A pilot study to estimate incidence of guanidinoacetate methyltransferase deficiency in newborns by direct sequencing of the GAMT gene

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S Mercimek-MahmutogluGajja S Salomons

Abstract

GAMT deficiency is an autosomal recessive disorder of creatine biosynthesis causing developmental delays or intellectual disability in untreated patients as a result of irreversible brain damage occurring prior to diagnosis. Normal neurodevelopmental outcome has been reported in patients treated from neonatal period highlighting the importance of early treatment. Five hundred anonymized newborns from the National Newborn Screening Program of The Netherlands were included into this pilot study. Direct sequencing of the coding region of the GAMT gene was applied following DNA extraction. The disease causing nature of novel missense variants in the GAMT gene was studied by overexpression studies. GAA and creatine was measured in blood dot spots. We detected two carriers, one with a known common (c.327G>A) and one with a novel mutation (c.297_309dup (p.Arg105Glyfs*) in the GAMT gene. The estimated incidence of GAMT deficiency was 1:250,000. We also detected five novel missense variants. Overexpression of these variants in GAMT deficient fibroblasts did restore GAMT activity and thus all were considered rare, but not disease causing variants including the c.131G>T (p.Arg44Leu) variant. Interestingly, this variant was predicted to be...Continue Reading

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