In:
Clinical Genetics, Wiley, Vol. 96, No. 1 ( 2019-07), p. 53-60
Abstract:
Primary familial brain calcification (PFBC) is a rare neurological disorder. Mutations in five genes ( SLC20A2 , PDGFRB , PDGFB , XPR1 , and MYORG ) have been linked to PFBC. Here, we used SYBR green‐based real‐time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay and denaturing high‐performance liquid chromatography analysis to detect copy number variants (CNVs) in 20 unrelated patients with PFBC, negatively sequenced for the five known genes. We identified three deletions in SLC20A2 , including a large de novo full gene deletion and two exonic deletions confined to exon 2 and exon 6, respectively. Subsequent linked‐read whole‐genome sequencing of the patient with the large deletion showed a 1.7 Mb heterozygous deletion which removed the entire coding regions of SLC20A2 as well as 21 other genes. In the family with a deletion of exon 6, a missense variant of uncertain significance ( SLC20A2 : p.E267Q) also co‐segregated with the disease. Functional assay showed the deletion could result in significantly impaired phosphate transport, whereas the p.E267Q variant did not. Our results confirm that deletion in SLC20A2 is a causal mechanism for PFBC and highlight the importance of functional study for classifying a rare missense variant as (likely) pathogenic.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0009-9163
,
1399-0004
DOI:
10.1111/cge.2019.96.issue-1
Language:
English
Publisher:
Wiley
Publication Date:
2019
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2004581-5
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