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Hypomyelinating spastic dyskinesia and ichthyosis caused by a homozygous splice site mutation leading to exon skipping in ELOVL1    
Yazarlar
Sibel Aylin Uğur İşeri
Türkiye
Nihan Hande Akçakaya
Türkiye
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Sevcan MERCAN Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Sevcan MERCAN
Türkiye
Seda Süsgün
Türkiye
Günseli Bayram Akçapınar
Türkiye
Özet
Introduction: Next generation sequencing technologies allow detection of very rare pathogenic gene variants and uncover cerebral palsy. Herein, we describe two siblings with cerebral palsy due to ELOVL1 splice site mutation in autosomal recessive manner. ELOVL1 catalyzes fatty acid elongation to produce very long-chain fatty acids (VLCFAs; ≥C21), most of which are components of sphingolipids such as ceramides and sphingomyelins. Ichthyotic keratoderma, spasticity, hypomyelination, and dysmorphic facies (MIM: 618527) stem from ELOVL1 gene deficiency in human. Methods: We have studied a consanguineous family with whole exome sequencing (WES) and performed in depth analysis of cryptic splicing on the molecular level using RNA. Comprehensive analysis of ceramides in the skin stratum corneum of patients using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC–MS/MS). ELOVL1 protein structure was computationally modelled. Results: The novel c.376-2A > G (ENST00000372458.8) homozygous variant in the affected siblings causes exon skipping. Comprehensive analysis of ceramides in the skin stratum corneum of patients using LC–MS/MS demonstrated significant shortening of fatty acid moieties and severe reduction in the levels of acylceramides. Discussion: It has recently been shown that disease associated variants of ELOVL1 segregate in an autosomal dominant manner. However, our study for the first time demonstrates an alternative autosomal recessive inheritance model for ELOVL1. In conclusion, we suggest that in ultra-rare diseases, being able to identify the inheritance patterns of the disease-associated gene or genes can be an important guide to identifying the molecular mechanism of genetic cerebral palsy.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Autosomal recessive | Ceramide | Cerebral palsy | ELOVL1 | Exon skipping | Hypomyelinating | Ichthyosis
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı BRAIN & DEVELOPMENT
Dergi ISSN 0387-7604
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI
Makale Dili Türkçe
Basım Tarihi 01-2022
Cilt No 44
Sayı 6
Sayfalar 391 / 400
Doi Numarası 10.1016/j.braindev.2022.03.003