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Kirwin, Susan M.; Vinette, Kathy M. B.; Gonzalez, Iris L.; Abdulwahed, Hind Al; Al‐Sannaa, Nouriya; Funanage, Vicky L.
Molecular genetics & genomic medicine, July 2013, Volume: 1, Issue: 2Journal Article
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), the most common autosomal recessive cause of infant death, is typically diagnosed by determination of SMN1 copy number. Approximately 3–5% of patients with SMA retain at least one copy of the SMN1 gene carrying pathogenic insertions, deletions, or point mutations. We report a patient with SMA who is homozygous for two mutations carried in cis: an 8 bp duplication (c.48_55dupGGATTCCG; p.Val19fs*24) and a point mutation (c.662C>T; p.Pro221Leu). The consanguineous parents carry the same two mutations within one SMN1 gene copy. We demonstrate that a more accurate diagnosis of the disease is obtained through a novel diagnostic assay and development of a capillary electrophoresis method to determine the copy number of their mutant alleles. This illustrates the complexity of SMN mutations and suggests additional testing (gene sequencing) may be appropriate when based on family lines. We present here the first report of a spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) patient who is homozygous for two allelic mutations carried in cis: an 8 bp duplication (c.48_55dupGGATTCCG; p.Val19fs*24) and a point mutation (c.662C > T; p.Pro221Leu). The consanguineous parents are carriers of the same two mutations within one of their SMN1 gene copies. Our findings illustrate the complexity of SMN mutations and the need for further SMN1/SMN2 quantitation in individuals with SMA.
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