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ArticleJournal of veterinary internal medicine

A de novo nonsense variant in the DMD gene associated with X-linked dystrophin-deficient muscular dystrophy in a cat.

Nozomu Yokoyama, Yuki Matsumoto, Takahisa Yamaguchi, Kazuki Okada, Ryohei Kinoshita, Genya Shimbo, Hisashi Ukawa, Ryuga Ishii, Kensuke Nakamura, Jumpei Yamazaki and 1 more

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Article in Journal of veterinary internal medicine. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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11 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Nozomu YokoyamaLaboratory of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2077-0523
Yuki MatsumotoAnicom Insurance, Inc., Tokyo, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9143-3498
Takahisa YamaguchiVeterinary Teaching Hospital, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
Kazuki OkadaNorth Lab, Sapporo, Japan.
Ryohei KinoshitaVeterinary Teaching Hospital, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
Genya ShimboVeterinary Teaching Hospital, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
Hisashi UkawaAnicom Insurance, Inc., Tokyo, Japan.
Ryuga IshiiAnicom Insurance, Inc., Tokyo, Japan.
Kensuke NakamuraLaboratory of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1010-3228
Jumpei YamazakiTranslational Research Unit, Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3241-7869
Mitsuyoshi TakiguchiLaboratory of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7648-7036
Tokyo Yamate Medical Center · JPVeterinary Medical Teaching Hospital · USHokkaido University · JPHokkaido University of Education · JPSapporo University · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundX-linked dystrophin-deficient muscular dystrophy (MD) is a form of MD caused by variants in the DMD gene. It is a fatal disease characterized by progressive weakness and degeneration of skeletal muscles. HYPOTHESIS/

objectivesIdentify deleterious genetic variants in DMD by whole-genome sequencing (WGS) using a next-generation sequencer. ANIMALS: One MD-affected cat, its parents, and 354 cats from a breeding colony.

methodsWe compared the WGS data of the affected cat with data available in the National Center for Biotechnology Information database and searched for candidate high-impact variants by in silico analyses. Next, we confirmed the candidate variants by Sanger sequencing using samples from the parents and cats from the breeding colony. We used 2 genome assemblies, the standard felCat9 (from an Abyssinian cat) and the novel AnAms1.0 (from an American Shorthair cat), to evaluate genome assembly differences.

resultsWe found 2 novel high-impact variants: a 1-bp deletion in felCat9 and an identical nonsense variant in felCat9 and AnAms1.0. Whole genome and Sanger sequencing validation showed that the deletion in felCat9 was a false positive because of misassembly. Among the 357 cats, the nonsense variant was only found in the affected cat, which indicated it was a de novo variant. CONCLUSION AND CLINICAL IMPORTANCE: We identified a de novo variant in the affected cat and next-generation sequencing-based genotyping of the whole DMD gene was determined to be necessary for affected cats because the parents of the affected cat did not have the risk variant.

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Cat DiseasesDystrophinMuscular Dystrophy, AnimalAnimalsCatsCodon, NonsenseFemaleMaleMuscular Dystrophy, DuchenneWhole Genome SequencingCodon, NonsenseDystrophindystrophinmusclemyopathywhole‐genome sequencing

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