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ArticleJournal of human genetics2019

A novel compound heterozygous mutation in AARS2 gene (c.965 G > A, p.R322H; c.334 G > C, p.G112R) identified in a Chinese patient with leukodystrophy involved in brain and spinal cord.

Chengyuan Song, Linliu Peng, Shengjun Wang, Yiming Liu

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Article in Journal of human genetics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Chengyuan SongDepartment of Neurology, Qilu hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China. dcschengyuan@163.com.
Linliu PengDepartment of Neurology, Qilu hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China.
Shengjun WangDepartment of Neurology, Qilu hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China.
Yiming LiuDepartment of Neurology, Qilu hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China.
Qilu Hospital of Shandong University · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 81500683National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 81771373Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation) ZR2019PH092
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Abstract

Leukodystrophies are genetic disorders leading to progressive white matter degeneration in the central nervous system. Mitochondrial aminoacyl tRNA synthase protein is encoded by the nuclear gene AARS2. An autosomal recessive mutation in this gene has been linked to AARS2 mutation-related adult-onset leukodystrophy (AARS2-L) or infantile mitochondrial cardiomyopathy. To date, only 16 AARS2-L cases have been reported in English literature. Thus, the clinical and genetic characteristics of this disease remain to be defined. Through whole-exome sequencing, we identified a Chinese patient with leukodystrophy related to two novel compounds heterozygous mutation in AARS2 (c.965 G > A, p.R322H; c.334 G > C, p.G112R). These two compounds heterozygous variants in AARS2 gene co-segregated with disease in his family. And pyramidal tracts in the spinal cord were involved. Our findings have important implications on genetic counseling for any case with leukodystrophy and extend the mutational spectrum in AARS2 gene.

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Alanine-tRNA LigaseAllelesBrainCardiomyopathiesChinaExome SequencingHereditary Central Nervous System Demyelinating DiseasesHeterozygoteHumansLeukoencephalopathiesMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMutationPedigreeSpinal CordSpinal Cord DiseasesAARS2 protein, humanAlanine-tRNA Ligase

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