101. Segregation between SMCHD1 mutation, D4Z4 hypomethylation and Facio-Scapulo-Humeral Dystrophy: a case report
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Frédérique Magdinier, Marc Bartoli, Stéphane Roche, Karine Nguyen, Rafaëlle Bernard, Julie Dumonceaux, Camille Dion, Virginie Mariot, Emmanuelle Salort Campana, Marie-Cécile Gaillard, Nicolas Lévy, Charlene Chaix, Armand Tasmadjian, Shahram Attarian, Francesca Puppo, Catherine Vovan, Killian Mazaleyrat, Génétique Médicale et Génomique Fonctionnelle (GMGF), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Marseille (APHM)- Hôpital de la Timone [CHU - APHM] (TIMONE)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre de référence des maladies neuromusculaires et de la SLA, Hôpital de la Timone [CHU - APHM] (TIMONE), Institut de Myologie, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Association française contre les myopathies (AFM-Téléthon)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), Département de génétique médicale [Hôpital de la Timone - APHM], Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)- Hôpital de la Timone [CHU - APHM] (TIMONE)-Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Marseille (APHM)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Association française contre les myopathies (AFM-Téléthon)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Marseille (APHM)- Hôpital de la Timone [CHU - APHM] (TIMONE)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), and HAL UPMC, Gestionnaire
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0301 basic medicine ,musculoskeletal diseases ,congenital, hereditary, and neonatal diseases and abnormalities ,Facio-Scapulo-Humeral Dystrophy ,Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone ,DUX4 ,Case Report ,Haploinsufficiency ,[SDV.GEN.GH] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Genetics/Human genetics ,Biology ,[SDV.BBM.BM] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biochemistry, Molecular Biology/Molecular biology ,medicine.disease_cause ,03 medical and health sciences ,Exon ,DNA combing ,Chromosome Segregation ,medicine ,Genetics ,Humans ,Genetics(clinical) ,Muscular dystrophy ,Genetics (clinical) ,Exome sequencing ,Mutation ,FSHD ,[SDV.MHEP] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology ,DNA methylation ,SMCHD1 ,Haplotype ,[SDV.BBM.BM]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Biochemistry, Molecular Biology/Molecular biology ,medicine.disease ,Molecular biology ,Muscular Dystrophy, Facioscapulohumeral ,Pedigree ,3. Good health ,030104 developmental biology ,[SDV.GEN.GH]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Genetics/Human genetics ,Epigenetics ,Chromosomes, Human, Pair 4 ,[SDV.MHEP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology ,Microsatellite Repeats - Abstract
Background The main form of Facio-Scapulo-Humeral muscular Dystrophy is linked to copy number reduction of the 4q D4Z4 macrosatellite (FSHD1). In 5 % of cases, FSHD phenotype appears in the absence of D4Z4 reduction (FSHD2). In 70-80 % of these patients, variants of the SMCHD1 gene segregate with 4qA haplotypes and D4Z4 hypomethylation. Case presentation We report a family presenting with neuromuscular symptoms reminiscent of FSHD but without D4Z4 copy reduction. We characterized the 4q35 region using molecular combing, searched for mutation in the SMCHD1 gene and determined D4Z4 methylation level by sodium bisulfite sequencing. We further investigated the impact of the SMCHD1 mutation at the protein level and on the NMD-dependent degradation of transcript. In muscle, we observe moderate but significant reduction in D4Z4 methylation, not correlated with DUX4-fl expression. Exome sequencing revealed a heterozygous insertion of 7 bp in exon 37 of the SMCHD1 gene producing a loss of frame with premature stop codon 4 amino acids after the insertion (c.4614-4615insTATAATA). Both wild-type and mutated transcripts are detected. Conclusion The truncated protein is absent and the full-length protein level is similar in patients and controls indicating that in this family, FSHD is not associated with SMCHD1 haploinsufficiency. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12881-016-0328-9) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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