New mutations found by Next-Generation Sequencing screening of Spanish patients with Nemaline Myopathy

PLoS One. 2018 Dec 5;13(12):e0207296. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0207296. eCollection 2018.

Abstract

Nemaline Myopathy (NM) is a rare genetic disorder that encompasses a large spectrum of myopathies characterized by hypotonia and generalized muscle weakness. To date, mutations in thirteen different genes have been associated with NM. The most frequently responsible genes are NEB (50% of cases) and ACTA1 (15-25% of cases). In this report all known NM related genes were screened by Next Generation Sequencing in five Spanish patients in order to genetically confirm the clinical and histological diagnosis of NM. Four mutations in NEB (c.17779_17780delTA, c.11086A>C, c.21076C>T and c.2310+5G>A) and one mutation in ACTA1 (c.871A>T) were found in four patients. Three of the four mutations in NEB were novel. A cDNA sequencing assay of the novel variants c.17779_17780delTA, c.11086A>C and c.2310+5G>A revealed that the intronic variant c.2310+5G>A affected the splicing process. Mutations reported here could help clinicians and geneticists in NM diagnosis.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Actins / genetics*
  • Actins / physiology
  • Adult
  • Alleles
  • Child
  • Female
  • Gene Frequency / genetics
  • High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing / methods
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Muscle Hypotonia / genetics
  • Muscle Proteins / genetics*
  • Muscle Proteins / physiology
  • Muscle Weakness / genetics
  • Muscle, Skeletal
  • Mutation
  • Myopathies, Nemaline / genetics*
  • Pedigree
  • RNA Splicing / genetics
  • Spain

Substances

  • ACTA1 protein, human
  • Actins
  • Muscle Proteins
  • nebulin

Grants and funding

Funded by Instituto de Salud Carlos III grant CB16/12/00284 to JVC, Instituto de Salud Carlos III grant PT17/0015/0043, Instituto de Salud Carlos III grant PI16/01113 to JVC, and Muscular Dystrophy UK grant 16NEB-PG36-0094-2 to LS. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.