Kang Peter B, Feener Chris A, Estrella Elicia, Thorne Marielle, White Alexander J, Darras Basil T, Amato Anthony A, Kunkel Louis M
Program in Genomics, Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA.
BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2007 Nov 24;8:115. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-8-115.
There is a marked variation in clinical phenotypes that have been associated with mutations in FKRP, ranging from severe congenital muscular dystrophies to limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2I (LGMD2I).
We screened the FKRP gene in two cohorts totaling 87 patients with the LGMD phenotype.
The c.826C>A, p.L276I mutation was present in six patients and a compound heterozygote mutation in a seventh patient. Six patients had a mild LGMD2I phenotype, which resembles that of Becker muscular dystrophy. The other patient had onset before the age of 3 years, and thus may follow a more severe course.
These findings suggest that LGMD2I may be common in certain North American populations. This diagnosis should be considered early in the evaluation of LGMD.
与FKRP基因突变相关的临床表型存在显著差异,范围从严重的先天性肌营养不良到2I型肢带型肌营养不良(LGMD2I)。
我们在两个队列中对总共87例LGMD表型患者的FKRP基因进行了筛查。
6例患者存在c.826C>A、p.L276I突变,第7例患者存在复合杂合子突变。6例患者具有轻度LGMD2I表型,类似于贝克型肌营养不良。另一名患者在3岁前发病,因此可能病情更为严重。
这些发现表明LGMD2I在某些北美人群中可能很常见。在LGMD评估中应尽早考虑这一诊断。