title: Confirmation of the GNB4 gene as causal for Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease by a novel de novo mutation in a Czech patient.
abstract: The association of GNB4 with Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) has recently been described in a publication by Soong et al. (Soong, et al., 2013). Here we present a patient with CMT in whom whole exome sequencing identified the mutation p.Lys57Glu in the GNB4 gene (NM_021629.3:c.169A>G). The patient, now 41 years old, is a sporadic case in the family. At the age of 35 he presented with severe disability (CMT neuropathy score 29), profound muscle atrophies, pes cavus and scoliosis. Previously, the patient was tested for PMP22 duplications/deletions and later also with 64 CMT gene panel, with no causal variant found. Subsequently, whole exome sequencing was performed. The p.Lys57Glu in the GNB4 gene was identified as the most probable causal variant, the mutation is not present in the patient's parents, neither in his unaffected sister, therefore we assume that the mutation arose de novo. Taken together, these findings support the causal and pathogenic character of the variant. Our report provides important evidence that GNB4 should become an established CMT gene and our findings confirm the original publication by Soong et al. (2013).
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Neurology, DNA Lab, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic. Electronic address: petra.lassuthova@fnmotol.cz.
authors.forename: Petra
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Laššuthová
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Neurology, DNA Lab, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Dana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Šafka Brožková
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Neurology, DNA Lab, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Jana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Neupauerová
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Neurology, DNA Lab, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Marcela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Krůtová
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Radim
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mazanec
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Neurology, DNA Lab, 2nd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague and University Hospital Motol, Prague, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Pavel
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Seeman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002607:Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D018153:Czech Republic; D044387:GTP-Binding Protein beta Subunits / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009154:Mutation
chemical_list: C534984:GNB4 protein, human; D044387:GTP-Binding Protein beta Subunits
keywords: Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease; De novo; GNB4; Whole exome sequencing