Mutation Analysis of 16 Mucolipidosis II and III Alpha/Beta Chinese Children Revealed Genotype-Phenotype Correlations.
Mucolipidosis II and III alpha/beta are autosomal recessive diseases caused by mutations in the GNPTAB gene which encodes the α and β subunits of the N-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphotransferase. Clinically, mucolipidosis II (MLII) is characterized by severe developmental delay, coarse facial features, skeletal deformities, and other systemic involvement. In contrast, MLIII alpha/beta is a much milder disorder, the symptoms of which include progressive joint stiffness, short stature, and scoliosis. To study the relationship between the genotypes and phenotypes of the MLII and MLIII alpha/beta patients, we analyzed the GNPTAB gene in 16 Chinese MLII and MLIII alpha/beta patients. We collected and analyzed the patients' available clinical data and all showed clinical features typical of MLII or MLIII alpha/beta. Moreover, the activity of several lysosomal enzymes was measured in the plasma and finally the GNPTAB gene was sequenced. We detected 30 mutant alleles out of 32 alleles in our patients. These include 10 new mutations (c.99delC, c.118-1G>A, c.523_524delAAinsG, c.1212C>G, c.2213C>A, c.2345C>T, c.2356C>T, c.2455G>T, c.2821dupA, and c.3136-2A>G) and 5 previously reported mutations (c.1071G>A, c.1090C>T, c.2715+1G>A, c.2550_2554delGAAA, and c.3613C>T). The most frequent mutation was the splicing mutation c.2715+1G>A, which accounted for 28% of the mutations. The majority of the mutations reported in the Chinese patients (57%) were located on exon 13 or in its intronic flanking regions.
Department of Emergency, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China.
Shuang
S
Liu
Clinical Research Laboratory, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Weimin
W
Zhang
Department of Medical Genetics, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Huiping
H
Shi
Clinical Research Laboratory, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Fengxia
F
Yao
Department of Pediatrics, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China.
Min
M
Wei
Department of Pediatrics, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China.
Zhengqing
Z
Qiu
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