title: A cross section of autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophies in 38 families.
abstract: Limb-girdle muscular dystrophies constitute a broad range of clinical and genetic entities. We have evaluated 38 autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD2) families by linkage analysis for the known loci of LGMD2A-F and protein studies using immunofluorescence and western blotting of the sarcoglycan complex. One index case in each family was investigated thoroughly. The age of onset and the current ages were between 11/2 and 15 years and 6 and 36 years, respectively. The classification of families was as follows: calpainopathy 7, dysferlinopathy 3, alpha sarcoglycan deficiency 2, beta sarcoglycan deficiency 7, gamma sarcoglycan deficiency 5, delta sarcoglycan deficiency 1, and merosinopathy 2. There were two families showing an Emery-Dreifuss phenotype and nine showing no linkage to the LGMD2A-F loci, and they had preserved sarcoglycans. gamma sarcoglycan deficiency seems to be the most severe group as a whole, whereas dysferlinopathy is the mildest. Interfamilial variation was not uncommon. Cardiomyopathy was not present in any of the families. In sarcoglycan deficiencies, sarcoglycans other than the primary ones may also be considerably reduced; however, this may not be reflected in the phenotype. Many cases of primary gamma sarcoglycan deficiency showed normal or only mildly abnormal delta sarcoglycan staining.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Biology, Hacettepe University Medical School, 06100 Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dinçer
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Akçören
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Demir
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Richard
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sancak
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kale
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ozme
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Karaduman
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Urtizberea
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Beckmann
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Topaloğlu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D005808:Genes, Recessive; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D009136:Muscular Dystrophies / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins