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Molecular characterization of co-occurring Duchenne muscular dystrophy and X-linked oculo-facio-cardio-dental syndrome in a girl.

ABSTRACT: Duchenne muscular dystrophy is an X-linked condition at the severe end of the spectrum of dystrophinopathies. Females with dystrophin mutations are at risk for cardiomyopathy, but are usually asymptomatic during childhood. However, some girls can exhibit features of Duchenne muscular dystrophy because of skewed X-inactivation, aneuploidy, or chromosomal rearrangement. Oculo-facio-cardio-dental syndrome is a rare X-linked disorder, lethal in males, that comprises microphthalmia, congenital cataracts, congenital heart defect, canine radiculomegaly, and digital anomalies. We report on a 7-year-old girl who was referred for muscular hypotonia, with clinical features of Duchenne muscular dystrophy, including elevated serum creatine phosphokinase, pseudohypertrophy of calf muscles, and muscle weakness, which became evident at 3 years of age. In addition, she had multiple congenital anomalies including atrial septal defect, cataracts, dental and digital anomalies, a constellation that suggested the diagnosis of oculo-facio-cardio-dental syndrome, a condition caused by mutations in BCOR. Immunohistochemistry and Western blot analysis of muscle, and mutation analysis of DMD showed a maternally inherited deletion of exons 30-43, confirming the diagnosis of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Studies of lymphocytes showed essentially complete skewing of X-inactivation. Mutation analysis of BCOR revealed a de novo frameshift mutation (c.1005delC). Thus, we report for the first time on an individual with the co-occurrence of Duchenne muscular dystrophy and oculo-facio-cardio-dental syndrome.

SUBMITTER: Jiang YH

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2819399 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Molecular characterization of co-occurring Duchenne muscular dystrophy and X-linked oculo-facio-cardio-dental syndrome in a girl.

Jiang Yong-hui YH Fang Ping P Adesina Adekunle M AM Furman Patricia P Johnston Jennifer J JJ Biesecker Leslie G LG Brown Chester W CW

American journal of medical genetics. Part A 20090601 6

Duchenne muscular dystrophy is an X-linked condition at the severe end of the spectrum of dystrophinopathies. Females with dystrophin mutations are at risk for cardiomyopathy, but are usually asymptomatic during childhood. However, some girls can exhibit features of Duchenne muscular dystrophy because of skewed X-inactivation, aneuploidy, or chromosomal rearrangement. Oculo-facio-cardio-dental syndrome is a rare X-linked disorder, lethal in males, that comprises microphthalmia, congenital catara ...[more]

PMID: 19449433

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Project description:Dystrophinopathies cover a spectrum of rare progressive X-linked muscle diseases, arising from DMD mutations. They are among the most common pediatric muscular dystrophies, being Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) the most severe form. Despite the fact that there is still no cure for these serious diseases, unprecedented advances are being made for the development of therapies for DMD. Some of which are already conditionally approved: exon skipping and premature stop codon read-through. The present work aimed to characterize the mutational spectrum of DMD in an Argentinian cohort, to identify candidates for available pharmacogenetic treatments and finally, to conduct a comparative analysis of the Latin American (LA) frequencies of mutations amenable for available DMD therapies. We studied 400 patients with clinical diagnosis of dystrophinopathy, implementing a diagnostic molecular algorithm including: MLPA/PCR/Sanger/Exome and bioinformatics. We also performed a meta-analysis of LA's metrics for DMD available therapies. The employed algorithm resulted effective for the achievement of differential diagnosis, reaching a detection rate of 97%. Because of this, corticosteroid treatment was correctly indicated and validated in 371 patients with genetic confirmation of dystrophinopathy. Also, 20 were eligible for exon skipping of exon 51, 21 for exon 53, 12 for exon 45 and another 70 for premature stop codon read-through therapy. We determined that 87.5% of DMD patients will restore the reading frame with the skipping of only one exon. Regarding nonsense variants, UGA turned out to be the most frequent premature stop codon observed (47%). According to the meta-analysis, only four LA countries (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico) provide the complete molecular algorithm for dystrophinopathies. We observed different relations among the available targets for exon skipping in the analyzed populations, but a more even proportion of nonsense variants (∼40%). In conclusion, this manuscript describes the theragnosis carried out in Argentinian dystrophinopathy patients. The implemented molecular algorithm proved to be efficient for the achievement of differential diagnosis, which plays a crucial role in patient management, determination of the standard of care and genetic counseling. Finally, this work contributes with the international efforts to characterize the frequencies and variants in LA, pillars of drug development and theragnosis.

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Molecular characterization of co-occurring Duchenne muscular dystrophy and X-linked oculo-facio-cardio-dental syndrome in a girl.

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Molecular characterization of co-occurring Duchenne muscular dystrophy and X-linked oculo-facio-cardio-dental syndrome in a girl.

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