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  • Title: Simultaneous measurement of the size and methylation of chromosome 4qA-D4Z4 repeats in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy by long-read sequencing.
    Author: Hiramuki Y, Kure Y, Saito Y, Ogawa M, Ishikawa K, Mori-Yoshimura M, Oya Y, Takahashi Y, Kim DS, Arai N, Mori C, Matsumura T, Hamano T, Nakamura K, Ikezoe K, Hayashi S, Goto Y, Noguchi S, Nishino I.
    Journal: J Transl Med; 2022 Nov 08; 20(1):517. PubMed ID: 36348371.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is an autosomal dominant muscular disorder characterized by asymmetric muscle wasting and weakness. FSHD can be subdivided into two types: FSHD1, caused by contraction of the D4Z4 repeat on chromosome 4q35, and FSHD2, caused by mild contraction of the D4Z4 repeat plus aberrant hypomethylation mediated by genetic variants in SMCHD1, DNMT3B, or LRIF1. Genetic diagnosis of FSHD is challenging because of the complex procedures required. METHODS: We applied Nanopore CRISPR/Cas9-targeted resequencing for the diagnosis of FSHD by simultaneous detection of D4Z4 repeat length and methylation status at nucleotide level in genetically-confirmed and suspected patients. RESULTS: We found significant hypomethylation of contracted 4q-D4Z4 repeats in FSHD1, and both 4q- and 10q-D4Z4 repeats in FSHD2. We also found that the hypomethylation in the contracted D4Z4 in FSHD1 is moderately correlated with patient phenotypes. CONCLUSIONS: Our method contributes to the development for the diagnosis of FSHD using Nanopore long-read sequencing. This finding might give insight into the mechanisms by which repeat contraction causes disease pathogenesis.
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