Engelfried Kathrin, Vorgerd Matthias, Hagedorn Michaela, Haas Gerhard, Gilles Jürgen, Epplen Jörg T, Meins Moritz
Department of Human Genetics, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany.
BMC Med Genet. 2006 Jun 8;7:53. doi: 10.1186/1471-2350-7-53.
Charcot-Marie-Tooth neuropathies are a group of genetically heterogeneous diseases of the peripheral nervous system. Mutations in the MFN2 gene have been reported as the primary cause of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2A.
Patients with the clinical diagnosis of Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 2 were screened using single strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP). All DNA samples showing band shifts in the SSCP analysis were amplified from genomic DNA and cycle sequenced.
We analyzed a total of 73 unrelated patients with a clinical diagnosis of CMT 2. Overall, novel mutations were detected in 6 patients. c.380G>T (G127V), c.1128G>A (M376I), c.1040A>T (E347V), c.1403G>A (R468H), c.2113G>A (V705I), and c.2258_2259insT (L753fs).
We confirmed a significant role of mutations in MFN2 in the pathogenesis of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2.
夏科-马里-图斯神经病变是一组外周神经系统的基因异质性疾病。据报道,MFN2基因突变是2A型夏科-马里-图斯病的主要病因。
采用单链构象多态性(SSCP)对临床诊断为2型夏科-马里-图斯病的患者进行筛查。所有在SSCP分析中显示条带移位的DNA样本均从基因组DNA中扩增并进行循环测序。
我们共分析了73例临床诊断为CMT 2的无关患者。总体而言,在6例患者中检测到新的突变。分别为c.380G>T(G127V)、c.1128G>A(M376I)、c.1040A>T(E347V)、c.1403G>A(R468H)、c.2113G>A(V705I)和c.2258_2259insT(L753fs)。
我们证实了MFN2基因突变在2型夏科-马里-图斯病发病机制中具有重要作用。