopsy showed marked reduction of dystrophin expression leading to genetic analysis of DMD gene by MLPA, which detected a single deletion of exon 78. To the best of our knowledge, DMD exon 78 deletion has never been described in literature and, according to prediction, it should lead to loss of reading frame in the dystrophin gene. To further assess the actual effect of exon 78 deletion, we analysed cDNA from muscle mRNA. This analysis confirmed the absence of 32 bp of exon 78. Exclusion of exon 78 changes the open reading frame of exon 79 and generate a downstream stop codon, producing a dystrophin protein of 3703 amino acids instead of 3685 amino acids. Albeit loss of reading frame usually leads to protein degradation and severe phenotype, in this case, we demonstrated that deletion of DMD exon 78 can be associated with a functional protein able to bind DGC complex and a very mild phenotype. This study adds a novel deletion in DMD gene in human and helps to define the compliance between maintaining/disrupting the reading frame and clinical form of the disease.

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ExonsGene DeletionAdolescentBiopsyCodon, TerminatorCreatine KinaseDNA, ComplementaryDystrophinHumansMaleMuscle, SkeletalMuscular Dystrophy, DuchenneMyalgiaOpen Reading FramesPhenotypeRNA, MessengerCodon, TerminatorCreatine KinaseDMD protein, humanDNA, ComplementaryDystrophinRNA, Messenger

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PMID29556034
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