Abstract | BACKGROUND: OBJECTIVE: To identify the molecular bases of different neuromuscular forms of GSD-IV and to establish possible genotype/phenotype correlations. METHODS: Eight patients with GBE deficiency had different neuromuscular presentations: three had fetal akinesia deformation sequence (FADS), three had congenital myopathy, one had juvenile myopathy, and one had combined myopathic and hepatic features. In all patients, the promoter and the entire coding region of the GBE gene at the RNA and genomic level were sequenced. RESULTS: Nine novel mutations were identified, including nonsense, missense, deletion, insertion, and splice-junction mutations. The three cases with FADS were homozygous, whereas all other cases were compound heterozygotes. CONCLUSIONS: This study expands the spectrum of mutations in the GBE gene and confirms that the neuromuscular presentation of GSD-IV is clinically and genetically heterogeneous.
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Authors | C Bruno, O P van Diggelen, D Cassandrini, M Gimpelev, B Giuffrè, M A Donati, P Introvini, A Alegria, S Assereto, L Morandi, M Mora, E Tonoli, S Mascelli, M Traverso, E Pasquini, M Bado, L Vilarinho, G van Noort, F Mosca, S DiMauro, F Zara, C Minetti |
Journal | Neurology
(Neurology)
Vol. 63
Issue 6
Pg. 1053-8
(Sep 28 2004)
ISSN: 1526-632X [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 15452297
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- RNA Splice Sites
- DNA
- 1,4-alpha-Glucan Branching Enzyme
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Topics |
- 1,4-alpha-Glucan Branching Enzyme
(chemistry, deficiency, genetics)
- Adult
- Age of Onset
- Amino Acid Substitution
- Cells, Cultured
(enzymology)
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Consanguinity
- DNA
(genetics)
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Erythrocytes
(enzymology)
- Fatal Outcome
- Fibroblasts
(enzymology)
- Genetic Heterogeneity
- Genotype
- Glycogen Storage Disease Type IV
(enzymology, epidemiology, genetics, pathology)
- Humans
- Hydrogen Bonding
- Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions
- Infant
- Infant, Newborn
- Liver
(pathology)
- Models, Molecular
- Muscles
(enzymology, pathology)
- Mutation
- Phenotype
- Protein Conformation
- RNA Splice Sites
(genetics)
- Sequence Deletion
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