Fukutin mutations in congenital muscular dystrophies with defective glycosylation of dystroglycan in Korea.
This study was aimed to identify Fukutin (FKTN)-related congenital muscular dystrophies (CMD) with defective alpha-dystroglycan glycosylation in Korea and to discuss their genotype-phenotype spectrum focusing on detailed brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings. FKTN mutations were found in nine of the 12 CMD patients with defective alpha-dystroglycan glycosylation patients (75%). Two patients were homozygous for the Japanese founder retrotransposal insertion mutation. Seven patients were heterozygous for the retrotransposal insertion mutation, five of whom carried a novel intronic mutation that activates a pseudoexon between exons 5 and 6 (c.647+2084G>T). Compared with individuals that were homozygous for the retrotransposal insertion mutation, the seven heterozygotes for the retrotransposal insertion mutation, including five patients with the novel pseudoexon mutation, exhibited a more severe clinical phenotype in terms of motor abilities and more extensive brain MRI abnormalities (i.e., a wider distribution of cortical malformation and pons and cerebellar hypoplasia). FKTN mutations are the most common genetic cause of CMD with defective alpha-dystroglycan glycosylation in Korea. Compound heterozygosity of the retrotransposal insertion and the novel pseudoexon mutation is the most prevalent genotype in Korea and is associated with a more severe clinical and radiological phenotype compared with homozygosity for the retrotransposal insertion mutation.
Lim
Bung Chan
BC
Department of Pediatrics, Seoul National University Children's Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
Ki
Chang-Seok
CS
Kim
Jong-Won
JW
Cho
Anna
A
Kim
Min Jung
MJ
Hwang
Hee
H
Kim
Ki Joong
KJ
Hwang
Yong Seung
YS
Park
Woong Yang
WY
Lim
Yun-Jung
YJ
Kim
In One
IO
Lee
Jun Su
JS
Chae
Jong Hee
JH
D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis; D049030:Dystroglycans / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D005091:Exons / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D006031:Glycosylation; D006579:Heterozygote; D006720:Homozygote; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007438:Introns / Q000235:genetics; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D009136:Muscular Dystrophies / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D016254:Mutagenesis, Insertional; D010641:Phenotype; D056910:Republic of Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
C113587:FKTN protein, human; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D049030:Dystroglycans; D004247:DNA