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  • Title: Whole-Exome Sequencing Identifies Small Mutations in Pakistani Muscular Dystrophy Patients.
    Author: Zehravi M, Wahid M, Ashraf J, Fatima T.
    Journal: Genet Test Mol Biomarkers; 2021 Mar; 25(3):218-226. PubMed ID: 33734897.
    Abstract:
    Background: Muscular dystrophies are a heterogeneous group of inherited disorders that cannot be diagnosed clinically due to overlapping clinical phenotypes. Whole-exome sequencing is considered as the diagnostic strategy of choice in these cases. In this study we aimed to determine the mutational spectrum of multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA)-negative muscular dystrophy patients in Pakistan using whole-exome sequencing. Subsequently the mutations identified via WES were used to screen additional dystrophinopathy patients by Sanger sequencing. Materials and Methods: DNA extracted from the peripheral blood of three MLPA-negative muscular dystrophy patients was sent for whole-exome sequencing. The identified variants in these 3 patients were then checked in 18 dystrophinopathy patients using Sanger sequencing. Results: Four missense variants and one nonsense variant in the Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) gene were detected. WES diagnosed a DMD patient carrying a nonsense variant c.4375C>T (rs398123953) who can benefit from Ataluren therapy. The other two patients carried missense variant (c.572G>T) in the YARS2 gene (rs11539445) labeling them as patients of MLASA (myopathy, lactic acidosis, and sideroblastic anemia). The identified missense and nonsense variants in the DMD gene were detected in 18 clinically diagnosed dystrophinopathy patients using Sanger sequencing. Three missense variants were detected in our cohort of 18 dystrophinopathy patients. One missense variant c.3406A>T (rs3827462) and a nonsense variant c.4375C>T (rs398123953) were not detected in our cohort of 18 dystrophinopathy patients. Conclusions: Whole-exome sequencing identified a nonsense variant in Pakistani muscular dystrophy patients, which is amenable to treatment by Ataluren and a missense variant in YARS2 gene responsible for causing MLASA.
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