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ArticleJournal of veterinary internal medicine2020

A major facilitator superfamily domain 8 frameshift variant in a cat with suspected neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis.

Julien Guevar, Petra Hug, Felix Giebels, Alexane Durand, Vidhya Jagannathan, Tosso Leeb

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Article in Journal of veterinary internal medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Julien GuevarDivision of Clinical Neurology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9868-5703
Petra HugInstitute of Genetics, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Felix GiebelsDivision of Clinical Neurology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Alexane DurandDivision of Clinical Radiology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Vidhya JagannathanInstitute of Genetics, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Tosso LeebInstitute of Genetics, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0553-4880

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 2-year-old male domestic shorthair cat was presented for a progressive history of abnormal posture, behavior, and mentation. Menace response was absent bilaterally, and generalized tremors were identified on neurological examination. A neuroanatomical diagnosis of diffuse brain dysfunction was made. A neurodegenerative disorder was suspected. Magnetic resonance imaging findings further supported the clinical suspicion. Whole-genome sequencing of the affected cat with filtering of variants against a database of unaffected cats was performed. Candidate variants were confirmed by Sanger sequencing followed by genotyping of a control population. Two homozygous private (unique to individual or families and therefore absent from the breed-matched controlled population) protein-changing variants in the major facilitator superfamily domain 8 (MFSD8) gene, a known candidate gene for neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis type 7 (CLN7), were identified. The affected cat was homozygous for the alternative allele at both variants. This is the first report of a pathogenic alteration of the MFSD8 gene in a cat strongly suspected to have CLN7.

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Frameshift MutationAnimalsCat DiseasesCatsMaleMembrane Transport ProteinsMutation, MissenseNeuronal Ceroid-LipofuscinosesMembrane Transport Proteinscatgeneticslysosomal storage diseaseMFSD8NCL7neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosisprecision medicine

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PMCPMC6979099

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